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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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PREMIUM-Ep. 269: Arendt on Totalitarianism (Part Two)

May 17, 2021
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Ep. 269: Arendt on Totalitarianism (Part One)

May 10, 2021
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PREMIUM-Ep. 268: Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (Part Two)

May 3, 2021
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Ep. 268: Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (Part One)

Apr 26, 2021
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PREMIUM-Ep. 267: Avicenna on God and Soul w/ Peter Adamson (Part Two)

Apr 19, 2021
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Ep. 267: Avicenna on God and Soul w/ Peter Adamson (Part One)

Apr 12, 2021
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PREMIUM-Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear's Plato: Psyche and Society (Part Two)

Apr 5, 2021
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Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear's Plato: Psyche and Society (Part One)

Mar 29, 2021
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PREMIUM-Ep. 265: Plato's "Phaedo": Philosophy as Training for Death (Part Two)

Mar 22, 2021
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Ep. 265: Plato's "Phaedo": Philosophy as Training for Death (Part One)

Mar 15, 2021