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Ep. 389: Hegel on Wealth and Power (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#116: Full Bird Mode w/ BJ Lange

PEL Presents PMP#219: Weir-ed Sci Fi: Hail Mary and The Martian

Ep. 389: Hegel on Wealth and Power (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#250: Bill Pritchard the Tourist

PEL Presents Closereads: Kierkegaard on Subjective Knowledge

Ep. 388: Hegel on Culture (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#115: Mary and Mark Astro-Logically

PEL Presents: PMP#218: All the "Scream"-ing

Ep. 388: Hegel on Culture (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#249: Kavus Torabi Now Leads Gong

Ep. 387: Hegel on Law (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#114: Earning Crazy Town w/ Jenny Hansen

PEL Presents PMP#217: Mel Brooks' Old Comedy

Ep. 387: Hegel on Law (Part One)

PREMIUM-Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part Three)

PEL Presents NEM#248: Lande Hekt: Lucky to Be Indie

Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#113: Mary and Mark Pick Their Battles

PEL Presents PMP#216: Oscars So Black?

Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#247: John S. Hall (King Missile): Daily Poet

Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#112: Musical Zoom w/ Jerome Kurtenbach

PEL Presents PMP#215: Hamnet Dramatizes Shakespeare

Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part One)

Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part Two for Supporters)

NEM#246: Robert Deeble in His Talking Voice

Ep. 384: Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Three)

PEL Presents PvI#111: God Smites Elijah Dann

PEL Presents PMP#214: South Park Resurgence

Ep. 384: Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Two)

PEL Presents Closereads: Hegel's "Unhappy Consciousness"

Ep. 384: Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Three for Supporters)

Ep. 384: Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#110: Memories of 2026 w/ Mark and Mary

Ep. 383: Freud on Love and the Primal Horde (Part Two)

NEM#245: Darren Michael Boyd's Guitar Instrumentals Beyond Metal

PEL Presents PMP#213: Stranger Things Grown Familiar

Ep. 383: Freud on Love and the Primal Horde (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#109: Choose Your Own Failure w/ Rich Baker

Ep. 383: Freud on Love and the Primal Horde (Part One for Supporters)

PEL 2026 Kickoff Nightcap

Ep. 382: Freud on Group Psychology (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#108: Guess Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner... Lawrence Ware!

PEL Presents PMP#212: Holiday Romance Films

Ep. 382: Freud on Group Psychology (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#244: Year-End Chat with NEM Audio Editor Roger Heathers

PREMIUM-Ep. 381: Aquinas on Ethical Psychology (Part Three)

Bacchic Redemption in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) (Part 1)

Ep. 381: Aquinas on Ethical Psychology (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#107: Mary and Mark Argue About Arguing

PEL Presents PMP#211: Slow Horses and Predecessors

Ep. 381: Aquinas on Ethical Psychology (Part One)

Ep. 381: Aquinas on Ethical Psychology (Part Two for Supporters)

PEL Presents Subtext: Erin's New Book "Avail"

PEL Presents NEM#243: Corey Ledet's Eclectic Zydeco

Ep. 380: Josiah Royce on Community (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#106: Heart Tchochkes w/ Seth Stephon Brown

PEL Presents PMP#210: One Paul Thomas Anderson Film After Another

Ep. 380: Josiah Royce on Community (Part One)

Ep. 380: Josiah Royce on Community (Part One for Supporters)

PEL Presents NEM#242: Marshall Crenshaw Subtracts

Ep. 379: Egyptian Philosophy with Chike Jeffers (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#105: Friendtor Debate Club w/ Scott Gelfand

PEL Presents PMP #209: Alien Franchised

Ep. 379: Egyptian Philosophy with Chike Jeffers (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#241: Humor in Music Discussion

PREMIUM-Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Four)

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Three)

PEL Presents PvI#104: The Hippie Code w/ Vickie Eistenstein

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#208: An Ed Gein Halloween

PEL Presents NEM#240: Jonathan Rundman, Multi-Branded

Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#103: Post-COVID Mary and Mark

Ep. 377: Emil Cioran's Pessimism (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#207: Spinal Tap and Other Fake Bands

PEL Presents NEM#239: Adrian Sherwood's Dub Productions

Ep. 377: Emil Cioran's Pessimism (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#102: Pit of Despair w/ Seth Paskin

Ep. 376: Plato's "Laws" (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#206: Abbott Elementary w/o Emmys

