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Corey has released many of zydeco music since 2004, and mixes his dedication to tradition (even recording a recent album in Louisiana Creole) with his love of many types of music.

We discuss &quot;J&#39;ai Parti dans la Campagne&quot; (and listen at the end to &quot;Outro&quot;) from his new release, Live in Alaska; &quot;That Girl Wanna Dance&quot; from the Grammy nominated Nothin&#39; But the Best (2012); and &quot;Way Back Home,&quot; a ...
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Ep. 380: Josiah Royce on Community (Part Two)
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More on The Problem of Christianity, discussing how communities relate to history, how individuals relate to communities, and what&#39;s unique about Royce&#39;s ideal Christian world community.

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Seth (https://thebarstooltheories.com/) is an improviser and aspiring professional &quot;muse,&quot; which is a type of life coach that hangs out with you to see where you could be more in touch with your humanity so that you can then work out a coherent plan for your adult life. He discusses with Mary and Mark the conflict between authentic individual humans and a social structure filled with oppressive...
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In light of One Battle After Another, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al walk through the range of his films from his 1996 crime film Hard Eight through his much lauded Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love, and There Will Be Blood and his more controversial recent ones like Licorice Pizza, The Master, The Phantom Thread, and Inherent Vice.

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On sections of The Problem of Christianity (1913) which establish Royce&#39;s concept of a community of interpretation: individuals working together with a sense of shared history and expectation. He claims that such a grouping can be counted as a literal mind and that it solves the problem of human meaning.

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Marshall began creating his catchy, harmonically thick rock tunes in the early &#39;80s with six major label albums, but went indie in the &#39;90s to record four more as well as several EPs and live collections.

We discuss &quot;Stranger and Stranger,&quot; newly reworked for From the Hellhole (2025), &quot;Right On Time&quot; from Jaggedland (2009), &quot;Fantastic Planet of Love&quot; from Life&#39;s Too Short (1991), and we conclu...
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Continuing on sources from ancient Egypt, finishing up the instructional literature: &quot;The Instruction of Ptahhotep,&quot; and &quot;The Instruction Addressed to King Merikare,&quot; and then we move to the dialogues, &quot;&quot;The Eloquent Peasant,&quot; and &quot;The Dispute Between a Man and His Ba.&quot;

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Scott, ex-professor at Oklahoma State University and author of &quot;Thinking Ethically: A Handbook for Making Moral Choices,&quot; chats with Mark and Mary about ethical debate in our age of seemingly unbridgeable divides. We engage in some suspect philosophical counseling, have a staged mini-debate about affirmative action, and simulate a new class of discussion-intensive air travel. More at scottgelfa...
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In light of Noah Hawley TV show Alien Earth, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al revisit the franchise through its seven canon films beginning with Ridley Scott&#39;s 1979 classic.

While there&#39;s plenty of sheer repetition (alien loose, killing people one by one) throughout these properties, the various filmmakers attempt to avoid sure repetition by shifting genres. On the new show, we get a pronounced...
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Ep. 379: Egyptian Philosophy with Chike Jeffers (Part One)
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The co-author of the African run of the History of Philosophy Podcast (and new book) joins us to go over philosophical works from 2200-1400 BCE: &quot;The Instruction of Ptahhotep,&quot; &quot;The Instruction Addressed to King Merikare,&quot; &quot;The Great Hymn to the Aten,&quot; &quot;The Dispute Between a Man and His Ba,&quot; and &quot;The Eloquent Peasant.&quot;

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Mark is joined by returning NEM guest Don Rauf (https://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem139-don-rauf/) (from Life In a Blender (https://lifeinablender.net/) ), singer/songwriter/cartoonist David Heatley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heatley) ), and writer/musician Dave &quot;Diggy&quot; Dawson aka Dave Philpott. (https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/18175790.Dave_Philpott)

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We complete our Aquinas treatment for the moment by considering emotions: categorizing them, asking whether they have opposites, and making them coherent given Aquinas&#39; Aristotelian conception of soul.

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We&#39;re now moving on to the &quot;mind&quot; portion of our discussion, covering how reason motivates us, how free will is possible, and the degree to which the mind is passive or active.

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Continuing on bits of Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, completing our analysis of his arguments for the existence of God and then turning to eternity and the possibility of actually talking about God, given our finitude.

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Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Jonathan (currently based in Minneapolis) has been putting out indie rock solo albums since 1992, but has also ventured into traditional Finnish folk music and has multiple releases of tunes that I won&#39;t call Christian rock, but more rock that grapples with being someone who goes to church.

