Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
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Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay discuss how to build resilience, develop virtue, and make sense of the world through Stoic philosophy.
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| Episode | Date |
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Excellence Is Boring (Episode 227)
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May 19, 2026 |
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Caleb's Life Philosophy (Episode 226)
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May 05, 2026 |
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Reflections from Athens
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Musashi’s Book of Five Rings: The Water Book (Episode 224)
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Stoic Case for Introspection (Episode 223)
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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What Stoics Find in the New Testament (Episode 222)
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Michael's Life Philosophy
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Four Ways To Be Happy (Episode 220)
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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The Roman Socrates Tells Us How To Live (Episode 219)
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Musashi’s Book of Five Rings: The Ground Book (Episode 218)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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How to Be Smarter (Episode 217)
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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What We Read, Watched, and Learned in 2025 (Episode 216)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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A Stoic Book Review of the Odyssey (Episode 215)
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Who Gets To Call Themselves Stoic (Episode 214)
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Stoic Ideas That Cut Against Modern Culture (Episode 213)
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Conversation w/ Daniel Greco - Yale Professor of Philosophy
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Becoming Rich Won't Make You Free (Episode 212)
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Question Every Impression | Ancient Skepticism (Episode 211)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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How to Resist Pressure (Episode 210)
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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How to Face Hardship | Boethius and The Consolation of Philosophy (Episode 209)
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Dealing with Change (Episode 208)
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything (Episode 207)
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Eclecticism with Anya Leonard from Classical Wisdom (Episode 206)
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Hunters Talk About Spears (Episode 205)
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Stoicism, Freedom, and Ernst Jünger with Sam Alaimo (Episode 204)
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Ancient and Modern Myths with Michael Fontaine (Episode 203)
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Anger And Society (Episode 202)
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Stoicism & Anger w/ Donald Robertson
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Two Practices For Zen Stoicism (Episode 201)
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Should Stoics Use AI (Episode 200)
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Stoic Exercise Tier List (Episode 199)
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Effective Altruism as a Life Philosophy (Episode 198)
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Memory Palaces and Stoic Eating with Andrew Perlot (Episode 197)
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Unfettered Mind | Stoic Zen (Episode 196)
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The Life of Plato (Episode 195)
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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10 Key Stoic Ideas (Episode 194)
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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When Being Good at Your Job Makes You a Bad Person (Episode 193)
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The Ring of Gyges (Episode 192)
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Therapy vs Philosophy (Episode 191)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Seneca On The Creation of Earthquakes (Episode 190)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Marcus Aurelius On What To Read (Episode 189)
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Stoic Paradoxes (Episode 188)
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Misunderstanding the Dichotomy of Control (Episode 187)
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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An Underrated Stoic Exercise: Circumscribing The Present (Episode 186)
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Laughing Cynic Who Taught Stoicism's Founder (Episode 185)
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May 27, 2025 |
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Introduction to Aristotle's Golden Mean (Episode 184)
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May 20, 2025 |
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Wrestling with Stoic Ethics: Cicero's On Ends V (Episode 183)
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May 13, 2025 |
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The Stoic Fragments: Hidden Wisdom from Epictetus (Episode 182)
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May 06, 2025 |
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Forgive Your Enemies with Epictetus (Episode 181)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Trolleys, Torture, and Moral Dilemma's (Episode 180)
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Why Stoicism is False | Cicero's On Ends IV (Episode 179)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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7 Stoic Habits You Can Start Today (Episode 178)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Classic Defense Of Stoic Ethics | On Ends Book III (Episode 177)
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Seneca's Medea | Revenge, Violence, and Stoicism (Episode 176)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Against The Epicureans | On Ends Book II (Episode 175)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Politics And Amor Fati With Erick Cloward (Episode 174)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Making Proper use of Impressions with Epictetus (Episode 173)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Epicureans | On Ends Book I (Episode 172)
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The First Cynic | Antisthenes (Episode 171)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Stoic Guide to Mastering Desire | Epictetus Handbook 14 (Episode 170)
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Going Meta With Metacognition (Episode 169)
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Top 7 Things I Learned about Stoicism from Running (Episode 168)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Aristippus: The Philosopher Who Mastered Pleasure (Episode 167)
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Roman Emperor on Strength, How to Transform Misfortune Into Fortune, And Death (Episode 166)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Goodhart's Law and Stoicism (Episode 165)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Stoicism for When You're Stuck (Episode 164)
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Why Other People Do Wrong – Socrates Was Right! (Episode 163)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The Second Arrow (Episode 162)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Noah Rasheta on Stoicism vs. Buddhism (Episode 161)
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Making Epistemology Cool Again (Episode 160)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Intuitive Case for Stoicism (Episode 159)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Bryan Caplan on Epicureanism, Agency, and Self-Help (Episode 158)
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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You Are Not Your Thoughts But You Are How You Think (Episode 157)
