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Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part One)
To wrap up our coverage of Kierkegaard, we consider his religious stage of development through this 1843 text analyzing the Biblical story of Abraham…
2 years, 3 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#165: Jewish Comedy w/ Daniel Lobell
Your hosts Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al explore Jewish comedy with stand-up Daniel, whose film Reconquistador is about his ancestors being kicked…
2 years, 3 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Winter Nightcap (Concluding 2023)
Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan set ourselves as part of our ongoing Kierkegaard reading to re-listen to our 2010 episode 29 on Kierkegaard's The Sickness…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part Two)
Concluding our discussion of Either/Or, still this time considering "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Perso…
2 years, 3 months ago
PEL Presents: NEM#208: Laura Osnes: From Broadway to Nashville
After winning a TV reality competition in 2007 to become Sandy in Grease on Broadway, Laura went on to star in shows like South Pacific, Bonnie & Cly…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part One)
On the second half of "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality" from Vol. 2 of Either/Or (1843). How d…
2 years, 4 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#164: Muppets, esp. Their Xmas Carol
For our annual holiday episode, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk all things Muppets, but in particular the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol.…
2 years, 4 months ago
PREMIUM-Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Three)
Mark and Wes talk in more details about the "stages of despair" Kierkegaard lays out in “The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Deve…
2 years, 4 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #67: Consent to Improv w/ Sukaina Hirji
Sukaina teaches philosophy at U. of Pennsylvania, combining work from ancient Greek, contemporary moral, and feminist philosophy. She lets Mark and B…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Two)
Continuing on "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality," with a critique of (Hegelian) philosophy and …
2 years, 4 months ago