Best David Macomber Podcasts (2025)

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 52 - שבת שובה SHABBAT SHUVAH 56:53

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 316: A Four-Letter Man (Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber") 1:33:15

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David and Tamler go big game hunting and explore their first Hemingway short story “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.” We dig into his characteristic themes of courage, cowardice, shifting power dynamics in marriages, and what it truly means to live a happy life. Plus, neuroscience may be complex, but can these AI generated neuroscience jok…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 51 - נִצָּבִים NITZAVIM 47:53

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 50 - כִּי־תָבוֹא KI TAVO 46:38

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*Due to a technical error, the introduction and summary are missing from this teaching. Audio quality improves at 1:45. The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section alwa…

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Episode 315: Ceaseless Striving (Schopenhauer’s Pessimism) 1:30:00

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David and Tamler tackle the topic chosen by our beloved Patreon supporters in the first VBW madness tournament – Schopenhauer. We discuss his essays “On the Sufferings of the World” and “The Vanity of Existence,” their strikingly modern perspectives on human life and behavior and the influences Schopenhauer took from Eastern thought. Plus, David ha…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 48 - שֹׁפְטִים SHOFTIM 58:24

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 47 - רְאֵה RE'EH 1:01:30

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 314: The In-Betweeny Place 1:58:56

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David and Tamler go long on McDonagh’s 2008 masterpiece "In Bruges." We talk about the terrific performances and all the weighty themes - sin, guilt, redemption, honor, language, and very inappropriate jokes. Plus philosophers talk about “sex within the discipline” and Tamler can’t handle it. To Philosophers of Easy Virtue by Alex Rails [dailynous.…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 46 - עֵקֶב EKEV 1:02:17

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 45 - וָאֶתְחַנַּן VA'ETCHANAN 1:01:48

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 313: The Spontaneous Eruption of Now 1:15:30

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David and Tamler try to wrap their heads around the metaphysics of past and future via the Borges essay(s) “A New Refutation of Time.” What does it mean to be a time skeptic or a time realist for that matter? If you’re a Berkeleyan idealist and Humean skeptic about the self, do you have to deny succession and simultaneity? The world, unfortunately,…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 44 - דְּבָרִים DEVARIM 1:07:18

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 312: MechaSkeptic 1:16:24

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David and Tamler return to David Hume’s somewhat slippery brand of skepticism, this time focusing Chapter 12 of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Plus speaking of things to be skeptical about, we dive into a recent paper called “Your Brain on ChatGPT” – does neuroscience show that LLM users incur a “cognitive debt”? MIT study shows ChatGP…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 41 - פִּינְחָס PINCHAS 1:18:58

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 40 - בָּלָק BALAK 56:14

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth") 1:26:06

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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.By david pizarro

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 39 - חֻקַּת CHUKAT 57:23

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 38 - קֹרַח KORACH 59:28

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Stewardship 2 - More Than Enough 1:07:43

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What does it look like in a practical, day-to-day setting to be a mission pilot overseas? Today I talk with DJ Knott, co-founder of Gospel Mission Aviation in Bolivia, about his experience walking with God in faith through his time in overseas mission work. Gospel Aviation | Saving lives now & for eternity…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 37 - שְׁלַח־לְךָ SHELACH 1:00:18

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 36 - בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ BEHA'ALOTCHA 1:10:07

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 310: Bayes, Brains, and Buddhists 1:14:45

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David and Tamler try to wrap their heads around the predictive processing theory of the mind and brain function and talk about a paper that applies the framework to meditation practices. But first a new Psychological Science article expresses skepticism about the existence of people who have no inner voice. So is David a new kind of human or is he …

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 35 - נָשֹׂא NASSO 1:20:24

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 309: Dissolving Into the One 1:23:21

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David and Tamler heed the call to journey into the realm of Joseph Campbell. What are the unifying elements shared by myths and religions across time and culture? Does myth give us a portal into the hidden cosmic forces of the universe? Can it take us into depths of our unconscious and the nature of our own being? What is the legacy of Campbell’s t…

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Bonus Episode: Va Va Boom (Robert Aldrich's "Kiss Me Deadly") 1:14:48

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We kick off our Bonus "Noir Summer" series with Robert Aldrich's "Kiss Me Deadly" (1956). While the rest of the bonus series will be for Patreon subscribers only, the first is free to all.By david pizarro

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Stewardship 1 - Worthy of Greater Responsibility (Updated) 23:08

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Are we looking to grow and have more responsibility for God? Do we want to make a greater impact, or have more influence for good? Jesus unpacks for us exactly what qualities He is looking for in us, so that He can trust us with those heavenly riches. This episode has been updated from its original published form. Contact us! [email protected]…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 31 - אֱמֹר EMOR 56:28

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 308: The Gray Man who Dreamed (Borges' "Shakespeare's Memory") 1:14:50

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David and Tamler return to their happy place and talk about two pieces by JL Borges – the story “Shakespeare’s Memory” and the [essay/story/poem/literary sketch??] “Everything and Nothing.” What would it mean to have the memory of a supreme artist like Shakespeare? Would it help us understand his work, or how he was able to produce masterpiece afte…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 29-30 - אַחֲרֵי מוֹת-קְדֹשִׁים ACHAREI MOT-KEDOSHIM 1:02:28

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 27-28 - תַזְרִיעַ-מְּצֹרָע TAZRIA-METZORA 51:13

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 307: What's in the BOX? 1:16:37

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David and Tamler talk about two famous puzzles that for different reasons have bedeviled the rationalist community – The Monty Hall Problem and Newcomb’s “paradox.” Why is it so hard for people to see that a 66% chance of winning a car is better than a 33% chance? Why do famous mathematicians struggle with this problem? And David and Tamler split o…

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Episode 306: What to Expect When You're Expecting (David Lynch's "Eraserhead" with Barry Lam) 2:04:08

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David and Tamler welcome Barry Lam back to the show. In the first segment we violate one of our own rules by talking about his new book "Fewer Rules, Better People", a full frontal attack on David’s strict Kantian worldview. Then we dive DEEP into David Lynch’s first movie, "Eraserhead," and eventually arrive at a few coherent interpretations of Ly…

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 25 - שבת הגדול SHABBAT HAGADOL 1:08:47

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Spiritual Lessons - Survivorship Bias and why people are leaving the church 12:50

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What does a plot of bullet holes on aircraft during WWII have to do with the question of why people are leaving the church? Find out today.By David Macomber

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 24 - וַיִּקְרָא VAYIKRA 1:00:56

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…

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Episode 305: Emile Is the Name of the Goat (with Paul Bloom) 1:44:26

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VBW favorite Paul Bloom joins us to break down the Severance season finale and season 2 in general. We all agree that it’s a much-needed return to form and debate some of the choices and questions the episode raises. Plus, an evolutionary account of the ‘ick’ and the adaptive trait of graceful ping-pong ball chasing. Collisson, B., Saunders, E., & …

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The Wilderness - Haftarah Portion 23 - פְקוּדֵי PEKUDEI 1:00:35

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The Wilderness is an in-depth study of the haftarah. The haftarah is a section of Holy Scripture taken from the Prophets or Writings of the Hebrew Bible that is read after the weekly alongside the Torah. The specified section always has some connection to the theme of the Torah portion of the week and the time and season of year. Class PDFs and Aud…