The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PMP#3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff

Is media trying to brainwash us into being ALL THE SAME? Are the excesses of the mob scaring us into conformity? Mark, Erica, and Brian muse on cultural homogenization and are joined by comedian Dr. Yakov Smirnoff to talk about growing up in a repressive society and the shadow of political correctness over comedy. For more about this podcast, see <a href="http://prettymuchpop.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">prettymuchpop.com</a>. Hear bonus content for this episode, and more episodes in advance, at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/prettymuchpop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/prettymuchpop</a>. This podcast is curated by <a href="http://www.openculture.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">openculture.com</a> and <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Partially Examined Life Podcast Network</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.