Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth")

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

David and Tamler screw their courage to the sticking place and talk about their first Shakespeare play – The Tragedy of Macbeth. Plus we select 16 topics for our first VBW topic tournament suggested and voted by our beloved Patreon patrons.

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0:00.0	Very Bad Wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and psychologist Dave Vizarro,
0:06.0	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,
0:13.4	and knowing my dad, some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.5	Are you a man?
0:18.6	I and a bold one, that dad look upon that which might appall the devil.
0:23.6	The great boss has spoken.
0:29.6	Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. Who are you?
0:41.3	Who are you?
0:43.3	Who are you?
0:45.3	A very bad man. I'm a very good man.
0:47.3	Good man.
0:51.3	They think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have.
0:55.8	May no attention tonight, man.
1:01.7	Anybody can have a brain?
1:05.5	You're a very bad man.
1:08.2	I'm a very good man.
1:09.9	Just a very bad wizard. Welcome to Very Bad Wizards. I'm a very good man. Just a very bad wizard.
1:12.7	Welcome to Very Bad Wizards.
1:14.3	I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
1:16.8	Dave, wouldst thou have that which thou esteemest the ornament of life and live a coward in
1:23.6	thine own esteem, letting I dare not wait upon I would, like the poor cat in the adage.
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