Terrifying Times used to be a conversational podcast about history, murder, and ghosts! NOW Terrifying Times is a conversational podcast about what we are watching
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Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a distinguished but humble authority on matters of existence and existentialism, host a philosophy podcast that addresses the most unsettling questions concerning human life and the nature of things and finds a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and far-ranging intellectual philosophical investigation. Along the way they grapple with the deep un ...
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The podcast that deals with the pleasures and terrors of the mystical experience of enlightenment.
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Join two self-proclaimed “anxiety experts” and best friends, David Robert and Kevin O’Connell, as each week they pop open a bottle of wine and share hilarious stories about the stuff that keeps them up at night. Spoiler alert: It’s everything. Will they be able to help each other navigate their fears? Probably not but you’ll die laughing as they try.
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President Ronald Reagan once said that the Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help". In this podcast, we look at the most ridiculous and shocking instances that despite governments best intentions end up becoming a citizens worst nightmare.
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A weekly podcast about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world. Hosted by Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver.
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Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else?
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Eric and his temporary co-host, Tao Ruspoli (filmmaker, co-founder of the Bombay Beach Biennale) delve deep into what it is to teach and to learn... and they ask, "Can you learn anything really important from somebody else?"
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Episode 42: Are There Human Beings Worthy of Worship? With Geoff Dyer
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Tao and Eric are joined by author Geoff Dyer to question whether certain individuals are worthy of worship. Dyer’s many books include But Beautiful (about jazz), the novel Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi and, most recently, The Last Days of Roger Federer. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Li…
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Episode 41: Is Entertainment a Seductive Lie?
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Eric Kaplan and Tao Ruspoli ask about how entertainment may or may not be "true". Tao substitutes for Taylor for the next several episodes. We've also just introduced video to the podcast! Let us know what you think.
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Episode 40: Is Food Art?
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This week Julia Moskin, Pulitzer Prize winning food reporter for the New York Times, joins Eric and Taylor to ask whether food is (or can be) art, and how it manages to do that while also just being yummy. Should great food taste like nothing you’ve ever tasted before or should it taste like the best ever version of its ingredients? Is culinary qua…
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Episode 15: Is There Any Such Thing as the Self?
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Another chestnut. Am I a self? Am I myself? Am I yourself? And if there is no such thing as the self, do I not exist? The Buddha and David Hume thought so – were they right? Join Taylor and Eric as they explore the conceptual labyrinth that is ourselves.
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Episode 12: Are We Our Bodies?
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A command performance of a classic. Are we our bodies? Do we have sould? Do we have minds? Do haircuts diminish our true selves? Can our selves be hit by a bus or uploaded onto The Cloud? The French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty's body could’t be with us for this episode, but he joins us in spirit to tell us why we only meet people in the f…
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Episode 39: Is Faith Good?
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Can we build a meaningful life on the shifting sands of irrational belief? Or if we refuse to make an infinite commitment, are we wasting our life, dog-paddling in a weak tea without hope or meaning? Is faith necessary or insane – or both? This week Eric and Taylor record their first ever episode before a live studio audience, namely the annual mee…
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Episode 8: Do We Need Other People?
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Another command performance. (Okay, rerun.) Are we utterly dependent on others or should we look inward and try to be true to ourselves? Can we do both? Or neither? This week Eric and Taylor look to Ralph Waldo Emerson for some help with this deeply unsettling question.
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Episode 38: Is Justice Possible?
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Some things are obviously horribly bad and wrong. Is it possible to make them right? Do some people deserve satisfaction while others deserve punishment or mercy? When juries deliver verdicts and judges impose sentences, are they speaking the truth or just fumbling in the dark and settling on the least bad outcome? This week Taylor and Eric reflect…
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Episode 37: Is It Okay to Be Fat?
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Do we owe it to anyone (even ourselves) to be thin? Is being thin always healthier, sexier, better looking, or somehow more praiseworthy? Is it easier to be a great philosopher or to get into heaven if you’re thin? This week Eric and Taylor are joined by philosopher Kate Manne, whose new book examines diet culture and fatphobia. The truth, as it of…
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Episode 36: Can You Succeed in the Music Business Without Selling Out?
