Bad Philosophy

Stay calm. You’re not imagining things. That “b” is real, and we have a good explanation for it… sort of. As you well know, we here at Bad Philosophy have had our [some might say disproportionate] share of unsavory experiences with audio equipment. Trying new things tends to get us in trouble, and well… we […]

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2008 election, advising, Alec Baldwin, Alex Albrecht, anarchy, Animal Planet, Arizona Cardinals, authoritarianism, Barack Obama, Benito Mussolini, bias, Bill Clinton, Blackberry, Bridgestone, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Budweiser, Canada, Captain Kirk, CareerBuilder, cats, Cinncinnatus, commercials, communism, conservatism, corporations, crack, Doritos, EULA, existentialism, fascism, football, FOX News, Frank Caliendo, Frank Zappa, Franklin Roosevelt, Franz Kafka, free will, Galaxy Quest, GE, Godwin's Law, government, Great Depression, hash tags, Herbert Hoover, Heroes, Hollywood, horses, Hot Wheels, Hulu, iLife, iPhone, Jackass, Janet Jackson, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jediah, John Elway, John Madden, Justin Timberlake, Kevin, Kevin Rose, koalas, Levar Burton, Liberal Fascism, libertarianism, love, Lutheran, MacGruber, Mad TV, MasterCard, MC Hammer, McDonald's, Mercury, Michael H, Mickey Mouse Club, Mike Leach, Miller, Murray Hall, nationalism, Nazi, NBC, nipplegate, parliamentary liberalism, parody, Pepsi, philosophy of language, Pittsburgh Steelers, Playboy, Pluto, politics, porn, puppies, Puppy Bowl, republicanism, Richard Dean Anderson, Richard Nixon, Rome, Sartre, satire, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Saturday Night Live, Soren Kierkegaard, squirrels, Star Trek, Starbucks, statism, Stephen, Stickam, Super Bowl, T9, Texas A&M, Texas Tech University, texting, The Internet, The Talking Heads, Tim Allen, Tom Petty, TWiT, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic, Wikipedia, William Shatner

We’re in a crisis today, peeps. Healthcare in the United States is whack, and everybody’s got a plan to fix it. We may not be Obama’s advisory board, but we’ll be darned if BF is gonna sit on the sidelines for this most relevant of issues. Numero Uno fanboy Jediah Cummins joined us for his first appearance alongside Matt Legler (and LO, the universe did NOT explode!). We had our crazy awesome microphone setup going once again, so hold onto your W2 form, strap on a heart monitor, and take a speed-of-light tour on the healthcare freeway – BF style!

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2012, AIDS, alcohol, altruism, American Sign Language, appendectomy, Arsenic and Old Lace, Articles of Confederation, Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica, Bill Nye, Canada, cancer, Cary Grant, Catholicism, China, Chinese, cholesterol, Christianity, Colorado, Congress, Constitution, Coronado High School, corporations, crime, Cuba, cursing, Department of Homeland Security, diabetes, doctors, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, Dungeons and Dragons, Durango, economics, England, Europe, Family Guy, Firefly, FOX, FOX News, frak, free market, French, Freudian slip, Frost/Nixon, George Carlin, grapples, Havana, health insurance, healthcare, Hillary Clinton, HMOs, Houston, Hypocratic Oath, imperial system, income tax, infant mortality, Jack Black, Japan, Jediah, John F. Kennedy, John Gabriel's Internet F***wad Theory, Jonathan Coulton, Joss Whedon, junk food, Kevin, life span, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Matt, MD Anderson, meta, metric system, Michael Moore, military, MIT, Monopoly, National Health Service, NRA, obesity, OECD, Oscars, Paris, Penny Arcade, personal responsibility, Pledge of Allegiance, pregnancy, prescriptions, preventative care, Quakers, quality of life, Richard Nixon, Sean Hannity, selfishness, Serenity, SI, Sicko, Social Security, socialism, Spanish, Star Flight, Stephen, supply and demand, tariffs, taxes, Tenacious D, Texas, Texas Tech University, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Daily Show, The Internet, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Weather Channel, TV, Veronica Mars, Walgreen's, World of Warcraft

We’ve got ourselves a new president in these grand United States of America, and in celebration of that common knowledge we dedicated this BF to discussing… pretty much anything except that. Jessica Story joined us for the first time, bringing a flare of femininity to the show in a shameless attempt to lure in the other 51% of the world’s population. But demographics be damned! We had rabbit trails to follow, cookies to chew, and Rubik’s cubes to solve… all in a high-quality multi-track audio extravaganza. You thought we could never get more BF? Well I’ve got news for you: Yes we can. And… we did…

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2008 election, AARP, Abraham Lincoln, altruism, American Sign Language, Amish, Barack Obama, basketball, BCS, Big 12, Bill Clinton, Blackberry, blogging, cereal, Chef Boyardee, communism, cookies, Cory Doctorow, Creative, Crunch Berries, Daily Toreador, damage, democracy, dogs, Dr. Pepper, dyslexia, education, Facebook, facial hair, football, Freudian slip, George Bush, Gordon Hall, government, guns, Guns N Roses, house of cards, hurricanes, iPhone, Iraq War, Isaac Hayes, Jessica, Joe Biden, John Kerry, John McCain, ketchup, Kevin, Levar Burton, lobbying, Lucky Charms, Manifest Destiny, marijuana, Martin Luther King Day, Matt, Mennonites, nanobots, NCAA, NRA, Oklahoma!, Oreo, philosophy of language, Plantronics, politics, Presidential Inauguration, property, Richard Nixon, Rubik's Cube, school vouchers, september 11th, Shaft, Sigmund Freud, sneezing, socialism, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, Starbucks, Stephen, Super Smash Bros, tango, Teddy Roosevelt, Texas A&M, that's what she said, the future, The Jetsons, The Luvre, the pyramids, Twitter, tyranny, universal healthcare, Ustream, Wal-Mart, Xeni Jardin

It’s here, people! We’re inching our way ever closer to becoming bona fide, honest to goodness procasters. We’re back in the DMS and managed to rig up their spiffy, expensive microphones into the best audio configuration we’ve had yet. Julie Meadows joins us this episode for a finagled foray into copyright, Mickey Mouse, and sneezing… among many other decidedly BF things. So pull up an ideal chair and get ready for the audio bliss that is Episode 18…

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ABC, ASL, audio, audiobooks, blinking, books, burping, Catholicism, Chris Smith, Congress, copyright, Cory Doctorow, Craphound.com, Creative Commons, Disney, divorce, DNA, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, East India Trading Company, education, Europe, Facebook, fair use, fascism, FCC, Gatorade, Gettysburg Address, Godwin's Law, Grapevine, happy birthday, hats, intellectual property, iPhone, Japan, Julie, Kevin, Korea, Little Brother, lobbying, Matt, metaphysics, Mickey Mouse, Monoprice.com, Native Americans, ownership, Palm OS, patent, personal identity, Philip Glass, philosophy of mind, piano, Pixar, Pokemon, Powerade, private property, privatization, public domain, RadioShack, Romeo and Juliet, science fiction, Shakespeare, Ship of Theseus, sneezing, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, Steamboat Willy, Stephen, The Simpsons, theater, Tracy Olman Show, trade, trademarks, Wall-E, Walt Disney, Western culture, wills