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PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: The Emptiness of Signification in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" (Part 1 of 6)
When King Leontes accuses his pregnant wife of adultery, the nobleman Antigonus assumes that Leontes has been “abused and by some putter-on”—in other…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Three/Closereads Part One)
Mark and Wes Closeread the conclusion to Soren Kierkegaard's On the Concept of Irony (1841), "Irony as a Controlled Element, the Truth of Irony." The…
2 years, 5 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#162: Poe Flavoring Upon the House of Usher
We discuss the loose mishmash adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe stories that makes up Mike Flanagan's Netflix show, The Fall of the House of Usher. Mark,…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Two)
Continuing with On the Concept of Irony, defined as "infinite absolute negativity." K criticizes his Romantic peers of taking irony too far. So what …
2 years, 5 months ago
PEL Presents: Philosophy vs. Improv #65: Pop Spice
Recorded on 9/11 (a date not known primarily for its improv activities), only now making its way to you, this discussion between Mark and Bill talk c…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part One)
Discussing On the Concept of Irony (1841).
Kierkegaard builds up to telling us what irony is by showing how Socrates invented irony, as characterized…
2 years, 5 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#205: Tom Heyman: Unreliable Narrator
Tom is best known as a steel guitar player who has guested with artists like Alejandro Escovedo, John Doe, and Sonny Smith. He started in the late '8…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREMIUM-Ep. 328: Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Three)
Mark, Wes, Dylan, and now Seth too discuss further Mounk's project in The Identity Trap and what philosophically we can glean from it.
If you're not …
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 328: Guest Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Two)
Continuing on The Identity Trap (2023). Which works better to achieve social progress; classical liberalism, or strategies involving emphasis of iden…
2 years, 5 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#64: TEAM PLAY GENERALS with Linda Orr and Andrew Lavin
Returning freedom fighters Andrew and Linda and join Bill and Mark to talk about philosophical liberalism: Its rationales and varieties. Plus, presch…
2 years, 5 months ago