Philosophy vs. Improv

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PvI#125: Mrs. Nussbaum’s Credit Card (Season 6 Premiere)

October 09, 2026

Mark, Mary, and now new co-host Jus’ Jenny begin our new endeavor that includes reading Martha Nussbaum’s book The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics (1994). We read the introduction of that for this session, but YOU certainly don’t have to read it. (Though we encourage this; if you just search the web for the title and “pdf,” I’m betting you’ll find a version you can follow along with, though I would not be so disregarding o...

Interlude: Philosophy vs. Theater w/ David Epstein

September 23, 2026

In between seasons here, we’ve got some business, which is that not too long after our Redacted episode, I did a follow-up episode with that same acting coach, whom I can now reveal to be my old high-school classmate David L. Epstein, who runs Actor Class off of Times Square, after many years acting, directing, and writing plays. He was also the lead in the Partially Examined Life reading of Life Is a Dream, a play that he recommended to us for its philosophical content. He did not r...

PvI#124: Navel Evaluation (Our Season 5 Finale)

September 08, 2026

We wrap up Mary’s first year with the podcast, and changes are afoot for our upcoming season, but why? Let’s explore to the point of physical discomfort! We act out an odd annual employee review, a dramatic pitch for a new play, and the navel-gazing club. We talk about celebrating and escalating, high points of season 5, how comedy is never a matter of “trying to be funny” but grows out of authentic experience, Mary’s dramatic history, making unpleasant chara...

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