All Episodes

Pretty Much Pop #221: Streep Does Prada

Ep. 391: Habermas Defends Modernity (Part One)

(sub)TEXT: The Romance of Self-Destruction in “Withnail and I” (1987)

Ep. 390: Diderot Debates a Cynic (Part Two)

BONUS: Redacted Acting Coach

Closereads: Lionel Trilling on Sincerity (Part One)

Ep. 390: Diderot Debates a Cynic (Part One)

PvI#116: Full Bird Mode w/ BJ Lange

Pretty Much Pop #219: Weir-ed Sci Fi: Hail Mary and The Martian

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

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

Closereads: Galen Strawson Against Narrativity (Part One)

PvI#115: Mary and Mark Astro-Logically

PMP#218: All the “Scream”-ing

Ep. 388: Hegel on Culture (Part Two)

Ep. 388: Hegel on Culture (Part One)

Ep. 387: Hegel on Law (Part Two)

PvI#114: Earning Crazy Town w/ Jenny Hansen

The Ethics of Seeing in Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”

PMP#217: Mel Brooks’ Old Comedy

Ep. 387: Hegel on Law (Part One)

Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part Two)

Closereads: Kierkegaard on Knowledge

PvI#113: Mary and Mark Pick Their Battles

(sub)TEXT: The Music of Longing in “Amadeus” (1984)

PMP#216: Oscars So Black?

Ep. 386: Hegel on Society (Part One)

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

PvI#112: Musical Zoom w/ Jerome Kurtenbach

PMP#215: Hamnet Dramatizes Shakespeare

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #214: South Park Resurgence

PvI#111: God Smites Elijah Dann

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

Closereads: Hegel’s “Unhappy Consciousness”

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

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

(sub)TEXT: The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

Closereads: Latour on Materialism

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

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

PMP#213: Stranger Things Grown Familiar

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

Closereads: Fanon on Hegel

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

Announcement: Mark’s “Big Books in Continental Philosophy” Spring 2026 Class

(sub)TEXT: Society as Swindle in “The Third Man” (1949)

PvI#108: Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas Dinner… Lawrence Ware!

Pretty Much Pop #212: Holiday Romance Films

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

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

Closereads: Aquinas and Scotus on Law (Part One)

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

Closereads: Royce on Interpreting Others

PvI#107: Mary and Mark Argue About Arguing

(sub)TEXT: Erin’s New Book “Avail”

Pretty Much Pop #211: Slow Horses and Predecessors

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

PvI#106: Heart Tchotchkes w/ Seth Stephon Brown

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

Pretty Much Pop #210: One Paul Thomas Anderson Film After Another

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

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

(sub)TEXT: Bacchic Redemption in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)

PvI#105: Friendtor Debate Club w/ Scott Gelfand

Pretty Much Pop #209: Alien Franchised

Closereads: Hegel on Reason (Part One)

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

Closereads: Dispute Between a Man and His Ba

Closereads: Aquinas and Aristotle on Soul

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

PvI#104: The Hippie Code w/ Vickie Hayley

(sub)TEXT: Spirit Unbound in Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” and “Drowne’s Wooden Image”

Pretty Much Pop #208: An Ed Gein Halloween

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

NEM#240: Jonathan Rundman, Multi-Branded

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

Closereads: Hobbes on Liberty

PvI#103: Post-COVID Mary and Mark

Pretty Much Pop #207: Spinal Tap and Other Fake Bands

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

(sub)TEXT: Faith and Industry in “There Will Be Blood”

Closereads: Aristotle on Final Causes

PvI#102: Pit of Despair w/ Seth Paskin

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

Pretty Much Pop #206: Abbott Elementary w/o Emmys

Ep. 376: Plato’s “Laws” (Part Two)

Closereads: Horkheimer and Adorno on Enlightenment (Part One)

Ep. 376: Plato’s “Laws” (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #205: Fantastical Foursome

(sub)TEXT: Freedom and Authority in Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People”

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

Closereads: Hegel on Stoicism (Part One)

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #204: Naked Gun Rapid Firing

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

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #99: Philosophy of Humor w/ Nessa Voss

Closereads: Peter Railton’s “Moral Realism” (Wrap Up)

Announcement: Enrollment is Open for Fall Foundational Political Philosophy Texts Class

(sub)TEXT: Containment and Play in “Jaws”

Pretty Much Pop #203: What Superman?

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #98: Ragnarocking

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

Pretty Much Pop #202: 50-Year-Old Jaws Busts Our Block

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

(sub)TEXT: The Door Slam Heard ‘Round the World: Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”

Closereads: Peter Railton’s “Moral Realism” (Part Four)

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #201: John Wick Minus Wick

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)

(sub)TEXT: Anti-Mystery in “Picnic at Hanging Rock”

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

Closereads: H.A. Prichard on Ethics (Part One)

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

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)

Closereads: Parfit on Game Theory (Part One)

PvI#94: Storifying Philosophy w/ Kolby Granville

Pretty Much Pop #198: Andor: Grown-Up Star Wars

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

(sub)TEXT: The Artifice of Eternity in Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium”

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

Closereads: Spinoza on Emotions (Part One)

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #197: Medically Dramatic

(sub)TEXT: The Evil of Banality in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968)

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #196: Our “Sinners” Shindig

Philosophy vs. Improv #92: Postale au Naturale w/ Greg McBrayer

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

Pretty Much Pop #195: Mike White’s Lotus

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

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)

Closereads: Scheler on Personhood (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #194: Adolescence Wrecks Us

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #91: Community Breakdown (or Breakdance?) w/ Nick Armstrong

Pretty Much Pop #193: Severance: Mystery Box in Progress

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

(sub)TEXT: “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #90: Empty Street

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

Pretty Much Pop #192: Exhibitionist Reality TV

(sub)TEXT: The Weight of Memory in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940)

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

(sub)TEXT: Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

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

Pretty Much Pop #191: Saturday Night Liver

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

Pretty Much Pop #190: The Substance: Act Your Age!

