The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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.
- Website
- http://partiallyexaminedlife.com
- Description
- The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-12-21 06:52
- last episode published
- 2024-12-16 18:00
- publication frequency
- 4.85 days
- Contributors
- Mark Linsenmayer
- Author
- Mark Linsenmayer
- Owner
- pel@partiallyexaminedlife.com (pel@partiallyexaminedlife.com)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
- true
- Number of Episodes
- 1177
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Education Philosophy Higher Education Arts
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Episodes
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| 2024-12-16 |
PEL Presents Subtext: The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin” (Part 1) Where the repetitions of ordinary life threaten to overwhelm any sense of the sublime, the poet Conrad Aiken seems to suggest that they can be transformed into a way of being connected to it. The mundane order is, after all, just a part of the cosmic. ... |
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| 2024-12-16 |
Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One) Mark, Wes, and Dylan continue to look at Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843), recounting his story about how increasingly mature notions of God should lead philosophy eventually to a materialism where the sensual is t... |
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| 2024-12-12 | We're coming up on the 125th anniversary of L. Frank Baum's children's book, The Wizard of Oz, and the film version of (the first half of) the musical Wicked has been released. Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al talk about the landmark 1939 film musical, ... | |
| 2024-12-09 | We dig in and start our detailed treatment of Ludwig Feuerbach's essay "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843). Feuerbach claims that people don't realize that the entity they worship is really just whatever it is about humanity and the wor... | |
| 2024-12-08 |
PEL Presents NEM#225: Loudon Wainwright III, the Reporter-Songwriter Loudon has released 30 albums since 1970. He's the quintessential singer-songwriter, relying on crafty, personal lyrics delivered dynamically and typically solo, though his studio work has varied in production style and orchestration level over the yea... |
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| 2024-12-06 |
Philosophy vs. Improv #86: Friends with App-Platter Benefits w/ Sarah Shockey and Tommy Maranges It's a TEAM PLAY episode just in time for the holiday season! Returning guests improviser and podcaster Sarah and recovering Philosophy Bro Tommy join Mark and Bill to talk AND EXPERIENCE friendship, with our longest single improv scene to date. What ... |
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| 2024-12-02 | On Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843) and the introduction to The Essence of Christianity (1841). What was the original point of religion? Can we retain what was emotionally good about it yet direct our efforts to pu... | |
| 2024-12-01 | Steve Martin was the biggest comic celebrity in the late '70s, became a huge movie star, and now delivers gentle comedy and fast banjo licks according to his desired rich guy schedule. In light of the popularity of Only Murders in the Building, we cons... | |
| 2024-11-30 |
PEL Presents SUBTEXT: The Aesthetics of Death in "Beetlejuice" (Part 1) Adam and Barbara Maitland are dead, but their troubles have just begun. The farmhouse decor of their home is under threat from the pretentious modernism of Delia Deetze, and her plan to remake it in her own image could turn their post-life purgatory in... |
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| 2024-11-25 | Continuing on "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on Bourgeois Society" with guest Lawrence Dallman. Does capitalism give rise to alienation, or is it alienation that is responsible for capitalism? Does a person... |