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Does the lure of fame and fortune necessarily get in the way of making great music? Or is it okay to make some fun ear candy as a way of putting food on the table? This week Taylor and Eric chat about artistic integrity and the temptations of popularity and money with singer, songwriter, philosopher, violinist, and attorney at law, Andrew Choi – al…
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Episode 35: Can a Sound Look Like Something?
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Synesthesia! A weird thing experienced only by unusual people, or by ordinary people on unusual drugs, or – is it something everybody has all the time? Are very low musical notes literally “dark”? Can food sound like something, like hot peppers going “ping” on your tongue? Why does it make sense to call a fork a “zrickrick” and a pillow a “baobwab”…
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Episode 34: Is Revenge Inevitable?
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Is revenge a dish best served cold, hot, or not at all? Should we all go on a revenge diet, or is it just too tasty? Could hitting back be so much fun that we can’t give it up? Or is the best revenge the serene feeling of being above revenge? Even if we know that vengeance inevitably leads to an endless cycle of vengeance, is it possible to get off…
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Episode 33: Do Things Happen for a Reason?
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Things happen. Sometimes you find a $10 bill. Sometimes a bird craps on your head. Are these events just the meaningless result of previous events or is there a hidden purpose behind everything? Does God’s plan underlie the chaos of experience? Is the idea that something was “meant to be” (or not meant to be) comforting or crippling? And is the ide…
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Episode 9: Is Free Will an Illusion?
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This week Taylor is grading mountains (mountains, I tell you) of student essays. We are proud therefore to offer you a “command performance” (rerun) of this terrifying yet edifying episode on the perennial problem of free will. Is it an illusion? Are we puppets? When we think we are thinking (or acting) freely, are we actually just cogs in a heartl…
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Episode 32: Is Almost Everyone a Failure?
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This week Taylor and Eric are joined by philosopher Kieran Setiya, author of Life Is Hard, which they agree it is. It’s especially hard if you think you’re doomed to failure. Are you? Not necessarily. But if you don’t worry about success and failure, are you just going to be swimming in a soup of nothing matters and who cares? Tune in and find out …
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Episode 31: Are We Always Just Acting?
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Is everything we do a kind of performance? Are we always reading from a script? And what makes bad acting bad? Do psychopaths make good actors? Do politicians make good psychopaths? And why do presidential candidates emphasize what they’re saying by pointing with their thumbs? Film and television actor Kevin Sussman joins Taylor and Eric to talk th…
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Episode 30: Was the Woke Mind Virus Created by French Philosophers?
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Were poststructuralist, postmodern, postrespectable French philosophers like Michel Foucault the real masterminds behind identity politics, critical race theory, cultural appropriation, and pumpkin spice latte? Will civilization survive the rampant, unchecked questioning of grand narratives? Join Taylor and Eric as they unravel this bundle of phone…
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Episode 6: Is Being a Good Person Just a Matter of Luck?
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In this – repeat command performance (okay, rerun) – episode, Eric and Taylor grapple with the problem of moral luck. Are we in control of being decent human beings and doing the right thing or are we at the mercy of circumstance and maybe even of our own character? Listen, feel unsettled, then feel okay.…
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Episode 29: Can People Change?
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Can human beings change radically? And if they can, is that a good thing? What if we changed so much that we became strangers to each other? But if we couldn’t change at all, wouldn’t that mean we’re condemned to stagnation and despair? And hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we could sprout wings and fly? This week philosophers Melissa Shew (Marquette) an…
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Part 1: The Fall of Kabul-Biden's Ultimate Betrayal
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America, we have a problem - from our own backyards to Afghanistan. Join me, Keith Michaels, along with Russ Brown and Bennett McCoy as we tackle how the nation's leadership handles both the domestic and foreign affairs, spiced with some hearty laughs about our backyard follies. Trust us, you will find our home improvement anecdotes are as entertai…
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Episode 28: Is It Bad to Judge People?
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Being “judgmental” sounds like something bad, yet refraining from all moral judgment seems pathetic, and also impossible. So, what should we do? Can we be truly compassionate without also being capable of anger, resentment, and maybe some occasional Schadenfreude? This week Eric and Taylor are joined by actor, writer, and television producer Andy R…
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Episode 27: Why Do We Like to Remember Things that Hurt?
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Is there any pain as great as recalling past happiness from present misery? If so, why do we do it? Do we get pleasure from tormenting ourselves about losing something (or someone) we loved? Was Socrates right that living well means learning how to die? Does being comforted too quickly mean we never really cared? And if so, how quick is too quick? …
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Episode 1: Does ChapGPT Mean Humanity Is Doomed?
