Episode 327: You Ain't So Smart (Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People")
Very Bad Wizards
Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
David and Tamler return to the Southern Gothic well and talk about Flannery O'Connor's short story masterpiece "Good Country People." A nihilistic atheist philosophy PhD named Joy or Helga (depending on who you ask) lives with her mother and some tenants on a farm in rural Georgia. One day 19-year-old aw-shucksy Bible salesman comes to the house and shakes up her philosophical convictions. Plus a case study of a sexsomniac who masturbates (and more) in his sleep.
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Brice, M., Gales, A. Z., Attali, V., Chauvin, M., & Arnulf, I. (2026). Left hand sleep masturbation in a right-handed male patient with sexsomnia. Sleep Medicine, 108823. [scientificdirect.com]
Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor [wikipedia.org]
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:09.0 | Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm not allowed to say, |
| 0:14.0 | and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes. |
| 0:17.0 | The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast. |
| 0:25.0 | And if you're not careful, it's too late. |
| 0:28.1 | Of course, the young man will never understand this truth. |
| 0:34.9 | The great end boss has spoken. |
| 0:38.3 | Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
| 0:43.3 | Who are you? |
| 0:49.3 | Who are you? |
| 0:51.3 | I'm a very bad man. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm a very good man. |
| 0:55.0 | Good man. |
| 0:57.0 | They think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. |
| 1:03.0 | May no attention to that man. |
| 1:06.0 | Anybody can have a brain? |
| 1:13.2 | You're a very bad man. |
| 1:15.9 | I'm a very good man. |
| 1:17.6 | Just a very bad wizard. |
| 1:20.4 | Welcome to Very Bad Wizards. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Tamler Summers. |
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