The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PMP#17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell

Are stand-up comedians the Modern Day Philosophers? This is the premise of <a href="https://moderndayphilosophers.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Daniel's podcast</a>, but really, only some comedians express original claims; many just tell jokes. Are those exceptional comics philosophizing? Does telling the whole, tragic truth rule out being funny? Daniel, Mark, Erica, and Brian consider Carlin, Gadsby, Chappelle, and others. For more, visit <a href="http://prettymuchpop.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">prettymuchpop.com</a>. Hear bonus content for this episode at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/prettymuchpop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/prettymuchpop</a>. This podcast is part of the <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Partially Examined Life</a> podcast network and is curated by <a href="http://www.openculture.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">openculture.com</a>. Sponsor: Visit <a href="http://keeps.com/EXAMINED" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Keeps.com/EXAMINED</a> for a free month of hair loss treatment.

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.