Kevin and Stephen reflect on episodes 154, 155, and 156, and refresh the rule framework of BF with a change, removal, and addition. Since we screwed up in planning, Kevin changed a rule on behalf of the audience. We also began using GitHub to publicly host and edit the canonical rule set. If you would like to submit a rule change suggestion, you may do so by following the Git process or emailing us. Cheers!

Change: Audience (via Kevin)

New Rule Set: [D]

• [Stephen] hosts [every] episode
• Each episode is roughly [1 hour] long
• We record episodes using [audio only]
• Episodes are posted every [3 weeks]
• We have at least [1] guest on every episode (Removed by Kevin)
• We [do] choose a topic before every episode
• Digressions (aka. rabbit trails) are [okay]
• We [do] use post-show music at the end of each episode
• We [do] include post-show banter cut from each episode
• We [do] include a “stinger”at the end of each episode
• We [do not] edit episodes for time and content (Changed by Kevin on behalf of Audience)
• We talk to [each other] [and] to [the audience]
• We assume listeners have heard at least [5] recent episodes
• We record using [whatever devices are available]
• We record [wherever is most convenient]
• The host ends every episode with the phrase [“We’ll see you next time, on Bad Philosophy”]
• For 10 minutes each episode all participates may not use first-person singular or plural pronouns, during a period known as the Linguistic Labyrinth
• *NEW* If any of these rules are not met, each host may choose one song lyric that the other must post on their personal Twitter account within a day of the episode going live with the hashtag #bfail (added by Stephen)

You can see the official “diff” on GitHub here.