Bad Philosophy

Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a pianist, a mathematician, and a crab walk into a bar. No wait… I forget how the rest goes. Anyway, this week Julie Meadows, now back from the future, joined me alongside sneezing philosopher Michael Hayslip and spaghetti extraordinaire Kevin Saunders to talk about some music. I think […]

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aesthetics, Amadeus, art, Bach, Beethoven, definition, Glenn Gould, John Cage, Johnny Cash, Julie, Kevin, meta, Michael H, motion capture, Mozart, music, Nine Inch Nails, Philip Glass, philosophy of language, philosophy of music, piano, post-modernism, Socrates, sound, Stephen, Susan Langer, synesthesia, theater, Tom and Jerry, Vladimir Horowitz, William Westney

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

Title psych! In this episode we actually focused on the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mr. Joss Whedon, and all his crazy nephews (shows). Despite last-minute panelist panic, we successfully procured Jed and Michael and had a Baldwin blast of a time. So brush up on your Mandarin, grab a wooden stake, and set […]

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Aaron Sorkin, acting, Adam Baldwin, Age of Conan, Alec Baldwin, Angel, bats, Billy Baldwin, Black Hatter, Bob Sagat, Brannon Braga, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chevy Chase, comedy, Comedy Central, comedy roast, comics, Dayquil, Dharma and Greg, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, Dr. Who, drugs, Eliza Dushku, Emmy's, England, ethics, Eve Online, fantasy, Firefly, FOX, Friday the 13th, GRE, Henrik Ibsen, Hollywood, How I Met Your Mother, iPod, Jediah, John Doe, Johnny Quest, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Manos The Hands of Fate, Marvel, memory, Michael H, Nathan Fillion, Norm MacDonald, Runaways, Schrodinger's Cat, sci-fi, Serenity, sitcoms, sluts, SNL, Spanish, spoilers, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Wars, Stephen, Stephen Baldwin, strippers, superheroes, Superman, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, The West Wing, theater, Those Left Behind, TV, Twitter, Two and a Half Men, Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, UK Office, UPN, Valentine's Day, WB, Wikipedia, women's liberation, World of Warcraft, writing, X10

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