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Pretty Much Pop #185: Steve Martin: X-Tuple Threat
Steve Martin was the biggest comic celebrity in the late '70s, became a huge movie star, and now delivers gentle comedy and fast banjo licks accordin…
1 year, 10 months ago
SUBTEXT: The Aesthetics of Death in "Beetlejuice" (Part 1)
Adam and Barbara Maitland are dead, but their troubles have just begun. The farmhouse decor of their home is under threat from the pretentious modern…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)
Continuing on "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on Bourgeois Society" with guest Lawrence Dallman.
Does ca…
1 year, 10 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #85: Prototype Protoplasm w/ Mike Gorgone
Mike hosts the Hitchhikers and Appetizers podcast, and we recorded this episode a bit before Halloween, before the election and the consequent mass e…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)
On three of Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on…
1 year, 11 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 2024
Mark, Wes, and Seth talk about horror media and what scares us in light of Halloween. We then give some follow-up discussion re. our Williamson and C…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part Two)
We continue talking with Tim about Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy (2024), considering Tim's overall project and view of what philosophy sho…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part One)
Oxford philosophy professor Timothy Williamson talks to us about his new book, Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy.
How can we best apply the in…
1 year, 11 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #184: !BREAKING! Comedy News
Many people use shows like Last Week Tonight or The Daily Show to not just satirize the news but to provide us with our news. Late night shows, SNL, …
1 year, 11 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#84: Interesting? w/ Lorraine Besser
Lorraine teaches at Middlebury college and has recently written The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to C…
1 year, 11 months ago