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

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)

Closereads: Guattari on Fascism

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #189: Bob Dylan As We Know Him

SUBTEXT: Irony as Anesthetic in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H” (1970)

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

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

Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #188: Vampire Appreciation

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

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

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

SUBTEXT: Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa”

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

SUBTEXT: Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)

Enrollment Now Open for Core Texts in Philosophy Spring 2025

PEL ’24-’25 Transition Nightcap

Closereads: Husserl on Essences (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #187: Taking Down Santa Claus

Philosophy vs. Improv #87: Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley

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

SUBTEXT: The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin”

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

Pretty Much Pop #186: From Oz Books to Wicked Film

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)

PvI#86: Friends with App-Platter Benefits with Sarah Shockey and Tommy Maranges

Closereads: Mill on Induction (Part One)

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part One)

SUBTEXT: The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988)

Pretty Much Pop #185: Steve Martin: X-Tuple Threat

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)

PvI#85: Prototype Protoplasm w/ Mike Gorgone

SUBTEXT: A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #184: !BREAKING! Comedy News

Closereads: Sartre on Nothingness (Part One)

PvI#84: Interesting? w/ Lorraine Besser

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #183: Classic Universal Monster Movies

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #83: Half Philosophizing (Season 4 Premiere)

Pretty Much Pop #182: Tim Burton: Shtick Macabre

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

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

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

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

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

PvI#82: LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

Pretty Much Pop #181: M. Night Shyamalan’s Films Are a Trap

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

SUBTEXT: Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 1)

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #81: Unshelved, Untitled

Pretty Much Pop #180: Season Four Wrap Party: Nostalgia

SUBTEXT: Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 1

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

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

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

PvI#80: Brief, Alternative Facts w/ David Shields

SUBTEXT: Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 1)

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

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

PvI#79: Edificial Intentions with Danny Mora

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

SUBTEXT: Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1)

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

Pretty Much Pop#177: Inside Out – Animated Psyche

SUBTEXT – “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 1)

PvI#78: We Essence Merge with Tamler Sommers

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

Announcement: Fall 2024 “Big Books in Continental Philosophy” Class

SUBTEXT: Staking Claims in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) (Part 1)

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

Pretty Much Pop #176: Furiosa: Are We Mad Maxed Out?

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

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

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)

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

PvI#76: Hello, Larry w/ Lawrence Ware

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

Pretty Much Pop #174: Fallout Plays Post-Apocalyptic

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

SUBTEXT: Psychedelic Regrets in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”(Part 1)

SUBTEXT: Sins of Omission in “On the Waterfront” (1954) (Part 1)

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

Ep. 341 Supplemental: Zhuangzi for Closereads Evergreen Network Launch

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #172: Curb Larry David’s Shtick

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

PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release

PvI#74: A Psychedelic Embrace with David Peña-Guzmán (Overthink)

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

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

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #73: Family Whêtspät w/ Colleen Doyle

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #170: Poor Things and Other Yorgos

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #169: Doctor Who? (When?)

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #168: Writing Women’s Fiction w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott

PvI#71: The Cranio-Fascism Exchange

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #167: “May December” and Other Docudramas

PvI#70: Paramilitary Existentialism w/ Jonny Thomson

PvI#69: Alternative Religious Practices w/ Katie Caussin

Pretty Much Pop #166: Miyazaki’s Anime Dreamscapes

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

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

PvI#68: Mark and Bill Oozing at Christmastime

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling” on Faith (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #165: Jewish Comedy w/ Daniel Lobell

(SUB)TEXT: Identity and Infamy in “Citizen Kane” (1941) (Part 1)

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling” on Faith (Part One)

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Ethical Self (Part Two)

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Ethical Self (Part One)

PvI#67: Consent to Improv w/ Sukaina Hirji

Pretty Much Pop #164: Muppets, esp. Their Xmas Carol

Ep. 331: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Ethical Life (Part Two)

Ep. 331: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Ethical Life (Part One)

Announcement: Spring 2024 Core Texts in Philosophy Class

Pretty Much Pop #163: Marvel Fatigue?

PvI#66: Legacy Mops w/ Kevin Allison

Ep. 330: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Aesthetic Life (Part Two)

Ep. 330: Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: The Aesthetic Life (Part One)

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

(sub)TEXT: The Emptiness of Signification in Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” (Part 1)

Pretty Much Pop #162: Poe Flavoring Upon the House of Usher

Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #65: Pop Spice

(sub)TEXT: The Tyranny of the Good in Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters”

Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part One)

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #161: Revisiting “The Exorcist”

(SUB)TEXT: Terminal Wooings in “The Odyssey” (Part 3 of 3)

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

Pretty Much Pop #160: Mvto to “Reservation Dogs”

Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullshit and Authenticity (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #159: Watching “How To with John Wilson”

Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullshit and Authenticity (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #63: Virtual Socrates w/ David Chalmers

(sub)Text: Foolish Adventures in “The Odyssey” (Part 2 of 3)

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

PvI#62: Cutting Every Edge w/ Jeremy Richards

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

(SUB)TEXT: Foolish Adventures in “The Odyssey” (Part Two of Three)

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

Pretty Much Pop #158: “Oppenheimer” and Other Christopher Nolan Films

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

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

Ep. 324: Plato’s “Cratylus” on Language (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #157: The Function of a Pop Culture Podcast

(SUB)TEXT: Home as Identity in “The Odyssey” (Part One of Three)

Ep. 324: Plato’s “Cratylus” on Language (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #60: Elu-Sedations w/ Matt Teichman

