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Ep. 341: Guest Karyn Lai on Daoism in the Zhuangzi
Mark, Dylan, Seth, and Theo Brooks discuss the Zhuangzi (ca. 325 BCE) UNSW Sydney prof. Karyn, co-author of the History of Philosophy Podcast Chinese…
2 years, 5 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #75: The Alien Literally Has Two Faces w/ Bran Peacock
The Hitchhikers and Appetizers co-host joins Mark and Bill to talk about cultural relativism. We talk about foreign-ness, what parts of ethics seem t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part Two)
Concluding on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath.
Are we OK with the metaphysical necessity of n…
2 years, 5 months ago
NEM#215: Lynn Drury's New Orleans Emotionality
Singer-songwriter Lynn has released 10 albums since 2001. We discuss the title track (and listen at the end to "I Waited Too Long") from High Tide (2…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)
Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism.
Ellis' essentialism about physics and chemistry says that, for example, atom…
2 years, 5 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #172: Curb Larry David's Shtick
The incredible post-Seinfeld improvised sit-com Curb Your Enthusiasm has had its finale, and so Mark, Lawrence, Sarah and Al reflect on its format, i…
2 years, 5 months ago
PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release
Your four hosts plus book editor Chris Sunami reflect on doing the podcast for 15 years and making the new book, which you should order on April 25.
…2 years, 5 months ago
NEM#214: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown
It's a new, discussion-only format, just for this episode (and perhaps some rare ones in the future)! When we write, how much is planned vs. improvis…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)
Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath.
We get further into the text about metaphysica…
2 years, 6 months ago
PMP/NEM: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown
When we write, how much is planned vs. improvised? How much is inspirational vs. double-or-triple checked? How does this factor weigh into how much m…
2 years, 6 months ago