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On selections from Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, mostly taken from the Summa Theologica (1268).

Given our flawed, finite human nature, how do we fit into the universe? In particular, how can we know and talk about things far beyond our experience such as God and eternity? In this part, we discuss arguments for the existence of God.

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Continuing on &quot;Directions for Decomposition&quot; from A Short History of Decay (1949). What is it that humans are inevitably trying to avoid that seems so bad to us? It&#39;s our existential separation from others, our essential, incommunicable solitude. Plus, ennui, sloth, and being a &quot;traitor to existence.&quot;

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Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al watched Spinal Tap and its new sequel, and we throw these into a mix with K-Pop Demon Hunters and other films and shows involving made-for-TV (and film) bands, including We Are Lady Parts, That Thing You Do, Fear of a Black Hat, CB4, Atlanta, The Blues Brothers, The Commitments, Almost Famous, The Rutles, and The Monkees.

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Adrian has applied his distinctive, spacey dub mixing techniques to numerous recordings since 1978 including Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Lee &quot;Scratch&quot; Perry, Sinéad O&#39;Connor, and Spoon and has released nine albums under his own name since 2003. He has effectively served as a key band member in several groups including Creation Rebel and African Head Charge.

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Ep. 377: Emil Cioran&#39;s Pessimism (Part One)
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On A Short History of Decay (1949), a pessimist/existentialist somewhat text from the most famous Romanian philosopher.

Cioran&#39;s short essays touch on art, humor, God, salvation, time, nostalgia, mourning, death, disease, suicide, revolt, freedom, Buddhism, Daoism, and the role of the philosopher.

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Mark&#39;s Partially Examined Life (https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/) co-host Seth joins us (i.e. Mark and Mary) to introduce Seth to improv and continue introducing philosophy to Mary.

We discuss Seth&#39;s attraction to depressing texts, act out couples&#39; therapy and monster beauty parlor, and open up a few philosophical cans of worms: Is truth relative? (Hint: no!) Does outer beauty reflect inner ...
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Continuing on selections from this late Platonic dialogue. Starting in Book 4, Plato&#39;s characters are discussing how to create a new state (&quot;Magnesia&quot;) from scratch. What sorts of laws should it have?

We talk about marriage laws, the nocturnal council, how the law is argued for that everyone has to believe in gods, and more.

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PEL Presents PMP#206: Abbott Elementary w/o Emmys
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For our Emmys/back-to-school episode, we cover the pinnacle of the current network sitcom landscape: The six-time 2025 Emmy nominated 4-year-old sitcom Abbott Elementary. Yes, it lost this year but has won in the past.

Mark, Lawrence, Al and West-Philly-resident Sarahlyn discuss the show&#39;s Philly-ness and how it integrates cringe humor with realistic depiction of how messed up it is for school...
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PEL Presents NEM#238: Eric Andersen Endures
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Eric was a major figure in the 1960s NYC folk scene, and his early tunes have been covered by Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, and many others. He&#39;s released 22 solo albums plus several live albums and two albums with The Band&#39;s Rick Danko as Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.

We discuss &quot;Don&#39;t It Make You Wanna Sing the Blues&quot; from Dance of Love and Death (2025), &quot;Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam&quot; from Memory of the ...
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Ep. 376: Plato&#39;s &quot;Laws&quot; (Part One)
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On this later dialogue presenting Plato&#39;s ideas about the character of laws in a just state. They should all be aimed at making people virtuous, and so should include education to this end. Each law should be equipped with a prelude presenting a rational argument for why people should obey it.

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PREMIUM-PEL Back-to-School Nightcap 2025
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Mark, Seth, and Dylan add some more detail and thought to our recent episodes, including more about Steven Pinker and re-litigation of the utility of Irigaray&#39;s second-wave feminism in light of the distinction between philosophical and political speech.
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PEL Presents PvI#101: Co-Hostery: Season Five Premiere with Mark and Mary
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It is a new era! Merry Mary Hynes is now Mark&#39;s co-host, and we do some improv related to that and feel our the degree to which Mary has not studied philosophy. Could it be that we ALL do philosophy whether we know it or not? Also: The Feminist Café, Luce Irigaray, Mark&#39;s voice training, an aging child pop star, non-binary preliminaries, gratis post-game chatter, and more.

Hear more at philoso...
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Ep. 375: Luce Irigaray&#39;s Feminism (Part Two)
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Continuing on &quot;Women on the Market&quot; from The Sex Which Is Not One (1977) and other selections.

