Bad Philosophy

Yeah, we talked about ponzi schemes on the show… you got us. Kevin returned with an homage to This Week at Texas Tech, his own short-lived but much beloved podcast. We also revamped our intro and streamed the editing process live on Stickam. Miss out on that? Don’t worry, we’ll be making it a thing. For now, sit back and take a bite out of your carbon footprint chocolate bar, it’s BF time!

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Al Gore, alcohol, bears, Bourne, buzzwords, carbon dioxide, carbon offset credits, Catholicism, college, Columbine, Daily Toreador, democracy, Dollhouse, drunk driving, economics, ecoterrorism, education, environmentalism, fear, FERPA, Galaxy Quest, George W Bush, global climate change, global warming, government, green, Green Party, guns, Guy Bailey, homeschooling, indulgences, James Bond, John Kerry, Kevin, Lubbock, marijuana, mathematics, Michael Crichton, movies, Penn and Teller, Phi Beta Kappa, Photoshop, ponzi scheme, private investigation, Quantum of Solace, rape, recycling, regulation, religion, sex, sexual assault, Southwestern University, State of Fear, statistics, Stephen, sustainability, Talkshoe, terrorism, Texas A&M, The Dark Knight, theatre, This Week at Texas Tech, Tim Allen, TOSS, TTU ISD, vending machines, Veronica Mars, Virginia Tech, Wal-Mart

We’ve got ourselves a new president in these grand United States of America, and in celebration of that common knowledge we dedicated this BF to discussing… pretty much anything except that. Jessica Story joined us for the first time, bringing a flare of femininity to the show in a shameless attempt to lure in the other 51% of the world’s population. But demographics be damned! We had rabbit trails to follow, cookies to chew, and Rubik’s cubes to solve… all in a high-quality multi-track audio extravaganza. You thought we could never get more BF? Well I’ve got news for you: Yes we can. And… we did…

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2008 election, AARP, Abraham Lincoln, altruism, American Sign Language, Amish, Barack Obama, basketball, BCS, Big 12, Bill Clinton, Blackberry, blogging, cereal, Chef Boyardee, communism, cookies, Cory Doctorow, Creative, Crunch Berries, Daily Toreador, damage, democracy, dogs, Dr. Pepper, dyslexia, education, Facebook, facial hair, football, Freudian slip, George Bush, Gordon Hall, government, guns, Guns N Roses, house of cards, hurricanes, iPhone, Iraq War, Isaac Hayes, Jessica, Joe Biden, John Kerry, John McCain, ketchup, Kevin, Levar Burton, lobbying, Lucky Charms, Manifest Destiny, marijuana, Martin Luther King Day, Matt, Mennonites, nanobots, NCAA, NRA, Oklahoma!, Oreo, philosophy of language, Plantronics, politics, Presidential Inauguration, property, Richard Nixon, Rubik's Cube, school vouchers, september 11th, Shaft, Sigmund Freud, sneezing, socialism, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, Starbucks, Stephen, Super Smash Bros, tango, Teddy Roosevelt, Texas A&M, that's what she said, the future, The Jetsons, The Luvre, the pyramids, Twitter, tyranny, universal healthcare, Ustream, Wal-Mart, Xeni Jardin

This week we convened over Skype to discuss the American shopping ritual known as Black Friday, as well as a healthy dose of memetics and other such jazz. We apologize for the audio quality (I mean… it is Skype after all), but we did manage to give you the treat of hearing our voices in stereo for the first time ever. We promise to get back on civilized audio hardware for the next episode. Grin and bear with us, we actually had some good stuff to say…

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4chan, All Your Base, American Sign Language, Austin, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, biology, Black Friday, Blockbuster, calculus, Canada, Care Bears, cats, Chipotle, chocolate rain, Cory Doctorow, Domo, Dr. Who, duck rolling, duckrolling, Eastern Standard Tribe, ESPN, Europe, Finland, fiscal year, Fry's Electronics, genes, genetics, James Madison, KB Toys, Kevin, knitting, lolcatz, Macy's, Matt, memes, memetics, meta, Napster, Nintendo Wii, Norway, perception, piracy, Portal, pwned, radio, RadioShack, retail, Rick Astley, rickrolling, Scandinavia, shopping, Skype, sneezing panda, sociology, Stephen, Still Alive, supply and demand, Sweden, Target, Thanksgiving, The Internet, Toys R' Us, trends, TV, Wal-Mart, Xbox 360, YouTube

A friend of a friend told me that if you listen to Bad Philosophy on a Microsoft Zune while preparing a Hot Pocket, the microwaves resonate with the current in the headphone wires and cause your ears to secrete Jello! Really … this totally happens … … Okay, you caught us. It’s a pure urban […]

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4chan, Aristotle, Bewitched, Bill Gates, cell phones, club Luxor, conspiracy theories, Darwin's Awards, drugs, education, folk tales, George Bush, Google, government, iPhone, Jared, Jerry Seinfeld, journalism, Kevin, Kimberly, Lubbock, magic, Matt, money, Nick, PATRIOT Act, politics, possibility, radiation, revolution, Santa Claus, september 11th, Snopes, spiders, Stephen, Subway, success, tabloids, technology, The Internet, trolling, urban legends, viruses, Wal-Mart, Wikipedia