Very Bad Wizards
Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
Science and ideas · Ongoing · ~62 min · Explicit
Taste attributes: talk-showdocumentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded, moving ideas podcast: slow-paced and original. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About this podcast
Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recen…
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- Publisher
- Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 62 minutes
- Latest episode
- 5 November 2026
- Categories
- Society & Culture, Philosophy
- Taste scores
- How we score
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