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

Pretty Much Pop #156: Black Mirror’s Tech Horrors

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #155: Existentialist Barbie

Closereads on Emerson’s Oversoul: Audio and Video Podcast Premiere

Philosophy vs. Improv #58: Avant Garde Accounting

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

(sub)Text: Competing Affections in “The Lion in Winter”

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

PvI#57: Happier Cancer w/ Monica McCarthy

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #153: Kids’ Films, Adult Messages

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

(sub)Text: Friendship and Honor in “Becket” (1964)

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

Pretty Much Pop #152: BELIEVE in Ted Lasso

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

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

PvI#55: Oversouled Behavior w/ Genevieve Joy

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

Pretty Much Pop #151: Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout “Succession”

(sub)Text: Losing Your Head in Alice Munro’s “Carried Away”

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #54: Do You Want to Be Here? w/ Brain in a Vat

Philosophy vs. Improv #53: XTREME BEEF Quicheticles w/ Zach Thompson

Pretty Much Pop #150: Dark Shadows w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott

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

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

(sub)Text: Time and Taboo in “Back to the Future” (1985)

Pretty Much Pop #149: Rocky and Creed

Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov” (Part One)

Ep. 316: Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”: PEL Live in NYC (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #52: Elegant Stoicism w/ Tanner Campbell

Ep. 316: Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”: PEL Live in NYC (Part One)

(sub)Text: The Violence of Redemption in John Donne’s “Batter My Heart” (Holy Sonnet 14)

Pretty Much Pop #148: Resource Management Video Games

Philosophy vs. Improv #51: All Croutons

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #147: Nostalgic Mysteries (Knives Out, Poker Face) from Rian Johnson

Philosophy vs. Improv #50: Pro Tips w/ Marla Cáceres

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

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #49: Ferrets in Uniform with Cole Nasrallah

Pretty Much Pop #146: Black Panther Films and Comics

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #48: Debates in the Orthaganon

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

Pretty Much Pop #145: Growing Up Sitcommed

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

(sub)Text: Trauma and Repetition in Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” (1974)

Philosophy vs. Improv #47: What’s in the Chili? w/ Rachael Mason

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

Pretty Much Pop #144: Androids and Us

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #143: Pinocchio the Unfilmable (Yet Frequently Filmed)

Philosophy vs. Improv #46: Seize the Day How Exactly? w/ Nick Riggle

Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part Two)

Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part One)

(sub)Text: Better and Bested in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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

Pretty Much Pop #142: Song Lyric Literality w/ Dave Philpott

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #141: Christmas Songs

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #140: First Nations Culture w/ John Beaubien

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

Philosophy vs. Improv #43: Return Policy Violations

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

Pretty Much Pop #139: The Sandman Cometh

Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” (Part Two)

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

Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #138: What Are “Creatives”?

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #137: Slashing the “Halloween” Film Franchise

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

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

(sub)Text: Post-Doctoral Bedevilment in Christopher Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus”

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #135: The Breaking Bad-O-Verse

Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #40: Rules and Voices with Stephen West (Philosophize This!)

Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part One)

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

PREVIEW-PEL Representation Nightcap October 2022

Philosophy vs. Improv #39: Cutting Edge Post-Patternation

Pretty Much Pop #134: Unpopular Music Genre Fandom

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

(sub)Text: Fate and Blame in “Long Day’s Journey into Night”

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

Pretty Much Pop #133: Predator (Films) and Prey

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

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

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

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

Pretty Much Pop#132: “Too Soon” in Comedy?

PvI#37: Season One Final Round

Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” (Part Two)

PREVIEW-Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” (Part Three)

Pretty Much Pop #131: Hope for Jordan Peele’s “Nope”

Ep. 299: Philosophy in Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” (Part One)

PvI#36: Authentic Authenticity w/ Skye Cleary

Not Ep. 299: Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” Audioplay (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #130: CODA and Deaf Culture

Not Ep. 299: Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” Audioplay Feat. Jay O. Sanders, Michael Ian Black, and Michael Tow (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ficino-Flavored Nightcap Early August 2022

Pretty Much Pop #129: Wherefore the Cover Song?

Ep. 298: Marsilio Ficino on Love (Part Two)

PvI#35: Submarine Observations w/ Chris Rathjen

Ep. 298: Marsilio Ficino on Love (Part One)

PMP#128: Jurassic Shlock

PREVIEW-Ep. 297: Heidegger on the Human Condition (Part Three)

Ep. 297: Heidegger on the Human Condition (Part Two)

Ep. 297: Heidegger on the Human Condition (Part One)

PvI#34: Possible Diners w/ Barry Lam

Pretty Much Pop #127: You Down with Downton Abbey?

Ep. 296: Heidegger Questions Being (Part Two)

Ep. 296: Heidegger Questions Being (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #126: Political Sci-Fi in “The Expanse”

PvI#33: Virtuous Garbage Director w/ Jack Newell

Ep. 295: Kant on Preventing War (Part Two)

PREVIEW-Ep. 295: Kant on Preventing War (Part Three

Pretty Much Pop #125: The Dramatics of “This Is Us”

Ep. 295: Kant on Preventing War (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #124: What Is Batman?