PEL Presents NEM#238: Eric Andersen Endures

Ep. 376: Plato's "Laws" (Part One)

PREMIUM-PEL Back-to-School Nightcap 2025

PEL Presents PvI#101: Co-Hostery: Season Five Premiere with Mark and Mary

Ep. 375: Luce Irigaray's Feminism (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#205: Fantastical Foursome

Ep. 375: Luce Irigaray's Feminism (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#100: Maximizing Turtle Revenue w/ Tim Sniffen and Anthony LeBlanc

Ep. 374: Discussing Liberalism (Lincoln, et al) with Walter Sterling (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#204: Naked Gun Rapid Firing

PEL Presents NEM#237: Maia Sharp's Homey Subversion

Ep. 374: Discussing Liberalism (Lincoln, et al) with Walter Sterling (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#99: Philosophy of Humor w/ Nessa Voss

PEL Presents Closereads: Peter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Wrap Up)

Announcement: Mark's "Foundational Political Philosophy Texts" Fall 2025 Class

Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#203: What Superman?

PEL Presents NEM #236: Tee Templeton's Psychedelic Ending

Philosophy vs. Improv #98: Ragnarocking

Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#202: 50-Year-Old Jaws Busts Our Block

Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#235: Willie Nile's Poetic Rock Anthems

Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#97: Peep Dome Pets w/ Merry Mary Hynes

PEL Presents PMP#201: John Wick Minus Wick

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#234: John Kruth the Multi-Hyphenate

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff & Daniel Lobell

Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)

PEL Presents #200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)

Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#233: Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Is Not Taking This for Granted

PEL Presents PvI#95: The Techucational Edge w/ Khafiz and Nicholas from Invasive Thoughts

Pretty Much Pop #199: Missioning Impossibly

Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#94: Storifying Philosophy w/ Kolby Granville

NEM#232: Chris Church Refines Power Pop

Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)

Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#198: Andor: Grown-Up Star Wars

PEL Presents PvI#93: Poetry Stands its Ground w/ Shannon Bass and Audrey Kohler

Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#197: Medically Dramatic

Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#231: Bill Champlin (ex-Chicago) Sings of Love Just to Find It

Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#196: Our "Sinners" Shindig

Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#92: Postale au Naturale w/ Greg McBrayer

PREMIUM-PEL Sentimentalism Nightcap 2025

Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#195: Mike White's Lotus

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#230: Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500) Waxes Poetic

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#194: Adolescence Wrecks Us

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Three)

PEL Presents PvI#91: Community Breakdown (or Breakdance?) w/ Nick Armstrong

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#193: Severance: Mystery Box in Progress

NEM#229: Peter Holsapple (dB's, Continental Drifters) Pays Tribute to His Adolescence

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part One)

PEL Presents Closereads: Husserl on Perceiving Minds

Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#90: Empty Street

Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP #192: Exhibitionist Reality TV

Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#191: Saturday Night Liver

Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#228: John "JR" Robinson: Omnipresent Drummer

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#190: The Substance: Act Your Age!

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#89: Improv 4 Change w/ Shawn and Aaron from srsly wrong

Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#227: Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony): Pop Noir

Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#189: Bob Dylan As We Know Him

PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)

Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#88: The Dark Side of Improv w/ Randy Fertel

Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #188: Vampire Appreciation

Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part Two)

Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#226: The Evolution of Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention, Southern Comfort, Plainsong)

Announcement: Mark's "Core Texts in Philosophy" Fall 2025 Class

PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap

Pretty Much Pop #187: Taking Down Santa Claus

Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#87: Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley

PEL Presents Subtext: The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin” (Part 1)

Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#186: From Oz Books to Wicked Film

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#225: Loudon Wainwright III, the Reporter-Songwriter

Philosophy vs. Improv #86: Friends with App-Platter Benefits w/ Sarah Shockey and Tommy Maranges

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#185: Steve Martin: X-Tuple Threat

PEL Presents SUBTEXT: The Aesthetics of Death in "Beetlejuice" (Part 1)

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#85: Prototype Protoplasm w/ Mike Gorgone

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)

PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 2024

PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)

Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part Two)

Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part One)

PEL Presents #184: !BREAKING! Comedy News

PEL Presents PvI#84: Interesting? w/ Lorraine Besser

Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#224: Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) Elevates Americana

Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#183: Classic Universal Monster Movies

PEL Presents PvI#83: Half Philosophizing (Season 4 Premiere)

Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part Two)

Love Dishonored in Euripides' "Medea" - Part 6

Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#182: Tim Burton: Shtick Macabre

