Episode 038: Incremental Hope
After a completely unintended hiatus brought on by the super-unfortunate necessity to re-edit this episode, it’s finally here! And it’s a good one, folks. Dr. Mark Webb, now chairman of the Texas Tech...
View ArticleEpisode 051: Reading Rainbow
It’s easy to take our perceptions for granted. Colors, shapes, smells, and so forth are for the most part universal. But some people have this kickass condition called synesthesia, where their wires...
View ArticleEpisode 089: You Asked For It
At any given moment thousands of people around the world are praying (and since it’s Easter today you can probably tack a few more zeroes onto that estimate). Whether it’s praying for the destruction...
View ArticleEpisode 111: Gingercide
Every New Year’s on BF, we take a look back and see what the last 365-ish days have actually brought us. This year we’re varying it up a little bit thanks to my laziness. We decided post our 2011...
View ArticleEpisode 138: No Longer a Thing
Let’s be honest, it feels really good to be right, to be correct, to stand on an epistemic foundation and know that no matter what, no one can come along and challenge the rock-solidity of that...
View ArticleEpisode 148: Perfect Tommy Pickleseed
What is Buddhism? More precisely, what does it mean to be “Buddhist?” Perhaps surprisingly, potential answers to this vary greatly whether one approaches Buddhism from a theoretical or a practical...
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