The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

By: Mark Linsenmayer Wes Alwan Seth Paskin Dylan Casey
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  • The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.
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  • Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)

    Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)
    Feb 3 2025

    On Capital (1867), Ch. 1, "The Commodity."

    What makes something we buy or sell valuable? Marx says it's ultimately the labor that goes into it, though there are some wrinkles in formulating this accurately, and the commodities and surrounding marketplace activity blind us to labor's role and its ethical import.

    Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.

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    48 mins
  • PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)

    PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)
    Feb 1 2025

    Mark and Wes read through and discuss Karl Marx's The German Ideology (1846), delving deep into the middle of his critique of Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own.

    Marx articulates and criticizes Stirner's attempt to distinguish the mere common egoism of an unthinking person from the enlightened egoism that Stirner is recommending.

    Read along with us, starting on p. 259 (PDF p. 255).

    Sign up to support Closereads at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy to get future parts of this discussion plus lots more content. Get all public Closereads episodes at closereadsphilosophy.com or on YouTube.
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    1 hr
  • Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)

    Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)
    Jan 27 2025

    We continue on the introduction to Marx's Grundrisse, going through his criticisms of prior economists who were too ahistorical and didn't understand how production, consumption, distribution and exchange hang together as a single system.

    Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.

    Sponsor: Learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu/pel.
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    52 mins

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