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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 134: Hegel on Thought & World (or “Logic”)

Feb 29, 2016
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PEL Special: Nakedly Examined Music #1 with David Lowery

Feb 18, 2016
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Episode 133: Erich Fromm on Love as an Art

Feb 8, 2016
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Episode 132: Living Stoically with Seneca and Massimo

Jan 25, 2016
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Episode 131: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is the Mind?

Jan 11, 2016
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Episode 130: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is Life?

Dec 28, 2015
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Holiday Special 2015: Mark Lint’s “Songs from the Partially Examined Life” with Many Guest Greetings

Dec 24, 2015
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Episode 129: Is Faith Rational?

Dec 14, 2015
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Episode 128: Hilary Putnam on Linguistic Meaning

Nov 30, 2015
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Episode 127: John Dewey on Experience and the World

Nov 16, 2015