859 Episodes

  1. Ep. 288: Scruton on Ethical Art (Part One)

    Published: 2/28/2022

  2. PEL Presents PvI#27: Normaliticitizationism w/ Andrew Lavin

    Published: 2/27/2022

  3. PREMIUM-Ep. 287: Roger Scruton on Beauty (Part Two)

    Published: 2/21/2022

  4. PEL Presents NEM#166: L. Shankar's World of Violin and Voice

    Published: 2/18/2022

  5. PEL Presents PMP#116: Good Grief! Peanuts Persists

    Published: 2/15/2022

  6. Ep. 287: Roger Scruton on Beauty (Part One)

    Published: 2/14/2022

  7. REISSUE-Ep 16: Arthur Danto on Art (w/ New Intro)

    Published: 2/7/2022

  8. PREMIUM-Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part Three)

    Published: 2/7/2022

  9. PREMIUM-Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part Two)

    Published: 1/31/2022

  10. PEL Presents NEM#164: James McMurtry Doesn't Have to Make Sense

    Published: 1/26/2022

  11. Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)

    Published: 1/24/2022

  12. PREMIUM-Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part Two)

    Published: 1/17/2022

  13. PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: The Fool Gets Hurt in Fellini’s “La Strada” (1954)

    Published: 1/14/2022

  14. Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part One)

    Published: 1/10/2022

  15. PEL Presents NEM#163: Lilli Lewis Is Not Just a Jazz-Singing Pianist

    Published: 1/7/2022

  16. PEL Special: Nightcap New Year's Party to Welcome 2022

    Published: 1/3/2022

  17. PEL Presents PvI#23: Things Mean Things w/ Tommy Maranges (aka Philosophy Bro)

    Published: 1/1/2022

  18. PREMIUM-Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part Two)

    Published: 12/27/2021

  19. PEL Presents PMP#112: Class Critiques in Squid Game, Succession, etc.

    Published: 12/25/2021

  20. PEL Presents NEM#162: Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel): Texas Swing for Half a Hundred Years

    Published: 12/24/2021

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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.