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PEL Presents PvI#89: Improv 4 Change w/ Shawn and Aaron from srsly wrong
Mark and Bill are joined by two north-of-the-border podcasters, Shawn Vulliez and Aaron Moritz, who incorporate both improv and philosophy in their d…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part Two)
Continuing on Capital, Ch. 1 on commodities. We go into detail on his account of how money gets derived from the continued comparison of various comm…
1 year, 2 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#227: Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony): Pop Noir
Django is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who released his first solo album in 1996 and has released seven albums with The Old Ceremony since 2004 plus…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)
On Capital (1867), Ch. 1, "The Commodity."
What makes something we buy or sell valuable? Marx says it's ultimately the labor that goes into it, thou…
1 year, 2 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#189: Bob Dylan As We Know Him
In light of the recent release of the James Mangold film A Complete Unknown, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Dylan superfan Al discuss the man, the myt…
1 year, 2 months ago
PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)
Mark and Wes read through and discuss Karl Marx's The German Ideology (1846), delving deep into the middle of his critique of Max Stirner's The Ego a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)
We continue on the introduction to Marx's Grundrisse, going through his criticisms of prior economists who were too ahistorical and didn't understand…
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#88: The Dark Side of Improv w/ Randy Fertel
Randy is a literature guy who has written a couple of books about improv and here joins Mark and Bill to talk about WINGING IT: Improv's Power and Pe…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part One)
On the intro to Marx's Grundrisse (1857) and "Theses on Feuerbach" (1845). Why economics, and why do it the way Marx does? We see Marx argues that Fe…
1 year, 3 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #188: Vampire Appreciation
In light of Robert Eggers' film Nosferatu and the end of What We Do in Shadows, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the many vampire shows and f…
1 year, 3 months ago