The big weekly entertainment magazine in Madison, WI included a writeup of the podcast in this article: http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=26356&sid=f8b220e5953615e25217a596b717e6fd We’re mentioned at the end of the first section, then have a couple of paragraphs under “Talk Talk” near the end, plus the “Gallery” includes the excellent caricature that Ken Gerber did for us. (Incidentally, you should check out Ken’s blog at Continue Reading …
A new place for discussion: urbanphilosophy.net
In addition to our Facebook page, we now have dedicated forum/discussion space on UrbanPhilosophy.net: http://urbanphilosophy.net/pel/. Participating there requires registering for an account, but it’s a simple and quick procedure that doesn’t cost anything or require to enter any more personal information than your e-mail. Also, Seth has posted an article there on Judaism, if you’re interested in that.
Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd
Discussing Camus’s “An Absurd Reasoning” and “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1942).
Does our eventual death mean that life has no meaning and we might as well end it all? Camus starts to address this question, then gets distracted and talks about a bunch of phenomenologists until he dies unreconciled. Also, let’s all push a rock up a hill and like it, okay? Plus, the fellas dwell on genius and throw down re. the Beatles, the beloved Robert C. Solomon and Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers.
End song: “My Friends” by Mark Lint and the Simulacra (2000).
Updated FAQ/bio pages
If you’re new to the podcast/blog or just wanted to know a bit more about who we are and why we’re doing this, check out the expanded “about the podcast” and the new “about the podcasters” pages. (Wes took a while to get his biography text to me, so I had exerpts from Hitler’s biography up there as a placeholder Continue Reading …
Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd
Discussing Camus’s “An Absurd Reasoning” and “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1942).
Episode 3: Hobbes’s Leviathan: The Social Contract
Discussing Hobbes’s Leviathan, Chapters 13-15. Have we implicitly signed a social contract whereby our native right to punch other people in the face is given to the President? Hobbes does things that eventually result in the U.S. Constitution and makes Wes nauseous. Plus: Star Trek and the Bible!
End song: “The Villa” by Mark Lint and the Fake Johnson Trio (1998).
Episode 3: Hobbes’s Leviathan: The Social Contract
Discussing Hobbes’s Leviathan, Chapters 13-15.
Now on iTunes!
You can now find us in the podcast section of iTunes. Go subscribe!
Episode 2: Descartes’s Meditations: What Can We Know?
On Descartes’s Meditations 1 and 2.
Part 2 of Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.”
More discussion of Plato’s “Apology.”
Episode 2: Descartes’s Meditations: What Can We Know?
Discussing Descartes’s Meditations 1 and 2. Descartes engages in the most influential navel gazing ever, and you are there! We discuss what Descartes thinks he knows with certainty (hint: it is not you). Mark and Wes agree to disagree about agreeing that they disagree. Seth had a long day and is very tired.
End song: “Axiomatic” by New People from The Easy Thing (2009).
Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living” (Part Two)
More discussion of Plato’s “Apology.”
Part 1 of Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.”
Discussing Plato’s “Apology.” Does studying philosophy make you a better person? No.
Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living” (Part One)
Discussing Plato’s “Apology.”
This reading is all about how Socrates is on trial for acting like an ass and proceeds to act like an ass and so is convicted. Big surprise. On this our inaugural discussion, Mark, Seth, and Wes talk about how philosophers are arrogant bastards who neglect their children, how people of all political stripes don’t usually examine their fundamental beliefs (but probably should), why it might be better to know you know nothing than to only think that you know nothing, and how Plato was a super genius all of whose texts you should worship uncritically. Plus: podcaster philosophical origin stories, like when Wes was bitten by a radioactive Anaxagoras.
Episode 0: Introduction to the Podcast
What are we trying to do here? Why should you bother to listen to us?
Transcriptions & Episode Guides
Transcripts for eps. 1, 2, 32, 61, 62, 64, and 84. Plus transcripts of precogs for 80-87 and 109-110 and episode guides for 53 and 61.
Essays & Stories
Some writings by each of the four podcasters, plus essays by guests David Brin, Jonathan R. White, and Eric Petrie.
Most of Mark’s Albums
…All the ones that are on the web, anyway, including three New People albums (available only here), plus five albums from the 90s. Get most of the rest of it at marklint.com.
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