05 September 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Does the “Right to be Forgotten” entail censorship? What is public or private anymore? Can PHP save us? Kevin and Stephen dive into all this and more.
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Anil Dash, Banksy, big data, Canada, censorship, Chelsea Manning, Cory Doctorow, Dan Geer, defamation, Edward Snowden, encryption, EU, European Court of Justice, Facebook, Figure8 Coffee Purveyors, Glenn Beck, Google, human rights, Justin Carter, Kate Crawford, Kevin, libel, Linguistic Labyrinth, Mario Consteja Gonzales, metadata, NSA, privacy, public, security, Stephen, Streisand Effect, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, The Right to Be Forgotten, Tor, trust
09 August 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen reminisce on nostalgia, avoid personal pronouns for 10 minutes, and contemplate Linklater’s “Boyhood”
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Boyhood, breakfast tacos, chess boxing, coffee, context, David Foster Wallace, forgetting, Harry Potter, Infinite Jest, Instagram, Into the Woods, Kevin, Linguistic Labyrinth, Mad Men, memory, Midnight in Paris, nostalgia, Patton Oswalt, pi, Pirate Radio, Power Rangers, randomness, Revenge of the Nerds, Richard Linklater, salvia, sexism, Stephen, The Boat That Rocked, Twilight Imperium, Woody Allen
05 August 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Rule Set Update
Kevin and Stephen reflect on episodes 151 – 153, examine how (poorly) we adhered to Rule Set B, and refresh the rule framework of BF.
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Cory Doctorow, David Foster Wallace, FaceTime, linguistics, postmodernism, QI, Stephen Fry, video chat
29 June 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Where do moral values come from? Kevin and Stephen tackle this question personally and theoretically.
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behaviorism, Boy Scouts, Community, consequentialism, ethics, Facebook, Golden Rule, Kenan Malik, law, McSweeney’s, morality, Net Neutrality, Nietzsche, normative ethics, pain, philosophy of mind, politeness, postmodernism, reality TV, religions, Slavoj Zizek, Starbucks, utilitarianism, virtue ethics
13 May 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is the Star Wars franchise at risk of inbreeding under Disney’s command? This Star Wars Day, Kevin and I share our latest musings on the beloved cultural force.
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Alex Cox, Cheers, Community, Disney, Epic Mickey, Game of Thrones, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Grand Budapest Hotel, gravity, Harry Potter, HBO, income inequality, J. J. Abrams, Joseph Campbell, Kevin, Kingdom Hearts, long tail, Marvel, May the Fourth, Mystery Science Theater 3000, narrative, Nate Silver, Nintendo, Patreon, Playboy, plutocracy, Roger Rabbit, Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Day, Stephen, storytelling, television, The Guild, Transformers, Veronica Mars, VHX, Wes Anderson, Wookiepedia