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The Stoic's Guide to Perspective: Epictetus's Handbook 26 (Episode 156)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Spencer Klavan on Science vs. Religion (and Why the Stoics Were Not Materialists) (Episode 155)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Why Most Things Do Not Matter: Indifferents (Episode 154)
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Epictetus on Insults, Fortitude, and Doing Your Best (Episode 153)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The Stoic Wealth Mindset (Episode 152)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Brigid Delaney on Reasons not to Worry (Episode 151)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Stoic Justice (Episode 150)
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Seneca's Advice On Nervous Ticks, Embarrassment, and Cringe (Episode 149)
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Stoic Risk Tolerance (Episode 148)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Toxic Positivity And Stoicism (Episode 147)
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Seneca On Solitude (Episode 146)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Applying Stoicism To First JiuJitsu Competition (Episode 145)
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Diogenes The Cynic, Freedom, And Living In A Barrel (Episode 144)
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Johnathan Bi on Nietzsche and the Validity of the Ad Hominem (Episode 143)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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What Many People Misunderstand About The Dichotomy Of Control (Episode 142)
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Darius Foroux On The Stoic Path To Wealth (Episode 141)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Stoic Practical Wisdom and Prudence (Episode 140)
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Modern Self Help: The Good, The Bad (Episode 139)
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Reading the Roman Emperor: Meditations 2.6-10 (Episode 138)
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Why Stoicism Is True (Episode 137)
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Essential Stoic Concepts: Indifferents (Episode 136)
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Stoic Moderation (Episode 135)
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Stoic Attention (Episode 134)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Stoic Courage (Episode 133)
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May 28, 2024 |
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Parker Settecase on Journaling Like Marcus Aurelius (Episode 132)
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May 21, 2024 |
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Lessons From Epicureanism (Episode 131)
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May 14, 2024 |
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Judith Stove on Virtue, Providence, and Marcus as God (Episode 130)
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May 07, 2024 |
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What Did The Stoics Believe About God? (Episode 129)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Alex Petkas on Pompey and Posidonius (Episode 128)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ambition (Episode 127)
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Brian Johnson on Stoic Role Ethics (Episode 126)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Social Anxiety (Episode 125)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Marcus Hedahl on the Mind Body Connection (Episode 124)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Transhumanism and Stoicism (Episode 123)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Donald Robertson on The Stoic Emperor (Episode 122)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Every Situation Has Two Handles (Episode 121)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Rob Colter on Stoic Freedom (Episode 120)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Antifragility (Episode 119)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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M. D. Usher on Cynicism (Episode 118)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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300, Stoicism, and the Philosophical Life (Episode 117)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Scott Aikin on Revising Stoicism (Episode 116)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Is Stoicism Possible? (115)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Brittany Polat on Deeper Connections (Episode 114)
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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All About Rules (Episode 113)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Erlend Macgillivray on the Life and Times of Epictetus (Episode 112)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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The Original Stoic Role Model (Episode 111)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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William Stephens on the 6 Core Themes of Stoicism (Episode 110)
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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2023 Wrapped (Episode 109)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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What is Stoicism? Answers From Guests (Episode 108)
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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New Year's Resolutions for Stoics (Episode 107)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Aiste Celkyte on the Stoic Theory of Beauty (Episode 106)
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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The Stoic Solution To Procrastination (Episode 105)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Rob LaFleur on Confucianism and Being All in on Life (Episode 104)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Should Stoics Do Politics? (Episode 103)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Mahmoud Rasmi on Philosophy for Business Leaders (Episode 102)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Existentialism 101 for Stoics (Episode 101)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Remind Yourself Of This Every Morning (Episode 100)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Forgiveness and Clemency (Episode 99)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Jennifer Baker on Teaching and Living Stoicism (Episode 98)
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Healthy Boundaries, Happy Life (Episode 97)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Allan John and What Is Stoicism (Episode 96)
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Gladiator (Episode 95)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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William O Stephens on Musonius Rufus, Food, and Fashion (Episode 94)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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All You Need To Know About Determinism and Freewill in Stoicism (Episode 93)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Jeremy Reid on Anger and Forgiveness (Episode 92)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Shame and Self-respect (Episode 91)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Zena Hitz on The Meaning of Life, and Religion (Episode 90)
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Stoicism and Punishment (Episode 89)
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Steven C Hayes on Wisdom, Love, and Acceptance (Episode 88)
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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The Discipline of Action (Episode 87)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Noah Rasheta on Buddism (Episode 86)
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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The Discipline of Desire (Episode 85)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civlity (Episode 84)
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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The Discipline of Judgment (Episode 83)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Josiah Osgood on Caesar and Cato's Epic Rivalry (Episode 82)
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Buddhism 101 (Episode 81)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Jeremy Wayne Tate on Reviving Classical Education (Episode 80)
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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How to Think Fast, Slow, and Stoic (Episode 79)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Chris Gill on Learning to Live Naturally (Episode 78)
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Getting Stoic About Food (Episode 77)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Gregory Sadler on Criticisms of Stoicism ( Episode 76)
