{"podcast":{"title":"The Partially Examined Life","slug":"the-partially-examined-life-1605957","podcast_index_feed_id":1605957,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/33102787.jpg","author":"Mark Linsenmayer","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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 text and chat about it with insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy or even have read the text we're talking about to follow and enjoy the discussion.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:19:21.522787+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957"},"episode":{"title":"NEM#251: Dr. Alan Williams (Birdsong at Morning)","slug":"nem-251-dr-alan-williams-birdsong-at-morning","published_at":"2026-04-25T17:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/nem-251-dr-alan-williams-birdsong-at-morning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8895496","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8895496.mp3?modified=1777138572&sid=1416170&source=rss","summary":"Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the early 90s, put out one solo album, then became a recording engineer and earned a PhD in ethnomusicology. He released three albums between 2010-2019 fronting Birdsong at Morning and put out two more solo albums. We discuss \"Just Like Water\" (and listen at the end to \"Somewhere There's a Train\") from Floating on the Dreamline (2026), \"The Great Escape\" by Birdsong at Morning from A Slight Departure (2015), and the title track to Curve of the Earth (1993) by Knots and Crosses. Intro: \"Neon Dreaming,\" originally from Evidence (1994). More at alanwilliamsevidence.com . Sponsor: Get three months free of online payroll and benefits software for small businesses at gusto.com/nem. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com . Support us at patreon.com/nakedlyexaminedmusic .","meta_description":"Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the early 90s, put out one solo album, then became a recording engineer and earned a PhD…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5791,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/episodes/nem-251-dr-alan-williams-birdsong-at-morning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/nem-251-dr-alan-williams-birdsong-at-morning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}