904 Episodes

  1. Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part Two)

    Published: 6/26/2017
  2. Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part One)

    Published: 6/19/2017
  3. Episode 165: Spinoza on Biblical Criticism (Part Two)

    Published: 6/12/2017
  4. Episode 165: Spinoza on Biblical Criticism (Part One)

    Published: 6/5/2017
  5. Nakedly Examined Music: Steve Hackett, Nik Kershaw, Ken Stringfellow, Robbie Fulks

    Published: 5/26/2017
  6. Episode 164: Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” on Perfection (Part Two)

    Published: 5/22/2017
  7. Episode 164: Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” on Perfection (Part One)

    Published: 5/15/2017
  8. Episode 163: Guest Stewart Umphrey on Natural Kinds (Part Two)

    Published: 5/8/2017
  9. Episode 163: Guest Stewart Umphrey on Natural Kinds (Part One)

    Published: 5/1/2017
  10. PEL Special: Phi Fic on James Baldwin’s Fiction

    Published: 4/24/2017
  11. Episode 162: James Baldwin on Race in America (Part Two)

    Published: 4/17/2017
  12. Episode 162: James Baldwin on Race in America (Part One)

    Published: 4/10/2017
  13. Episode 161: White Privilege (Peggy McIntosh, Charles Mills, et al) (Part Two)

    Published: 4/3/2017
  14. Episode 161: White Privilege (Peggy McIntosh, Charles Mills, et al) (Part One)

    Published: 3/27/2017
  15. Episode 160: Orwell on Totalitarianism and Language (Part Two)

    Published: 3/20/2017
  16. Episode 160: Orwell on Totalitarianism and Language (Part One)

    Published: 3/13/2017
  17. Episode 159: Confucius on Virtuous Conduct (Part Two)

    Published: 3/6/2017
  18. Episode 159: Confucius on Virtuous Conduct (Part One)

    Published: 2/27/2017
  19. Episode 158: Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy (Part Two)

    Published: 2/20/2017
  20. Episode 158: Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy (Part One)

    Published: 2/13/2017

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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.