Bad Philosophy

At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it’s Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it’s praying for the destruction of sinful local businesses or just a little tsunami from God to show the world He’s still awake at the control [...]

Ep089 You Asked For It [ 58:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Aperture Science, ASMR, Buddha, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, consequentialism, deontology, Dr. Webb, Eleanor Stump, existentialism, God, harm, incest, Islam, J. Crew, Jeopardy!, Judaism, Kiki, Leisure Suit Larry, mantra, meditation, memes, nature, nurture, personality, philosophy of religion, placebo effect, prayer, problem of petitionary prayer, religion, Repent Amarillo, Richard Dawkins, science, Socrates, Stephen, synesthesia, Texas Tech University, The Daily Show, worship, Zagzebsky

As we approach Halloween and the cool weather starts to move in, the Bad Philosophers reconvene for yet another intellectual foray into this excitingly dynamic world. Recently Kevin had a chance to see His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in person. We discussed his newfound insights into the human condition, religion, and crowd control, as well as [...]

Ep076 Dalai Lama For Realz [ 1:07:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Android, atheism, Bill Nye, Buddhism, Catholicism, China, Christianity, Daily Toreador, Dalai Llama, ethics, evolution, Facebook, Facebook Groups, Flying Spaghetti Monster, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Golden Rule, Google Car, Google Wave, healthcare, Jon Stewart, Kevin, Kiki, MacBook Air, mainstream media, Mandala, Miami Student, Miami University, Michael Moore, MythBusters, National Science Fair, politics, porn, regulation, religion, Scott Adams, South Park, Stephen, The Internet, Tibet, Total Recall

Tragedy struck the podcast this past week. As Kevin Saunders departed for his trip to Prague, the plane encountered unusually heavy turbulance over a remote region of the South Pacific (why the pilot was flying over the Pacific to get to Eastern Europe is perhaps an even greater mystery). Kevin’s plane and all aboard crash [...]

Ep066 6 Years and It's Over [ 58:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Babylon 5, Bonanza, Britton, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Cloverfield, Daily Toreador, David Hume, Dharma Initiative, dreams, Fringe, good and evil, Harry Potter, heaven, hell, Hinduism, Jimmy Kimmel, John Locke, Kevin, LOST, purgatory, reality, religion, religious pluralism, samaras, Stephen, the Force, The Sixth Sense, time travel, TV Tropes, Twitter, Voyager, writing

Eastern thought has been a curiosity for Western culture ever since Marco Polo made his epic journey to Asia in the 1200s. The legacy of this curiosity lives on, and so Bad Philosophy has decided to undertake the momentous task of reconciling Eastern and Western philosophy in a single episode (because we’re just awesome like that). Joining me for his first episode ever is mechanical engineering graduate student Sean Mullen, alongside an uncharacteristically in-person Kevin Saunders. NUF (Numero Uno Fanboy) Jed Cummins worked the camera (sort of) and despite many technical difficulties we actually managed some good conversation. So grab a fortune cookie, sit down on your tatami, and have a listen…

Ep041 How the West Was MU [ 52:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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4chan, AARP, afterlife, Anathem, Aristotle, Ashton Kutcher, Asian philosophy, atheism, Buddhism, Catholicism, celebrity, China, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, enlightenment, heaven, Hinduism, Jediah, Judaism, Kaballah, karma, Kevin, koans, Madonna, Marco Polo, My Name is Earl, mysticism, NBC, New Age, paradox, Protestantism, proverbs, reciprocity, reincarnation, religion, Rule 34, Sean, Shakespeare, Snopes, Star Wars, Stephen, the Bible, theatre, time, United States, Wikipedia, yin yang, zen, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance