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PEL Presents PMP#228: Spielberg's Alien Fetish
We discuss the various films Steven Spielberg has released about alien encounters: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. The Extra Terrestr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 397: Federalist Papers LIVE (Part Two)
We now have a free-form discussion in light of what was raised in part one about the Federalist Papers and Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July Speech:…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
PEL Presents NEM#258: Dan Montgomery: Direct Communication
Dan was Ben Vaughn's sound-man and released his first solo album of Americana rock in 2004. We discuss "Busted" from his eighth album (produced by Va…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
PEL Presents PvI#122: Hello from Iran w/ AmirAli Maleki
AmirAli is a philosophy researcher in Iran who tries to make Islamic philosophy speak to and with the West. We hear about doing philosophy in the "Is…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Announcement: Mark's "Key Ideas in the Philosophy of Mind" Fall 2026 Class
Enrollment is now open for our new online class.
It will be nine 75 min sessions, running from late Aug. to mid Dec., starting with Aristotle and Des…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 397: Federalist Papers LIVE (Part One)
To celebrate our nation's 250th birthday, we gathered in front of a lovely audience near Madison WI to discuss Federalist Papers 70, 78, 39, 54, 10 b…
2 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#227: The Odyssey: Epic Film
We discuss the already over-discussed Christopher Nolan adaptation of Homer's classic poem. Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss their cinema-goin…
2 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#257: Josh Joplin Doesn't Look Back… Until Now
With his roots in folk, Josh released three rock albums in the '90s before his big hit "Camera One," from Useful Music (2001), which is getting a Sil…
2 months ago
Ep. 396: Peirce on Knowledge (Part Two)
Continuing on "Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for Man" and "Some Consequences of Four Incapacities."
We talk about inference, the sel…
2 months, 1 week ago
PEL Presents Closereads: Galen Strawson on Panpsychism (Part One)
On "Realistic Monism: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism" (2008). Strawson argues that physicalism should not just be taken as matter in motion. Ins…
2 months, 1 week ago