The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Hosted by Mark and Lawrence and Mary and Sarahlyn · Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
4.6from 2,628 ratings
- 1,039
- Episodes
- 202
- Transcribed
- 2,628
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2009
- First episode
- 6M
- YouTube views
About The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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.
- Publisher
- Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
- Category
- society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 May 2009
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
202 of 1,039 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
PEL Presents PvI#127: Naturally Intelligent Mushmouth
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 403: Are LLMs Actually Intelligent? (Part Two)
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
PEL Presents Closereads: David Lewis on Mind-Brain Identity (Part One)
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PEL Presents PvI#127: Naturally Intelligent Mushmouth
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So what's going to come out of you is just what's in you and what is natural, what is most natural to you. You're going to be the one who's actually coming up with the answers, but I'm going to ask you these questions to sort of elicit it out of you. And so, right. I mean, that's psychotherapy, right? […]
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- Jenny Hansen
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- YouTube views
- 5,767,089
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 2,109 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 519 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- 97
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast?
Mark and Lawrence and Mary and Sarahlyn host the show. Published by Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey.
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