904 Episodes

  1. Episode 157: Richard Rorty on Politics for the Left (Part Two)

    Published: 2/6/2017
  2. Episode 157: Richard Rorty on Politics for the Left (Part One)

    Published: 1/30/2017
  3. Episode 156: Philosophy and Politics Free-Form Discussion (Part Two)

    Published: 1/23/2017
  4. Episode 156: Philosophy and Politics Free-Form Discussion (Part One)

    Published: 1/16/2017
  5. Episode 155: Richard Rorty Against Epistemology

    Published: 1/2/2017
  6. Episode 154: Wilfrid Sellars on the Myth of the Given

    Published: 12/19/2016
  7. Episode 153: Richard Rorty: There Is No Mind-Body Problem

    Published: 12/5/2016
  8. Episode 152: Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America (PEL Live!)

    Published: 11/21/2016
  9. Episode 151: Edmund Burke’s Conservatism

    Published: 11/7/2016
  10. PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Examined Music #25

    Published: 11/6/2016
  11. Episode 150: Guest Peter Singer on Famine, Affluence, and Morality

    Published: 10/24/2016
  12. Episode 149: Plato’s “Crito”: A Performance and Discussion

    Published: 10/17/2016
  13. Episode 148: Aristotle on Friendship and Happiness

    Published: 10/3/2016
  14. Episode 147: Aristotle on Wisdom and Incontinence

    Published: 9/19/2016
  15. Episode 146: Emmanuel Levinas on Overcoming Solitude

    Published: 9/5/2016
  16. Episode 145: Emmanuel Levinas: Why Be Ethical?

    Published: 8/22/2016
  17. Episode 144: Guest Martha Nussbaum on Anger

    Published: 8/1/2016
  18. Phi Fic #3 Frankenstein (PEL Crossover Special)

    Published: 7/25/2016
  19. Episode 143: Plato’s “Sophist” on Lies, Categorization, and Non-Being

    Published: 7/11/2016
  20. Episode 142: Plato’s “Phaedrus” on Love and Speechmaking

    Published: 6/27/2016

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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.