Bad Philosophy » time http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random philosophical musings about pretty much anything. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) Philosophy 1440 http://www.badphilosophy.com/podcast/BF_Logo_144x144_Color.jpg Bad Philosophy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog 144 144 Upsetting the balance of reality, one rabbit trail at a time Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random musings about everything from the nature of reality to the essence of modern digital society. Every week Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders invite guests from greater Texas Tech to chew the cud and make some magic. The more rabbit trails the better... philosophy, random, humor, college, politics, life The Bad Philosophers The Bad Philosophers captainvalor@gmail.com no clean Episode 059: Cheap Chocolate Eve http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/02/22/episode-059-cheap-chocolate-eve/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/02/22/episode-059-cheap-chocolate-eve/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:34:16 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=192 Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Love was in the air. Some relationships soared, others crashed and burned. For those of us on the sidelines, it was quite a sight to behold and discuss. Here at BF we gathered a completely new panel of guests for our most estrogen-infused episode ever. Single ladies Kiki Canon, Megan Brase, and Ivy Filbin came on to discuss holidays, singularity, and commercialized sexism, among many other things. So cook yourself a bloody steak, get some chocolate on the side, and enjoy the show…

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Single and Famous” by MC Lars and K Flay

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/02/22/episode-059-cheap-chocolate-eve/feed/ 8 0:51:25 Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Love was in the air. Some relationships soared, others crashed and burned. For those of us on the sidelines, it was quite a sight to behold and discuss. Here at BF we gathered a completely new panel o[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 059 "Cheap Chocolate Eve" Recorded 02-14-10 Another Valentine's Day has come and gone. Love was in the air. Some relationships soared, others crashed and burned. For those of us on the sidelines, it was quite a sight to behold and discuss. Here at BF we gathered a completely new panel of guests for our most estrogen-infused episode ever. Single ladies Kiki Canon, Megan Brase, and Ivy Filbin came on to discuss holidays, singularity, and commercialized sexism, among many other things. So cook yourself a bloody steak, get some chocolate on the side, and enjoy the show... Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 056: I Miss D’n'D http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/01/23/episode-056-i-miss-dnd/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/01/23/episode-056-i-miss-dnd/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:58:16 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=187 Remember back when Bad Philosophy was good? Man, that show had some great moments. Recording in taco joints on a single microphone, losing episodes right and left, and always having the same people on week after week. Boy I tell ya, those were the days…

Hmm? Oh yeah, description! This week we decided to talk about nostalgia. Remember? That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you dust off your old Nintendo 64 that your mom was about to throw out, blow the chunks of cat hair out of a cartridge, and remember how frustrating that last level of Starfox was? Yep, that. Nostalgia expert and BF mainstay Kevin Saunders joined me, alongside friend of the show and chiptune guru Bryan Mitchell. Together we reminisced, analyzed, and speculated our way through one of our most F episodes in a while. Enjoy! We hope you remember the experience fondly.

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Those Were the Days” from All in the Family

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So in homage to our very first gathering, Kevin, Jed, Bryan, David, Matt, Michael Atellano, and I all gathered at the Freebird’s in Lubbock where it all started over a year ago and recorded the downright s***tiest episode since that fateful day (audio-wise, at least). Plenty of B, sprinkled with a little F, all wrapped up in a FAILtilla – just like you like it. Have a listen (and please, for the love of God, buy something from us). We love you!!!

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Title of the Song” by Da Vinci’s Notebook

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/11/05/episode-050-includes-teeth/feed/ 0 0:43:13 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’r[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 050 "Includes Teeth" Recorded 10-25-09 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 to our very first gathering, Kevin, Jed, Bryan, David, Matt, Michael Atellano, and I all gathered at the Freebird's in Lubbock where it all started over a year ago and recorded the downright shittiest episode since that fateful day (audio-wise, at least). Plenty of B, sprinkled with a little F, all wrapped up in a FAILtilla - just like you like it. Have a listen (and please, for the love of God, buy something from us). We love you!!! Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 044: BYOBF http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/13/episode-044-byobf/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/13/episode-044-byobf/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:25:51 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=171 Beer. That oh-so-ubiquitous alcoholic beverage. It has been the bane and boon of many a man’s life over the centuries, and now it has finally arrived (officially) here at Bad Philosophy. Local Texas Tech physics student Catherine Chesnutt kindly hosted the show in her back yard shack, where Eric Beutlich, Josh Clemmons, Kevin Saunders and I came together in splendid inebriation to talk causation, epistemology, and much more over some delicious Planters Peanuts. So grab a cold one, settle in, and enjoy some authentic beer philosophy…

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Galaxy Song” by Monty Python

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/09/13/episode-044-byobf/feed/ 0 0:59:51 Beer. That oh-so-ubiquitous alcoholic beverage. It has been the bane and boon of many a man's life over the centuries, and now it has finally arrived (officially) here at Bad Philosophy. Local Texas Tech physics student Catherine Chesnutt kindly hos[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 044 "BYOBF" Recorded 09-06-09 Beer. That oh-so-ubiquitous alcoholic beverage. It has been the bane and boon of many a man's life over the centuries, and now it has finally arrived (officially) here at Bad Philosophy. Local Texas Tech physics student Catherine Chesnutt kindly hosted the show in her back yard shack, where Eric Beutlich, Josh Clemmons, Kevin Saunders and I came together in splendid inebriation to talk causation, epistemology, and much more over some delicious Planters Peanuts. Grab a cold one, settle in, and enjoy... Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 041: How the West Was Mu http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/17/episode-041-how-the-west-was-mu/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/17/episode-041-how-the-west-was-mu/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:34:51 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=161 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…

You can also watch the live *UNCENSORED* Stickam recording below.

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “I Like Chinese” by Monty Python

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/08/17/episode-041-how-the-west-was-mu/feed/ 5 0:52:31 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 Easter[...] 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... Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no