Who owns poo? Especially if its the result of food you stole? These are just some of the banal philosophical questions that Nye and Connor ask each other in their spare time.

We thought we'd try something new and ask each other classic and less conventional philosophical conundrums. If you're into it, we could do this all year and we've got plenty more on the way...

In this outtake from Series 2 Connor, Nye, Joe & Elliot engage in some morbid existentialism. Whilst discussing alcohol we ponder our relationship with death. Basically it's some drunk blokes pretending to be wise... as usual.  The episode "Alcohol & Sobriety" is available in full.  The rest of Series 2 now available and being released!

When you're on a roll explaining a philosophical thought experiment but you accidentally incur a Freudian slip...  In this outtake from Series 2, Nye attempt to explain Boltzmaan Brains during a discussion on epistemology.  Series 2 now available and being released!

Here's a very small clip taken from series 1 where Sam talks about the benefits of regularly practicing mindfulness. Listen to the full episode and many more from series 1 and 2 on all platforms!

In the last century, the funeral industry in the West has diversified. Traditional Christian funerals are out and football anthems and Twix coffins are in! But are all these trends and pluralities truly revelatory of an emergent revolution in open and thoughtful conversation on death? Or is this just the ultimate way of extravagantly and competitively keeping up with the Jones'? Connor and Joe ponder some of the bizarre quirks of the funeral industry, as well as "funeral poverty", as they answer this question.  

Twix coffins: https://images.app.goo.gl/gewmoADZJDGdq6Mk9

Death Salon: https://deathsalon.org

People don’t know will plans (study): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10825710/The-real-reasons-why-death-is-still-so-taboo-hard-to-talk-about-with-your-loved-ones.html

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Edited by Connor.

Joined by yet another new voice for series 2, in this episode we ponder the reality that we may all be functioning alcoholics. With some of the usual crowd plus our mate / pub-manager / Connor's old boss, Elliot, we discuss our relationship with recreational drinking both culturally and personally.  

Armed with some facts, figures and a few personal anecdotes we explore the role of the good old fashioned pub, from the allure of escapism in drinking and the psychology of abstaining from drink entirely. As you may expect there are some tangents too... including some banter about Ronnie O'Sullivan and a debate about libertarianism and the role of the state.  We have a lot more to say on this topic so expect to hear more in the future!  

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (Allegedly founded a whole century before Connor said it was): https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/nottinghamshire/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem/ 

Some studies into drinking trends...

An American Video made in WW2 to help soldiers understand the British pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GCcoaSq3x4

Do we have a responsibility to form, maintain and promote rational, evidence-based views? If so, how do we go about doing that without being really annoying?

Joined by new guest, Dan, in this episode we consider what qualifies as a conspiracy theory, why people are drawn to believe in such theories and ask just how similar are they to religion? In doing so, we touch on the history of these kinds of movements and explore some of the reasoning used to justify belief in them.  We may well revisit this topic in the future.

An article written by Connor on scepticism and "open mindedness": https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/are-sceptics-close-minded.html

And our series 1 pseudoscience podcast: https://youtu.be/ibNdSR_X000

A look at a modern day conspiracy theory: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42195511

Was Heidegger anti-Semitic? Intro to the debate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger_and_Nazism#Was_Heidegger_anti-Semitic?

The Personality Test we talk about in our awful tangent: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

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Edited by Connor.

Continuing our discussions of the history of Western philosophy, we arrive at Socrates. This was a man who never wrote anything down, yet has become one of the most influential people to have ever lived. Executed for annoying important people with questions like "what is truth?" and "what is justice?", Socrates was charismatic, ugly and entirely unique.   

Most of what we know about Socrates is through his student, Plato, who wrote him as an enigmatic character to espouse his own ideas. Subsequently, we know jack shit about him. Nevertheless, what we are left with (for better or worse), is the romantic ideal of the eternally curious, impoverished and ironic figure, handed down to us through history.  

*We unfortunately lost some audio where we discussed his status as an "atheist Jesus" and some of his more quirky traits. However this is the final episode prior to upgrading our recording equipment to much higher quality*  

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Editing, audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.  

In this episode, Connor and Bertie discuss the similarities between religious belief and more colloquial beliefs like fate, luck and the paranormal.  

As we drink more scrumpy, we attempt to parameterise religiosity and delve into the psychology of superstition. Then conversation takes us into our own gambling experiences, genies, biblical scripture, logical fallacies, self-fulfilling prophecies, Hindu gods and fortune telling.  

Skinner's pigeons: https://pigeonsuperstition.org/skinner/ 

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 Edited by Connor.

Where did philosophy begin? Why is it important and how has it changed over the centuries?  

These are the kinds of questions we'll be looking at in this history series as we chat over a few beers about all the major thinkers in philosophy. We thought it would be more interesting to stylise these episodes as discussions rather than throw facts at you or close read a bunch of books. With the intention of concisely exploring the conversations of Western thought, all the way to modern times, we hope you learn something and maybe form some opinions along the way.  

Kicking it all off, we're looking at the Presocratics, widely considered the first people to start engaging in philosophical questions. But, considering the wacky stuff they came out with, their dubious historical veracity and the fact that Empedocles threw himself into a Volcano, why should we care about them at all? How does their legacy affect fields like modern physics? Lets find out.

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Editing, audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.