Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 94 minutes

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David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edition of [dramatic music] GUILTY CONFESSIONS. Note: if this episode strikes you as too puritanical, then please add an orgy.

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and a psychologist, Dave Pizarro,
0:05.9	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:09.3	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm out of allow to say,
0:13.6	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:16.8	Think it might have something to do with me being drunk all the time?
0:19.5	I'm an alcoholic, I have a problem. I'm just not ready to deal with it yet.
0:23.6	The lady on his phone says,
0:30.5	a later attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:34.7	Who are you?
0:41.5	Who are you?
0:43.5	I'm a very bad man.
0:45.5	I'm a very good man.
0:47.5	Good man.
0:48.5	Just a very bad wizard.
1:12.6	Welcome to very bad wizards.
1:14.0	I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
1:16.9	Dave, did you know that pigeons die right after they have sex?
1:22.4	No.
1:23.2	Well, at least the one that I just fucked did.
1:28.2	It's been a long time since you told us stupid joke is an opening question.
1:31.6	I mean, I think that's a classic.
1:35.4	The delivery might have been a little messed up, but
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