Irigaray gives a Marxist analysis of the commodification of women, addresses psychotherapists about their neglect of women&#39;s viewpoints, recommends wonder over objectification, and interprets Hegel&#39;s comments about Antigone.

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What do we expect out of a superhero film? Does it need overqualified dramatic actors? Does it even need a real budget?

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the various films modeled after Marvel&#39;s Fantastic Four comics initiated by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961. First Steps is clearly the best of them and surpassed our low expectations, with its delivery of a believable family dynamic a...
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On The Sex Which Is Not One (1977) and other Irigaray selections from the French Feminism Reader (2000), featuring guest Jenny Hansen (who wrote the introduction to the book chapter).

What role should sexual difference play in philosophy and society? Irigaray qua second-wave feminist claims that unleashing the feminine can and should transform philosophy, public policy, and relationships.

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It&#39;s our season finale, and the end of Bill&#39;s regular participation on the show. You may wish to weep, but let your tears be of joy as well as reminiscence.

We are re-joined by two of our favorite improv guests for a Team Play episode to talk ship of Theseus, philosophy vs. mythology vs. video games, Renaissance contemporaries, long-lived turtles, &quot;realist&quot; morality, goodbyes, and our final bo...
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Continuing our discussion of the dangers to and weak points of liberal democracy, including consideration of Patrick Deneen&#39;s Why Liberalism Failed (2018) Francis Fukuyama&#39;s &quot;Liberalism and Its Discontents&quot; (his 2020 essay), and Steven Pinker&#39;s Enlightenment Now (2018).

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What is the state of the stream-of-gags formula that used to stand tall in the films of the Zucker Brothers (mainly Airplane) and Mel Brooks? A new generation attempts to revive that with a new Naked Gun film. How does this new effort relate to the classic films?

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Maia has released ten lush, Americana-influenced singer-songwriter albums since 1997 and has collaborated with artists like Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, and Trisha Yearwood, and been covered by Cher, Paul Carrack, etc.

We discuss &quot;Counterintuition&quot; (and listen to the title track) from Tomboy (2025), &quot;Phoenix&quot; from The Dash Between the Dates (2015), and &quot;A Home&quot; from Fine Upstanding Citizen (20...
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What&#39;s the crisis of liberal democracy? Dylan, Wes and Seth are joined by St. John&#39;s College President J. Walter Sterling to discuss Abraham Lincoln&#39;s &quot;On the Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions&quot; (1838) plus the beginnings of Steven Pinker&#39;s Enlightenment Now (2018), Patrick Deneen&#39;s Why Liberalism Failed (2018), and Francis Fukuyama&#39;s &quot;Liberalism and Its Discontents&quot; (the 2020 essay).

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We are concluding our treatment of Peter Railton&#39;s &quot;Moral Realism&quot; (1984), and given that you likely haven&#39;t listened to the seven preceding parts, this discussion can serve as a standalone summary of not only Railton&#39;s view, but of the best efforts of Mark and Wes to actually figure out what a plausible naturalistic, empirical account of ethics could amount to. You can consider this a conclusi...
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Nessa (https://www.lonestar.edu/images/Vanessa_Voss.pdf) teaches philosophy at Lone Star Community College and writes on the philosophy of humor. We thought we should get this topic out before we wrap our season (and Bill&#39;s regular participation) and reach 100 episodes.

We go through the main theories (superiority, incongruity/surprise, unconscious triggering, i.e. funny because it&#39;s true on s...
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I bet you’d like to have an excuse to read some Aristotle, and Locke, Rousseau, Simone Weil, and other fun texts. Well, go read about this opportunity at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class, (https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/class) and then follow the link to enroll.

Not sure? Watch a sample (https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2025/08/21/announcement-enrollment-is-open-for-fall-foundational-politi...
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Continuing on on Just and Unjust Wars (1977), ch. 5-6. When might it be morally permissible to strike first? When is it permissible (or obligatory?) to intervene in another country&#39;s internal affairs militarily? We discuss Walzer&#39;s historical examples and apply his theories to current wars.

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In light of the new James Gunn film Superman, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk about the character, his stories, and past films and shows.

Did Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) miss the point? Are the Richard Donner films (chiefly 1978&#39;s Superman: The Movie) as good as nostalgia would have us recall them? How does one write a convincing plot centered around a flawless, basically all-powerful her...
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On Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Illustrations (1977), ch. 4-6 on &quot;jus ad bellum,&quot; which refers to moral justifications for going to war. Self-defense is permissible while aggression is not, but this leaves many questions unanswered, and Walzer gives us many historical examples to consider.

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