Bad Philosophy

Tackling Judith Butler, gender conceptions, and the complex contemporary web of thought around these subjects with Stephen and Kevin

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Action Philosophers, Apple, Capital Factory, capitalism, colonialization, continental philosophy, DSM, entropy, feminism, gender, germinal, Gone Girl, homosexuality, identity, Invisibilia, Judith Butler, Jupiter Ascending, Kevin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, meaning of life, pride, prime numbers, queer theory, sex, sexuality, Stephen, The Wachowskis, transgender

WOW! Another year is upon us. The world didn’t end in 2012, even though it gave us an extra day to contemplate our doom. So once again we’re back for our annual retrospective / prediction-fest. Kevin joined me to welcome newcomer and fellow philosopher Oso Perez to the show. This episode may not shock you, but it might move you to reflect, resolve, and predict a bit for yourself. Leave your own New Years thoughts in the comments! Hope y’all enjoy our first episode of 2013…

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2012, 2012 apocalypse, 2013, 3D, 48fps, A Good Day to Die Hard, Aaron Sorkin, Alamo Drafthouse, Apple, AppleBee's, Arrested Development, Austin, Avatar, Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, Breaking Bag, Car2Go, CES, Chilantro BBQ, Chinese, Cloud Atlas, crowd funding, economics, emoji, Everything is a Remix, Facebook, fiscal cliff, FitBit, food trucks, Franklin Barbecue, FTL: Faster Than Light, Galaxy Moviehouse, Game of Thrones, Godspell, Google, Gourdough's, HFR, Homeland, Homestuck, house of cards, Hunger Games, IndieGoGo, Japanese, Jawbone Up, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kevin, Kickstarter, Lark, Leap of Faith, Mandarin, Moneyball, Movie Grill, Netflix, New Years, Newsies, Nike Plus Fuelband, Once, Oso, Parker, PBS, Peep Show, perception, politics, Project Glass, retrospective, Rosetta Stone, Rush Hour, science fiction, Sight, special effects, Star Wars, Stephen, Steve Jobs, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Tower, The Hobbit, The Newsroom, The Social Network, The Thing, The West Wing, The Woman Who Died a Lot, theatre, Thor, Tony Awards, Ulysses, Walter Isaacson, wearable technology, ZipCar

The Bad Philosophers share their (non-apocalyptic) predictions for 2012 and beyond over some delicious beer.

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17th Precinct, 3D, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas, Aaron, apocalypse, Apple, Avatar, Avernum: Escape from the Pit, Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica, Century City, Community, Confucius, cruise, Day-Glo, Dennis Kucinich, Dr. Webb, e-ink, exercise, Facebook, Facebook Timeline, film, Glee, Godspell, Hipstamatic, Hypnotoad, Instagram, Isaac Asimov, J. J. Abrams, Jacie, Jon Stewart, Kaypro, Kevin, lomography, Newsies, Next New Networks, Oink, photography, Pokemon, Polaroid, politics, Reddit, Rifftrax, Robert Heinlein, Ron Moore, Ron Paul, Russian, sci-fi, Simon, Skyrim, Smash, SOPA, Sorkin, Spider Software, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate Universe, Stephen, technology, The Hobbit, The Impossible Project, The Newsroom, The Wire, theatre, Tony Awards, Turkish, TV, United Nations, universal healthcare, Vanity Fair, YouTube

Stephen returns to Texas Tech to analyze hipsters and counter-culture with Shawn, Matt, and Bryan.

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Amazon, Amazon Prime, Angry Birds, AOL, Apple, Arcade Fire, babies, Bryan M, Canada, Carl Young, Cars, Chipotle, counter-culture, Digital Media Studio, Dreamwidth, emo, Facebook, Ford, Foursquare, Freebirds, Google, HEB, hipsters, iPhone, iPod, iRiver H10, Kent Hance, Kia, King Supers, Kroger, Last.fm, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, maple syrup, Matt, memes, meta, Microsoft, music, pancakes, Predictably Irrational, retro, Risk, Sanyo, Saturn, sex, Shawn, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Atlantic, The Decemberists, The Internet, Twitter, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Windows, Zune