Socrates Walks Into A Bar
Philosophy, Comedy & Bar room banter with Comedians Nick Rado, Tim Batt & Ray O’Leary. Over a pint or two, Nick, Tim and Ray dive into timeless philosophical questions of Moral Philosophy, Consciousness, Identity, Altruism and evenTime Travel! It's funny, it’s thought provoking, and it might just solve humanity's greatest problems. Did we say there's beer?! Proudly supported by Monteiths brewed for right now! -- Nick Rado Nick Rado is a multi-award winning writer, MC and clean stand-up comedian. He’s also a guest comedian, panellist and head writer for ‘7 Days’ and four-time winner of the NZ Comedy Guild Award for 'Best Comedy MC'. Tim Batt Tim Batt is a seasoned performer both as a comedian and MC. He has performed across NZ, Australia, UK and USA. Twice nominated for the Billy T. Tim is one half of The Worst Idea of All Time - NZ's most internationally successful comedy podcast ever, with over 10 million downloads. Ray O’Leary Ray O'Leary is an award-winning comedian, having performed over 300 stand-up shows. Notable achievements include Billy T Nominations & Best Breakthrough Comedian at the NZ Comedy Guilds.
Episodes
Are you really helping the homeless if you're posting about it to your 5000 followers? Or does it not matter as long as you're doing the work? Nick, Tim and Ray get into it!
Get strapped in for another wild ride with Nick, Tim & Ray - this podcast is all about Altruism and whether or not it exists. We look into intentions vs. consequences, morals, religion, self-interest...but the seriousness is balanced out with plenty of laughs and out the gate scenarios like Ray's extreme grenade date
Nick, Tim & Ray explore the options when it comes to Time Travel, what should you pack when it comes to the distant past?
Nick, Tim & Ray look into whether or not time travel is possible, the essentials you'd need, how speaking Finnish and having a can of tomatoes helps & the 'flavours of time travel' in Hollywood movies
Why do we have to respect the dead? An age old question, deftly handled by Tim, Nick & Ray!
Tim shows his nerd cards with a deeeep dive into the lore of classic computer game Starcraft.
Nick, Tim & Ray debate identify, looking at the Ship of Theseus - and when a clone of you is really you, plus the man who legalised porn, AI and a whole lot more!
Nick, Tim & Ray take your questions. From Tyrone... 'I have a tattoo on my back, if I can't see it, does it exist?'
Submit your question by leaving a 5 star review on the apple feed or DM us on the rova instagram page!
Professor Peter Singer joins the podcast to school Nick, Tim & Ray on how to be a real philosopher, whether to save a drowning child or your new kicks and the journal of controversial ideas. Plus, Ray poses a classic 90's throwback thought experiment.
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Nick, Tim & Ray discuss consciousness, exploring the concept of qualia, or phenomenal properties of experience - plus they fight off hordes of philosophical zombies, hungry for delicious comedian brains...
Nick, Tim & Ray take your questions. Should I tell my 3 year old son Santa exists?
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The great Issac Asimov walks into a bar. Nick, Tim & Ray, pay their respects
This is a bonus clip from Episode 1 of Socrates Walks Into A Bar
Nick, Tim & Ray all take the trolley problem experiment as a way of exploring Moral Philosophy - Who are they most likely to kill and why?
Take the experiment yourself here:
Socrates Walks Into A Bar - Comedians. Philosophy. And Beer!
Hosted by Comedians Tim Batt, Nick Rado & Ray O'Leary.
Coming July 26.
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