Thinkin' Bros Podcast

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 In this season 2 finale, we discuss Plato's "The Apology". Although not an apology at all, Socrates defends himself in front of the Athenian court in his usual masterful way. His argumentative skills are unmatched and seem to check every box of a modern debate club specialist. Despite the 2000-year difference, it seems like politics haven't changed much, and persuasion seems to overshadow truth in this dialogue as well.

P.S. Thanks to everyone who supported us during this journey. This is not an ending, but a break that will make us come back more skillful than ever. Your constructive feedback has been a major reason for our progress, but now that we've plateaued, we will take some time off to break through it. Until next time!

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 We discuss Plato's "Meno", a dialogue on virtue. After somewhat determining what virtue is, Socrates moves on to determining whether virtue is innate, can be taught, or something else. Despite Plato's many peculiarities and rich ideas, such as the theory of forms and the distinction between true opinion and knowledge, we believe we did a good job at deciphering the point of the book.

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 8/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 We discuss Robert H. Frank's "Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of Emotions". As stated last week, this book gives us an economist's perspective on the role of emotion in optimal decision-making (which can often not be solved through rationality). This is the second and last episode of a two-part series.

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 8/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 We discuss Robert H. Frank's "Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of Emotions". This book is a Very Bad Wizards favorite, so we could not miss it. Frank is a professor of economics, and gives us a look into the interplay between reason and emotion on an interpersonal and societal scale. To illustrate his points, he gives various thought experiments, evolutionary pathways, and mathematical frameworks, which makes his work very holistic and straightforward. Easy to understand, rich and with a deep point. This is the first episode of a two-part series.

P.S. Sorry for the bad audio, we had to improvise.

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 We look into the rich but confusing work of Lewis Carroll. "Alice in the Wonderland" has become a classic, and it seems well-deserved. But is its message any good? How does the story influence children? What can be extracted from it for adults? Are the disturbing elements about Carroll relevant to the interpretation of the story? All of this is discussed in the episode!

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 6/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 This week, our veteran philosopher clashes with an up-and-coming psychologist on the movie "Shrek". In this timeless masterpiece, there is a rich display of introversion, extraversion, anxiety, social expectations and determinism. Can happiness be reached by pursuing an imposed goal? Come find out in this week's episode.

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 9/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 We finally discuss almost everything that remains of Alan Watts' "The Way of Zen". From the history of Zen Buddhism to fundamental misunderstandings about meditation, Watts' simple yet effective storytelling style essentially makes us monks within the duration of the episode. Of course, all this confidence gained in our understanding of Zen is characteristic of a misguided Zen student...

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

👉 In the main segment, we discuss chapters 1-3 of Alan Watts' “The Way of Zen". In this introduction to Zen Buddhism, we explore the influences of Confucianism and Taoism on the concept we now know as Zen. As some may know, we have already discussed chapter 3 of part 2 of the book, on spontaneity. But, in our usual fashion, we chose to introduce the concept of Zen after discussing one of its applications. Next week, we will advancing to the second part of the book, which describes the practices involved in Zen (which are apparently the only way to truly understand it).

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 7/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

🔗⁠ The timeline of the movie explained by Christopher Nolan⁠

He starts drawing the timeline around 4:30

👉 In this second episode of our first ever movie review, we dig deep into the moral implications of living with a person with anterograde amnesia. Could a person who cannot learn from their mistakes ever be called immoral? What is a "moral" attitude of a loved one toward a person with this condition? We also get a psychologist's view on the representation of anterograde amnesia in the movie. While Christopher Nolan nails the general idea, we find some fatal inconsistencies in the character's progression that suggest he may be able to learn.

🤔 “Figured it Out” rating: 9/10

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.

🧠 Thinkin’ Bros Podcast is hosted by intellectual phenomena Alex and Chris. We make psychology and philosophy accessible through informal discussions and try to find ways to use these disciplines to enhance our everyday lives.

🔗 The timeline of the movie explained by Christopher Nolan

He starts drawing the timeline around 4:30

👉 In this first movie review, Chris and Alex struggle to piece together the elaborate timeline of Christopher Nolan's "Memento". This first episode is focused on our take on the story and how we understood what happened in chronological order. For a proper enjoyment of next week's episode, where we discuss the moral and psychological aspects of the movie, we recommend watching the movie, which is free with ads on youtube at the moment.

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*Note that none of the introductory clips actually refer to Thinkin’ Bros Podcast. They are edited together to make it appear as though they do.