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Not Ep 117: “Antigone” Full-Cast Audioplay (Citizen Edition)

June 7, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

As a study aid for our episode 117, here's an unrehearsed, dramatic read-through of the text we'll be discussing, a Greek tragedy written around 441 BCE, telling the myth of the cursed line of Oedipus, mother-f*#king king of Thebes. It features Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan, plus special guest starts Lucy Lawless as Antigone, Paul Provenza as Creon, Alice Sinclair as Ismene, and  Continue Reading …

Not Ep. 87 Addendum: Citizen Outtakes from “No Exit”

January 5, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Some bonus footage from our recent No Exit performance. Here you'll hear a couple of minutes of us chatting as we share our preconceptions about the play and give excuses for being unprepared; next, about 5 minutes of blooper-type material, as we make jokes that interrupt the performance and have a few car crashes trying to determine the best way to deliver some of this very  Continue Reading …

Not Ep. 87: Sartre’s “No Exit” Read with Lucy Lawless & Jaime Murray

January 2, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

In support of our ep. #87 discussing Sartre, the PEL Players present our 2nd annual dramatic reading of a work of philosophical theater. Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13, etc.), who are pals through working together on  Continue Reading …

Not Ep 69: “Gorgias” Full Cast Audioplay (Part Two)

January 12, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Continuing our reading of the Platonic dialogue, Socrates (Mark) and Callicles (Dylan) duke it out.  Continue Reading …

Not Ep 69: “Gorgias” Full Cast Audioplay (Part One)

January 12, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Three podcasters and two listeners join to read Plato's fabulous dialogue, which is discussed in PEL Episode 69. Listening to this will be MIGHTY good preparation for listening to that discussion. Socrates (Mark) and his pal Chaerephon (Eileen), at the behest of Callicles (Dylan), call on the famous orator/teacher Gorgias (Seth) to ask him what this oratory crap is all  Continue Reading …

Audiobook: Bertrand Russell’s “On Denoting”

November 20, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Bertrand Russell article, "On Denoting" from 1905

Mark Linsenmayer reads the 1905 article, which serves to supplement our Frege and Russell episodes. For Frege, a word can have both a meaning (its sense) and a denotation (its referent). So "Clark Kent" and "Superman" have the same referent, but different senses. But since actually, Superman is a fictional character, technically speaking, neither of those terms has a  Continue Reading …

Audiobook: W.V.O. Quine’s “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”

November 20, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Mark Linsenmayer reads the 1951 article, discussed on our episode 66. Read about the essay.  Continue Reading …

Audiobook: W.V.O. Quine’s “On What There Is”

November 20, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Dylan Casey reads the 1948 article, discussed on our episode 66. Read about the essay.  Continue Reading …

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