{"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":"PEL Presents NEM#255: Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies): Mellow But Energized","slug":"pel-presents-nem-255-michael-timmins-cowboy-junkies-mellow-but-energized","published_at":"2026-06-28T15:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/pel-presents-nem-255-michael-timmins-cowboy-junkies-mellow-but-energized","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8921812","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8921812.mp3?modified=1782662325&sid=1416170&source=rss","summary":"Michael is the songwriter and guitarist for the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies (featuring two of his siblings and a childhood friend), with whom he's released 20+ studio albums and several live albums since 1989. We discuss \"Throw a Match\" from Such Ferocious Beauty (2023), \"He Will Call You Baby\" from More Acoustic Junk (2025), remade from One Soul Now (2004), and \"Rock and Bird\" from The Caution Horses (1990). End song: \" Unanswered Letter\" from The Wilderness-The Nomad Series, Vol. 4 (2012). Intro: \"Misguided Angel\" from The Trinity Session (1988). More at cowboyjunkies.com . Hear more Nakedly Examined Music at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com . Support us at patreon.com/nakedlyexaminedmusic .","meta_description":"Michael is the songwriter and guitarist for the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies (featuring two of his siblings and a childhood friend), with whom he's releas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/episodes/pel-presents-nem-255-michael-timmins-cowboy-junkies-mellow-but-energized/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/pel-presents-nem-255-michael-timmins-cowboy-junkies-mellow-but-energized.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}