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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PEL Presents PvI#103: Post-COVID Mary and Mark

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How does your body talk to you? Your favorite hosts-of-a-philosophy-and-improv-comedy show Mark Linsenmayer and Merry Mary Hynes re-connect after both being sick to get a bit Halloweeny so as to talk about various food-related monsters, experiencing art by disgraced creators, inner homunculi a la "Inside Out," movie talk, Nietzsche's nose fetish, and more.

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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,

0:09.6

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

0:12.9

Well, well, it's been a little while since we have spoken, Mary.

0:18.2

What's happened to us separately?

0:20.6

Separately, I must stress.

0:23.1

Separately, we have both received COVID-19 antibodies through what I'm calling the immersive experience,

0:33.9

aka we both had COVID. Yep, yep. So how was your experience? People actually did get to hear

0:41.4

when you read the people who do not pay for this, got to hear you read an ad while on COVID.

0:49.6

Yes. While on COVID. So the day before I read that ad, I was teaching an improv class with the

0:56.4

Second City. And like the night before, like, you know, you start to feel the tickles of your

1:02.3

body's thinking about being sick. And I felt that. And I was like, well, maybe I'm tired because

1:06.4

I'm producing and stage managing and performing and doing a lot of things. But as I was teaching this class, I was like, why is this so hard? Because, you know, that brain fog is really the hardest part for me. Like, it's hard to think. Your body is like, nah, bra. We got a busy schedule of killing the virus. So then Monday morning came around and I was like doing a voice check and I was like, yeah, I'm definitely sick, but I'm definitely pushing through.

1:30.8

Here's the thing, Mark.

1:32.7

When people like sluff it off like, oh, it's just a cold.

1:38.3

I don't know what colds you've had, but it is absolutely not like a cold.

1:43.3

It took me like on day seven of it, it finally felt like what a cold feels like.

1:49.9

And then for like the next week after I tested negative, I still felt like exhausted and like

1:57.4

flemy and other very attractive things.

2:00.8

So my was it for you, my friend. was after yours and I guess I'm still.

2:04.3

Right after, like a day after.

2:06.9

Yeah, I'm not sure.

2:08.0

I feel like you are well immersed.

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