PREVIEW-Ep. 294: Quine on Science vs. Epistemology (Part Three)

Ep. 294: Quine on Science vs. Epistemology (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #32: “On the Standard of [Bad] Taste” w/ Babette Babich

Ep. 294: Quine on Science vs. Epistemology (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #123: We Are All Jackass

(sub)Text: Work as Madness in “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)

PREVIEW-Ep. 293: Donna Haraway on Feminist Science (Part Two)

Ep. 293: Donna Haraway on Feminist Science (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #122: Maus Shows the Tragic Via Comics

Philosophy vs. Improv #31: Signs, Signs, Ubiquitous Signs w/ Brooke Breit

PREVIEW-Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part Two)

Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #30: In Historica Res

Pretty Much Pop #121: Protesting Protest Songs

PREVIEW-Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part Two)

(sub)Text: What Falls Upon the Living in James Joyce’s “The Dead”

Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop#120: Dexter the Loveable Serial Killer

PvI#29: Personal Panpsychism w/ Jack Symes

PREVIEW-Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part Two)

Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #119: Disgraced Artists Like Cosby

PREVIEW-Ep. 289: Aesthetic Sense Theory: Hume (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Finding Home in Stephen Spielberg’s “E.T.” (1982)

Philosophy vs. Improv #28: Enhanced Interrogation w/ Adal Rifai

Ep. 289: Aesthetic Sense Theory: Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, Hume (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #118: Adapting Agatha Christie

PREVIEW-Ep. 288: Scruton on Ethical Art (Part Two)

(sub)Text: The Power of Calm: Two Wordsworth Sonnets

Ep. 288: Scruton on Ethical Art (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #117: Roguelikes Like Hades

PREVIEW-Ep. 287: Roger Scruton on Beauty (Part Two)

(sub)Text: What Nature Betrays: Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” (Part 2)

Ep. 287: Roger Scruton on Beauty (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #26: Monetize Your Syphilitic Storytelling w/ Linda Orr

Pretty Much Pop #116: Good Grief! Peanuts Persists

PREVIEW-Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part Three)

NEM#165: Paula Cole Beautifully Picks at Wounds

(sub)Text: Mother Nature’s Nurture in Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” (Part 1)

Philosophy vs. Improv #25: Questionable Causal Practices

Pretty Much Pop #115: So-Called Greatest Albums

PREVIEW-Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part Two)

Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)

(sub)Text: The Fool Gets Hurt in Fellini’s “La Strada” (1954)

Philosophy vs. Improv #24: Game Time w/ C. Thi Nguyen

PREVIEW-Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #114: The “West Side Story” Story

Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #113: The Matrix Regurgitated

Philosophy vs. Improv #23: Things Mean Things w/ Tommy Maranges (aka Philosophy Bro)

(sub)Text: False Roles and Fictitious Selves in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin

PEL Special: Nightcap New Year’s Party to Welcome 2022

Philosophy vs. Improv #22: Punishment w/ Noah Gregoropoulos

Pretty Much Pop #112: Class Critiques in Squid Game, Succession, etc.

Philosophy vs. Improv #21: Sentient Garage

(sub)Text: The Pain of Anonymity in “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946)

PREVIEW-Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part Two)

Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #20: The “Other” Story w/ Jenny Hansen

Philosophy vs. Improv #19: Broken Atomic Dogs

(sub)Text: Attachments “Die Hard” at Nakatomi Tower

PREVIEW-Ep. 283: Alain Badiou on Love (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #111: Our Beatles Love-Fest

Ep. 283: Alain Badiou on Love (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #110: The Dune Franchise Tries Again

Philosophy vs. Improv #18: Utopias w/ Jill Bernard and Michelle Gilliam

(sub)Text: Mad as Hell in “Network” (1976)

Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #17: The Imitation Game (with Toaster)

PREVIEW-Ep. 281: Paul Feyerabend’s Anarchist Philosophy of Science (Part Two)

NEM#159: Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo) Is a Writer, Not Just an Arranger

Pretty Much Pop #109: Dueling in Film

Philosophy vs. Improv #16: The Legend of Kermit’s Gold w/ Tim Sniffen

(sub)Text: Autonomy and Incest in Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex”

Ep. 281: Paul Feyerabend’s Anarchist Philosophy of Science (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep. 280: Imre Lakatos on Scientific Progress (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #108: Board Game Ideology

Philosophy vs. Improv #14: Action Idealism!

Ep. 280: Imre Lakatos on Scientific Progress (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #13: F*** Your Grapes

PREVIEW-Ep. 279: Aristotle’s “Categories” of Being (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #107: Cult Bands and Cultish Fans

Philosophy vs. Improv #12: Stand by Me II

(sub)Text: Our Name is Subtext, Podcast of Podcasts. Hear our “Ozymandias” Discussion, Ye Listeners, and Despair!

Ep. 279: Aristotle’s “Categories” of Being (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #11: The Trolley Opportunity

PREVIEW-Ep. 278: Derrick Bell on the Dynamics of Racism (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #106: Stand-Up Comedy in the Internet Age

Philosophy vs. Improv #10: Reasonable Beasts

(sub)Text: Sex and Tech in “Alien” by Ridley Scott

Ep. 278: Derrick Bell on the Dynamics of Racism (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #105: The Death of Soap Operas (Is Greatly Exaggerated)

Pretty Much Pop #104: King Arthur Reigns O’er Pop Culture

Philosophy vs. Improv #9: Keepin’ It Super Real

(sub)Text: Dead Wall Reveries in Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”

Philosophy vs. Improv #8: Here Ought to Be Dragons

Philosophy vs. Improv #7: Meritocracy Now!

PREVIEW-Ep. 277: Hegel on Our Understanding of Physics (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #6: Let’s Have Made a Deal!

(sub)Text: Cursed Kids or Psych-Au Pair? “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James

Ep. 277: Hegel on Our Understanding of Physics (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #103: Queering Video Games w/ Naomi Clark

Philosophy vs. Improv #5: What Is Bread? Are You Bread?

