Philosophy and Pop Culture

Affirmative Action (Part 4)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:27:20 -0800

Discrimination is immoral, right? It’s wrong to favor someone because of the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, right?

So how could one defend affirmative action—the favoring of minorities in hiring practices?

KJ and Jay use the NBC show 'The Office' to discuss why, although affirmative action might not be ideal, it could be the only way to accomplish other, more important moral goods.

Check out KJ's article on this topic in The Office and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the bumper and a few of the outdated references—This podcast was recorded before “Michael Scott” left Dunder Mifflin.

Episode 4

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Affirmative Action (Part 3)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:28:09 -0800

Discrimination is immoral, right? It’s wrong to favor someone because of the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, right?

So how could one defend affirmative action—the favoring of minorities in hiring practices?

KJ and Jay use the NBC show 'The Office' to discuss why, although affirmative action might not be ideal, it could be the only way to accomplish other, more important moral goods.

Check out KJ's article on this topic in The Office and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the bumper and a few of the outdated references—This podcast was recorded before “Michael Scott” left Dunder Mifflin.

Episode 3

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Affirmative Action (Part 2)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:31:13 -0800

Discrimination is immoral, right? It’s wrong to favor someone because of the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, right?

So how could one defend affirmative action—the favoring of minorities in hiring practices?

KJ and Jay use the NBC show 'The Office' to discuss why, although affirmative action might not be ideal, it could be the only way to accomplish other, more important moral goods.

Check out KJ's article on this topic in The Office and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the bumper and a few of the outdated references—This podcast was recorded before “Michael Scott” left Dunder Mifflin.

Episode 2

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Affirmative Action (Part 1)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:15:54 -0800

Discrimination is immoral, right? It’s wrong to favor someone because of the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, right?

So how could one defend affirmative action—the favoring of minorities in hiring practices?

KJ and Jay use the NBC show 'The Office' to discuss why, although affirmative action might not be ideal, it could be the only way to accomplish other, more important moral goods.

Check out KJ's article on this topic in The Office and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the bumper and a few of the outdated references—This podcast was recorded before “Michael Scott” left Dunder Mifflin.

Episode 1

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Metallica and Philosophy (Part 4)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:12:15 -0700

Jay's favorite band growing up? Metallica. He's particularly fond of their second album 'Ride the Lightning.' 'Creeping Death'--the 7th track on the album--will always hold a special place in his heart. In addition, KJ taught himself to play the drums (in 7^th grade) by emulating Lars Ulrich’s skills on ‘The Black Album’—and, as a result, he is one of the best philosopher/drummers in the world (so he assumes). Both still listen to Metallica on a regular basis.

Fellow metal-head and philosopher William Irwin join KJ and Jay in a discussion of the philosophical merits of Metallica.

Some may think of Metallica as lowbrow, but their lyrics and lives are ripe for the philosophical pickings.

Irwin is the series editor for the Blackwell-Wiley’s Pop Culture and Philosophy book series and is the volume editor for Metallica and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well! (Oh and ignore the “leadership buzz” bumpers—just some leftovers from the old days. Sorry.)

Episode 4

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Metallica and Philosophy (Part 3)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:31:58 -0700

Fellow metal-head and philosopher William Irwin join KJ and Jay in a discussion of the philosophical merits of Metallica.

Some may think of Metallica as lowbrow, but their lyrics and lives are ripe for the philosophical pickings.

Irwin is the series editor for the Blackwell-Wiley’s Pop Culture and Philosophy book series and is the volume editor for Metallica and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well! (Oh, and ignore the old “bumpers” at the beginning and end.)

Episode 3

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Metallica and Philosophy (Part 2)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:25:43 -0700

Fellow metal-head and philosopher William Irwin join KJ and Jay in a discussion of the philosophical merits of Metallica.

Some may think of Metallica as lowbrow, but their lyrics and lives are ripe for the philosophical pickings.

Irwin is the series editor for the Blackwell-Wiley’s Pop Culture and Philosophy book series and is the volume editor for Metallica and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Episode 2

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Metallica and Philosophy (Parts 1)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:27:14 -0700

Fellow metal-head and philosopher William Irwin join KJ and Jay in a discussion of the philosophical merits of Metallica.

Some may think of Metallica as lowbrow, but their lyrics and lives are ripe for the philosophical pickings.

Irwin is the series editor for the Blackwell-Wiley’s Pop Culture and Philosophy book series and is the volume editor for Metallica and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Episode 1

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Homesexuality and Gay Marriage (Part 6)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:19:04 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

Since we recorded the last five episodes on gay marriage, KJ has taught on the issue and made and few discoveries that are relevant to the issue. So we are going to meet up again, this time via phone, and finish our discussion of homosexuality and gay marriage.

Is homosexuality immoral? Should homosexuals be legally allowed to marry? Is the answer to the first question even relevant to the other? KJ and Jay use some more examples from South Park to explore and explain this issue.

