Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Stoic philosophy discussion • Resilience building • Ethics exploration • Practical advice • Ancient texts analysis • Modern life application • Thought experiments • Personal growth • Emotional management
This podcast, "Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied," explores Stoic philosophy, focusing on resilience, virtue, and understanding the world through a Stoic lens. Hosted by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay, the episodes delve into philosophical discussions, often examining ancient texts and their modern applications. Common themes include the Stoic principles of virtue, emotional management, and moral decision-making. The hosts discuss the relevance of these principles to contemporary issues such as anger, forgiveness, ethical dilemmas, and personal identity.
A recurring focus is the application of Stoic thought to practical life challenges, like mastering desires, handling insults, and maintaining perspective in adversity. The podcast also explores historical and philosophical critiques, such as those from Cicero and Epicurean viewpoints, offering a comparative analysis of different schools of thought.
Specific topics covered include the concept of indifferents—things considered neither good nor bad in themselves—and the dichotomy of control, which teaches focusing one's efforts on what is within personal power. The podcast discusses the wisdom of figures like Epictetus and Seneca, interpreting their teachings for modern contexts, and occasionally ventures into related philosophical traditions, as seen in episodes about Buddhism and the Cynics.
In addition to philosophical discussions, the podcast includes interviews with contemporary thinkers and practical-minded segments like how Stoicism can enhance activities such as running or martial arts. Overall, this podcast provides a comprehensive examination of Stoicism as a tool for personal growth and philosophical inquiry.
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Episodes:
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Wrestling with Stoic Ethics: Cicero's On Ends V (Episode 183)
2025-May-13
52 minutes
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The Stoic Fragments: Hidden Wisdom from Epictetus (Episode 182)
2025-May-06
46 minutes
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Forgive Your Enemies with Epictetus (Episode 181)
2025-Apr-29
24 minutes
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Trolleys, Torture, and Moral Dilemma's (Episode 180)
2025-Apr-22
60 minutes
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Why Stoicism is False | Cicero's On Ends IV (Episode 179)
2025-Apr-15
56 minutes
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7 Stoic Habits You Can Start Today (Episode 178)
2025-Apr-08
36 minutes
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The Classic Defense Of Stoic Ethics (Episode 177)
2025-Apr-01
58 minutes
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Seneca's Medea | Revenge, Violence, and Stoicism (Episode 176)
2025-Mar-25
59 minutes
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Against The Epicureans | On Ends Book II (Episode 175)
2025-Mar-17
57 minutes
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Politics And Amor Fati With Erick Cloward (Episode 174)
2025-Mar-11
67 minutes
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Making Proper use of Impressions with Epictetus (Episode 173)
2025-Mar-04
26 minutes
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The Epicureans | On Ends Book I (Episode 172)
2025-Feb-25
55 minutes
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The First Cynic | Antisthenes (Episode 171)
2025-Feb-18
45 minutes
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Stoic Guide to Mastering Desire | Epictetus Handbook 14 (Episode 170)
2025-Feb-11
26 minutes
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Going Meta With Metacognition (Episode 169)
2025-Feb-04
46 minutes
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Top 7 Things I Learned about Stoicism from Running (Episode 168)
2025-Jan-28
14 minutes
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Aristippus: The Philosopher Who Mastered Pleasure (Episode 167)
2025-Jan-21
44 minutes
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The Roman Emperor on Strength, How to Transform Misfortune Into Fortune, And Death (Episode 166)
2025-Jan-14
38 minutes
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Goodhart's Law and Stoicism (Episode 165)
2025-Jan-07
16 minutes
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Stoicism for When You're Stuck (Episode 164)
2024-Dec-31
46 minutes
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Why Other People Do Wrong – Socrates Was Right! (Episode 163)
2024-Dec-24
14 minutes
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The Second Arrow (Episode 162)
2024-Dec-17
18 minutes
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Noah Rasheta on Stoicism vs. Buddhism (Episode 161)
2024-Dec-10
64 minutes