PREVIEW-Ep. 276: Hegel on Perception (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #4: Death at Not a Doctor’s Office

(sub)Text: Gentility and Injustice in “Gone with the Wind” (1939)

Ep. 276: Hegel on Perception (Part One)

Philosophy vs. Improv #3: Equality of Ignorance

PREVIEW-Ep. 275: Hegel’s Project in “The Phenomenology of Spirit” (Part Two)

Philosophy vs. Improv #2: Real Lava Accommodation

(sub)Text: Realism as Cruelty in “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams

Ep. 275: Hegel’s Project in “The Phenomenology of Spirit” (Part One)

(sub)Text: Prestidigitocracy in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939)

Philosophy vs. Improv #1: We Have Always Already Been Improvising

Pretty Much Pop #101: The “Conjuring” Retroverse

Philosophy vs. Improv: An Introductory Trailer

PREVIEW-Ep. 274: Schelling on Self-Consciousness (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #100: Directing Comedies w/ Heather Fink

Ep. 274: Schelling on Self-Consciousness (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep. 273: Friedrich Schelling’s Foundationalist Idealism (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #98: The Spirit of Captain America w/ Anthony LeBlanc

Formulated Phrases in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot: Part 2

Ep. 273: Friedrich Schelling’s Foundationalist Idealism (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #97: The Girl in the Wooder: Our Mare of Easttown Show!

PREVIEW-Ep. 272: Fichte’s Idealist Theology (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Disturbing the Universe in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot: Part 1

Ep. 272: Fichte’s Idealist Theology (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop#96: Modernizing D&D w/ Amanda McLoughlin

Pretty Much Pop #95: “The Nevers” With a Side of Whedon

(sub)Text: At Home with War in “Apocalypse Now” (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola

PREVIEW-Ep. 271: Johan Gottlieb Fichte’s Transcendental Idealism (Part Two)

Ep. 271: Johan Gottlieb Fichte’s Transcendental Idealism (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #94: Psychology of Video Game Engagement w/ Jamie Madigan

Phi Fic #40 The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

PREVIEW-Ep. 270: Classical Indian (Vedanta and Nyaya) Design Arguments for God (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #93: Made for Love (and other Silicon Villainy)

(sub)Text: Unsound Methods in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”

Ep. 270: Classical Indian (Vedanta and Nyaya) Design Arguments for God (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #92: Collectibles and Collecting w/ Matt Young

(sub)Text: On the Lam with “Thelma & Louise” (1991)

Ep. 269: Arendt on Totalitarianism (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #91: Pet Culture w/ Trainer Hannah Branigan

PREVIEW-Ep. 268: Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Spiritual Matters in Chekhov’s “The Student” and “A Medical Case”

Ep. 268: Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #90: Godzilla vs. Kong vs. All the Kaiju!

Pretty Much Pop #89: The Chicago 7 (and the Aaron Sorkinverse)

Art and Action in Chekhov’s “The House with the Mezzanine”

PREVIEW-Ep. 267: Avicenna on God and Soul w/ Peter Adamson (Part Two)

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

PMP#88: Indie Animation w/ Benjamin Goldman

PREVIEW-Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear’s Plato: Psyche and Society (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #87: Female Buddy Comedies w/ Erica’s Female Buddy Micah Greene

Phi Fic #39 Point Omega by Don DeLillo

(sub)Text: Nipped by Love in Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog”

Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear’s Plato: Psyche and Society (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #86: What Irish Means w/ Black 47’s Larry Kirwan

PREVIEW-Ep. 265: Plato’s “Phaedo”: Philosophy as Training for Death (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #85: What the WandaVision!? w/ Rolando Nieves (and Bonus Aftertalk)

Pretty Much Pop #84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-Chanin

Ep. 265: Plato’s “Phaedo”: Philosophy as Training for Death (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep. 264: Plato’s “Timaeus” on Cosmology (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #83: Disabled and Other-Abled Representation w/ Kayla Dryesse

(sub)Text: Business Gets Personal in “The Godfather”

Ep. 264: Plato’s “Timaeus” on Cosmology (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #82: Cobra Kai and the Karate Kids

PREVIEW-Ep. 263: Lise Van Boxel’s “Warspeak” on Strategies for Valuing (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Love and Nostalgia in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall”

Pretty Much Pop #81: Radio vs. Podcasting w/ Jason Bentley

Ep. 263: Lise Van Boxel’s “Warspeak” on Strategies for Valuing (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #80: Reliving Groundhog Day (and Palm Springs, Russian Doll, etc.)

PREVIEW-Ep. 262: Nietzsche on Self-Denial (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Yielding to Suggestion in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”

Pretty Much Pop #79: The Fargo Formula w/ Tamler Sommers (Very Bad Wizards Crossover)

Ep. 262: Nietzsche on Self-Denial (Part One)

Phi Fic #38 Howard’s End by EM Forster

Pretty Much Pop #78: Chess Is Having a Moment w/ J.J. Lang

PREVIEW-Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #77: The Big Screen Experience

(sub)Text: Clever Hopes in W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”

Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #76: Wonder Women (84 and Others) w/ Vi Burlew

PREVIEW-Ep. 260: Locke on Moral Psychology

(sub)Text: The “Human Position” of Suffering in W.H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”

Pretty Much Pop #75: Our Great British Baking Show w/ Stephen Carlile

Ep. 259: Locke Clarifies Misleading Complex Ideas (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #74: Micro Comedy w/ Tiffany Topol

Ep. 259: Locke Clarifies Misleading Complex Ideas (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #73: Beloved Bad Films w/ Manos’ Jackey Neyman Jones

REISSUE-PEL Ep 37: Locke on Political Power (w/ New Intro)

Pretty Much Pop #72: Comic Book Supremacy w/ Fred Van Lente

Ep. 258: Locke on Acquiring Simple Ideas (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Against Specialization in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

Pretty Much Pop #71: Rap Battles w/ Sacrifice (Tyler Hislop)

Ep. 258: Locke on Acquiring Simple Ideas (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #70: RISKy Confessional Comedy w/ Kevin Allison

Ep. 257: Locke Against Innate Ideas (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #69: Story Songs w/ Rod Picott

(sub)Text: Order and Innocence in Melville’s “Billy Budd”

Pretty Much Pop #68: Raised by Wolves: Biblical Sci-Fi

PREVIEW-Ep. 256: Kropotkin’s Anarchist Communism (Part Two)

