Podcast Episodes

PEL Presents NEM#215: Lynn Drury's New Orleans Emotionality

Singer-songwriter Lynn has released 10 albums since 2001. We discuss the title track (and listen at the end to "I Waited Too Long") from High Tide (2…

1 year, 11 months ago

Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism.

Ellis' essentialism about physics and chemistry says that, for example, atom…

1 year, 11 months ago

PEL Presents PMP#172: Curb Larry David's Shtick

The incredible post-Seinfeld improvised sit-com Curb Your Enthusiasm has had its finale, and so Mark, Lawrence, Sarah and Al reflect on its format, i…

1 year, 11 months ago

PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release

Your four hosts plus book editor Chris Sunami reflect on doing the podcast for 15 years and making the new book, which you should order on April 25.

2 years ago

NEM#214: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown

It's a new, discussion-only format, just for this episode (and perhaps some rare ones in the future)! When we write, how much is planned vs. improvis…

2 years ago

PMP-NEM Crossover: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown

When we write, how much is planned vs. improvised? How much is inspirational vs. double-or-triple checked? How does this factor weigh into how much m…

2 years ago

Philosophy vs. Improv #74: A Psychedelic Embrace with David Peña-Guzmán (Overthink)

David is co-host of the excellent Overthink podcast, popular among the young people today, and so we have him monologue to children as an anti (?) dr…

2 years ago

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath.

We get further into the text about metaphysica…

2 years ago

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part One)

On The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002). What kind of metaphysics underlies chemistry and physics? Ellis argues that item…

2 years ago

Pretty Much Pop #171: The Traitors - A Multi-National Reality Game Show Phenom

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the American version, and to a lesser extent the British and Australian versions, of this reality game show …

2 years ago