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Very Bad Wizards

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The Lotus Eaters Episode 11: Cleaning House artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 11: Cleaning House

Very Bad Wizards

1:06:23Oct 8, 2026
Episode 342: A Boy's Best Friend (Hitchcock's "Psycho") artwork

Episode 342: A Boy's Best Friend (Hitchcock's "Psycho")

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1:53:55Oct 6, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 10: Like-Minded [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 10: Like-Minded [unlocked]

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1:03:06Oct 1, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 9: An Ode to Argos [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 9: An Ode to Argos [unlocked]

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49:06Sep 24, 2026
Episode 341: Psychology Ranked (With Paul Bloom) artwork

Episode 341: Psychology Ranked (With Paul Bloom)

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1:37:44Sep 22, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 8: Home and Homelessness [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 8: Home and Homelessness [unlocked]

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1:02:43Sep 17, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 7: Lying Odysseus [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 7: Lying Odysseus [unlocked]

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55:41Sep 10, 2026
Episode 340: The Sublime Folly of Hope artwork

Episode 340: The Sublime Folly of Hope

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1:15:47Sep 8, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 6: Psyches [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 6: Psyches [unlocked]

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58:21Sep 3, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 5: Circe, Cyclops, and Psychedelics (Oh My!) [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 5: Circe, Cyclops, and Psychedelics (Oh My!) [unlocked]

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54:47Aug 27, 2026
Episode 339: Is Analytic Philosophy Truthmaxxing? artwork

Episode 339: Is Analytic Philosophy Truthmaxxing?

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1:21:33Aug 25, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 4: I Am Odysseus [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 4: I Am Odysseus [unlocked]

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45:38Aug 20, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 3: The Halfway House to Humanity [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 3: The Halfway House to Humanity [unlocked]

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41:55Aug 13, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 2: Intangible as Wind [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 2: Intangible as Wind [unlocked]

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54:43Aug 6, 2026
The Lotus Eaters Episode 1: The Journey Begins [unlocked] artwork

The Lotus Eaters Episode 1: The Journey Begins [unlocked]

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1:00:04Aug 6, 2026
Episode 338: The Lotus Eaters (Nolan's "The Odyssey") artwork

Episode 338: The Lotus Eaters (Nolan's "The Odyssey")

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1:01:41Aug 4, 2026
Episode 337: First Contact? (Tarkovsky's "Solaris") artwork

Episode 337: First Contact? (Tarkovsky's "Solaris")

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1:45:47Jul 28, 2026
Episode 336: That Oceanic Feeling (Stanisław Lem's "Solaris") artwork

Episode 336: That Oceanic Feeling (Stanisław Lem's "Solaris")

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1:35:16Jul 14, 2026
Episode 335: The Wright Stuff artwork

Episode 335: The Wright Stuff

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1:30:13Jun 30, 2026
Episode 334: Let's Get Metaphysical artwork

Episode 334: Let's Get Metaphysical

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1:20:16Jun 16, 2026
Episode 333: P-hacking the Mind artwork

Episode 333: P-hacking the Mind

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54:27May 26, 2026
Episode 332: Talking to Myself ("The Other" by Jorge Luis Borges) artwork

Episode 332: Talking to Myself ("The Other" by Jorge Luis Borges)

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1:54:45May 12, 2026
Episode 331: Who's Your Law Daddy? (Plato's "Crito") artwork

Episode 331: Who's Your Law Daddy? (Plato's "Crito")

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1:31:47Apr 28, 2026
Episode 330: A Fact-Based Podcast (Gogol's "The Overcoat") artwork

Episode 330: A Fact-Based Podcast (Gogol's "The Overcoat")

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1:16:44Apr 14, 2026
Episode 329: Why We Suffer artwork

Episode 329: Why We Suffer

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1:20:12Mar 31, 2026
Episode 328: Weapons Free artwork