PREMIUM-Ep. 351: Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part Two)

Ep. 351: Guest Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#223: Dale Crover (Melvins) the Accidentalist

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#82: LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#181: M. Night Shyamalan's Films Are a Trap

PEL Presents NEM#222: Amy Rigby's Nostalgic Simplicity

Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part Two)

PREMIUM-Closereads: Merleau-Ponty on the Body

Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#180: Season Four Wrap: Nostalgia

Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part Two)

PREMIUM-PEL End-of-Summer Nightcap 2024

Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#179: Deadpool Gets Meta

PEL Presents NEM#221: David Nagler Goes Brazilian

Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#80: Brief, Alternative Facts with David Shields

Announcement: Philosophy vs. Improv Live in Chicago on Wed. 8/21

Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#220: Jah Wobble's Bass Worship

Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#178: The Bear's Incomplete Dish

PEL Presents PvI#79: Edificial Intentions with Danny Mora

Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#177: Inside Out - Animated Psyche

Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#219: Oliver Wakeman Beyond the Keyboard

Announcement: Mark's "Big Books in Continental Philosophy" Fall 2024 Class

Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#78: We Essence Merge with Tamler Sommers (Very Bad Wizards)

PREMIUM-PEL Mid-Summer Nightcap 2024

Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#176: Furiosa: Are We Mad Maxed Out?

PEL Presents NEM#218: Pat Mastelotto: Prog Neanderthal Drum-Painting

Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI #77: Fashionation with Sheri Flanders

Pretty Much Pop #175: Podcast of the Planet of the Apes

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part Two)

Psychedelic Regrets in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Part 5)

PEL Presents NEM#217: Richard Thompson's Moments in Time

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#76: Hello, Larry w/ Lawrence Ware

Psychedelic Regrets in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Part 4)

Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#174: Fallout Plays Post-Apocalyptic

Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#216: Kim Richey Learns to Cherish Collaboration

Ep. 341 Supplemental: Zhuangzi for Closereads Evergreen Network Launch

PEL Presents SUBTEXT - Psychedelic Regrets in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Part 1)

Pretty Much Pop #173: Cowboy Beyoncé? (Cross-Genre Music)

Ep. 341: Guest Karyn Lai on Daoism in the Zhuangzi

PEL Presents PvI#75: The Alien Literally Has Two Faces w/ Bran Peacock

Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#215: Lynn Drury's New Orleans Emotionality

Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#172: Curb Larry David's Shtick

PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release

NEM#214: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown

PMP-NEM Crossover: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown

Philosophy vs. Improv #74: A Psychedelic Embrace with David Peña-Guzmán (Overthink)

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #171: The Traitors - A Multi-National Reality Game Show Phenom

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#213: Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush): Flavors of Brightness

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI #73: Family Whêtspät w/ Colleen Doyle

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap w/ Chris Sunami (March 2024)

Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#170: Poor Things and Other Yorgos

PvI#72: Spock Fever w/ Cole Nasrallah and Chris Rathjen

Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#169: Doctor Who? (When?)

Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#212: Graham Parker's Hard Graft

Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#168: Writing Women's Fiction w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott

Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI #71: The Cranio-Fascism Exchange

PEL Presents NEM#211: Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers) Evolves Cajun Music

Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#167: "May December" and Other Docudramas

REISSUE-Ep. 29: Kierkegaard on the Self

PEL Presents PvI#70: Paramilitary Existentialism w/ Jonny Thomson

PREMIUM-PEL Long Winter's Nightcap (Jan-Feb 2024)

PEL Presents NEM#210: Matt Piucci (Rain Parade) Retires BACK to Music

Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#166: Miyazaki's Anime Dreamscapes

Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part One)

PEL Presents SUBTEXT: Identity and Infamy in “Citizen Kane” (1941) (Part 2)

PEL Presents PvI#69: Alternative Religious Practices w/ Katie Caussin

PEL Presents NEM#209: Bruce Hornsby Is a Lifelong Student

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part Two)

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#165: Jewish Comedy w/ Daniel Lobell

PREMIUM-PEL Winter Nightcap (Concluding 2023)

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part Two)

PEL Presents: NEM#208: Laura Osnes: From Broadway to Nashville

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#164: Muppets, esp. Their Xmas Carol

PREMIUM-Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Three)

Philosophy vs. Improv #67: Consent to Improv w/ Sukaina Hirji

Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#207: Jason Narducy: Punk Matured

Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" (Part 5 of 6)

(SUB)TEXT: The Emptiness of Signification in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" (Part 4 of 6)

Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#163: Marvel Fatigue?

