Bad Philosophy

President Obama’s State of the Union address? Meh. Practicing all your life one of two classical instruments because your mother says so? Snore. Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes? F***ING AWESOME. Okay, so we couldn’t exactly hit the mediocrity hat trick. BUT on a week when Internets were down in Egypt and Chicago, sickness spread […]

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American exceptionalism, Amy Chua, AT&T, atheism, Barack Obama, Bill Corbett, CERN, China, Community, diversity, Egypt, electric cars, FermiLab, George W Bush, Golden Globes, JFK, Keith Olbermann, Kenny G, Kevin, Kevin Murphy, Kiki, Mark Zuckerberg, NASA, Neil DeGrass Tyson, parenting, piano, politics, religion, Ricky Gervais, Robert Heinlein, State of the Union, Stephen, Texas Tech University, They Might Be Giants, Twitter, Uverse, violin, Wall Street Journal, Weird Al Yankovic

As we approach Halloween and the cool weather starts to move in, the Bad Philosophers reconvene for yet another intellectual foray into this excitingly dynamic world. Recently Kevin had a chance to see His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in person. We discussed his newfound insights into the human condition, religion, and crowd control, as well as […]

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Android, atheism, Bill Nye, Buddhism, Catholicism, China, Christianity, Daily Toreador, Dalai Llama, ethics, evolution, Facebook, Facebook Groups, Flying Spaghetti Monster, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Golden Rule, Google Car, Google Wave, healthcare, Jon Stewart, Kevin, Kiki, MacBook Air, mainstream media, Mandala, Miami Student, Miami University, Michael Moore, MythBusters, National Science Fair, politics, porn, regulation, religion, Scott Adams, South Park, Stephen, The Internet, Tibet, Total Recall

After another long and completely unnecessary hiatus, we’re back for another rip-roaring episode! Last week Kevin joined me after returning from his whirlwind theatrical tour of the Czech Republic and greater Eastern Europe. This got us talking about language, culture, music and of course Homestar Runner. Have a listen! This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: 4 […]

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Android, Apple, architecture, art, blues, children, China, culture, Czech Republic, Disney World, Europe, Folk Alley, folk music, history, Homestar Runner, HTC Incredible, iPad, iPhone, jazz, Katy Perry, Kevin, Kukysevraci, Lady Gaga, language, Pandora, pop, Renaissance, Scotland, Stephen, theatre

Eastern thought has been a curiosity for Western culture ever since Marco Polo made his epic journey to Asia in the 1200s. The legacy of this curiosity lives on, and so Bad Philosophy has decided to undertake the momentous task of reconciling Eastern and Western philosophy in a single episode (because we’re just awesome like that). Joining me for his first episode ever is mechanical engineering graduate student Sean Mullen, alongside an uncharacteristically in-person Kevin Saunders. NUF (Numero Uno Fanboy) Jed Cummins worked the camera (sort of) and despite many technical difficulties we actually managed some good conversation. So grab a fortune cookie, sit down on your tatami, and have a listen…

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