The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

mark@partiallyexaminedlife.com

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Booking Overview

A philosophy-for-non-philosophers show that mixes approachable, witty close reading with occasional guest appearances from writers and performers in the humanities. For PR, it’s a good fit if you can offer ideas that translate into accessible “what should I think/do with this?” conversations rather than technical jargon.

Metrics

Episodes: 792

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 68.0k subscribers

Instagram: 1.6k followers

Contact Information

mark@partiallyexaminedlife.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Philosophy-adjacent writers/teachers and public-facing humanities creators (e.g., authors of accessible philosophy, aphorism/self-help writers, instructors, performers). Often people who can translate philosophical ideas into relatable language or creative formats (aphorisms, performance, close reading).
Required Achievements:  
Published books (especially accessible philosophy, aphorisms, or philosophy-for-practice), Teaching/educational work in philosophy or related humanities, Public-facing creative background (performance, writing, or media work)

Recent Guest Discussions

Andrea Roccella - Philosophy-as-aphorism; Self-help Via Philosophy; How Aphorisms Work Without Argumentation; AI Agents And Philosophy Applicability; Ego And Receptivity

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Ethics, Theology, Aesthetics, Critical Theory

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
:

Ep. 393: Kant vs. Hegel (Part Two)

June 15, 2026

Concluding our treatment of Ch. 2 of Hegel's Faith and Knowledge (1802). Hegel wants to connect various ideas in Kant: The idea of an "intuitive, achetypal intellect" which we have to refer to in explaining biology, the synthesizing imagination that makes experience possible, and the unknown agency that makes things-in-themselves suitable for processing by our knowledge faculties and vice versa. For Hegel, these things all point to Reason as both the way we know God and the activity of God Hi...

PEL Presents NEM#254: Teddy Thompson Gets Off the Sofa

June 13, 2026

The golden-voiced son on Richard and Linda is more tied to '50s/'60s rock and country than he his to his parents' folk influences, and he's recorded ten albums of tuneful, straightforward but highly idiosyncratic rock and country tunes since 2000. We discuss "Come Back" (and listen at the end to "So This Is Heartache") from Never Be the Same (2026), "Move At Speed" from Heartbreaker Please (2020), and "I Should Get Up" from Separate Ways (2006). Intro: "In My Arms" from A Piece of What You Ne...

PEL Presents PMP#223: What Is Star Wars Now?

June 11, 2026

In light of The Mandalorian and Grogu (and the Disney+ Darth Maul cartoon), we (Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al) check back in with Star Wars. Is it now "just another franchise"? Does the movie meet expectations? What's the right volume of Star Wars media? Are the cartoons good? What variety of creators and genres is there room for? Should anyone bother with the books and comics? Get more at prettymuchpop.com. Get an ad-free experience, plus bonus talking for nearly every episode at patreon....

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