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NEM#235: Willie Nile's Poetic Rock Anthems
New York singer-songwriter Willie has released sixteen albums since 1980. He has opened for The Who and Bruce Springsteen, among others, but rejected…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part One)
We discuss lecture notes from Kant's 1785 ethics course, which provide more examples and an emphasis on the practical than his more famous works.
For…
1 year, 2 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#97: Peep Dome Pets w/ Merry Mary Hynes
LA Second City improv instructor Mary joins us to act out a pet sitting job interview, talk about sharing our public spaces with animals, and finally…
1 year, 2 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #201: John Wick Minus Wick
In light of the new film Ballerina, we discuss the John Wick franchise that kicked off in 2014 with four films plus a (bad) Peacock TV show. We also …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)
Concluding our treatment of The Sources of Normativity. We give Korsgaard's tweaks to Kant, including her distinction between the categorical imperat…
1 year, 2 months ago
NEM#234: John Kruth the Multi-Hyphenate
Not only is John a multi-instrumentalist who's played with Violent Femmes, Allen Ginsberg, Hal Willner, John Prine, et al, but he's released around 2…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)
On lectures 3 and 4 of The Sources of Normativity (1996), where we get Korsgaard's positive view on how morality becomes obligatory for an individual…
1 year, 2 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff & Daniel Lobell
Mark Schiff is a legendary stand-up who currently podcasts with friend-of-PEL and philosophy enthusiast, Daniel Lobell as We Think It's Funny.
These …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)
We dive further into the text of lectures 1 and 2 of The Sources of Normativity (1996).
We give Korsgaard's account of the idea of reflective endorse…
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)
In immediate reaction to the Apple TV+ Seth Rogan show The Studio, we talk about Hollywood's obsession with itself and how studio dynamics interfere …
1 year, 3 months ago