(sub)Text: The American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”

Pretty Much Pop #67: Borat Pod Show! Very Nice! With Aaron David Gleason

Ep. 256: Kropotkin’s Anarchist Communism (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #66: Scary Movies w/ Nathan Shelton

PREVIEW-Ep. 255: Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #65: Cosmic Satire w/ “Bill & Ted” Writer Chris Matheson

Ep. 255: Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #64: The Last of Us: The Best Movies We Ever Played

PREVIEW-Ep. 254: Michael Sandel Against Meritocracy (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #63: Superhero Ethics (and The Boys) w/ Travis Smith

Ep. 254: Michael Sandel Interview: Against Meritocracy (Part One)

(sub)Text: Worrying about the Future in Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate”

Pretty Much Pop #62: Mulan Re-Disneyfield w/ Michael Tow

Leibniz Pt. 2 Preview Now on Public Feed, Nightcap about Wokeness Now on Citizen Feed

(sub)Text: Slouching Towards Bethlehem in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 2

Pretty Much Pop #61: Philosophy of Photography w/ Amir Zaki

Ep. 253: Leibniz on the Problem of Evil (Part One)

(sub)Text: Things Fall Apart in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 1

Pretty Much Pop #60: Manga 101 w/ Deborah Shamoon

Unleashed to the Public: Nightcap Late September 2020

(sub)Text: Filial Ingratitude in in Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

Ep. 252: Habermas on Communication as Sociality (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #59: David Lynch’s Popular Surrealism

(sub)Text: The “Intelligent Way to Approach Marriage” in Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”

Pretty Much Pop Aftertalk Clip Show 2020

Ep. 251: Simone Weil’s Ideal Society

Pretty Much Pop #58: “TAYLOR SWIFT RULES!” (Conversation with a Swiftie)

Ep. 250: Simone Weil on Human Needs (Part Three)

(sub)Text: Truth as Beauty in Keats’ Ode on a “Grecian Urn”

Pretty Much Pop #57: Back to the Damn Arena – The Hunger Games Prequel

Ep. 250: Simone Weil on Human Needs (Part Two)

(sub)Text: Love and Wit in Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

Pretty Much Pop #56: Black + Nerd = BLERD w/ Anthony LeBlanc

Ep. 250: Simone Weil on Human Needs (Part One)

(sub)Text: Mastery and Repetition in “Groundhog Day”

(sub)Text: Marital Economics in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”

Pretty Much Pop #55: Food as Pop w/ Thi Nguyen

Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #54: The Genius(?) of Rick and Morty

Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #53: The Hamilton Phenomenon w/ Sam Simahk

Ep. 248: Racism and Policing (Al-Saji, Merleau-Ponty, et al) (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #52: The Twilight Zone from Serling to Peele

Ep. 248: Racism and Policing (Al-Saji, Merleau-Ponty, et al) (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #51: Pictures Telling Stories w/ Joseph Watson

Ep. 247: Aristotle on Rhetoric and Emotions (Part Two)

PMP#50: MJ’s Last Dance w/ Seth Paskin

Ep. 247: Aristotle on Rhetoric and Emotions (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #49: Conspiracy Theories as Pop w/ Al Baker

Ep. 246: Susan Sontag on Interpreting Art (Part Two)

Ep. 246: Susan Sontag on Interpreting Art (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #48: The Arts in Reality TV w/ Skin Wars’ Robin Slonina

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

Pretty Much Pop #47: Sitcom Premises: Genius, Bonkers and Otherwise

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

Pretty Much Pop #46: “Casual” Games with Diner Dash’s Nick Fortugno

Ep. 244: Camus on Strategies for Facing Plague (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #45: Film Riffing with MST3K’s Mary Jo Pehl

Ep. 244: Camus on Strategies for Facing Plague (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #44: Local News w/ Deion Broxton

Ep. 243: Aristotle’s “Poetics” on Art and Tragedy (Part Two)

PMP#43: The Korean Wave w/ Suzie Oh

Ep. 243: Aristotle’s “Poetics” on Art and Tragedy (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #42: Star Trek Lives Long and Prospers (Intermittently)

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Structure of a Tragedy”

Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #41: Made-for-TV Musicals w/ Craig Wedren

Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #40: #MeToo Depictions in TV and Film

Ep. 241: Political Philosophy and the Pandemic

Pretty Much Pop #39: TV and Other Plans in Subjunctive Stasis

Pretty Much Pop #38: Costuming w/ Whitney Anne Adams

Ep. 240: David Lewis on Possible Worlds and Language Games (Part Two)

Ep. 240: David Lewis on Possible Worlds and Language Games (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #37: Everything is LEGO

Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #36: Criticism with Noah Berlatsky

Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #35: Video Game Storytelling w/ Don Marshall

Ep. 238: Lingering Questions

Ep. 237: Walter Benjamin Analyzes Violence (Part Two)

Ep. 237: Walter Benjamin Analyzes Violence (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #33: The Heroine’s Journey w/ Vi Burlew

Ep. 236: Judith Butler Interview: “The Force of Nonviolence”

Pretty Much Pop #32: Judging “The Good Place”

Ep. 235: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” (Part Three)

Pretty Much Pop #31: Robin Williams’ Celebrity Struggles w/ Dave Itzkoff

Ep. 235: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #30: Why Every Film Will Win the Oscar! (A Debate)

Ep. 235: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #29: Martin Scorsese the Auteur w/ Colin Marshall

Ep. 234: Beauvoir on Romance in “The Second Sex” (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #28: The Alpha Female Trope w/ Margaret Colin

Ep. 234: Beauvoir on Romance in “The Second Sex” (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #27: For the Love of Star Wars

Ep. 233: Plato’s “Protagoras” on Virtue (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #26: We Watch “Watchmen” w/ David Pizarro (Very Bad Wizards)

Ep. 233: Plato’s “Protagoras” on Virtue (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #25: Sports as Pop w/ Sportscaster Dave Revsine

Ep. 232: Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” (Part Two)

Ep. 232: Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #24: Christmas Viewing: What’s Canon?

