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

When was the last time you read a newspaper? Oh… you’re reading one now. Well um… I guess I’ll just let you finish then. No, it’s cool, take your time. … Done? Okay, awesome. So… wow, this is a bit awkward. Our topic this week is actually the “death” of newspapers, which probably sounds a […]

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4chan, About.com, aesthetics, AOL Seed, Apple iPad, Ashley, Austin Statesman, Bill O'Reilly, billboards, blogging, Bobby Knight, broadcasting, capitalism, context, corporations, court, CourtTV, Craigslist, crowdsourcing, Glenn Beck, Haiti, healthcare, Huffington Post, Hunter S. Thompson, hyper-local, Iran, Jolt, journalism, Kevin, local, Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Mountain Dew, New York Times, newspapers, Pepsi, radio, sensationalism, Simon, Skype, Stephen, Stickam, SXSW, Texas Tech University, theatre, Timothy Cole, Twitter, Wikipedia

A friend of a friend told me that if you listen to Bad Philosophy on a Microsoft Zune while preparing a Hot Pocket, the microwaves resonate with the current in the headphone wires and cause your ears to secrete Jello! Really … this totally happens … … Okay, you caught us. It’s a pure urban […]

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4chan, Aristotle, Bewitched, Bill Gates, cell phones, club Luxor, conspiracy theories, Darwin's Awards, drugs, education, folk tales, George Bush, Google, government, iPhone, Jared, Jerry Seinfeld, journalism, Kevin, Kimberly, Lubbock, magic, Matt, money, Nick, PATRIOT Act, politics, possibility, radiation, revolution, Santa Claus, september 11th, Snopes, spiders, Stephen, Subway, success, tabloids, technology, The Internet, trolling, urban legends, viruses, Wal-Mart, Wikipedia