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

Also, we are fully aware that we are not mentioning a huge thing—the legalization of gay marriage in New York. These episodes were recorded a bit before that took place. Sorry.

Episode 6

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Homesexuality and Gay Marriage (Part 5)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:55:40 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

Also, we are fully aware that we are not mentioning a huge thing—the legalization of gay marriage in New York. These episodes were recorded a bit before that took place. Sorry.

Episode 5

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Homosexuality and Gay Marriage (Part 4)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:32:32 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

Also, we are fully aware that we are not mentioning a huge thing—the legalization of gay marriage in New York. These episodes were recorded a bit before that took place. Sorry.

Episode 4

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Homosexuality and Gay Marriage (Part 3)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:09:19 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

(One last thing. We don’t talk about the recent legalization of homosexual marriage in New York—but that is because we recorded this before that. Sorry.)

Episode 3

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Homosexuality and Gay Marriage (Part 2)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:35:00 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

Episode 2

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Homosexuality and Gay Marriage (Parts 1)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:48:00 -0700

Of course Eve’s name wasn’t “Steve”…but does that really tell us anything about homosexuality?

KJ highly recommends Jacob Held’s article on this issue in South Park and Philosophy.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Oh, and ignore the intro and outro bumpers! Wired Parish does not exist anymore. But Jay is too lazy to take the bumpers out…

Episode 1

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Will Watson Put Humanity in Jeopardy? (Part 2)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:23:00 -0800

Watson, the IBM supercomputer, just wrapped up a thorough Jeopardy thrashing of Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the top two Jeopardy champions of all time.

To repeat: Watson--computer--beat the two smartest people ever to play Jeopardy--the linguistically complex game show.

This is a dramatic leap forward from Deep Blue beating Kasparov at chess. This is end-of-the-world, dogs-and-cats-living-together kind of stuff.

And it really raises some interesting questions. If a computer can understand language, what is next? Will we one day have computer that act and look just like us too? Are androids in our future? If so, how should we treat them?

And is Watson the first step toward Skynet? Will a giant computer one day turn against and kill us all, like in Terminator?

KJ and Jay take a look at these issues and more.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

Episode 2

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Will Watson Put Humanity in Jeopardy? (Part 1)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:16:00 -0800

Watson, the IBM supercomputer, just wrapped up a thorough Jeopardy thrashing of Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the top two Jeopardy champions of all time.

To repeat: Watson--computer--beat the two smartest people ever to play Jeopardy--the linguistically complex game show.

This is a dramatic leap forward from Deep Blue beating Kasparov at chess. This is end-of-the-world, dogs-and-cats-living-together kind of stuff.

KJ and Jay take a look at what makes Watson's victory so significant and what it means to say that a computer understands language.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

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The Problem of Hell (Part 4)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:18:00 -0800

KJ and Jay take a trip to hell. (They got a great deal on plane tickets.)

Hell is that wonderful place God sends you to burn forever when you steal a candy bar but die before you say a special prayer of forgiveness.

Is the existence of such a place compatible with the existence of an omni-benvolent (all-good) God? KJ and Jay use a bit of South Park to discuss the existence of the eternal lake of fire.

Oh, and remember: Some of the episodes (like these) are reposts of episodes that were recorded a while back—so ignore the “wired parish” tag, and the occasional slightly out of date info. (I know that South Park is in season 15 now.)

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The Problem of Hell (Part 3)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:07:00 -0800

KJ and Jay take a trip to hell. (They got a great deal on plane tickets.)

Hell is that wonderful place God sends you to burn forever when you steal a candy bar but die before you say a special prayer of forgiveness.

Is the existence of such a place compatible with the existence of an omni-benvolent (all-good) God? KJ and Jay use a bit of South Park to discuss the existence of the eternal lake of fire.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

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The Problem of Hell (Parts 2)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:56:00 -0800

KJ and Jay take a trip to hell. (They got a great deal on plane tickets.)

Hell is that wonderful place God sends you to burn forever when you steal a candy bar but die before you say a special prayer of forgiveness.

Is the existence of such a place compatible with the existence of an omni-benvolent (all-good) God? KJ and Jay use a bit of South Park to discuss the existence of the eternal lake of fire.

Enjoy the episodes and think well!

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The Problem of Hell (Parts 1)

kyle8425@gmail.com (WiredParish.com. Tune In. Turn On. Get Wired.) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:59:00 -0800

KJ and Jay take a trip to hell. (They got a great deal on plane tickets.)

Hell is that wonderful place God sends you to burn forever when you steal a candy bar but die before you say a special prayer of forgiveness.

Is the existence of such a place compatible with the existence of an omni-benvolent (all-good) God? KJ and Jay use a bit of South Park to discuss the existence of the eternal lake of fire.