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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. 232: Simone De Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" (Part One)

Dec 23, 2019
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Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part Two)

Dec 16, 2019
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Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part One)

Dec 9, 2019
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Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part Two)

Dec 2, 2019
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Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part One)

Nov 25, 2019
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Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Three)

Nov 18, 2019
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Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Two)

Nov 11, 2019
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Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part One)

Nov 4, 2019
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PEL Presents PMP#17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell

Oct 29, 2019
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Ep. 228: Social Construction of Race (Appiah, Mills) (Part Two)

Oct 28, 2019