Keeping it Unreal

Keeping it Unreal is the 50th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on July 15, 2014. The opening segment is a discussion on . The main segment is a discussion on . The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

Dude, do you ever think about how, like, we could be all be in the Matrix? Seriously, no no, dude, I'm being serious. It's like, none of this might be real, you know?  Actually we don't know. We honestly can't believe we made it to 50 episodes, so we must be brains in a vat. But we play along and celebrate with...a movie episode! We list our five favorite films about the subjective or questionable nature of reality. Our only rule: we couldn't choose The Matrix.  Listen to this episode--your Mom says it's psychologically taut.

• Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks.
  
• Rashomon
  
• Exit Through the Gift Shop
  
• Paul Bloom on art and forgery
  
• Spirited Away
  
• My Neighbor Totoro
  
• Mr. Snuffleupagus
  
• Adaptation
  
• Donnie Darko
  
• Stories we Tell
  
• Waking Life
  
• Robert Solomon
  
• Mulholland Drive
  
• Tim Minchin summarizes Donnie Darko in song
  
• Everything you were afraid to ask about Mulholland Drive
  
• Support Very Bad Wizards