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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast


The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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654 episodes
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English
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The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com.

We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.
Language:
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Episodes1 - 10 of 654 episodes

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Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism. Ellis' essenti...

42 minutes
Apr 29, 2024

PEL Presents PMP#172: Curb Larry David's Shtick

The incredible post-Seinfeld improvised sit-com Curb Your Enthusiasm has had its finale...

55 minutes
Apr 27, 2024

PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release

Your four hosts plus book editor Chris Sunami reflect on doing the podcast for 15 years...

54 minutes
Apr 22, 2024

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with gue...

45 minutes
Apr 15, 2024

PEL Presents NEM/PMP: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown

When we write, how much is planned vs. improvised? How much is inspirational vs. double...

73 minutes
Apr 14, 2024

PEL Presents PvI#74: A Psychedelic Embrace with David Peña-Guzmán (Overthink)

David is co-host of the excellent Overthink podcast, popular among the young people tod...

65 minutes
Apr 13, 2024

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part One)

On The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002). What kind of metap...

52 minutes
Apr 08, 2024

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part Two)

To conclude our discussion of Aristotle's Metaphysics, we finish discussing potency by ...

43 minutes
Apr 01, 2024

PEL Presents NEM#213: Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush): Flavors of Brightness

Illinois singer/bassist Paul had his first release in 1985 and joined with drummer Ric ...

65 minutes
Mar 30, 2024

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part One)

We read portions of books 9 (Theta) and 12 (Lambda) of Aristotle's Metaphysics, first o...

48 minutes
Mar 25, 2024