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Why Study Ancient Philosophy? (Episode 75)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Dana Gioia on Seneca and The Madness of Hercules (Episode 74)
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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All About Eros, Love, and Heartbreak (Episode 73)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Randolph Nesse on Anxiety and Evolution (Episode 72)
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Facing and Overcoming Failure (Episode 71)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Catherine Wilson on the Epicurean Life (Episode 70)
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Lives of the Stoics (Episode 69)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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David Fideler on The Stoic Renaissance (Episode 68)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Memento Mori (Episode 67)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Michael Gibson on Philosophy Outside of the Academy and Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 66)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Everything You Need To Know About Graduate School (Episode 65)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Leonidas Konstantakos on Stoic Justice (Episode 64)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Skepticism as a Philosophy of Life (Episode 63)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Michael McGill on Applying Stoicism (Episode 62)
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Why Virtue is the ONLY good (Episode 61)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Brittany Polat on Living as a Stoic (Episode 60)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Everything You Should Know About Ancient Stoicism (Episode 59)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Spencer Klavan on Stoicism and the Crises of Our Time (Episode 58)
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Role Ethics: The Stoic Decision-Making Framework (Episode 57)
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Greg Lopez on Stoicism and Buddhism (Episode 56)
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Building Stoic Mindfulness (Episode 55)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Will Johncock On Why Stoics Shouldn't Ignore Their Social Nature (Episode 54)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Why Anger Is Always Bad (Episode 53)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Chris Gill on The Core Tenets of Stoicism (Episode 52)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Applying The View From Above (Episode 51)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Stoicism For Me But Not For Thee With Marcus Hedahl (Episode 50)
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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On Jordan Peterson (Episode 49)
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Gordon Marino on Existentialism and Authenticity (Episode 48)
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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The Socratic Method (Episode 47)
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May 30, 2023 |
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Rob Goodman on Risk and Rhetoric (Episode 46)
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Obstacle Is the Way (Episode 45)
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May 23, 2023 |
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Marcus Hedahl on Stoic Happiness (Episode 44)
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May 19, 2023 |
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Are Right and Wrong Real? (Episode 43)
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May 16, 2023 |
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David Fideler on Seneca and Deep Stoicism (Episode 42)
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May 12, 2023 |
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The Stoic Heretic: Aristo of Chios (Episode 41)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Hampus Jakobsson on Playing the Game of Life (Episode 40)
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May 05, 2023 |
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12 Rules for Life (Episode 39)
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May 02, 2023 |
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Tanner Campbell on Practical Stoicism (Episode 38)
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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The Stoic View on Voluntary Suffering (Episode 37)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Julia Galef on Scout Mindset (Episode 36)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Weakness of Will (Episode 35)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Emily Austin on Stoicism's Rival (Episode 34)
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Chris Fisher on Traditional Stoicism (Episode 33)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Scott Aikin on We Are the Stoics Now (Episode 32)
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Close Reading: Meditations 3 (Episode 31)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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How To Deal With Non-Stoic People (Episode 29)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Luke Burgis on Why You Need to Know Mimetic Theory (Episode 28)
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Dying Well: Stoicism and Euthanasia (Episode 27)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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William Stephens on Epictetus's Handbook (Episode 26)
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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On Theory vs Practice and Spartan Minimalism with Musonius Rufus (Episode 25)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Michael Bonner on the Rise and Fall of Civilization (Episode 24)
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Stoic Psychology: Epictetus on Why What You Think is Up To You (Episode 23)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Nate Anderson on Applying Nietzsche in the Digital Age (Episode 22)
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Bryan Hill on the Confidence to be Creative (Episode 21)
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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David Jilk on Nietzsche's Sequel to Stoicism (Episode 20)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Liron Shapira on Specificity and AI Doom (Episode 19)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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The Fossilized Stoic Way of Life: Nietzsche on Stoicism (Episode 18)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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How Stoicism Addresses Anxiety with Tim Lebon (Episode 17)
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Reading the Handbook (Episode 16)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Legends in Ancient Rome and Modern Tech with Jimmy Soni (Episode 15)
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 14)
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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The Best Practical Philosophy Ever with Massimo Pigliucci (Episode 13)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Stoicism and Sport (Episode 12)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Socratic Stoicism and Mental Health with Donald Robertson (Episode 11)
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Epicureanism (Episode 10)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ancient Heroes with Alex Petkas (Episode 9)
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Six Stoicisms: Modern vs Traditional Stoicism and More (Episode 8)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Fake News, Real Stoicism with Justin McBrayer (Episode 7)
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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John Vervaeke on the Transformative Power of Stoicism (Episode 6)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Why You Should Compare Yourself to Other People (Episode 5)
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Art of Happiness With Sharon Lebell (Episode 4)
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Stoicism FAQ: Freewill, Happiness, and Death (Episode 3)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Stoicism FAQ: Who Should You Read First? What Is up to You? (Episode 2)
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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What Stoicism Actually Teaches About Emotion (Episode 1)
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Dec 19, 2022 |