17 April 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is consumer capitalism played-out? Why is Roberto Unger so angry? And could cats save us all? Kevin and I ponder these questions and more.
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activism, Alton Brown, Android, anger, Barack Obama, breast cancer, capitalism, CCC, charity, Civil Rights Movement, consequentialism, Cory Doctorow, CSR, deontology, extrinsic value, FDR, Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, Google, Great Depression, healthcare, idealism, Infinite Cat Project, intrinsic value, Kevin, Marxism, minimum income, PBS Idea Channel, pessimism, Philosophy Bites, Planet Money, podcasts, power, protest, RadioLab, realism, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Rosa Parks, RSA, schizophrenia, slacktivism, socialism, Spider Robinson, Stephen, The Cold Equations, Theodore Sturgeon, Tumblr, United States, WPA, Zoom
07 April 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Old friend Greg Briley joins Kevin and Stephen to discuss ancient Soviet gamification and the core concepts of Marxism. Also, puppies full of candy.
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achievements, Action Philosophers, Bastion, Braid, bronies, Charlie Chaplin, China, communism, Communist Manifesto, FarCry, Foxconn, Fred Van Lente, games, gamification, Greg, Guns Germs and Steel, John Ratzenberger, Kevin, late stage consumer capitalism, Mark Nelson, Marxism, materialism, McDonald's, minimum wage, Modern Times, progress, RadioShack, Raisin Canes, Roman Empire, Russia, Ryan Dunlavey, socialism, Stephen, Super Hexagon
06 May 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen attempt to construct a solid introduction to post-structuralism and deconstruction… in STEREO.
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C. S. Lewis, class, consequentialism, deconstruction, deontology, Derrida, epistemology, games, gender, government, hope, identity, Imperialism, Judith Butler, Kevin, Lacan, Marxism, mathematics, meaning, metaphysics, Plato, postmodernism, poststructuralism, power, race, Saussure, science, society, soul, spiritualism, Stephen, structuralism, subjectivism, value, Wittgenstein
01 November 2011
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen critique the nature of work from first principles and rip capitalism a new one.
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benefits, Boing Boing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cillian Murphy, communism, corporations, corporatism, economics, education, employment, gift economy, health insurance, Hyperbole and a Half, illegal immigration, Jerry Pournelle, Joel Olsteen, Joshua Glenn, Kevin, love, MacBeth, Mark Kingwell, Marxism, migrant work, minimum wage, neo-Marxism, personal identity, price fixing, Reading Rainbow, religion, slavery, Stephen, stock options, Tales of the Golden Clipper, teachers, telepathy, Texas Roller Derby, theatre, trust, TSA, United States, value, wage slavery, wages, work
24 October 2011
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Protesting is one of those most righteous and time-honored of human activities. Something about the simple act of getting angry, going somewhere, and shouting pithy phrases repeatedly with a group of people all holding signs appeals to our deep inner psyche. Is it the adrenaline rush of potentially getting busted by the authorities? Is it […]
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bailouts, banking, beer, economics, elections, employment, First Amendment, gender, government, Herman Cain, income tax, Marxism, Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street, politics, protesting, public speaking, sales tax, student loans, taxes, United States, Wage Slave's Glossary, We Are the 99%
