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<description>&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886925000480?ssrnid=5022668&amp;dgcid=SSRN_redirect_SD"&gt; Collisson, B., Saunders, E., &amp; Yin, C. (2025). The ick: Disgust sensitivity, narcissism, and perfectionism in mate choice thresholds. Personality and Individual Differences, 238, 113086.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://verybadwizards.com/episode/episode-236-your-outie-is-skilled-at-lovemaking-with-paul-bloom"&gt; Very Bad Wizards Episode 236: Your Outie is Skilled at Lovemaking (with Paul Bloom)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Paul's Substack Newsletter &lt;a href= "https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net"&gt;"Small Potatoes"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

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

MAR 25, 2025104 MIN
Very Bad Wizards

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

MAR 25, 2025104 MIN

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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., & Yin, C. (2025). The ick: Disgust sensitivity, narcissism, and perfectionism in mate choice thresholds. Personality and Individual Differences, 238, 113086.

Very Bad Wizards Episode 236: Your Outie is Skilled at Lovemaking (with Paul Bloom)

Paul's Substack Newsletter "Small Potatoes"