Bad Philosophy

Kevin, Stephen, and Jacie discuss Stephen’s new YouTube direction and the video community in general.

Ep108: The Ultimate Egotist [ 1:00:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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A Very Potter Musical, anthropology, Ashton Kutcher, ASL, Beyond Viral, Blue Moon, Community, Cory Williams, Cyber Bullying, DailyMotion, ethnography, Glee, Google, Halloween, Halo, Jacie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jomama Jones, Kevin, Kevin Nalty, Kevin Smith, Master Pancake, Mike Wesch, Miller High Life, Neil Simon, nerdfighteria, performance, Philip DeFranco, Project for Awesome, Red State, Seinfeld, songsigning, Starkid, Stephen, Stephen King, theatre, True Lies, Tyler Perry, Vimeo, Vlog Brothers, YouTube

Oh my… *cough* …wow, I had no idea dust built up that quickly …on the Internet. ANYWHO. We’re back, yes indeed. And we brought along a classic F-isode just for y’all! Yeah it may be last week’s news, but apparently Iron Man 2 dropped in theaters. Oh, and apparently Stephen Hawking said something about aliens. [...]

BF064 Foremanslaw [ 50:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Adam Savage, aliens, Angry Birds, Ant Man, ASL, Captain America, Chicago, collecting, comic books, comics, Edgar Wright, flamethrowers, Foursquare, iPad, Iron Man 2, Jediah, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Kiki, Kindle, location, Matt, Mormonism, MST3K, plants vs zombies, Pythagorean Theorem, relationships, Rifftrax, Samuel L. Jackson, Starbucks, Stephen, Stephen Hawking, The Avengers, time travel, Twilight, Unskippable, vampires, YouTube, zombies

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 [...]

Ep059 Cheap Chocolate Eve [ 51:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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alcohol, Arnold Schwarzenegger, chocolate, Christmas, conformity, Dodge, Family Guy, feminism, flowers, Google, gore, guilt, Hallmark, Harry Potter, high school, holidays, Hollywood, horror, ice skating, identity, Ivy, Jared, Jonathan Coulton, Kay Jewelers, Kiki, Lord of the Rings, marriage, Megan, Mother's Day, movies, New Years, nonconformity, relationships, seasons, sexism, Single's Awareness Day, sociology, Star Trek, steak, Stephen, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Night of Sevens, The Olympics, time, tradition, TV, Twitter, Valentine's Day, Wikipedia, YouTube

For most folks fame comes rarely, if ever. Only a few people ever rise above the sea of obscurity, either from their own effort or by the grace of others (or some combination of the two). In the Internet age, this process of fame-making has taken on a whole new dimension, with the advent of [...]

Ep058 Banana Pancakes [ 54:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Afghanistan, alternate universes, America's Got Talent, American Idol, BattleBots, Bo Burnham, Brotherhood 2.0, celebrity, Dallas, Dexter Filkins, fame, Ficly, Fred, iCarly, Iraq, John and Hank Green, Jonathan Coulton, Josh Groban, Kelly Clarkson, Kevin, Last Comic Standing, Margaret, Marty Casey, Michael Jackson, narrowcasting, Nickelodeon, objectivity, Osborns, PAX, Penny Arcade, quality, reality TV, robots, Rock Start INXS, science fiction, Stephen, Stephen King, talent, The Forever War, the long tail, Tom Cruise, Tumblr, University of Washington, web celebrities, William H. Macy, YouTube