Friday Bore'em

By James Lambert & Dallin LewisEducation

Friday Bore'em episodes

April 24, 2020 Episode 6: Why You Should Play Video Games

Profs. James Lambert and Dallin Lewis discuss the virtues of video games, as discussed in this article, with SVU philosopher professor and gamer extraordinaire Bryce Gessell. We also discuss why Prof. Lambert is such a cry baby and why Prof. Lewis hates anything built after 1918.
30 min
April 19, 2020 Friday Bore'em Episode 5

We first discuss when we became adults, then we debate about escapist vs. realist art during a time of crisis, then we have Provost John tell us about large gatherings
38 min
April 19, 2020 Friday Bore'em Episode 4

We begin by discussing why having kids is/is not worth it, then we talk about an article about having children home from college, and finally what we enjoyed this week.
30 min
April 19, 2020 Friday Bore'em Episode 3

In Friday Bore'em 3, we discuss when we realized we were going to be professors, "On His Blindness" by John Milton, and the things that we are enjoying amidst the days of coronavirus.
39 min
April 19, 2020 Friday Bore'em Episode 2

Today's Friday Bore'em covers the first time we realized SVU was awesome; we discuss John Donne's "No man is an island" and how it relates to coronavirus, and we mentione a couple movies we watched with our families this week. We then do a special segment "Ask the Provost. . ." and he answers the question, which is all about Mountain Dew. Donne's Meditation: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Meditation_XVII
39 min

From the publisher's feed

Profs. James Lambert and Dallin Lewis of Southern Virginia University continue the Friday Forum tradition remotely.