Bad Philosophy

Episode 011: Half-Hour of “Huh?”

18 November 2008 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

As Oscar Wilde once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go to EPIC FAIL.”

Such was our experience this past Friday, as guest after guest bailed on us and we exhausted our respective phone books and Facebook friend lists trying to procure a replacement. Ultimately, we ended up with Hayslip again, who… y’know… I mean… he’s okay… I guess. It turned into another meta-episode (you love those, right?) as we threw down some thoughts on merch‘, cables, and how to grow this baby into Godzilla. Hint: it involves YOU. So sit back and listen as we give a little back to you, our audience, on this short but sweet edition of BF…

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Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Matt Legler, Stephen Torrence, Michael Haslip

2008 election, advertising, Albuquerque, Austin, Barack Obama, BFG 9000, binary, Cafe Press, Canada, Doom, Flickr, FriendFeed, girls, Harvey Firestien, HDMI, Hillary Clinton, homosexuality, Idiocracy, IP addresses, iTunes, Jeff Pratt, John C Dvorak, John Locke, Kevin, Lubbock, Lulu, Matt, meta, Michael H, Monoprice.com, Murray Hall, Oklahoma!, Rene Descartes, Robert Heron, Rock Band, Scott eVest, shipping, Stephen, swag, tater tots, Texas Tech University, Thomas Edison, tumbleweeds, TWiT, UPS, Veronica Belmont, viral, YouTube

Episode 010: What a Bunch of Halloweenies

09 November 2008 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Back from the dead (or so you thought!), BF is coming at you with our long-overdue ultra-cliche excessively-hyphenated Halloween episode! Our panel of friendly ghosts, including Lost Episode veteran Michael Hayslip and first-time guest but long-time #1 fan Jediah Cummins, takes a spooky ride through the cultural, historical, and religious facets of the holiday. But we must acknowledge the true star of this episode… CANDY. Candy: it’ll rot out your teeth, but you’ll love every delicious minute of it. You know what won’t rot out your teeth, though? Bad Philosophy! So what are you waiting for? Grab a 40, kick back, and let our creepy rants envelope your SOUL…

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Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Stephen Torrence, Jediah Cummins, Michael Haslip

2008 election, Ayn Rand, Canada, candy, Catholicism, Ceres, children, chiropractic, Christianity, Christmas, classification, costumes, dating, Death of a Salesman, Dia de Los Muertos, Dr. Horrible, Easter, evangelism, faith, fear, free will, Guy Fawkes, Halloween, harvest, hell, hell house, HijiNKS Ensue, How I Met Your Mother, Hulu, Jediah, Jerry Seinfeld, Joss Whedon, Judaism, Kevin, Kids Vote, Kim Carrey, Mean Girls, Michael H, Nickelodeon, ninjas, non-conformity, paganism, planets, Pluto, polling, Portal, Pride and Prejudice, Psycho, Rocketeer, Sarah Palin, science, sluts, Snickers, Stephen, taxonomy, Thanksgiving, The Fountainhead, The Mask, The Riddler, Trick or Treat, working out, X-Men

Weekly Why 003: RaiderVille Diaries Part III

01 November 2008 By StephenTorrence 0 In Weekly Why

This is it! ESPN Game Day is here in Lubbock, TX and we here at Bad Philosophy are pleased to bring you this final chapter in the RaiderVille Diaries series from the line outside Jones AT&T Stadium. We’ve stuck it out, we’ve done the hours, and the moment of reckoning is upon. Tech alumni Jeff Pratt (of Microsoft) and his brother Mike join us before tailgating for some final thoughts, reminiscing about their time at Tech, and other reflections.

More Photos of Game Day (Facebook)

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Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Matt Legler, Jediah Cummins, Kimberly Stewart

Guests: Jeff and Mike Pratt

alumni, college, ESPN, football, Ghost Hunters, Jediah, Jeff Pratt, Kimberly, Lubbock, marriage, Matt, Microsoft, Murdough Hall, RaiderVille, Sci-Fi Channel, snow, Stephen, Texas Tech University, University of Texas

Weekly Why 002: RaiderVille Diaries Part II

30 October 2008 By StephenTorrence 0 In Weekly Why

We’re back for the second installment of the RaiderVille Diaries, joined this time by yet another first-time guest, Lexi Ellis. We managed to cram four people into the midget tent and muse about the social dynamics of the growing community, authority, lawlessness, and such. The party’s going strong and there are still two days to go!

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Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders, Matt Legler, Lexi Ellis

alcohol, anarchy, authoritarianism, college, ESPN, food, football, Kevin, law, Lexi, magic, Matt, Microsoft, Mike Leach, monarchy, nepotism, prostitution, RaiderVille, Risk, Rock Band, society, Stephen, tents, Texas Tech University, The Incredibles, University of Texas, Wild West, Woodstrock

Weekly Why 001: RaiderVille Diaries Part I

29 October 2008 By StephenTorrence 0 In Weekly Why

Every once in a while, people come together for an event spontaneously, forming a community of like minds that lives, breathes, and functions like a full-fledged village. This week, leading up to the epic college football match-up between Texas Tech University and the University of Texas, Bad Philosophy will follow the development of just such a place: RaiderVille, TX. Watch and listen as we record our experiences from INSIDE this unique gathering in our new mini-series, RaiderVille Diaries.

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