Episode 150: Paul Bloom Insisted That We Talk About Sex Robots

Summary: <p>What better way to celebrate our 150th episode than to bring back our favorite guest – Paul Bloom! We riff on a series of topics: the new “grievance studies” hoax, sex robot brothels, perverse desires, and perverse beliefs. Then we get a little navel gazey (OK maybe more than a little) and talk about podcasting as a form of media and discussion, good teaching, and what we’ve learned about our listeners and ourselves. (Note: the audio may sound a little echoey towards the end because of how far we’ve crawled up our own asses.) This was a fun one, enjoy! </p><p>Special Guest: Paul Bloom.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards">Support Very Bad Wizards</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Proposed 'sex robot brothel' blocked by Houston city council" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/03/sex-robot-brothel-blocked-houston-texas/1518298002/">Proposed 'sex robot brothel' blocked by Houston city council</a></li> <li><a title="‘Sokal Squared’: Is Huge Publishing Hoax ‘Hilarious and Delightful’ or an Ugly Example of Dishonesty and Bad Faith? - The Chronicle of Higher Education" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/Sokal-Squared-Is-Huge/244714">‘Sokal Squared’: Is Huge Publishing Hoax ‘Hilarious and Delightful’ or an Ugly Example of Dishonesty and Bad Faith? - The Chronicle of Higher Education</a></li> <li><a title="The Jem'Hadar - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jem%27Hadar">The Jem'Hadar - Wikipedia</a></li> </ul>