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PEL Presents NEM#234: John Kruth the Multi-Hyphenate
Not only is John a multi-instrumentalist who's played with Violent Femmes, Allen Ginsberg, Hal Willner, John Prine, et al, but he's released around 2…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)
On lectures 3 and 4 of The Sources of Normativity (1996), where we get Korsgaard's positive view on how morality becomes obligatory for an individual…
1 year, 2 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff & Daniel Lobell
Mark Schiff is a legendary stand-up who currently podcasts with friend-of-PEL and philosophy enthusiast, Daniel Lobell as We Think It's Funny.
These …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)
We dive further into the text of lectures 1 and 2 of The Sources of Normativity (1996).
We give Korsgaard's account of the idea of reflective endorse…
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents #200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)
In immediate reaction to the Apple TV+ Seth Rogan show The Studio, we talk about Hollywood's obsession with itself and how studio dynamics interfere …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)
On The Sources of Normativity (1996), lectures 1 and 2.
How are facts related to obligations? We don't want to merely explain our moral impulses, but…
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#233: Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Is Not Taking This for Granted
This famed finger-style guitarist broke through with Jefferson Airplane's seven albums from 1966-1972, recorded eight with Hot Tuna 1970-1976 (with s…
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#95: The Techucational Edge w/ Khafiz and Nicholas from Invasive Thoughts
Khafiz Kerimov and Nicholas Bellinson teach at St. John's College, and they channeled the educational style of that school into a new podcast called …
1 year, 3 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #199: Missioning Impossibly
On the eight-film action series that launched in 1996 (based on the 1966 TV series) in light of its apparently final film. Featuring Mark, Lawrence, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)
Continuing on Natural Goodness, getting more into concrete cases of moral reasoning. How and why do we decide to keep promises, even in cases where v…
1 year, 3 months ago