Very Bad Wizards is a podcast with philosopher Tamler Summers and psychologist Dave Pizarro. On today's episode, they discuss slurs, stereotypes and offensiveness. They also talk about content hunting and the sorority sister email. The discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say, and some very inappropriate jokes.
In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his data-free "theory" of what makes something offensive. What makes a joke about race, ethnicity, gender, disability funny sometimes, and deeply hurtful at other times? What makes Louis CK so goddamn funny and Andrew Dice Clay just...an asshole? Is Family Guy racist? Throughout the episode, David defends the victims of hatred and is a voice of empathy and reason, while Tamler drops the c-word multiple times, jumps to racist conclusions, and makes fun of David's partial Arab heritage.
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