Hey partial examine lifers. What you're about to hear is episode seven of a new podcast.

I thought this might be a good one to introduce you folks to it because it has to do with

meritocracy with that Michael Sandell episode that we did at some point. I think this project

is heaps of fun. I enjoy doing it. It is not my intention to inflict it upon you, PEL listeners.

In this feed, except insofar as with the other network podcasts, we need to get a minimum

number of downloads for advertising purposes. Since there are no ads on this yet, you have

not heard any of this beyond the trailer. But I'm hoping that this simple episode will

convince you to jump over to philosophy improv.com or look up philosophy versus improv on Apple

podcasts anywhere else and catch up on this show in earnest. I mean, how often do you

get to listen to a podcast from its inception? My goal here was to capture some of the fun

of really, really early PEL episodes, but with a totally different approach and incorporate

tutoring and it was an excuse for me to learn improv comedy from a master. Again, that's

philosophy improv.com. Thanks. This is philosophy versus improv where two stages try to teach

each other a thing or two and maybe you the audience gets something out of it as well.

I'm Mark Linsinger, my philosophy nerd who's down to learn improv. I am Bill Ernet, an

improv professional keen to pick up some philosophy. Each of us has come with a lesson in mind

to convey to the other. We have two rules for this conversation. Number one, we're not

going to say what that lesson is up front and number two, we're not going to take turns.

And the lesson seemed done. We'll tell you what we learned. Our judges will decide which

lesson produced the most profound effects. Our judge today is Judge Bot 5,000. I bought

a new, uh, got it on eBay. Money well spent. It is listening to us. It's already been

installed in my home. I don't know if it shares the data anywhere, but it's definitely

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