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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PvI#100: Maximizing Turtle Revenue w/ Tim Sniffen and Anthony LeBlanc

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It's our season finale, and the end of Bill's regular participation on the show. You may wish to weep, but let your tears be of joy as well as reminiscence.

We are re-joined by two of our favorite improv guests for a Team Play episode to talk ship of Theseus, philosophy vs. mythology vs. video games, Renaissance contemporaries, long-lived turtles, "realist" morality, goodbyes, and our final boardroom scene.

Hear more at philosophyimprov.com. Support the podcast and listen ad-free at philosophyimprov.com/support.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is philosophy versus improv, where two sages try to teach each other a thing or two,

0:09.5

and maybe you, the audience, gets something out of it as well.

0:12.6

This is Bill Arnett, an improv diamond, but a philosophical lump of carbon.

0:18.4

This is Mark Lintonmeyer, a philosophy rough in which the diamond might be,

0:22.6

because really the rough encompasses all the diamonds, so it's sort of, can you have a diamond

0:27.4

without the rough? I don't think you can. We've now hit four years. We're graduating. This is a

0:32.7

special festive. It's not a sad event. We have two returning guests for another team play team team

0:39.3

party episode. Tim, introduce yourself. Hi, I am a philosophy acorn, meaning maybe with the

0:48.4

potential to grow to more and an improv sapling. Is that fair to say, Bill? I've done a little growth. I can withstand some wins, but surely more to go.

1:01.3

Perhaps not a, you know, downtown Savannah, Mighty Oak, but something between sapling, I think.

1:07.4

Oh, too kind. Too kind. A sturdy birch.

1:10.4

So Tim was our first guest on this show. And then another

1:14.4

past guest who hasn't had a second turn yet and was one of our favorites. Introduce yourself, Anthony,

1:19.0

please. Hi. I am Anthony. I am an improv human first, but also I do love philosophy. Probably

1:26.7

ever since I watched my first sci-fi show or

1:30.2

picked up my first comic. And actually, both of you are on pretty much pop, and Anthony was on it twice.

1:35.0

So we've, we know the deal. People, people know, my audience knows you. I don't know about Bill's

1:41.0

audience. Bill's audience, because Bill's audience is the, Hello for the Magic Tavern audience, and Tim was actually the one who referred me to Bill when I reached out to Tim through that association. It's a web. It's a web. Yes. You also have a lot of magic tavern people on here, too. So that's all it works out. Three quarters, Matt. I mean, Mark, you'll get the call at some point, and then this can be a 100% Magic Tavern podcast.

2:03.7

I have been. too. So that's all it works out. Three quarters, Matt. I mean, Mark, you'll get the call at some point. And then this can be a 100%

2:02.5

Magic Tavern podcast. I have been very straight with, I've had Adelon here twice and on, I think,

2:09.7

PMP once, you know, that I created this podcast solely to audition to be on Magic Tavern.

2:15.7

And now I've done it four years and I still, despite all these direct... It'll happen. We'll see. I did get to be on the hitchhikers one. The Hitchhikers and appetizers. So that was... Mm-hmm. That was... At least I was a guest on something. We'll get you a walk on. Get you a featured extra on the tavern. I'm not sure how we figure that one out. We can make that promise.

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