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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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.

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Episode 156: Philosophy and Politics Free-Form Discussion (Part Two)

Jan 23, 2017
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Episode 156: Philosophy and Politics Free-Form Discussion (Part One)

Jan 16, 2017
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Episode 155: Richard Rorty Against Epistemology

Jan 2, 2017
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Episode 154: Wilfrid Sellars on the Myth of the Given

Dec 19, 2016
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Episode 153: Richard Rorty: There Is No Mind-Body Problem

Dec 5, 2016
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Episode 152: Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America (PEL Live!)

Nov 21, 2016
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Episode 151: Edmund Burke’s Conservatism

Nov 7, 2016
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PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Examined Music #25

Nov 6, 2016
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Episode 150: Guest Peter Singer on Famine, Affluence, and Morality

Oct 24, 2016
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Episode 149: Plato’s “Crito”: A Performance and Discussion

Oct 17, 2016