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Making Epistemology Cool Again (Episode 160)
2024-Dec-03
46 minutes
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The Intuitive Case for Stoicism (Episode 159)
2024-Nov-26
16 minutes
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Bryan Caplan on Epicureanism, Agency, and Self-Help (Episode 158)
2024-Nov-19
58 minutes
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You Are Not Your Thoughts But You Are How You Think (Episode 157)
2024-Nov-12
48 minutes
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The Stoic's Guide to Perspective: Epictetus's Handbook 26 (Episode 156)
2024-Nov-05
26 minutes
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Spencer Klavan on Science vs. Religion (and Why the Stoics Were Not Materialists) (Episode 155)
2024-Oct-29
58 minutes
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Why Most Things Do Not Matter: Indifferents (Episode 154)
2024-Oct-22
14 minutes
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Epictetus on Insults, Fortitude, and Doing Your Best (Episode 153)
2024-Oct-15
35 minutes
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The Stoic Wealth Mindset (Episode 152)
2024-Oct-08
34 minutes
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Brigid Delaney on Reasons not to Worry (Episode 151)
2024-Oct-01
73 minutes
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Stoic Justice (Episode 150)
2024-Sep-24
53 minutes
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Seneca's Advice On Nervous Ticks, Embarrassment, and Cringe (Episode 149)
2024-Sep-17
24 minutes
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Stoic Risk Tolerance (Episode 148)
2024-Sep-10
53 minutes
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Toxic Positivity And Stoicism (Episode 147)
2024-Sep-03
53 minutes
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Seneca On Solitude (Episode 146)
2024-Aug-27
39 minutes
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Applying Stoicism To First JiuJitsu Competition (Episode 145)
2024-Aug-20
57 minutes
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Diogenes The Cynic, Freedom, And Living In A Barrel (Episode 144)
2024-Aug-13
46 minutes
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Johnathan Bi on Nietzsche and the Validity of the Ad Hominem (Episode 143)
2024-Aug-06
68 minutes
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What Many People Misunderstand About The Dichotomy Of Control (Episode 142)
2024-Jul-30
26 minutes
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Darius Foroux On The Stoic Path To Wealth (Episode 141)
2024-Jul-23
58 minutes
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Stoic Practical Wisdom and Prudence (Episode 140)
2024-Jul-16
52 minutes
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Modern Self Help: The Good, The Bad (Episode 139)
2024-Jul-09
50 minutes
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Reading the Roman Emperor: Meditations 2.6-10 (Episode 138)
2024-Jul-02
50 minutes
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Why Stoicism Is True (Episode 137)
2024-Jun-25
12 minutes
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Essential Stoic Concepts: Indifferents (Episode 136)
2024-Jun-18
55 minutes
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Stoic Moderation (Episode 135)
2024-Jun-11
48 minutes
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Stoic Attention (Episode 134)
2024-Jun-04
55 minutes
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Stoic Courage (Episode 133)
2024-May-28
50 minutes
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Parker Settecase on Journaling Like Marcus Aurelius (Episode 132)
2024-May-21
73 minutes
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Lessons From Epicureanism (Episode 131)
2024-May-14
51 minutes
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Judith Stove on Virtue, Providence, and Marcus as God (Episode 130)
2024-May-07
56 minutes
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What Did The Stoics Believe About God? (Episode 129)
2024-Apr-30
60 minutes
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Alex Petkas on Pompey and Posidonius (Episode 128)
2024-Apr-23
55 minutes
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Ambition (Episode 127)
2024-Apr-16
52 minutes
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Brian Johnson on Stoic Role Ethics (Episode 126)
2024-Apr-09
66 minutes
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Social Anxiety (Episode 125)
2024-Apr-02
57 minutes
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Marcus Hedahl on the Mind Body Connection (Episode 124)
2024-Mar-26
55 minutes
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Transhumanism and Stoicism (Episode 123)
2024-Mar-19
50 minutes
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Donald Robertson on The Stoic Emperor (Episode 122)
2024-Mar-12
83 minutes
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Every Situation Has Two Handles (Episode 121)
2024-Mar-05
46 minutes
