Episode 269: Death Hilarious (Blood Meridian, Pt. 2)

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our journey into Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, Tamler and David talk about the kid and his form of resistance to the judge’s gleeful nihilism - does he (as the man) ultimately succumb at the end of the novel? We also discuss other notable members of the Glanton gang and go deep into several scenes, including the Comanche attack, Elrod’s sad fate, and the tarot reading from the family of traveling magicians.

Plus two studies on honesty tell you the best countries to lose your wallet and the U.S. states with a bunch of dirty Wordle cheaters.

Wormley, A. S., & Cohen, A. B. (2023). CHEAT: Wordle Cheating Is Related to Religiosity and Cultural Tightness. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(3), 702-709.

Cohn, A., Maréchal, M. A., Tannenbaum, D., & Zünd, C. L. (2019). Civic honesty around the globe. Science, 365(6448), 70-73.

Blood Meridian [wikipidia.org]

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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 in science and ethics.
0:09.4	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say,
0:13.6	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.1	I can see your soul at the edges of your eyes. It's corrosive, like acid.
0:23.3	You've got a demon little man.
0:27.3	Look, ladies, us has spoken.
0:35.3	We know our attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:43.3	Who are you?
0:45.3	Who are you?
0:47.3	I'm very bad men.
0:49.3	I'm a very good man.
0:51.3	They think he's lost and we know more brains than you have.
1:01.3	We know our attention to that man.
1:05.3	Anybody can have a brain.
1:09.3	You're a very bad man.
1:11.3	I'm a very good man.
1:13.3	Just a very bad wizard.
1:15.3	Welcome to very bad wizards.
1:17.3	I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
1:19.3	Dave, the Patriots sucked.
1:21.3	The Red Sox are abominable.
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