Pretty Much Pop #23: The Singer Not the Song w/ Ken Stringfellow

Ep. 231: Descartes’s “Discourse” on Wisdom and Certainty (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #22: Untangling Time Travel

Ep. 231: Descartes’s “Discourse” on Wisdom and Certainty (Part One)

(sub)Text: A Discussion of Todd Phillips’ Film ‘Joker’

Pretty Much Pop #21: Role-Playing Video Games

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

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

Pretty Much Pop #20: Improv Comedy w/ Tim Sniffen

Ep. 229: Descartes’s Rules for Thinking (Part Three)

Pretty Much Pop #19: Race and the Target Audience w/ Rodney Ramsey

Ep. 229: Descartes’s Rules for Thinking (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #18: Stephen King’s Media Empire

Pretty Much Pop #17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell

Ep. 229: Descartes’s Rules for Thinking (Part One)

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

Pretty Much Pop #16: 25 Years After FRIENDS

Ep. 228: Social Construction of Race (Appiah, Mills) (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #15: Opera As Pop

Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #14: UFOs on TV with Investigative Journalist Paul Beban

Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #13: TV Revivals Revived!

Ep. 226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #12: Once Upon a Tarantino Film (feat. Wes!)

Ep. 226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #11: The Live Music Experience

Ep. 225: Simone Weil on War and Oppression (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #10: The Handmaid’s Tale

Ep. 225: Simone Weil on War and Oppression (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #9: Cartoons with Dee Bradley Baker (from Clone Wars, American Dad)

Ep. 224: Kierkegaard Critiques the Present Age (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #8: Spider-Man: Far From Home (and Elsewhere)

Ep. 224: Kierkegaard Critiques the Present Age (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #7: Native Representation w/ Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks & Rec)

Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #6: Adults Playing Video Games

Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #5: True Crime with Lucy Lawless

Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #4: “Chernobyl” and the Art of Suffering

Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part One)

Pretty Much Pop #3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff

Pretty Much Pop #2: Binge Watching

Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part Two)

Pretty Much Pop #1: Pop Culture vs. High Culture

Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part One)

Ep. 220: 10-Year Retrospective of The Partially Examined Life

Ep. 219: The Harder Problem of Consciousness (Block & Papineau)

Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers, et al) (Part Two)

Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers, et al) (Part One)

(sub)Text Prototype #1: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”: Poesis as Revenge Forsaken (Full Release)

Ep. 217: Discussing Calderón’s “Life Is a Dream”

Glimpse: Machiavellian Politics (for Partially Examined Life #14)

PEL Audioplayers: “Life Is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

PREVIEW-Ep 216 Game of Thrones’ Fantasy Politics (Part Two)

Episode 216: Game of Thrones’ Fantasy Politics

Ep. 215: Brave New World: PEL Live 10th Anniversary Show

PEL 10th Anniversary “Brave New World” Song

Ep. 214: More Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #8: “Ambassador” Audio Story and Author Interview

Ep. 214: More Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Part One)

Ep. 213: Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Part Two)

PREVIEW-(sub)Text#6: Melanie Klein’s “Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms”

Episode 213: Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Part One)

Ep. 212: Sartre on Literature (Part Two)

Ep. 212: Sartre on Literature (Part One)

PREVIEW-(sub)Text#5: Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”

Constellary Tales #7: Interview with Author Joe Haldeman

Ep. 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part Three)

Ep. 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part Two)

Ep. 211: Sartre on Racism and Authenticity (Part One)

Ep. 210: Frantz Fanon’s Black Existentialism (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #6: Philip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report,” Guest Mark Linsenmayer

Ep. 210: Frantz Fanon’s Black Existentialism (Part One)

Podchaser Interview of Mark Linsenmayer: Partially Examined Life and Nakedly Examined Music

Ep. 209: Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics (Part Two: Discussion)

Ep. 209: Guest Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics (Part One)

Ep. 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #5. Robert Heinlein’s “All You Zombies” and “Predestination”

Ep. 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part One)

Ep. 207: Herder on Art Appreciation (Part Two)

Ep. 207: Herder on Art Appreciation (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep 206 Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part Three)

Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part Two)

Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep 205 Durkheim et al on Suicide (Part Three)

Ep. 205: Suicide with Dr. Drew (Durkheim et al) (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #4: “Kill Switch” Audio Story and Author Interview

Ep. 205: Suicide with Dr. Drew (Durkheim et al) (Part One)

Ep. 204: The Bhagavad Gita’s Hindu Theology (Part Two)

Ep. 204: The Bhagavad Gita’s Hindu Theology (Part One)

Ep. 203: Kristeva vs. Lovecraft on Horror and Abjection (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #3: Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains,” Guest Tex Thompson

Ep. 203: Kristeva vs. Lovecraft on Horror and Abjection (Part One)

PEL Music: Lucy Lawless Sings “The Other,” Plus “1984” and More (Earn a 1-on-1 with Mark)

PREVIEW-Ep 202 Follow-Up: Close Reading of Kristeva’s “Approaching Abjection”

Ep. 202: Julia Kristeva on Disgust, Fear, and the Self (Part Two)

Ep. 202: Julia Kristeva on Disgust, Fear and the Self (Part One)

PREVIEW-Ep 201 Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” (Part Three)

Ep. 201: Marcus Aurelius’s Stoicism with Ryan Holiday (Part Two)

Support the Arts: First Mixes Done for the New Mark Lint Album!

