Nakedly Examined Music is a podcast about making music: Why do we do it? Why do we do it the way we do it? Mark Linsenmayer interviews songwriters and composers famous and otherwise about specific recordings, which are presented in full on the podcast. 
Annie fronted British symphonic rock band Renaissance for nine albums starting in 1971, but only in the late '80s became a lyricist (and painter!). She's now released eight studio albums filled with warmth, and two new Renaissance albums. We discuss "Blessing in Disguise," the title track from her 1994 solo album with music by Bowie-producer Tony Visconti, “Grandine il Continue Reading …
Episode 33: Montaigne: What Is the Purpose of Philosophy? (Citizens Only)
Discussing Michel de Montaigne's Essays: "That to Philosophize is to Learn to Die," "Of Experience," "Of Cannibals," "Of the Education of Children," and "Of Solitude" (all from around 1580) with some discussion of "Apology for Raymond Sebond." Renaissance man Montaigne tells us all how to live, how to die, how to raise our kids, that we don't know anything, and a million Continue Reading …
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Topic for #33: Montaigne on Philosophy and the Good Life
What does philosophizing really get us? We can't attain much in the way of certain knowledge. Knowing really doesn't, contra Plato, make us virtuous. In fact, getting too sucked into parsing long and complex texts can cause us to lose perspective, i.e. miss the point of our interest in philosophy in the first place. 16th century intellectual Michel de Montaigne gives us a Continue Reading …