Journalist, podcaster, and rapper Jesse Singal joins us to talk about his new book The Quick Fix, positive psychology (scam?), cancel culture in the media and academia (overblown?), Substack incentives, and lots more. Plus David and Tamler argue about the epistemology of ghosts. Special Guest: Jesse Singal. Sponsored By: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/vbw" rel= "nofollow">BetterHelp</a>: <a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/vbw" rel="nofollow">You deserve to be happy. BetterHelp online counseling is there for you. Connect with your professional counselor in a safe and private online environment. Our listeners get 10% off the first month by visiting Betterhelp.com/vbw.</a> Promo Code: VBW</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards" rel= "payment">Support Very Bad Wizards</a> Links: <ul> <li><a href="https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTA0Nzg3" title= "Break Music" rel="nofollow">Break Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTA0Mjgz" title= "The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal" rel="nofollow">The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal</a></li> <li><a href="https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTA0Nzg0" title= "Blocked and Reported (with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal)" rel= "nofollow">Blocked and Reported (with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal)</a></li> </ul>

Episode 211: To Live and Die in Kurosawa's "Ikiru"

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, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.