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In this episode – returning here in a special command performance (rerun) – Eric and Taylor worry about whether ChatGPT might be a harbinger of total computer domination of the world and the looming obsolescence and expendability of human beings. Is that possible? Tune in and find out what it is about artificial intelligence that should really frig…
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The Ruby Ridge standoff that occurred in August 1992 near Naples, Idaho, was a tragic event that resulted in the deaths of several individuals and highlighted the use of force by federal law enforcement agencies, particularly the FBI. Music and Sound Effects Provided by: The Little Gangster By EGProductions Shredder By Epikton Journey Into Depth By…
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Episode 26: What Comes After Monotheism?
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Does belief in God lead to intolerance and violence? Is monotheism about the number of gods or is it, as Egyptologist Jan Assmann suggests, about “having no other gods” and stamping out idol worship and superstition? Are secular atheists really just monotheists fighting a holy war against religion? Does monotheism contribute anything good to psycho…
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Episode 25: What Would a New Kind of Spirituality Look Like?
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Traditional religion has a been pretty rough ride. Some have felt saved by it. For others, it has been destructive and traumatizing. If you were going to build a new kind of spirituality from scratch, what would the ingredients be and how would you bake it? Sex worker, organizer, and memoirist Liara Roux joins us this week to talk about why Jesus w…
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Joe Biden's Failures
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Good old Uncle Joe wants us to name one, just one time that America has failed. Well Russ and Keith have several instances that Joe and his administration have failed. This episode is brought to you by Gavin's Gel This episode is brought to you by, Margaret Sangers Pub and Grill Support the showKeith Michaels által
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Episode 24: Is Being Deep Better than Being Shallow?
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What does it mean to be deep? Is profundity something good or is it pretentious and boring? Are there different kinds of deepness? Is shallowness itself a kind of depth? Is it only shallow people who try to sound deep? Are profound utterances dark oceans or plastic mirrors? Join Eric and Taylor on this, their first video episode as they plum the de…
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Top Headline of the Week - August 11- The Biden Crime Family:Biden Business Received over $20M from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan While Joe Biden Was VP
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Keith and Russ discuss and debate the recent headlines of the week. Comer: Biden Business Received over $20M from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan While Joe Biden Was VP Washington Post quietly ‘updates’ Hunter Biden laptop story after Devon Archer testimony Facebook Files’ Part 4 Show FBI’s Censorship Liaison May Have Perjured Himself Biden Family Will…
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Episode 23: Are There Monsters Among Us?
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What are monsters? Do they lurk among us? Are some of us monsters? How would we know? What’s really frightening about monsters – that they’re inhuman or that they’re all too human? If a shark could speak, would you climb into its tank to talk to it? And what exactly is so creepy about the dad in The Shining? Tune in and get the lowdown about monste…
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Episode 22: Is Being Unintelligible?
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What is it to be? We be, and we be jammin’ but what about other things? Is a hole a thing? Or just a lack of dirt? Unicorns aren’t real, but are they in some other way? Perhaps unicorns are, but don’t exist. But if so, what about non-existent unicorns? What’s their deal? What is the “metaphysics of presence,” and why did it annoy Martin Heidegger? …
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Episode 21: Are All Human Relationships Struggles for Domination?
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Was Jean-Paul Sartre right that hell is other people? Are all human relationships an attempt to beat the Other before the Other beats the Us? Is every person coming down the road a potential master of a potential slave? Is all love either masochism or sadism? Is love a war? Or is war love by other means? Will listening to this podcast mean a battle…
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Episode 20: Would You Do Bad Things if You Knew You Could Get Away With It?
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Actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Fred Armisen joins Eric and Taylor this week to ponder the twin mysteries of morality and moral motivation. Do we do good only out of a fear of blame and punishment? Would most people do wrong, if they knew no one was looking? Tune in and learn what Plato said Gyges did with the invisibility ring he f…
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Episode 19: Does Desire Lead to Suffering?
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This week Eric and Taylor are joined by journalist and adult industry activist Laura Desirée as they wonder whether desire inevitably leads to suffering. Or maybe desiring just is suffering. Is desire therefore bad? Maybe some kinds of suffering are good because they keep us from becoming numb to pains and pleasures of all kinds. Join us and confro…
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Episode 18: Does Technology Endanger Something Important About Being Human?
