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PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 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 C…
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)
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 t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part Two)
We continue talking with Tim about Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy (2024), considering Tim's overall project and view of what philosophy sho…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part One)
Oxford philosophy professor Timothy Williamson talks to us about his new book, Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy.
How can we best apply the i…
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents #184: !BREAKING! Comedy News
Many people use shows like Last Week Tonight or The Daily Show to not just satirize the news but to provide us with our news. Late night shows, SNL, …
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#84: Interesting? w/ Lorraine Besser
Lorraine teaches at Middlebury college and has recently written The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to C…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part Two)
Concluding our treatment of "Of Seeing" in Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense.
We continue to hammer at this idea of "res…
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#224: Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) Elevates Americana
Steve fronted Chicago's Dolly Varden for six albums from the '90s through 2013. He also started releasing albums under his own name 2003 and has just…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)
We're continuing our treatment of Thomas Reid's Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), now discussing ch. 6: "Of Seein…
1 year, 6 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#183: Classic Universal Monster Movies
It's our Halloween episode! Brooker Nourse from the Autopsy of a Horror Movie podcast joins the gang about a wave of 1930's films including Dracula, …
1 year, 6 months ago