PREMIUM-Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part Three)

Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#66: Legacy Mops w/ Kevin Allison

PEL Presents NEM#206: Wreckless Eric: "Without Sound, You've Got Nothing"

Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part One)

PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: The Emptiness of Signification in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" (Part 1 of 6)

Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Three/Closereads Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#162: Poe Flavoring Upon the House of Usher

Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Two)

PEL Presents: Philosophy vs. Improv #65: Pop Spice

Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#205: Tom Heyman: Unreliable Narrator

PREMIUM-Ep. 328: Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Three)

Ep. 328: Guest Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#64: TEAM PLAY GENERALS with Linda Orr and Andrew Lavin

PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: Terminal Wooings in "The Odyssey" (Part 3 of 3)

Ep. 328: Guest Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #161: Revisiting "The Exorcist"

PREMIUM-PEL Fall Nightcap 2023

Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullsh*t and Authenticity (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#204: Tim and Sue Lee Learn Their Craft, from Windbreakers to Bark

Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullsh*t and Authenticity (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#160: Mvto to "Reservation Dogs"

PEL Presents PvI#63: Virtual Socrates w/ David Chalmers

Ep. 326: Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#62: Cutting Every Edge w/ Jeremy Richards

Ep. 326: Guest Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#159: Watching "How To with John Wilson"

PEL Presents NEM#203: Andy White Tells the Truth

Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part Two)

PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: Foolish Adventures in "The Odyssey" (Part 2 of 3)

PEL Presents PMP#158: "Oppenheimer" and Other Christopher Nolan Films

Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#61: TEAM PLAY CIRCUS with Adal Rifai and Jenny Hansen

PREMIUM-Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Three)

Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#157: What Is a Pop Culture Podcast For? (Season Finale)

PEL Presents NEM#202: Richard Lloyd (Television): Guitar is Combustible

Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#60: Elu-Sedations w/ Matt Teichman

PREMIUM-PEL End-of-Summer Nightcap 2023

Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part Two)

PEL Presents (sub)Text: Home as Identity in "The Odyssey"

Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#156: Black Mirror's Tech Horrors

PEL Presents NEM#201: Ivan Neville Gets Personal (but Still Funky)

PEL Closereads: Emerson's Oversoul (New Podcast Premiere)

PEL Presents PvI#59: Yes, and Technological Dystopia w/ Anthony LeBlanc

PEL Presents PMP#155: Existentialist Barbie

Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part Three)

PEL Presents NEM#200: Mikaela Davis: Singer-Songwriter-Harpist

PEL Presents PvI#57: Happier Cancer w/ Monica McCarthy

Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Competing Affections in "The Lion in Winter" (Peter O'Toole, Katherine Heburn)

Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#199: Alan Jenkins' Cornucopia of Experiments

PEL Presents PMP#153: Kids' Films, Adult Messages

Pretty Much Pop #154: Indiana Jones and the Various MacGuffins

PREMIUM-PEL Tech Nightcap July 2023

Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI #56: Interpreting the Monkey Man w/ Chris George

Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#198: Chris Stamey Keeps on Developing

PEL Presents PvI#55: Oversouled Behavior w/ Genevieve Joy

PREMIUM-Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Three)

Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#152: BELIEVE in Ted Lasso

Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#197: Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah's African Head Charge

PREMIUM-Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Three)

Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#54: Do You Want to Be Here? w/ Brain in a Vat

Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#151: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout "Succession"

PEL Presents NEM#196: Michael Gira (Swans) Is Not Done

PREMIUM-Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Three)

Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#150: Dark Shadows w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott

Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#53: XTREME BEEF Quicheticles w/ Zach Thompson

PREMIUM-Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#195: Nicholas Tremulis Reads Better Books

Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#149: Rocky and Creed

Ep. 316: Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov": PEL Live in NYC (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#52: Elegant Stoicism w/ Tanner Campbell

Ep. 316: Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov": PEL Live in NYC (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#194: Vashti Bunyan Is Not a Folk Singer

PREMIUM-Ep. 315: Mengzi (Mencius) on Virtuous Leaders (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#148: Resource Management Video Games

Ep. 315: Mengzi (Mencius) on Virtuous Leaders (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#193: Peter Case's Songs About Now

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap April 2023

Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psychology (Part Two)

Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psychology (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#50: Pro Tips w/ Marla Cáceres

PREMIUM-Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part Three)

