That's BS

By Jordan Myers

That's BS is a long-form discussion podcast where I (and usually a few friends) cover topics in culture, society, politics, and political philosophy. Many episodes will review and discuss a topical pi... more

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The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.

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January 30, 2020 #69 - Libertarian Game Theory: Will a CEO Pollute?
We discuss the economic game theory of Libertrianism... will a CEO pollute? Can a market adjust its own values? AIs a centralized force a scurge on the rights of man? Tune in to hear us argue about it.
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
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Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
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1h 17min
January 18, 2020 #68 - Rope: Alfred Hitchcock Takes on Nietzsche
Alfred Hitchcock's Rope is a classic movie and a great expose of the problems with Nietzsche's philosophy on the Ubermensch in the real world.
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
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Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
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1h 32min
January 01, 2020 #67 - Nietzsche & Bart Simpson: What it means to be an Ubermensch
Is Bart Simpson a rebel? Sure. A bad boy (like Nietzsche)? Of course. But is he an over-man? Hmmm... no. What is an overman and why should we strive to be one? Tune in to find out.
Chapter from this book: https://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-Philosophy-Homer-Popular-Culture/dp/0812694333
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
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1h 54min
December 12, 2019 #66 - Benjamin Burgis and Jon Rosen: Do We Have Free Will?
Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen join me for a discussion on whether we have free will, or not, and if we do have it, is it the important type of freedom? I very much enjoyed hearing the two of them spar and I hope you find it valuable as well.
Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosenbaier
Iona Italia's talk with both: https://t.co/3kEek7BJ8t?amp=1
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
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Special Guests: Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen.
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1h 37min
December 03, 2019 #65 - Round 2: Michael Moreno VS Weber State Debater
I brought Michael and Tommy back for a round two after our first talk left some questions unanswered. This time we branched out into more deeper issues with debate, but the conversation was no less heated. Did we make any progress? Find out by watching.

Michael's Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BxCzouqmmppUoKB4keiCA
Tommy's Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3VY65Flxh7m3ckTrkI52-RA2EMCphO4R
My Podcasts with Michael: Ep 36 and 62 and 63
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
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Special Guest: Michael Moreno.
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2h 34min
November 29, 2019 #64 - Philosophizing On History (Foucault, Hegel, Hobbes, Cambell)
Tommy from the Dirty History Podcast returns to have a discussion about the "Philosophy of History." We muse about questions like "What is history?" "How does history work?" and "Does history progress?" Might want to get your adderall for this one...
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
Above all,
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Special Guest: Thomas Thompson (Dirty History Podcast).
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1h 32min
November 22, 2019 #63 - Michael Moreno & Past Weber State Debater: Is Ryan Wash Racist?
I play the role of debate moderator between Michael Moreno and Tommy, a former Weber State debater. We try to find some consensus on the recent Weber State Ryan Wash debacle.

Michael's Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BxCzouqmmppUoKB4keiCA
Tommy's Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3VY65Flxh7m3ckTrkI52-RA2EMCphO4R
My Podcasts with Michael: Ep 36 and 62 and 63
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
Above all,
Thanks for watching.
Special Guest: Michael Moreno.
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1h 19min
November 17, 2019 #62 - Michael Moreno: Weber State's Debate Class, Racist Professor
Michael Moreno is a freshman at Weber State, where he encountered and contended with a clearly racist professor who sought to discriminate against students and people in general based on their race. Michael pushed back against this idea and the results can be heard in our episode. Michael also came on the show in episode 36.
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
Above all,
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Special Guest: Michael Moreno.
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1h 28min
November 16, 2019 #61 - P.F. Strawson: Moral Responsibility
P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, poses challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.
SHOW NOTES:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://letter.wiki/conversation/135 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/
Strawson, Galen, 1994. “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility,” Philosophical Studies, 75: 5–24.
Strawson, Galen, 1986. Freedom and Belief, New York: Oxford University Press.
Strawson, P. F., 1980. “Reply to Ayer and Bennett,” in van Stratten 1980.
Strawson, P. F., 1962. “Freedom and Resentment,” Proceedings of the British Academy, 48: 1–25. Reprinted in Fischer and Ravizza, 1993.
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
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25min
November 11, 2019 #60 - (ft.) Mike Nayna: The Death of Discourse, Filming the Grievance Studies and Evergreen Meltdown
This was one of my favorite episodes ever. Mike is a funny, genuine, and caring guy who has invested his life into illuminating the insanity surrounding figures like Peter Boghossian, Bret Weinstein, James Lindsay, 7 more. Mike is committed to the free expression of ideas and getting his hands dirty wrestling with how we should understand the world and each other.
Support his work:
https://www.patreon.com/mikenayna
https://twitter.com/MikeNayna
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLHyNSlsz449SOhzpo7ClMEKe9WkXt5GO
We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true
Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs
_(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _
Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/
Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing.
Contact us --- [email protected]
Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast
Above all,
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Special Guest: Mike Nayna.
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1h 27min

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How many episodes does That's BS have?

The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.