{"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 PMP#216: Oscars So Black?","slug":"pel-presents-pmp-216-oscars-so-black","published_at":"2026-03-05T19:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/pel-presents-pmp-216-oscars-so-black","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8870213","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8870213.mp3?modified=1772739171&sid=1416170&source=rss","summary":"In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the \"Oscars So White\" issue that was a hot topic about a decade ago. We all tried to watch some of the Oscar-nominated films by black creators, like Twelve Years a Slave , Moonlight , Judas and the Black Messiah , Boyz in Da Hood , et al. What makes for a critically lauded drama in this genre? Does a film have to have black creators (not just stars) to be an authentically black film? Are such films destined for a niche audience? Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss. Get more at prettymuchpop.com . Get an ad-free experience, plus bonus talking for nearly every episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop for only the tiniest per-month financial pledge, or you can sign up directly with Apple Podcasts for a subscription for ad-free and bonus material for three of Mark's podcasts together on the Mark Lintertainment Podcasts Channel . Sponsors: Get started with Claude AI at claude.ai/pmp . Visit squarespace.com/PRETTY (code PRETTY) for a free trial and 10% off your first website or domain.","meta_description":"In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the \"Oscars So White\" issue that was a hot topic about a decade ago…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3452,"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-pmp-216-oscars-so-black/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-pmp-216-oscars-so-black.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}