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Episode 117: Mintyvan

26 March 2012 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Stephen, Kevin, Kiki, and new guest Matt Epperson examine whether chaos-inducing “jokers” are a fundamental reason why society works. Science thinks so. Do you?

9-11, AirBnb, Alan Moore, anarchy, autopsies, Bass Pro Shop, Batman, Bernie Madoff, Code for America, collective action, comics, crime, eBay, ethics, financial services, free market, French Revolution, game theory, Getaround, government, ion, iTunes U, Joker, Kevin, Kiki, lighthouses, Lloyd Blankfein, mafia, Matt E, Mitt Romney, Nash Equilibrium, NPR, Planet Money, PRI, Prisoners' Dilemma, publics goods, rational anarchy, social engineering, Stephen, Steven Levitt, superheroes, taxes, Texas Tech University, The Dark Knight, The Killing Joke, The Price is Right, thermodynamics, This American Life, Tragedy of the Commons, Watchmen

Episode 031: Farewell to a Legend

06 May 2009 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Joining us for Kevin’s last live episode was Bryan Mitchell and Numero Uno Fanboy Jed Cummins. We had some audio woes (read: Bryan turned his microphone off) and video stream woes that ruined the opening bit, but through the magic of GarageBand I have made all right with the world. We talked Dollhouse, philosophy of mind, and Swine Flu, leading Kevin to do a classic rant on politics. Relish this episode, everyone, it’s special…

AIDS, alcohol, anarchocapitalism, anime, autocracy, beer, Bryan, Centers for Disease Control, Congress, consciousness, Cory Doctorow, democracy, Dollhouse, education, Egypt, epidemic, ethics, Family Guy, government, health, Hobbes, human rights, idealism, identity theory, illegal immigration, influenza, Isaac Asimov, Jediah, Jon Stewart, Joss Whedon, Kevin, l33t, Little Brother, Locke, Lubbock, mainstream media, martial law, paranoia, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, pork, rape, rational anarchy, robots, sex, society, South Park, Star Trek, Stephen, swine flu, TASS, Texas Tech University, The Day After Tomorrow, The Happening, The Stand, thermodynamics, This Week in Tech, Three Laws of Robotics, Twitter, UIL, US Constitution, Vietnam, World Health Organization

Episode 023: The Birds and the Babies

19 February 2009 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

When a man and a woman love each other very much… they listen to Bad Philosophy together! This week neither panelist woes nor audio troubles nor the relentless Lubbock wind could keep us from recording BF. Numero Uno fanboy Jed brought Danielle, a [female] friend from Colorado, onto the show to talk about BABIES. You […]

adoption, babies, bureaucracy, cell phones, child support, children, college, Colorado, Cricket, Danielle, destiny, determinism, Digital TV Transition, education, electromagnetic spectrum, ethics, fate, FCC, free will, government, GRE, He's Just Not That Into You, high school, India, Jed, Kevin, love, Lubbock, mafia, mathematics, maturity, Mrs. Baird's, New Year's resolutions, non sequitur, pregnancy, romance, sex, Slumdog Millionaire, smoking, socioeconomic status, standardized testing, Stephen, TAAS, TAKS, Texas Tech University, thermodynamics, Valentine's Day, video games, water, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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