Podcast Episodes

PREMIUM-Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Four)

We complete our Aquinas treatment for the moment by considering emotions: categorizing them, asking whether they have opposites, and making them cohe…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Three)

We're now moving on to the "mind" portion of our discussion, covering how reason motivates us, how free will is possible, and the degree to which the…

11 months ago

PEL Presents PvI#104: The Hippie Code w/ Vickie Hayley

Mark and Mary are joined by improvisor-comedian-actress-filmmaker-host Vickie to talk about code switching and authenticity. Can you be authentic and…

11 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Two)

Continuing on bits of Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, completing our analysis of his arguments for the existence of God and then tur…

11 months, 1 week ago

PEL Presents PMP#208: An Ed Gein Halloween

It's a special two-hander where Mark and Lawrence reflect on the appeal of horror and how the new Monster: Ed Gein Netflix show has to contribute, gi…

11 months, 1 week ago

PEL Presents NEM#240: Jonathan Rundman, Multi-Branded

Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Jonathan (currently based in Minneapolis) has been putting out indie rock solo albums since 1992, but has als…

11 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part One)

On selections from Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, mostly taken from the Summa Theologica (1268).

Given our flawed, finite human nat…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

PEL Presents PvI#103: Post-COVID Mary and Mark

How does your body talk to you? Your favorite hosts-of-a-philosophy-and-improv-comedy show Mark Linsenmayer and Merry Mary Hynes re-connect after bot…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep. 377: Emil Cioran's Pessimism (Part Two)

Continuing on "Directions for Decomposition" from A Short History of Decay (1949). What is it that humans are inevitably trying to avoid that seems s…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

PEL Presents PMP#207: Spinal Tap and Other Fake Bands

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al watched Spinal Tap and its new sequel, and we throw these into a mix with K-Pop Demon Hunters and other films and sh…

11 months, 3 weeks ago