The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PvI#82: LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

Chicago's iO Theater was graced on August 21 by Mark, Bill, and special guest theater educator <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/people/james-whittington">James Whittington</a>, who spoke about embodiment (see <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/tag/maurice-merleau-ponty/">Maurice Merleau-Ponty</a>), the possible disconnect between meaning and tone, and being in the physical presence of greatness. They acted out scenes (while still sitting!) about an unsuccessful party and Experiences-R-Us.  <a href="http://philosophyimprov.com/">Hear more at philosophyimprov.com</a>. <a href="https://philosophyimprov.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Support the podcast at philosophyimprov.com/support</a>. You may choose to <a href="https://youtu.be/ZsuP3hqhS9c">watch the proceedings live on stage</a>. Sponsor: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy at <a href="https://betterhelp.com/improv">betterhelp.com/improv</a>.

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.