<description>&lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;David and Tamler return to the Southern Gothic well and talk about Flannery O'Connor's short story masterpiece "Good Country People." A nihilistic atheist philosophy PhD named Joy or Helga (depending on who you ask) lives with her mother and some tenants on a farm in rural Georgia. One day 19-year-old aw-shucksy Bible salesman comes to the house and shakes up her philosophical convictions. Plus a case study of a sexsomniac who masturbates (and more) in his sleep.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://seedandspark.com/fund/boxed-in-ut-thesis-film#story" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Support Eliza's film project&lt;/a&gt; [seedandspark.com]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Brice, M., Gales, A. Z., Attali, V., Chauvin, M., &amp; Arnulf, I. (2026). &lt;a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945726000626" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Left hand sleep masturbation in a right-handed male patient with sexsomnia.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sleep Medicine&lt;/em&gt;, 108823. [scientificdirect.com]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Country_People" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor&lt;/a&gt; [wikipedia.org]&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Episode 327: You Ain't So Smart (Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People")

FEB 24, 202692 MIN
Very Bad Wizards

Episode 327: You Ain't So Smart (Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People")

FEB 24, 202692 MIN

Description

David and Tamler return to the Southern Gothic well and talk about Flannery O'Connor's short story masterpiece "Good Country People." A nihilistic atheist philosophy PhD named Joy or Helga (depending on who you ask) lives with her mother and some tenants on a farm in rural Georgia. One day 19-year-old aw-shucksy Bible salesman comes to the house and shakes up her philosophical convictions. Plus a case study of a sexsomniac who masturbates (and more) in his sleep. Support Eliza's film project [seedandspark.com] Brice, M., Gales, A. Z., Attali, V., Chauvin, M., & Arnulf, I. (2026). Left hand sleep masturbation in a right-handed male patient with sexsomnia. Sleep Medicine, 108823. [scientificdirect.com] Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor [wikipedia.org]