PvI#113: Mary and Mark Pick Their Battles

About this episode

Mary and Mark discuss the value of raising objections and navigate various philosophical and social topics.

What is it worth raising an objection over, and how hard do you fight? We hear (and act out) Mary’s roommate-searching trauma, plus Mary for President, curiosity about bellicose Twitter, respect vs. reverence, rationality and religion, dealing with QAnon believers, family Thanksgiving, giving someone else a name, vegetarianism, and the angel of philosophy. Here’s that Steve Harvey show clip where Mary was on TV . Here’s that PEL episode on Richard Rorty on truth and religion that I mention. Hear more PvI . Support the podcast to get all the post-game chatter (though not on this particular episode) and an ad-free experience. Sponsor:  Visit  squarespace.com/LINSENMAYER  (code LINSENMAYER) for a free trial and 10% off your first website or domain. You can choose to watch this unedited on video :

People in this episode

Host: Mark Linsenmayer

Guest: Mary

Topics covered

• objection raising
• philosophy
• improv
• family dynamics
• vegetarianism
• social media
• religion

Keywords

• objection
• philosophy
• improv
• Thanksgiving
• QAnon
• vegetarianism
• social media
• religion

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