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This week Eric and Taylor are joined by Michael Thaddeus, professor of mathematics at Columbia University, as they ponder the worrisome thought that technological progress might threaten something essential and/or precious about human existence. Are we sacrificing quality for efficiency? Are distraction and shallowness replacing focus and depth of …
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Headlines of the Week - June 30- Affirmative Action and Biden Crime Family,
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Keith and Russ discuss and debate the recent headlines of the week. Music and Sound Effects Provided by: The Little Gangster By EGProductions Shredder By Epikton Journey Into Depth By SymphoMix Astronaut Countdown By Motion Array Originals: Musical SFX Detective Work By CueTracks Cinematic Soundtrack By LuLuProduction Free The Dragon By Korshun In …
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Episode 17: Do We Have to Lie?
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Is lying unavoidable? Should you always tell the truth, no matter what? Even if an axe murderer asks you where your sister is hiding? What if a flounder asks you, “Does this place on the sea floor make me look flat?” This week Eric and Taylor are joined by TV writer and executive producer Tara Hernandez, creator of Mrs. Davis. Together they discuss…
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Episode 16: Is It Impossible to Be Cool by Trying?
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Can we try to become cool, or is trying to be cool by definition like totally uncool man? Is it like keeping yourself up trying to fall asleep? Maybe it’s impossible, like trying to look at the edge of your visual field. If you make a deliberate effort to be happy, or to be a loving person, are you doomed to fail? Join Eric and Taylor as they (try …
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Headlines of the Week - June 16 - Trump Indictment, Biden Crime Family, and Pride Month Headlines
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Keith, Russ, and Bennett discuss and debate the recent headlines of the week. Music and Sound Effects Provided by: The Little Gangster By EGProductions Shredder By Epikton Journey Into Depth By SymphoMix Astronaut Countdown By Motion Array Originals: Musical SFX Detective Work By CueTracks Cinematic Soundtrack By LuLuProduction Free The Dragon By K…
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Episode 14: Are We Trapped by Tradition?
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Are we prisoners of the past or is radical revolution possible? Revolutionaries say we can get out. Conservatives say we shouldn’t even want to. But maybe both sides get it wrong! Do we need a past to have a future? Join Taylor, Eric, and special guest Professor Bryan Van Norden, an expert in traditional Chinese philosophy, as we take a hard look a…
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Headlines of the Week - June 2nd- The debt ceiling, the Biden Crime Family, and Go Woke Go Broke
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Keith and Russ discuss and debate the recent headlines of the week. Music and Sound Effects Provided by: The Little Gangster By EGProductions Shredder By Epikton Journey Into Depth By SymphoMix Astronaut Countdown By Motion Array Originals: Musical SFX Detective Work By CueTracks Cinematic Soundtrack By LuLuProduction Free The Dragon By Korshun In …
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Episode 13: What If Wisdom Does Not Make Us Blessed?
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Philosopher Helen De Cruz joins Eric and Taylor this week to discuss the unsettling possibility that insight and understanding might not actually make us happier or more at peace with our existence. Maybe they just bum us out. Tune in and hear what the heretical Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza had to say about this three and a half centuries ago.…
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Headlines of the Week - May 19- Durham Report, Corrupt FBI, University of Wyoming female students standing up for themselves, and so much more
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Keith and Russ discuss and debate the recent headlines of the week. Music and Sound Effects Provided by: The Little Gangster By EGProductions Shredder By Epikton Journey Into Depth By SymphoMix Astronaut Countdown By Motion Array Originals: Musical SFX Detective Work By CueTracks Cinematic Soundtrack By LuLuProduction Free The Dragon By Korshun In …
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Episode 11: Is God Dead?
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Is God Dead? If He is, did we kill Him? If God is dead does that mean Humanity is dead too -- or at least that the category of being a human being is in need of some serious re-appraisal? Taylor and Eric discuss these questions and both theism and atheism get re-evaluated. Along the way, we discuss Nietzsche and the most famous sponge in the histor…
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Episode 10: What If the Best I Can Do Just Isn’t Good Enough?
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This week Eric and Taylor wonder and worry about what it means to try hard and still feel like you’re falling short. Are there objective standards of excellence or does happiness require just staying in your comfort zone?
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