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Rob Colter on Stoic Freedom (Episode 120)
2024-Feb-27
44 minutes
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Antifragility (Episode 119)
2024-Feb-20
74 minutes
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M. D. Usher on Cynicism (Episode 118)
2024-Feb-13
53 minutes
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300, Stoicism, and the Philosophical Life (Episode 117)
2024-Feb-06
54 minutes
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Scott Aikin on Revising Stoicism (Episode 116)
2024-Jan-30
52 minutes
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Is Stoicism Possible? (115)
2024-Jan-23
52 minutes
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Brittany Polat on Deeper Connections (Episode 114)
2024-Jan-19
46 minutes
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All About Rules (Episode 113)
2024-Jan-16
59 minutes
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Erlend Macgillivray on the Life and Times of Epictetus (Episode 112)
2024-Jan-12
72 minutes
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The Original Stoic Role Model (Episode 111)
2024-Jan-09
55 minutes
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William Stephens on the 6 Core Themes of Stoicism (Episode 110)
2024-Jan-05
50 minutes
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2023 Wrapped (Episode 109)
2024-Jan-02
56 minutes
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What is Stoicism? Answers From Guests (Episode 108)
2023-Dec-29
20 minutes
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New Year's Resolutions for Stoics (Episode 107)
2023-Dec-26
53 minutes
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Aiste Celkyte on the Stoic Theory of Beauty (Episode 106)
2023-Dec-22
49 minutes
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The Stoic Solution To Procrastination (Episode 105)
2023-Dec-19
48 minutes
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Rob LaFleur on Confucianism and Being All in on Life (Episode 104)
2023-Dec-15
61 minutes
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Should Stoics Do Politics? (Episode 103)
2023-Dec-12
56 minutes
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Mahmoud Rasmi on Philosophy for Business Leaders (Episode 102)
2023-Dec-08
65 minutes
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Existentialism 101 for Stoics (Episode 101)
2023-Dec-05
45 minutes
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Remind Yourself Of This Every Morning (Episode 100)
2023-Dec-01
49 minutes
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Forgiveness and Clemency (Episode 99)
2023-Nov-28
57 minutes
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Jennifer Baker on Teaching and Living Stoicism (Episode 98)
2023-Nov-24
52 minutes
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Healthy Boundaries, Happy Life (Episode 97)
2023-Nov-21
53 minutes
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Allan John and What Is Stoicism (Episode 96)
2023-Nov-17
46 minutes
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Gladiator (Episode 95)
2023-Nov-14
52 minutes
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William O Stephens on Musonius Rufus, Food, and Fashion (Episode 94)
2023-Nov-10
58 minutes
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All You Need To Know About Determinism and Freewill in Stoicism (Episode 93)
2023-Nov-07
50 minutes
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Jeremy Reid on Anger and Forgiveness (Episode 92)
2023-Nov-03
69 minutes
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Shame and Self-respect (Episode 91)
2023-Oct-31
49 minutes
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Zena Hitz on The Meaning of Life, and Religion (Episode 90)
2023-Oct-27
50 minutes
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Stoicism and Punishment (Episode 89)
2023-Oct-24
54 minutes
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Steven C Hayes on Wisdom, Love, and Acceptance (Episode 88)
2023-Oct-20
58 minutes
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The Discipline of Action (Episode 87)
2023-Oct-17
63 minutes
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Noah Rasheta on Buddism (Episode 86)
2023-Oct-13
56 minutes
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The Discipline of Desire (Episode 85)
2023-Oct-10
53 minutes
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Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civlity (Episode 84)
2023-Oct-06
49 minutes
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The Discipline of Judgment (Episode 83)
2023-Oct-03
53 minutes
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Josiah Osgood on Caesar and Cato's Epic Rivalry (Episode 82)
2023-Sep-29
55 minutes
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Buddhism 101 (Episode 81)
2023-Sep-26
65 minutes
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Jeremy Wayne Tate on Reviving Classical Education (Episode 80)
2023-Sep-22
27 minutes
