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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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Ep. 245: Fashion (Derrida, Foucault, Sontag) w/ Shahidha Bari (Part Two)

Jun 15, 2020
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Ep. 245: Fashion (Derrida, Foucault) w/ Shahidha Bari (Part One)

Jun 8, 2020
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Ep. 244: Camus on Strategies for Facing Plague (Part Two)

Jun 1, 2020
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Ep. 244: Camus on Strategies for Facing Plague (Part One)

May 25, 2020
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Ep. 243: Aristotle's "Poetics" on Art and Tragedy (Part Two)

May 18, 2020
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Ep. 243: Aristotle's "Poetics" on Art and Tragedy (Part One)

May 11, 2020
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PEL Presents PMP#42: Star Trek Lives Long and Prospers (Intermittently)

May 6, 2020
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Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Part Two)

May 4, 2020
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Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Part One)

Apr 27, 2020
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Ep. 241: Political Philosophy and the Pandemic

Apr 20, 2020