23 April 2012
By StephenTorrence
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Kevin and Stephen deconstruct the hot horror genre gem Cabin in the Woods after their trip to the theater.
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Aaron Sorkin, Alan Tudyk, Bradley Whitford, Breaking Bad, Brick, Cabin in the Woods, cinema, Clarks 2, Drew Goddard, Duncan Jones, Eleven Minutes Ago, Game of Thrones, Hardcore Pawn, horror, I Heart Huckabee's, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Mad Men, Metacritic, Monty Python, Moon, Pawn Stars, Primer, Rian Johnson, Rotten Tomatoes, sacrifice, Shakespeare, Sigourney Weaver, Source Code, Stephen, Susan Sarandon, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The Muppets, The Shield, The Wire, Top Gun, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, TV
05 April 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
The Bad Philosophers make a Cohen Brothers-esque story through the distinctive game “Fiasco.” Blood, betrayal, burgers… we’ve got it all!
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Brian Morgan, Bully Pup Games, Cohen Brothers, Fiasco, Kevin, mafia, record industry, Stephen, table top gaming, Wil Wheaton
26 March 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Stephen, Kevin, Kiki, and new guest Matt Epperson examine whether chaos-inducing “jokers” are a fundamental reason why society works. Science thinks so. Do you?
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9-11, AirBnb, Alan Moore, anarchy, autopsies, Bass Pro Shop, Batman, Bernie Madoff, Code for America, collective action, comics, crime, eBay, ethics, financial services, free market, French Revolution, game theory, Getaround, government, ion, iTunes U, Joker, Kevin, Kiki, lighthouses, Lloyd Blankfein, mafia, Matt E, Mitt Romney, Nash Equilibrium, NPR, Planet Money, PRI, Prisoners' Dilemma, publics goods, rational anarchy, social engineering, Stephen, Steven Levitt, superheroes, taxes, Texas Tech University, The Dark Knight, The Killing Joke, The Price is Right, thermodynamics, This American Life, Tragedy of the Commons, Watchmen
07 March 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
New guests Brian Morgan and Ryan Usher join the Bad Philosophers to talk Santorum, politics, and QUILTBAGs.
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2012 Election, Aaron Sorkin, atheism, Barack Obama, Brian Morgan, Christianity, class warfare, college, culture, culture war, cynicism, Dan Savage, dance, Democrat, education, elections, feminism, film, First Amendment, FOX News, Frank Luntz, Grand Ayatolla Ali Khamenei, Greek philosophy, homosexuality, Howard Dean, intelligent design, Iran, John Edwards, John Kerry, Justice Party, Karl Rove, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Liberalism, Libertarian, Lutherans, Mad Max, memes, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Neil Degrasse-Tyson, NPR, politics, President Obama, President of the United States, psychology, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, QUILTBAG, Ralph Nader, rational anarchy, religion, religious right, Republican, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Rocky Anderson, Ron Paul, Ryan Usher, sirens, socialism, Star Wars, textbooks, texting, The Daily Show, The Odyssey, The Partially Examined Life, The Stranger, The West Wing, This American Life, United States, University of Washington, women
28 February 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Canadian dramedy Slings and Arrows has made quite an impression on Stephen. In this episode he breaks it down with the help of theatre guru Kevin Saunders.
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Academy Awards, Aristotle, Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Community, death, E.T., flowers, Hamlet, Heroes, heterosexuality, homosexuality, irony, James Kakalios, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin, life, love, MacBeth, modernism, Much Ado About Nothing, Oscars, Pandora, post-modernism, post-structuralism, Rifftrax, Robert Wilson, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Slings and Arrows, Stephen, structuralism, Synecdoche New York, The Physics of Superheroes, theatre, Tony Awards, Top Gun, TV Tropes, West Side Story, Wikipedia