Broken Teapot Podcast

Coen, Physics Patrick, Blake, and new recruit Mike get loopy, talking about some strange loops in nature, racist robots, the secret origin of the Buddha, how to achieve enlightenment, and much more!Topics include: book reviews, stochasticity, why we should fear the great hypnotoad, utilitarianism, music theory, music experimentalism, feet, James (bi)Camerialism, black holes, and as usual, teapot repair.

Coen, Blake and Physics Patrick talk about economics, specifically the difference between Keynesian schools of thought and Austrian schools of thought. Why the national debt is important, but not that important, and why politics is the way it is in our world. Then they discuss some niche musical genres, like noisecore, future jazz, and murder ballads. Finally they say goodbye to Physics Patrick until season 3. Goodbye Physics Patrick, we’ll miss you!

On the Broken Teapot Podcast this time, the full crew discuss the philosophy of identity, then briefly talk about movies like Interstellar, Moon, Snowpiercer, Get Out, Metropolis, and more! They discuss their opinions on the ontological status of the quantum wavefunction, and fight back against some obscure opinions on horror movies.

Coen and Blake discuss Modal Realism and the wide reaching ramifications of well-known comedies. As well as some advice for those who are interested in exploring the horror genre.

Coen, Blake, and Patrick explore the mystery of the soul, what it means to be a productive member of society, why not to trust the government, and how to talk to an alien.

Coen, Blake, Taylor, and Patrick discuss the mounting fears and anxieties people are having toward the automated future. They discuss the implication of various thought experiments on the subject, then get distracted and talk about the bomb and art.

Blake, Coen, and Taylor explore the world of naming philosophy, the dangerous parts of the internet, the incompleteness theorem, the fermi paradox, and metapolitics. Throughout they struggle to complete a simple task, naming this podcast.