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The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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 text and cha...
Continuing on Rameau's Nephew , getting further into Rameau's philosophy and practices and trying to figure out what this anti-hero can tell...
On Denis Diderot's Rameau's Nephew , a dialogue written in the 1760s. Is virtue necessary for happiness, or in the real world, is vice neces...
We discuss Steven Knight's six-seasons-and-a-movie historical crime show Peaky Blinders , featuring Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al. Does t...
Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the early 90s, put out one solo album, then became a recording engineer an...
Concluding on "Culture and its Realm of Actuality," in Hegel's Phenomenology via sections 519-526. We get into some of the ironic psychology...
BJ is an LA improviser/actor/TV host (who teaches wounded warriors among others), and he chats with Mark and Mary about migratory patterns,...
We discuss the hard sci-fi film Project Hail Mary , which along with The Martian (2015) was based on a novel by Andy Weir and adapted by Dre...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 511-526, which finishes off the sub-section of "Self-Alienated Sp...
Bill is a singer/songwriter who recorded five albums of catchy tunes between 1989 and 1991, then retired but came back a vengeance in 2014....
On an excerpt from Soren Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1846) that critiques Hegel's idea of logic (dialectic) and then a...
Continuing on the "Spirit" chapter (more specifically. "Culture and its realm of actuality") in Hegel's Phenomenology , now covering sec. 49...
In this pitched, high-stakes battle, your hosts have it out about astrological biases, doing offensive accents, letting go of control in an...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 484-510, which is the first part of "Self-Alienated Spirit. Cultu...
Kavus began in dual-guitar London math-rock bands in the '90s, joined The Cardiacs for their final lineup. His band Knifeworld released the...
We talk about the Scream meta-slasher film franchise, from the original Wes Craven /Kevin Williamson 1996 debut starring Neve Campbell, and...
Continuing on on sec. 469-483 of Hegel's Phenomenology , finishing the analysis of Antigone and bringing in Oedipus to say why the conflict...
St. Lawrence philosophy prof Jennifer L. Hansen , one of the most frequent guest on Mark's podcasts and expert in feminist philosophy, here...
In light of Judd Apatow's HBO documentary The 99-Year-Old Man , we discuss the films of Mel Brooks, which were to varying degrees formative...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 464-483, which are under the sub-headings "Ethical Action. Human...
On sec. 451-463 of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit . We get into more detail on these passages about the way the two types of law (human and...
Lande started in the 2010's in the British punk-pop group Muncie Girls, with six releases (mostly EPs), and began her solo career in 2019. W...
Continuing on the "Spirit" section of The Phenomenology of Spirit , giving a sort of social metaphysics, wherein the ethical life of a socie...
What is it worth raising an objection over, and how hard do you fight? We hear (and act out) Mary's roommate-searching trauma, plus Mary for...
In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the "Oscars So White" issue that was a hot topic abou...
On. G.W.F. Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), sec. 438-463. What constitutes society? We're beginning a multi-episode arc here on t...
John has released at least fifteen albums, more than half of these under the name King Missile, but even this name covers three different ba...
In our continuing Q&A with Graham, we engage him about Kantian Things-In-Themselves, complex things (that if divided, must be cut at the joi...
Jerome is an LA composer/director/screenwriter who is involved in a lot of musical improv, so Mary and Mark interview him about that and abo...
When we don't know much about some genius playwright's life, why not make up some things based on the contents of his plays? Maybe put Shake...
An interview with Graham in light of his new book, Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality , which elaborates and adds to issues...
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought...
Folky singer/songwriter and psychotherapist Robert started in the '80s but considers 1994 his professional debut and has now released his se...
We consider chapter 2, "Aesthetics Is the Root of All Philosophy," where Harman describes how art can help us see behind the veil to things-...
Vancouver philosophy prof Elijah was an evangelical Christian who turned liberal and then atheistic, and his latest book, "Unbelieving God:...
We're discussing Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central show that premiered in 1997 and has just finished its politically relevant 28th...
Continuing on Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), finishing up ch. 1 (discussing what's so bad about reductionism)...
We're within the Self-Consciousness chapter of The Phenomenology of Spirit , specifically starting at sec. 206 on the Unhappy Consciousness....
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought...
On Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018). What counts as an entity in the world? Harman includes not just phy...
To kick off 2026, Mark and Mary talk about memory: memory care for the elderly, the relation between things and memories, what professional...
Finishing up Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , finally now turning to Freud's anthropological account of group membership. Get...
Ontario guitarist Darren has released six albums of concise instrumentals since 2019, often using metal guitar tones and tropes, but with a...
The Netflix sci-fi/horror/teen series by the Duffer Brothers that started in 2016 has now finished with its sixth season, attempting to be b...
On the second half of Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego . We talk about the dual origins of group membership for Freud in persona...
Rich runs the Dare to Fail improv school and is author of Improv Made Easier . He joins Mark and Mary to discuss contexts of failure, failin...
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought...
It's another year, and this time we each came in with a short bucket list of philosophical works that we'd like to read before this podcast...
Continuing on the first half of Sigmund Freud's Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , now getting really into Freud's own type of e...
Philosopher/writer/critic/podcaster Lawrence Ware returns to the show to meet Mary and talk about how Mark is his own personal Leroy Jesus....
The Hallmark Channel became famous for producing low-budget, formulaic Christmas films, and this has spread to other outlets, sometimes with...