898 Episodes

  1. Ep. 374: Discussing Liberalism (Lincoln, et al) with Walter Sterling (Part One)

    Published: 8/25/2025

  2. PEL Presents Closereads: Peter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Wrap Up)

    Published: 8/24/2025

  3. Announcement: Mark's "Foundational Political Philosophy Texts" Fall 2025 Class

    Published: 8/21/2025

  4. Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part Two)

    Published: 8/18/2025

  5. PEL Presents NEM #236: Tee Templeton's Psychedelic Ending

    Published: 8/16/2025

  6. Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part One)

    Published: 8/11/2025

  7. PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #98: Ragnarocking

    Published: 8/10/2025

  8. PEL Presents PMP#202: 50-Year-Old Jaws Busts Our Block

    Published: 8/8/2025

  9. Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part Two)

    Published: 8/4/2025

  10. PEL Presents NEM#235: Willie Nile's Poetic Rock Anthems

    Published: 7/31/2025

  11. Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part One)

    Published: 7/28/2025

  12. PEL Presents PvI#97: Peep Dome Pets w/ Merry Mary Hynes

    Published: 7/27/2025

  13. PEL Presents PMP#201: John Wick Minus Wick

    Published: 7/22/2025

  14. Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)

    Published: 7/21/2025

  15. PEL Presents NEM#234: John Kruth the Multi-Hyphenate

    Published: 7/18/2025

  16. Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)

    Published: 7/14/2025

  17. PEL Presents PvI#96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff & Daniel Lobell

    Published: 7/14/2025

  18. Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)

    Published: 7/7/2025

  19. PEL Presents PMP#200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)

    Published: 7/6/2025

  20. Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)

    Published: 6/30/2025

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The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.