Podcast Episodes

Ep. 379: Egyptian Philosophy with Chike Jeffers (Part Two)

Continuing on sources from ancient Egypt, finishing up the instructional literature: "The Instruction of Ptahhotep," and "The Instruction Addressed to King Merikare," and then we move to the dialogue…

Published on 8 hours ago

PEL Presents PvI#105: Friendtor Debate Club w/ Scott Gelfand

Scott, ex-professor at Oklahoma State University and author of "Thinking Ethically: A Handbook for Making Moral Choices," chats with Mark and Mary about ethical debate in our age of seemingly unbridg…

Published on 2 days, 20 hours ago

PEL Presents PMP#209: Alien Franchised

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's 1979 classic.

While there's plenty of sh…

Published on 5 days, 20 hours ago

Ep. 379: Egyptian Philosophy with Chike Jeffers (Part One)

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: "The Instruction of Ptahhotep," "The Instruction Addre…

Published on 1 week ago

PEL Presents NEM#241: Humor in Music Discussion

Mark is joined by returning NEM guest Don Rauf (from Life In a Blender), singer/songwriter/cartoonist David Heatley), and writer/musician Dave "Diggy" Dawson aka Dave Philpott.

Is funny music necessa…

Published on 1 week ago

PREMIUM-Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Four)

We complete our Aquinas treatment for the moment by considering emotions: categorizing them, asking whether they have opposites, and making them coherent given Aquinas' Aristotelian conception of sou…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Three)

We're now moving on to the "mind" 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.

Get more at partiallye…

Published on 2 weeks ago

PEL Presents PvI#104: The Hippie Code w/ Vickie Hayley

Mark and Mary are joined by improvisor-comedian-actress-filmmaker-host Vickie to talk about code switching and authenticity. Can you be authentic and still work a day job? Can Problem Solvers, Inc. s…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Two)

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 t…

Published on 3 weeks ago

PEL Presents PMP#208: An Ed Gein Halloween

It's a special two-hander where Mark and Lawrence reflect on the appeal of horror and how the new Monster: Ed Gein Netflix show has to contribute, given that it is not merely a (very loose) presentat…

Published on 3 weeks ago