Bad Philosophy

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

For most folks fame comes rarely, if ever. Only a few people ever rise above the sea of obscurity, either from their own effort or by the grace of others (or some combination of the two). In the Internet age, this process of fame-making has taken on a whole new dimension, with the advent of […]

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Afghanistan, alternate universes, America's Got Talent, American Idol, BattleBots, Bo Burnham, Brotherhood 2.0, celebrity, Dallas, Dexter Filkins, fame, Ficly, Fred, iCarly, Iraq, John and Hank Green, Jonathan Coulton, Josh Groban, Kelly Clarkson, Kevin, Last Comic Standing, Margaret, Marty Casey, Michael Jackson, narrowcasting, Nickelodeon, objectivity, Osborns, PAX, Penny Arcade, quality, reality TV, robots, Rock Start INXS, science fiction, Stephen, Stephen King, talent, The Forever War, the long tail, Tom Cruise, Tumblr, University of Washington, web celebrities, William H. Macy, YouTube

Quick! There’s an asteroid barreling toward your corner of the earth and you have no chance of escape. The world as you know it ends in 4 hours. What do you do?! Listen to the latest BF, that’s what! On this show we tackled that ever-present subject of the apocalypse. Kevin Saunders joined me alongside […]

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2010: The Year We Make Contact, 2012, afterlife, apocalypse, Avatar, crazy glue, death, dinosaurs, disaster porn, Dollhouse, Firefly, Forever is Not So Long, freedom, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Jediah, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, mobius strip, prophecy, retr0brite, science fiction, Serenity, SkyNet, Stephen, survival, Syfy, The Happening, The Moon, The Time Machine, time travel, Tremors, Waterworld

Remember back when Bad Philosophy was good? Man, that show had some great moments. Recording in taco joints on a single microphone, losing episodes right and left, and always having the same people on week after week. Boy I tell ya, those were the days… Hmm? Oh yeah, description! This week we decided to talk […]

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8-bit, 9/11, Adventures of Pete and Pete, aesthetics, Atari 2600, Bryan M, Cash Cab, charades, childhood, chiptune music, Clarissa Explains it All, constrained creativity, Dimitri Martin, disco, Dylan Trigg, epistemology, Facebook, fallibilism, Frendle, Friendster, GameBoy, gaming, Grease, Greek, H1N1, Hegel, Hot Tub Time Machine, idealism, Kevin, Large Hadron Collider, Leave it to Beaver, Macintosh, Megaman, memory, Michael Jackson, middle ages, muscle cars, NES, New York City, Nintendo 64, nostalgia, phenomenology, pictionary, progress, psychology, rationality, Reading Rainbow, renaissance fair, retro, ruin, Stephen, StrengthsQuest, structuralism, swine flu, telephone, The Hangover, The Magic School Bus, the plague, time, Twitter, XKCD