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How to Think Fast, Slow, and Stoic (Episode 79)
2023-Sep-19
64 minutes
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Chris Gill on Learning to Live Naturally (Episode 78)
2023-Sep-15
49 minutes
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Getting Stoic About Food (Episode 77)
2023-Sep-12
47 minutes
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Gregory Sadler on Criticisms of Stoicism ( Episode 76)
2023-Sep-08
60 minutes
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Why Study Ancient Philosophy? (Episode 75)
2023-Sep-05
43 minutes
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Dana Gioia on Seneca and The Madness of Hercules (Episode 74)
2023-Sep-01
91 minutes
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All About Eros, Love, and Heartbreak (Episode 73)
2023-Aug-29
51 minutes
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Randolph Nesse on Anxiety and Evolution (Episode 72)
2023-Aug-25
48 minutes
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Facing and Overcoming Failure (Episode 71)
2023-Aug-22
61 minutes
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Catherine Wilson on the Epicurean Life (Episode 70)
2023-Aug-18
51 minutes
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Lives of the Stoics (Episode 69)
2023-Aug-15
52 minutes
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David Fideler on The Stoic Renaissance (Episode 68)
2023-Aug-11
49 minutes
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Memento Mori (Episode 67)
2023-Aug-08
53 minutes
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Michael Gibson on Philosophy Outside of the Academy and Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 66)
2023-Aug-04
53 minutes
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Everything You Need To Know About Graduate School (Episode 65)
2023-Aug-01
56 minutes
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Leonidas Konstantakos on Stoic Justice (Episode 64)
2023-Jul-28
58 minutes
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Skepticism as a Philosophy of Life (Episode 63)
2023-Jul-25
58 minutes
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Michael McGill on Applying Stoicism (Episode 62)
2023-Jul-21
51 minutes
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Why Virtue is the ONLY good (Episode 61)
2023-Jul-18
48 minutes
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Brittany Polat on Living as a Stoic (Episode 60)
2023-Jul-14
49 minutes
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Everything You Should Know About Ancient Stoicism (Episode 59)
2023-Jul-11
61 minutes
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Spencer Klavan on Stoicism and the Crises of Our Time (Episode 58)
2023-Jul-07
56 minutes
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Role Ethics: The Stoic Decision-Making Framework (Episode 57)
2023-Jul-04
58 minutes
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Greg Lopez on Stoicism and Buddhism (Episode 56)
2023-Jun-30
46 minutes
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Building Stoic Mindfulness (Episode 55)
2023-Jun-27
52 minutes
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Will Johncock On Why Stoics Shouldn't Ignore Their Social Nature (Episode 54)
2023-Jun-23
49 minutes
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Why Anger Is Always Bad (Episode 53)
2023-Jun-20
54 minutes
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Chris Gill on The Core Tenets of Stoicism (Episode 52)
2023-Jun-16
47 minutes
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Applying The View From Above (Episode 51)
2023-Jun-13
45 minutes
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Stoicism For Me But Not For Thee With Marcus Hedahl (Episode 50)
2023-Jun-09
51 minutes
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On Jordan Peterson (Episode 49)
2023-Jun-06
51 minutes
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Gordon Marino on Existentialism and Authenticity (Episode 48)
2023-Jun-02
46 minutes
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The Socratic Method (Episode 47)
2023-May-30
55 minutes
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Rob Goodman on Risk and Rhetoric (Episode 46)
2023-May-26
45 minutes
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The Obstacle Is the Way (Episode 45)
2023-May-23
55 minutes
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Marcus Hedahl on Stoic Happiness (Episode 44)
2023-May-19
49 minutes
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Are Right and Wrong Real? (Episode 43)
2023-May-16
57 minutes
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David Fideler on Seneca and Deep Stoicism (Episode 42)
2023-May-12
56 minutes
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The Stoic Heretic: Aristo of Chios (Episode 41)
2023-May-09
52 minutes
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Hampus Jakobsson on Playing the Game of Life (Episode 40)
2023-May-05
54 minutes
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12 Rules for Life (Episode 39)
