Bad Philosophy

Every once in a while we here at BF like to have a gratuitously self-indulgent show that focuses purely on our own half-baked accomplishments and personal history. This time it was all about the K-man, mister Kevin Saunders himself. We had live Skype callers on the show once again, talked a little history, and answered questions about Kevin and the show. It was a jolly good time. Oh, and apologies for taking so long to upload this one. I was abducted by aliens.

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This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “I Wanna Talk About Me” by Toby Keith

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Bad Astronomy, Canada, census, Dollhouse, education, Foursquare, Freebirds, genealogy, high school, history, Jackass, Jonathan Coulton, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, Lubbock, Lubbock Tweetup, physics, questions, Stephen, Texas Tech University, theatre, time travel, Twitter

When was the last time you read a newspaper? Oh… you’re reading one now. Well um… I guess I’ll just let you finish then. No, it’s cool, take your time. … Done? Okay, awesome. So… wow, this is a bit awkward. Our topic this week is actually the “death” of newspapers, which probably sounds a lot less interested to you now in light of… yeah. Turns out the news of their death might be a bit exaggerated. On the show to tell us why were print journalism gurus Simon Ponder and Ashley Liles. Back on the show to give them hell was the one and only Kevin Saunders. We do hope you enjoy this romp into the subject… right after you finish the Sports section.

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Hey, we actually broadcast this one live, too! Check it out:

This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Hard Times” from Newsies

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4chan, About.com, aesthetics, AOL Seed, Apple iPad, Ashley, Austin Statesman, Bill O'Reilly, billboards, blogging, Bobby Knight, broadcasting, capitalism, context, corporations, court, CourtTV, Craigslist, crowdsourcing, Glenn Beck, Haiti, healthcare, Huffington Post, Hunter S. Thompson, hyper-local, Iran, Jolt, journalism, Kevin, local, Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Mountain Dew, New York Times, newspapers, Pepsi, radio, sensationalism, Simon, Skype, Stephen, Stickam, SXSW, Texas Tech University, theatre, Timothy Cole, Twitter, Wikipedia

There is a place where, once a year, every geek worth his or her salt comes together in the magically weird city of Austin. For five days we mingle, bond, network, and bring our alcohol consumption up to par with our 3G bandwidth consumption. We call this beer- and bandwidth-infused tribal gathering SXSW Interactive, and this year a couple of us from BF got the privilege of attending it. BF mainstay Jediah Cummins, photoblogger and Rackspace contractor Simon Ponder, and yours truly gathered in the Austin Hilton to reflect on our experiences, share some thoughts on location-based gaming, and forget to talk about robots. We even managed to match the sucky audio quality of our first episode with our 60th! How is that NOT worth your time? Have a listen…

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This Week’s Post-Show Song Pimpage: “Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats

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alcohol, Ashton Kutcher, AT&T, augmenting reality, Austin, Bigg Digg Shindigg, business, business cards, crowd surfing, Dan Ariely, Evan Williams, Foursquare, geocaching, geotagging, Google, Gowalla, hyperlocation, interactive, Jediah, Leo Laporte, local, location, meta, news, newspapers, panels, QR codes, Simon, smartphones, social media, Starbucks, Stephen, SWACURH, SXSW, SXSWi, TWiT, Twitter, wifi, Wordpress, zombies

So Kevin Saunders decided to send in this little gem of a throwback episode for this week. It’s raw, live, and mostly uncut–in other words, classic BF. So sit back, relax, and listen as Kevin reads the news of the week…

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This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “That’s the News of the Week” by Paul and Storm

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