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

Kevin and Stephen fight a Story War and discuss Honest Trailers, PoMo theatre, the Monomyth, and much more on this week’s free-flowing F-isode.

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A New Kind of Science, Boing Boing, Breaking Bad, Cabin in the Woods, Community, complexity, Dan Harmon, Disney, feminism, FEZ, Flatland, Hercules, Honest Trailers, horror, Indie Game: The Movie, James Woods, Joseph Campbell, Kevin, Netrunner Android, Norman Leary, Orange is the New Black, racism, sexism, Steam, Stephen, Stephen Wolfram, Story War, Suzan-Lori Parks, The America Play, The Hero's Journey, The West Wing, theatre, TV, Valve, Weeds, XKCD, You're Next

Peter Buffett recently accused charities of philanthropic paternalism. What does this mean and why does it matter?

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Gates, business, capitalism, charity, Colonialism, feminism, humanism, John Hodgeman, Kevin, Malaria, micro lending, New York Times, nonprofits, paternalism, Peter Buffett, philanthropy, poverty, progress, Pronunciation Manual, Richard Dawkins, Snap Judgement, Stephen, This American Life

New guests Brian Morgan and Ryan Usher join the Bad Philosophers to talk Santorum, politics, and QUILTBAGs.

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2012 Election, Aaron Sorkin, atheism, Barack Obama, Brian Morgan, Christianity, class warfare, college, culture, culture war, cynicism, Dan Savage, dance, Democrat, education, elections, feminism, film, First Amendment, FOX News, Frank Luntz, Grand Ayatolla Ali Khamenei, Greek philosophy, homosexuality, Howard Dean, intelligent design, Iran, John Edwards, John Kerry, Justice Party, Karl Rove, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Liberalism, Libertarian, Lutherans, Mad Max, memes, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Neil Degrasse-Tyson, NPR, politics, President Obama, President of the United States, psychology, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, QUILTBAG, Ralph Nader, rational anarchy, religion, religious right, Republican, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Rocky Anderson, Ron Paul, Ryan Usher, sirens, socialism, Star Wars, textbooks, texting, The Daily Show, The Odyssey, The Partially Examined Life, The Stranger, The West Wing, This American Life, United States, University of Washington, women