22 February 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
The Bad Philosophers tackle education once again. Can Ken Robinson, Montessori schools, and John Dortmunder save the day?
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beer, Columbia, Columbus Day, Dan Brown, dinosaurs, Double Fine, education, enlightenment, games, high school, Horace Greeley, Horace Mann, Jon Dortmunder, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Larson, Kevin, kindergarten, Liam Neeson, Merrells, Montessori, Museum of Computer Culture, NPR, Patrick Stewart, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Planet Money, Rent, RSA Animate, Shawn, Shiner Dortmunder, Sir Ken Robinson, Slings and Arrows, Sloyd, spoiler wars, standardized testing, Stephen, Stephen Pinker, synesthesia, Texas Education Agency, This American Life, United States, Wikipedia
21 August 2011
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Take a moment to picture something that truly, deeply disgusts you; that photo in the lobby of your doctor’s office, rubbing felt the wrong direction, your own face in the mirror every morning… y’know, that sorta stuff. As it turns out, people get disgusted by relatively similar things, at least according to a couple of […]
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aliens, alternate reality games, Battleship, Boing Boing, death, disease, disgust, dolphins, food, free will, Greek, hagfish, iLoveBees, Julie, Kevin, kosher, language, Liam Neeson, Malaysia, MythBusters, pirates, radio drama, sex, South Korea, Stephen, Taken, World War Z, zombies
17 March 2009
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Fear not, good mortals! Bad Philosophy is not gone. There’s just, y’know, this thing called “college.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? Well, in any case, it tends to take priority over this show (at least for now), and that’s why this episode has taken so long to come out. You’ve probably all seen Watchmen by […]
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300, Alan Moore, aliens, American Sign Language, Arthur Dent, atheism, categorical imperative, Chuck Norris, comics, determinism, ethics, fatalism, Futurama, Gears of Wars, God, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hollywood, Kant, Kevin, Kinsey, Liam Neeson, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Michael H, Moby Dick, morality, New York City, pirates, realism, religion, Schindler's List, sin, Spiderman, spoilers, Stephen, Stephen King, Superman, symbolism, tachyons, Taken, The Dark Knight, Tom Clancy, Twitter, University of Texas, violence, Watchmen, Zach Snyder
