13 November 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
How did you feel about the staff at your university when they enforced policy? When they told you that something wasn’t in your best interest? When they offered to help you through tough times? It’s been a while since we’ve visited the subject of Higher Education, and we’ve perhaps never approached it from quite the same vector as this episode. Student Affairs veteran and resident synesthete Shawn Brackett joins me and Kevin for an insider’s look at institutionalized paternalist / maternalist practices in public universities, historical precedents for them, and some questions around the ethics of their implementation. So settle in for some free pizza, free condoms, and free thought in this week’s BF.
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adulthood, alcohol, Alexander Graham-Bell, Arthur Chickering, autonomy, bachelor’s degree, childhood, drugs, economics, education, Fermat’s Last Theorem, high school, higher education, in loco parentis, Kevin, maternalism, paternalism, Reed College, sex, sex education, Stephen, student affairs, Texas Tech University, The Purge, The Simpsons, University of California System
13 October 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen scream their way through the spectacular new film Gravity, and miraculously return to earth to discuss it.
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2001: A Space Odyssey, Alfonso Cuaron, Apollo 13, Avatar, Castaway, Children of Men, District 9, Doom, Elysium, film, George Clooney, gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hollywood, IMAX, Kevin, Metacritic, Moon Landings, NASA, Neill Blomkamp, Nickelodeon, Penny Arcade, Phil Phish, physics, Prometheus, Rotten Tomatoes, Sandra Bullock, science fiction, space, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen, Stephen King, The Plant, The Shining, The Tomorrow People, transhumanism, visual effects
03 October 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
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
07 September 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
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
24 August 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Gaming journalists Britton Peele and Tim Poon join us to discuss Gone Home, gaming industry philosophy, and expanding spheres.
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3DS, Among the Sleep, Bethesda, BioShock Infinite, Britton, Dallas Morning News, Dear Esther, Dota2, Duke Nukem Forever, Evil Within, free-to-play, gaming, Gone Home, Half-Life 3, Hugo Martin, Id, indie games, Joystiq, Kevin, LaserDisc, League of Legends, MOBA, Netflix, Nintendo, Plants vs. Zombies 2, PlayStation 4, Pop Tarts, QuakeCon, religion, Schindler's List, science fiction, Shinji Mikami, Solar Clipper Trader Tales, Spin the Bottle, Spyro the Dragon, Steam, Stephen, Synecdoche New York, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Tim, VHS, video games, WiiU, Wolfenstein: The New Order
