Mark, Wes, Dylan, and Seth reflect on the interpretive challenges of the Daodejing, and in the full Nightcap, take on the question of whether philosophy works as self-help. If you're not hearing , sign up via one of the options described at .

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Early March 2023

For our second full discussion on the Daodejing by Laozi, we talk about the actions and attitudes that characterize the Daoist sage. With Theo Brooks. Topics include being virtuous vs. just following rules, Daoist tranquility, achieving without trying too hard, and more. Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion including .&nbsp; Sponsors: Get 60% off and free shipping for organic meal delivery at  (use code pel60). Check out . Get your streaming or in-person ticket to our April 15 live show at&nbsp;.

Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part One)

We talk transcendental idealism and Schopenhauer with Cole, who teaches philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada. Also, the least effective confidential informant! Mark philosophizes at . Bill improvises (and teaches) at . .  to get all our post-game discussions, video versions of recent episodes, and other bonus stuff.

Philosophy vs. Improv #49: Ferrets in Uniform with Cole Nasrallah

Perhaps alone in the Marvel Universe, Black Panther is taken seriously as a political statement, both in the content of its stories and in how the films are produced. Wakanda purports to present an alternate historical condition of Africa had it not been colonized. Mark, , , and  discuss the comics and films, getting into the political ideas, the social function, the heroic character, and the unique challenge of making the film when the main actor has died. For more, visit . Hear bonus content at  or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the . Sponsor: Check out the PopPsych101 podcast at .

Pretty Much Pop#146: Black Panther Films and Comics

Concluding our discussion of the Daodejing with guest Theo Brooks. We cover some more ambiguous cosmological passages and return to political philosophy.&nbsp; Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Get 3 months VPN free at . Check out the Hermitix podcast at .

Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part Two)

A recusant Catholic turned Protestant, a rake turned priest, a scholar, lawyer, politician, soldier, secretary, sermonizer, and of course, a poet— John Donne’s biography contains so many scuttled identities and discrete lives, perhaps its no wonder that his great subjects were mortality and death. His Holy Sonnets, likely composed between 1609 and 1610, and published posthumously in 1633, are a collection of 19 poems written after the sea change in Donne’s subject matter from the secular to the sacred. They reflect his anxiety over his conversion to Anglicanism and his eventual decision to enter the priesthood, and meditate on salvation, death, and the wages of sin. Erin &amp; Wes discuss Sonnet 10 in this series, “Death Be Not Proud,” an address of Death personified, whose power gradually diminishes beneath the force of Donne’s dazzling poetic rhetoric. Subscribe:  won’t always be in the PEL feed, so please subscribe to us directly:  |  |  | Bonus content: The conversation continues on our after-show . Get this and other bonus content at by subscribing at  or directly on the Apple Podcasts app.  Follow (sub)Text:  |  |

(SUB)TEXT: Mortal Pretensions in John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud" (Holy Sonnet 10)

Mark, Seth, and Dylan talk about what makes for a fitting tribute for those departed, mourning customs, how Daoism has personally affected us, and more. If you're not hearing , sign up via one of the options described at .

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Late March 2023

On selections of the central Mohist text, from ca. 430 B.C.E., with guest Tzuchien Tho. Mozi claims that we should regard everyone on the same level as our family and believe whatever doctrines will be most beneficial to the people. Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion including . Sponsors: Check out the Continuing the Conversation web series by St. John's College at . Check out The Daily Shower Thoughts Podcast at . Get your streaming or in-person ticket to our April 15 live show at .

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