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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part Two)
Continuing on The Ego and Its Own, focusing now on the sections "The Owner" and "My Power." Stirner lets us know that his egoism ("ownness") is not c…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)
On The Ego and its Own (1844), another big influence on Karl Marx and a precursor of NIetzsche, or perhaps an early Ayn Rand.
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1 year, 9 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#226: The Evolution of Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention, Southern Comfort, Plainsong)
Iain started in Britain's Fairport Convention in the late '60s, but quickly left that band to start a couple more and then move to the US for a leng…
1 year, 9 months ago
Announcement: Mark's "Core Texts in Philosophy" Fall 2025 Class
Read more about Mark's online class that starts later this month at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class, and sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/enroll.
1 year, 9 months ago
PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap
Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan reflect on our past year of PEL recording, catch you up on our habits and interests, and talk about what might come next.
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Pretty Much Pop #187: Taking Down Santa Claus
For our annual holiday episode, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al talk about Santa qua mythical and cultural figure, getting into the history of the c…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)
We finally discuss Feuerbach's proposed post-Hegelian, materialist approach to philosophy in his "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843).…
1 year, 9 months ago