Ep. 201: Marcus Aurelius’s Stoicism with Ryan Holiday (Part One)

Ep. 200: Kant/Mendelssohn/Foucault on Enlightenment (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #2: “Bloodchild,” When Hugo Met Oscar

Ep. 200: Kant/Mendelssohn/Foucault on Enlightenment (Part One)

Bonus: (sub)Text #4: Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia” (Part One)

Ep. 199: Elizabeth Anderson on Equality (Part Three: Discussion)

Ep. 199: Guest Elizabeth Anderson on Private Government (Part Two)

Episode 199: Guest Elizabeth Anderson on Private Government (Part One)

Episode 198: Plato’s Forms in the “Parmenides” (Part Two)

Constellary Tales #1: “Harrison Bergeron,” Writing Advice Quiz

Episode 198: Plato’s Forms in the “Parmenides” (Part One)

Bonus: (sub)Text #3: Spielberg’s “AI: Artificial Intelligence”: What Is It to Be Human? (Part One)

Episode 197: Parmenides on What There Is (Part Two)

Episode 197: Parmenides on What There Is (Part One)

Bonus: (sub)Text #2: Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five”: Is There Such a Thing as a War Story? (Part One)

Episode 196: Guest Simon Blackburn on Truth (Part Two)

Episode 196: Guest Simon Blackburn on Truth (Part One)

Episode 195: Truth-The Austin/Strawson Debate (Part Two)

Episode 195: Truth-The Austin/Strawson Debate (Part One)

Bonus: (sub)Text #1: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”: Poesis as Revenge Forsaken (Part One)

Episode 194: Alfred Tarski on Truth (Part Two)

Episode 194: Alfred Tarski on Truth (Part One)

PREVIEWS-Eps 192-193 Allan Bloom & Liberal Education Follow-Ups

Ep. 193: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education w/ Pano Kanelos (Part Two)

Ep. 193: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education w/ Pano Kanelos (Part One)

Ep. 192: “The Closing of the American Mind”: Allan Bloom on Education (Part Two)

Ep. 192: “The Closing of the American Mind”: Allan Bloom on Education (Part One)

Ep. 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part Two)

Ep. 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part One)

PREVIEWS-Ep 189: Authorial Intent (Part 3) Plus Identity Politics

Ep. 190: Film Analysis: “mother!”

Ep. 189: Authorial Intent (Barthes, Foucault, Beardsley, et al) (Part Two)

Ep. 189: Authorial Intent (Barthes, Foucault, Beardsley, et al) (Part One)

Ep. 188: Discussing “Lysistrata” and Politics with Lucy and Emily (Part Two)

Ep. 188: Discussing “Lysistrata” and Politics with Lucy and Emily (Part One)

“Lysistrata” w/ Lucy Lawless, Emily Perkins, Erica Spyres, Bill Youmans & Aaron David Gleason

PREVIEW-Ep. 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part Three)

Ep. 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part Two)

Ep. 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part One)

Ep. 186: J.L. Austin on Doing Things with Words (Part Two)

Ep. 186: J.L. Austin on Doing Things with Words (Part One)

Episode 185: Ethics in Homer’s “Odyssey” Feat. Translator Emily Wilson (Part Two)

Episode 185: Ethics in Homer’s “Odyssey” Feat. Translator Emily Wilson (Part One)

Episode 184: Pascal on Human Nature (Part Two)

Episode 184: Pascal on Human Nature (Part One)

Episode 183: Mill on Liberty (Part Two)

Episode 183: Mill on Liberty (Part One)

TEASER-Episode 182: Reflections on PEL 2017 (Part Two)

Combat & Classics #15: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

Episode 182: Reflections on PEL 2017 (Part One)

Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part Two)

Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part One)

Episode 180: More James’s Psychology: Self and Will (Part Two)

Episode 180: More James’s Psychology: Self and Will (Part One)

Episode 179: William James’s Introspective Psychology (Part Two)

Episode 179: William James’s Introspective Psychology (Part One)

Episode 178: Nietzsche as Social Critic: “Twilight of the Idols” (Part Two)

Episode 178: Nietzsche as Social Critic: “Twilight of the Idols” (Part One)

Episode 177: Guest Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and Libertarian Economics (Part Two)

Episode 177: Guest Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and Libertarian Economics (Part One)

Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part Two)

Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part One)

TEASER-Episode 175: Blade Runner (Part Two)

Episode 175: Blade Runner: Androids and Humanity (Part One)

Episode 174: Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (Part Two)

Episode 174: Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (Part One)

Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part Two)

Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part One)

Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part Two)

Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part One)

Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part Two)

Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part One)

Episode 170 Second Opinions: Leftists on “Society of the Spectacle”

Episode 170: Guy Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle” (Part Two)

Episode 170: Guy Debord’s “Society of the Spectacle” (Part One)

PEL Special: Combat & Classics #11 on Rousseau’s “Discourse on the Arts and Sciences”

TEASER-Episode 169: Analyzing Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” (Part Two)

Episode 169: Analyzing Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” (Part One)

Episode 168: Darwin’s “Origin of Species” (Part Two)

Episode 168: Darwin’s “Origin of Species” (Part One)

Episode 167: Hume on Intelligent Design (Part Two)

Episode 167: Hume on Intelligent Design (Part One)

Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part Two)

Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part One)

Episode 165: Spinoza on Biblical Criticism (Part Two)

REISSUE-Ep. 24: Spinoza on God and Metaphysics

PEL News and Previews: Plato’s “Crito” and the Hegel’s Logic Aftershow

Not School Digest: Asimov, Camus, Jaspers, Brecht, Peirce, Historical Jesus

Not School Digest #4: Sartre, Heidegger, Zizek, Marx, and Theater

Not School Digest #3: The Future of Work, Blood Meridian, Embodied Mind, and Heidegger

PREVIEW-Episode 79: Heraclitus on Understanding the World

Not School Digest Jan 2013: A Bonus Quasisode