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Is ALL culture appropriation? Shawn Brackett joins Kevin and Stephen to unpack this and other juicy questions... from Canada!

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A year on from his deconversion from Christianity, we interview Jon Fortenbury to ask how he's getting along without God.

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Photographer Simon Ponder joins Kevin and Stephen to settle the Film v. Digital debate once and for ALL, and you'll never guess who wins...

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It's a "classic" American (and European) "tradition." Every February 14th — otherwise known as (St.) Valentine's Day — you sally up to your beloved with that most chivalrous of gifts — a bodacious bouquet of artificially-preserved and slowly-decaying cut flowers from somewhere thousands of miles (or kilometers) away. This past V-Day, we decided to ask a simple question... Why the ever-living fuck do we do this?! Seriously! It's super weird, and apparently entangled with some core contemporary injustices. Hope y'all enjoy this show, as Kevin hosts Ana Huertas and Stephen Torrence (currently stationed in snowy Toronto) to dive into the Global Zombie Plant Gift Industry of Love®...

Bad Philosophy

Episode 163-164

“Destroy the Past!”

Recorded 1-25-2016

Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders, Ana Huertas

Lo and behold, we're back! Stephen's been on a vision quest since last April, Kevin's been literally running from zombies, and somewhere in there we all got a little bit older. Unfazed by the time lapse, we got the band back together to talk about The Year 2015 (kinda), permaculture (ish), and the Tiniest Board Game in the World (fuck yeah). Chock full of all the awkward banter, terrible segues, and ridiculous Rabbit Trails™ you know and love... it's Bad Philosophy! Enjoy...

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Weekly Why 016

"Fuck Marshall McLuhan"

Recorded on May 27, 2015

Blasting in from several months ago, it's my pleasure to bring you this episode / interview with Marc Powell — local poet, San Francisco ex-pat, and former (?) iPhone virus writer, among many many many other things. Heavy leitmotifs of highfalutin postmodern riffing in this one. An F-isode for the record books (if we kept them). Enjoy...

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Rule Set Update E

Recorded on May 17, 2015

After WAY too long, Stephen finally got around to posting this incredibly important announcement episode.

[Production Note from Stephen: This episode was originally recorded on May 17, 2015. Yes. Quite a long time ago. I recommend re-listening to (or watching) Episode 151 for a hint at where this came from. My personal frustration with an inability to effect change in the world came to a head last year around April 2015. Many "necessary" things in my life had fallen away, and I saw a new path open up before me. I've been following this path ever since, and it has required almost all of my time and dedication. Now, in an interlude of sorts, I'm picking up some of the pieces of BF that I left hanging and getting them out into the world, starting with this rather odd Betweenisode. There's another excellent episode coming, and a lot more information too. Thank y'all for your patience, understanding, and support.]

Kevin and Stephen reflect on episodes 160, 161, and 162, then refresh the rule framework of BF with a change, removal, and addition. Once again, we had to make an addition on behalf of the audience, and Kevin through quite a curve-ball with his change on this one.

For more on Stephen's "EcoTexan" path so far, check out...

http://ecotexan.tumblr.com

http://tinyletter.com/EcoTexan/archive

http://www.facebook.com/EcoTexan

http://www.instagram.com/storrence

http://www.stephent.me

Also in the meantime, Kevin has launched a Fiasco podcast!

Check it out. It's pretty cool.

http://catastrophic.horse

Change: HOST | Kevin

Remove: LINGUISTIC LABYRINTH | Stephen

Add: IMITATE | Stephen (via Audience email)

New Rule Set: [F]

Kevin hosts every episode | HOST

Each episode is roughly 1 hour long | LENGTH

We record episodes using audio only | MEDIUM

Episodes are posted every 3 weeks | FREQUENCY

We choose an explicitly philosophical topic to guide every episode | TOPIC

Digressions (aka. rabbit trails) are okay | FLAVOR

We use post-show music at the end of each episode | MUSIC

We include post-show banter cut from each episode | POSTSHOW

We include a “stinger” at the end of each episode | STINGER

We do not edit episodes for time and content | EDITING

We assume listeners have heard at least 5 recent episodes | BACKGROUND

We record using whatever devices are available | EQUIPMENT

We record wherever is most convenient | LOCATION

The host ends every episode with the phrase "We'll see you next time, on Bad Philosophy" | CLOSING

For every episode, we must have at least one guest who is not like us (i.e. not white/male/straight/etc.) | GUEST

If any of these rules are not met, each host may choose one song lyric that the other must post on their personal Twitter account within a day of the episode going live with the hashtag #bfail | FAIL

For 5 minutes each episode, the hosts shall authentically embody someone they have met in person | IMITATE

Bad Philosophy

Episode 162

“Plain Old Smut”

Recorded 3-30-2015

Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders, Katherine

Fan Fiction! You might know it, you might have written it, and you might have no idea what it is, but there's a good chance it's touched your life somehow. This episode, we welcomed our friend Katherine, a long-time fan fiction fan and Bad Philosophy Certified Guest Expert, to help us unpack this topic and so much more. We had so much incredible discussion that we decided to break our rule and go a Feature Length 90 minutes! Enjoy, everyone...

[Production Note: I must apologize for the 4-month delay in releasing this show. I have been traveling in Europe as part of a major life transition that began a few days after we recorded this episode, and that's thrown a heck of a wrench into my capacities to edit and release the show. But that doesn't mean we're over! Just means it might take longer to get new shows posted... a lot longer. Please listen to the forthcoming Rule Set Update E episode for more.]

Bad Philosophy

Episode 161

“Zero to WHAT?”

Recorded 3-01-2015

Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders, Dania Toth

Special guest Dania Toth joins us to talk startups, success, and beer.

Bad Philosophy

Episode 160

“Sum-Prime Philosophy”

Recorded 2-19-2015

Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders

If you don't know Judith Butler, you should. She has done more to move forward our discussions around gender and sexuality than perhaps any other philosopher. What's the "gist" of her work? How does she compare with popular gender pundits like Dan Savage? Has the "Pride" movement gone mainstream? And might we have even stumbled upon the Meaning of Life?! Have a listen and find out!