2023-May-02
63 minutes
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Tanner Campbell on Practical Stoicism (Episode 38)
2023-Apr-28
80 minutes
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The Stoic View on Voluntary Suffering (Episode 37)
2023-Apr-25
51 minutes
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Julia Galef on Scout Mindset (Episode 36)
2023-Apr-21
60 minutes
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Weakness of Will (Episode 35)
2023-Apr-18
66 minutes
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Emily Austin on Stoicism's Rival (Episode 34)
2023-Apr-14
59 minutes
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Chris Fisher on Traditional Stoicism (Episode 33)
2023-Apr-11
85 minutes
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Scott Aikin on We Are the Stoics Now (Episode 32)
2023-Apr-07
61 minutes
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Close Reading: Meditations 3 (Episode 31)
2023-Apr-04
42 minutes
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William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)
2023-Mar-31
114 minutes
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How To Deal With Non-Stoic People (Episode 29)
2023-Mar-28
47 minutes
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Luke Burgis on Why You Need to Know Mimetic Theory (Episode 28)
2023-Mar-24
50 minutes
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Dying Well: Stoicism and Euthanasia (Episode 27)
2023-Mar-21
44 minutes
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William Stephens on Epictetus's Handbook (Episode 26)
2023-Mar-17
51 minutes
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On Theory vs Practice and Spartan Minimalism with Musonius Rufus (Episode 25)
2023-Mar-14
43 minutes
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Michael Bonner on the Rise and Fall of Civilization (Episode 24)
2023-Mar-10
53 minutes
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Stoic Psychology: Epictetus on Why What You Think is Up To You (Episode 23)
2023-Mar-07
57 minutes
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Nate Anderson on Applying Nietzsche in the Digital Age (Episode 22)
2023-Mar-03
45 minutes
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Bryan Hill on the Confidence to be Creative (Episode 21)
2023-Feb-28
60 minutes
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David Jilk on Nietzsche's Sequel to Stoicism (Episode 20)
2023-Feb-24
46 minutes
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Liron Shapira on Specificity and AI Doom (Episode 19)
2023-Feb-23
45 minutes
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The Fossilized Stoic Way of Life: Nietzsche on Stoicism (Episode 18)
2023-Feb-21
56 minutes
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How Stoicism Addresses Anxiety with Tim Lebon (Episode 17)
2023-Feb-17
52 minutes
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Reading the Handbook (Episode 16)
2023-Feb-14
53 minutes
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Legends in Ancient Rome and Modern Tech with Jimmy Soni (Episode 15)
2023-Feb-10
53 minutes
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Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 14)
2023-Feb-07
44 minutes
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The Best Practical Philosophy Ever with Massimo Pigliucci (Episode 13)
2023-Feb-03
54 minutes
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Stoicism and Sport (Episode 12)
2023-Jan-31
53 minutes
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Socratic Stoicism and Mental Health with Donald Robertson (Episode 11)
2023-Jan-27
71 minutes
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Epicureanism (Episode 10)
2023-Jan-24
58 minutes
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Ancient Heroes with Alex Petkas (Episode 9)
2023-Jan-21
43 minutes
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Six Stoicisms: Modern vs Traditional Stoicism and More (Episode 8)
2023-Jan-17
56 minutes
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Fake News, Real Stoicism with Justin McBrayer (Episode 7)
2023-Jan-13
54 minutes
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John Vervaeke on the Transformative Power of Stoicism (Episode 6)
2023-Jan-11
48 minutes
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Why You Should Compare Yourself to Other People (Episode 5)
2023-Jan-10
50 minutes
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The Art of Happiness With Sharon Lebell (Episode 4)
2023-Jan-06
46 minutes
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Stoicism FAQ: Freewill, Happiness, and Death (Episode 3)
2023-Jan-03
50 minutes
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Stoicism FAQ: Who Should You Read First? What Is up to You? (Episode 2)
2022-Dec-28
41 minutes
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What Stoicism Actually Teaches About Emotion (Episode 1)
2022-Dec-19
48 minutes
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