Joke: The french issued brown pants for everyone because the british wore red coats when they were wounded. Next time on very bad wizards, where we take an hour and a half to make one simple pointen.
After discussing some listener feedback about the movie Swingers, Tamler and David talk about two classic experiments in social psychology: the Milgram Experiments and the Zimbardo Prison experiment. They discuss the power of the situation, its influence on recent philosophy, and whether there is room given the evidence to believe in moral character and virtue. Also, Tamler admits to his former struggles with hard core street drugs, and Dave ponders which prison gang would be most accepting if he had to serve hard time.
Links
"Swingers," Directed by Jon Favreau [metacritic.com]