Bad Philosophy

The future is a funny thing. We’ve talked on the show before about the many theories that abound about how we’ll evolve as a species and a society. Especially since the introduction of Google Glasses the future (or a future) feels closer than ever. This episode Kevin and I discuss the many ways that a continuous, […]

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Aaron Franklin, advertising, Android, Anthony Bourdain, art, Atari, car names, cell phones, computers, Deep Space Nine, droid, Franklin Barbecue, gift economy, Google, Google Glasses, guilt, IBM, identity, journalism, Kevin, Motorola, No Reservations, Oscars, PC, perception, Personal Computer, post-structuralism, Project Glass, RAZR, Ready Player One, Rudy Rucker, singularity, social networking, society, Stephen, Texas Instruments, Zoolander

As I hope many of you are already aware thanks to various sources around the Internet, FOX recently announced that the best sci-fi series currently on television, Fringe, will be moving to the “Friday Night Death Slot” when American Idol returns. Obviously, we here at BF are upset about this, so we assembled a panel […]

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For no particular reason we’ve decided to try something *BRAND NEW* on this week’s episode of Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I pulled a few articles and a comic out of the news, grabbed a couple of beers, and dove in to the stories for an hour. What came was something of a nice balance between […]

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Howdy, folks! Yes, you may throw tomatoes at me now. I really thought that graduating and coming home for the summer would leave me with more time. Sadly, this has not been the case. BUT we are back now, with an episode that’s almost a month old but still delightfully entertaining. Kiki and her friend […]

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