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PEL Presents PvI#70: Paramilitary Existentialism w/ Jonny Thomson
Jonny taught philosophy at Oxford, wrote the international bestseller Mini Philosophy, and now writes for Big Think.
We talk Kierkegaard and act ou…
2 years, 2 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Long Winter's Nightcap (Jan-Feb 2024)
We anticipate our upcoming series on Aristotle's Metaphysics by talking through some preliminary issues about the text including what translations we…
2 years, 2 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#210: Matt Piucci (Rain Parade) Retires BACK to Music
After Matt's "paisley underground" band Rain Parade recorded two albums and an EP from '83-'85, he was a member of Crazy Horse (taking the Neil Young…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part Two)
Continuing on "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933), we talk more about problems vs. mysteries: The latter implicate OURSELVES; we are not merely witne…
2 years, 2 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#166: Miyazaki's Anime Dreamscapes
In light of the new, acclaimed film, The Boy and the Heron, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al reflect on the Studio Ghibli films that Hayao Miyazaki h…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part One)
Discussing "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933) about our need for meaning. Marcel asserts that our need for "mystery" is much more primal than the sc…
2 years, 3 months ago
PEL Presents SUBTEXT: Identity and Infamy in “Citizen Kane” (1941) (Part 2)
It’s a film bursting with objects—the treasure troves of Xanadu, a snowglobe, jigsaw puzzles, a winner’s cup, the famous sled. Even the conceptual el…
2 years, 3 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#69: Alternative Religious Practices w/ Katie Caussin
Katie is the co-artistic director of Chicago's IO theater and used to do Comedy Sports improv with Bill. She also took a lot of classes in philosophy…
2 years, 3 months ago
NEM#209: Bruce Hornsby Is a Lifelong Student
Bruce is best known for his first album The Way It Is (1986), but has come light years since then through 18+ albums, experimenting with different st…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part Two)
Continuing on Kierkegaard's perhaps most famous book, this time focusing largely on "Problem One: Is There a Teleological Suspension of the Ethical?"…
2 years, 3 months ago