Bad Philosophy

For no particular reason we’ve decided to try something *BRAND NEW* on this week’s episode of Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I pulled a few articles and a comic out of the news, grabbed a couple of beers, and dove in to the stories for an hour. What came was something of a nice balance between […]

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We’re back for the second installment of the RaiderVille Diaries, joined this time by yet another first-time guest, Lexi Ellis. We managed to cram four people into the midget tent and muse about the social dynamics of the growing community, authority, lawlessness, and such. The party’s going strong and there are still two days to […]

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alcohol, anarchy, authoritarianism, college, ESPN, food, football, Kevin, law, Lexi, magic, Matt, Microsoft, Mike Leach, monarchy, nepotism, prostitution, RaiderVille, Risk, Rock Band, society, Stephen, tents, Texas Tech University, The Incredibles, University of Texas, Wild West, Woodstrock

This week on Bad Philosophy we tackle the age-old question: if one does not like America, should they move to Canada? I mean, what could be better than free health care and all the moose meat you can eat, right? Austin Fielding joins us for the first time, making it our largest panel ever (five, […]

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