Bad Philosophy

Can you believe it? Fifty episodes! FIVE OH! Well… that is if you sorta count Episode Zero, don’t count the Lost Episode, count Episode 21b as Episode 21, count Episode 42b as Episode 42, count Episodes 46 and 49 even though they’re video only and… aw, screw it, just humor us, okay? So in homage [...]

Ep050 Includes Teeth [ 43:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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balloon boy, blogging, Bryan M, consciousness, CPR, David, Dungeons and Dragons, Ender's Game, error reporting, Facebook, First Amendment, Freebirds, Google Wave, Homeward Bound, Hot Pockets, Hot Topic, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, John Stuart Mill, Katie, Kevin, Matt, metaphysics, Michael A, Microsoft, Milo and Otis, Monty Python, music, mustaches, MythBusters, Nightmare Before Christmas, Penny Arcade, physics, programming, radio, Saturday Night Live, Speaker for the Dead, statistics, Stephen, time, Twitter, Weekend Update, Wikipedia

After a completely unintended hiatus brought on by the super-unfortunate necessity to re-edit this episode, it’s finally here! And it’s a good one, folks. Dr. Mark Webb, now chairman of the Texas Tech philosophy department joins me for his third appearance on the show, alongside Numero Uno Fanboy Jed Cummins and national traveler Kevin Saunders. [...]

Ep038 Incremental Hope [ 50:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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apathy, Aristotle, Bill Gates, Buddhism, charity, Christianity, Confucianism, Dell, Dr. Webb, education, ethics, gay rights, government, homosexuality, human nature, Islam, Jediah, Kevin, Linux, Maslo's Hierarchy of Needs, metaphysics, Miami University, Mickey Rooney, moral realism, relativism, religion, Skype, smoking, Stephen, Turkey, values, women's right

Easter time is here again, and what better way to celebrate than with some ultraviolence, m’droogs? That’s right, this week BF took a dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the dark dystopian future of Stanley Kubrick’s 1972 masterpiece A Clockwork Orange, examining the moral, psychological, and cinematographical facets of the film. Numero Uno Fanboy and BF Cameraman Jed Cummins joined us for his third episode alongside newcomer Greg “Bob” Briley. Sex, murder, and prison await you! Have a listen…

Ep029 A BF Orange [ 46:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, Blade Runner, categorical imperative, copyright, Cory Doctorow, crime, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, epistemology, ethics, fantasy, gangs, Greg, IMDB, iPhone, Jediah, Kant, language, Laozi, literature, Malcolm McDowell, Mencius, meta, metaphysics, morality, movie ratings, music, nature, nudity, nurture, pragmatism, prison, rational egoism, science fiction, sex, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, South Park, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Stephen, suicide, Taoism, technology, terrorism, Texas Tech University, THX 1138, Unforgiven, utilitarianism, violence, Wikipedia

We’re back! Pardon the week off. We had to deal with a rather unexpected chainsaw-wielding polar bear invasion, but all is good now… except for Kevin’s leg … Anyway! This week BF took a trip to the movies, grilling Hollywood’s latest Oscar fetish, Slumdog Millionaire with first-time guest Eric Braden. We also delved into the realm of free will vs. determinism, where Eric and I pulled no punches in our quest to disprove the other. Oh, and the audio was FRAKKING AMAZING if I do say so myself. Enjoy, peeps!

Ep024 Slumming With Destiny [ 59:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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