PMP#147: Nostalgic Mysteries (Knives Out, Poker Face) from Rian Johnson

Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#192: Guitarist Ivan Julian Serves the Song

Announcement: PEL Live April 15 in NYC, Streamed Worldwide

Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part One)

PEL Presents PvI#49: Ferrets in Uniform with Cole Nasrallah

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Late March 2023

Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part Two)

PEL Presents #146: Black Panther Films and Comics

PEL Presents NEM#191: Chris Slusarenko and John Moen As (And Before) Eyelids

Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part One)

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Early March 2023

Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#190: Jad Fair (Half Japanese): Being Productive = Being Yourself

PEL Presents PMP#145: Growing Up Sitcommed

Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part One)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #48: Debates in the Orthaganon

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap February 2023

Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part Two)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #47: What's In the Chili? w/ Rachael Mason

PEL Presents PMP#144: Androids and Us

Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap January 2023

Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#46: Seize the Day How Exactly? w/ Nick Riggle

PEL Presents PMP#143: Pinocchio the Unfilmable (Yet Frequently Filmed)

Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#142: Lyric Literality w/ Dave Philpott

PEL Prewsents NEM#188: Pat Irwin (Raybeats, B-52s, SUSS) Writes for TV (and Himself)

Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part Two)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #45: Meaningful Road Trips w/ Dee Bradley Baker

Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#187: Eszter Balint Interprets Her Past

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap 2022 Wrap-Up

Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part Two)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #44: Stand-Up vs. Improv w/ Matty Goldberg

Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #141: Christmas Songs

PEL Presents (sub)Text: Pagan Poetics in “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens

PREMIUM-Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part Three)

Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#186: Simon Ratcliffe (Basement Jaxx, Village of the Sun): From House Music to Jazz Fusion

Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part One)

PREMIUM-Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part Three)

Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#139: The Sandman Cometh

PEL Presents NEM#185: Bruce Thomas' Bass Lines Before, After, and During the Attractions

Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part One)

PEL Presents (sub)Text: Production for Use in “His Girl Friday”

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap November 2022: Listener Testimonials

Ep. 304: Dworkin v. Hart on Legal Judgment (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#138: What Are "Creatives"?

PEL Presents NEM#184: Mike Baggetta Feels Out the Guitar

Ep. 304: Dworkin v. Hart on Legal Judgment (Part One)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #42: The Worth of a Human Life w/ Carneades the YouTube Star

PREMIUM-Ep. 303: H.L.A. Hart on the Foundations of Law (Part Three)

Ep. 303: H.L.A. Hart on the Foundations of Law (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#137: Slashing the "Halloween" Film Franchise

Pretty Much Pop #136: Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal"

Ep. 303: H.L.A. Hart on the Foundations of Law (Part One)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #41: Situatedness in Three Persons w/ Sarah Shockey

PEL Presents NEM#183: Neil Gust (No. 2, Heatmiser) Walks Around

PREMIUM-Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part Three)

Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part Two)

PEL Presents NEM#182: Allan and Barb Vest Together as doubleVee

Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#135: The Breaking Bad-O-Verse

PREMIUM-PEL Representation Nightcap October 2022

PEL Presents PvI#40: Rules and Voices with Stephen West (Philosophize This!)

Ep. 301: Is Abortion Morally Permissible? (Part Three)

PEL Presents PMP#134: Unpopular Music Genre Fandom

Ep. 301: Is Abortion Morally Permissible? (Part Two)

PEL Presents PvI#39: Cutting Edge Post-Patternation

PEL Presents NEM#181: Robyn Hitchcock Forgets Himself, Sharply

Ep. 301: Is Abortion Morally Permissible? (Part One)

PEL Presents NEM#180: Rebecca Pidgeon's Inner Speech

PEL Presents PMP#133: Predator (Films) and Prey

PREMIUM-Ep. 300: Nietzsche on Relating to History (Part Three)

Ep. 300: Nietzsche on Relating to History (Part Two)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #38: The Bones of Tragedy with Jay O. Sanders

Ep. 300: Nietzsche on Relating to History (Part One)

PEL Presents PMP#132: "Too Soon" in Comedy?

REISSUE/RE-EDIT-Ep. 1: "The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living"

PEL Presents NEM#179: Mike Lindup's Atlantean Visions and Level 42

PREMIUM-Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" (Part Three)

PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #37: Season One Final Round

Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" (Part Two)

PEL Presents PMP#131: Hope for Jordan Peele's "Nope"

Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" (Part One)