Episode 328: Weapons Free

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1:42:36Mar 17, 2026
Episode 327: You Ain't So Smart (Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People") artwork

Episode 327: You Ain't So Smart (Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People")

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1:32:33Feb 24, 2026
Episode 326: The Most Important Episode of Your (Academic) Life artwork

Episode 326: The Most Important Episode of Your (Academic) Life

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59:10Feb 10, 2026
Episode 325: It Is Happening Again artwork

Episode 325: It Is Happening Again

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1:12:12Jan 27, 2026
Episode 324: Irruption of the Sacred artwork

Episode 324: Irruption of the Sacred

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1:07:27Jan 13, 2026
Episode 323: Debate Me 'Phro artwork

Episode 323: Debate Me 'Phro

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1:08:09Dec 23, 2025
Episode 322: A Theater of Simultaneous Possibilities (William James' "The Stream of Thought") artwork

Episode 322: A Theater of Simultaneous Possibilities (William James' "The Stream of Thought")

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1:21:00Dec 9, 2025
Episode 321: The Journey Begins (Plus Blind Ranking Philosophers) artwork

Episode 321: The Journey Begins (Plus Blind Ranking Philosophers)

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1:29:41Nov 25, 2025
Episode 320: Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist") artwork

Episode 320: Forgive Me (Kafka's "A Hunger Artist")

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1:29:19Nov 11, 2025
Episode 319: The Shadow of the Object (Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia") artwork

Episode 319: The Shadow of the Object (Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia")

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1:35:10Oct 28, 2025
Episode 318: A PTA Meeting artwork

Episode 318: A PTA Meeting

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1:48:58Oct 14, 2025
Episode 317: For Shame artwork

Episode 317: For Shame

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1:23:30Sep 30, 2025
Episode 316: A Four-Letter Man (Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber") artwork

Episode 316: A Four-Letter Man (Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber")

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1:33:15Sep 16, 2025
Episode 315: Ceaseless Striving (Schopenhauer's Pessimism) artwork

Episode 315: Ceaseless Striving (Schopenhauer's Pessimism)

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1:30:00Sep 2, 2025
Episode 314: The In-Betweeny Place artwork

Episode 314: The In-Betweeny Place

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1:58:56Aug 12, 2025
Episode 313: The Spontaneous Eruption of Now artwork

Episode 313: The Spontaneous Eruption of Now

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1:15:30Jul 29, 2025
Episode 312: MechaSkeptic artwork

Episode 312: MechaSkeptic

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1:16:24Jul 15, 2025
Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth") artwork

Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth")

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1:26:06Jul 1, 2025
Episode 310: Bayes, Brains, and Buddhists artwork

Episode 310: Bayes, Brains, and Buddhists

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1:14:45Jun 10, 2025
Episode 309: Dissolving Into the One artwork

Episode 309: Dissolving Into the One

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1:23:21May 27, 2025
Bonus Episode: Va Va Boom (Robert Aldrich's "Kiss Me Deadly") artwork

Bonus Episode: Va Va Boom (Robert Aldrich's "Kiss Me Deadly")

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1:14:48May 20, 2025
Episode 308: The Gray Man who Dreamed (Borges' "Shakespeare's Memory") artwork

Episode 308: The Gray Man who Dreamed (Borges' "Shakespeare's Memory")

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1:14:50May 6, 2025
Episode 307: What's in the BOX? artwork

Episode 307: What's in the BOX?

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1:16:37Apr 22, 2025
Episode 306: What to Expect When You're Expecting (David Lynch's "Eraserhead" with Barry Lam) artwork

Episode 306: What to Expect When You're Expecting (David Lynch's "Eraserhead" with Barry Lam)

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2:04:08Apr 8, 2025
Episode 305: Emile Is the Name of the Goat (with Paul Bloom) artwork

Episode 305: Emile Is the Name of the Goat (with Paul Bloom)

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1:44:26Mar 25, 2025