The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast


Latest Episodes

PEL Presents NEM#225: Loudon Wainwright III, the Reporter-Songwriter
December 08, 2024

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 p

PEL Presents PvI#86: Friends with App-Platter Benefits w/ Sarah Shockey and Tommy Maranges
December 06, 2024

It's a TEAM PLAY episode just in time for the holiday season! Returning guests improviser and Sarah and recovering Philosophy Bro Tommy join Mark and Bill to talk AND EXPERIENCE friendship, with our

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part One)
December 02, 2024

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 em

PEL Presents PMP#185: Steve Martin: X-Tuple Threat
December 01, 2024

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

PEL Presents SUBTEXT: The Aesthetics of Death in "Beetlejuice" (Part 1)
November 30, 2024

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 h

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)
November 25, 2024

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 alienati

PEL Presents PvI#85: Prototype Protoplasm w/ Mike Gorgone
November 21, 2024

Mike hosts the , and we recorded this episode a bit before Halloween, before the election and the consequent mass exodus, as a sort of memo to the future, i.e. you. We blister our way through many top

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)
November 18, 2024

On three of Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on Bourgeois Society." Featuring guest Lawrence Dallm

PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 2024
November 17, 2024

Mark, Wes, and Seth talk about horror media and what scares us in light of Halloween. We then give some follow-up discussion re. our Williamson and Chappell interviews. Do we actually want to particip

PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)
November 16, 2024

As an advisor to Henry VIII and ambassador to France and Italy, poet Thomas Wyatt was something of a professional court-surfer, practiced in riding the peaks and troughs of royal favor. Such were his