The Observing I Podcast
By David Johnson
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Award winning podcast about philosophy, psychology, and the human experience. New episode every Tuesday.
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The Observing I: Deconstructing My Own Philosophy
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May 19, 2026 |
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Carlos Castaneda: Wisdom, Fiction, and the Desire to Believe
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May 12, 2026 |
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The Tyranny of Pleasure: Aldous Huxley and his Brave New World
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May 05, 2026 |
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Be Here Now: The Great Unmaking of Richard Alpert
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Terence McKenna and the Problem of Enchantment
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Turn on, tune in, drop out: The life and ideas of Timothy Leary
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Emil Cioran and the Insomnia of Being
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Not Yet: The Philosophy of Ernst Bloch
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Leszek Kolakowski, the man who autopsied his god
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Vladimir Solovyov and the Philosophy of the World Soul
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Nikolai Federov: The Librarian who declared war on Death
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Jan Patočka and the Philosophy of Living in Truth
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Mikhail Bakhtin and the Unfinished Self
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Lev Shestov and the Violence of Reason
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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The Berdyaev Problem: What If You're Afraid of Freedom?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Dostoevsky: Patient Zero of the Nervous Breakdown
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Kafka and the Machinery of Modern Dread
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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The Vanishing of Vernon Pale
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The Secret Lives of Objects
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Chronophobia: Why Modern Life Makes Us Afraid of Time Itself
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Ethics for the End of Everything
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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How Imagination Becomes Reality: Grant Morrison and the Tulpa Effect
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Hyperobjects and Other Nightmares: Timothy Morton and the Ecology of Collapse
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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The Cartography of Pain: Paul Auster's City of Glass and the Architecture of Identity
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Four Thousand Weeks: A Love Letter to Your Mortality
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Peter Putnam's Cosmos: The Functionalist Demolition of Self
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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The Philosopher’s Cage: Why Every Age Builds Its Own Prison
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Heidegger and the Horror of Existence
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Pendulum of Suffering: Schopenhauer’s Dark Philosophy
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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In the Province of the Mind: The work of John C. Lilly
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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120 Attention is the Last Frontier: Bernard Stiegler and the Age of Distraction
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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119 Laughing at the End of the World: The Philosophy of Slavoj Žižek
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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118 The Middle Path of the Mind
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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117 Antonin Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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116 Georges Bataille, The Philosopher of Holy Filth
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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115 The Death of Deep Time
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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114 Hannah Arendt: Totalitarianism, Evil, and Action
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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113 A Tyranny of Happiness
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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112 Screaming in an Echo Chamber
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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111 Life: The Ultimate Pay-to-Win Scam
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May 25, 2025 |
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110 The Memory That Speaks
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May 18, 2025 |
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109 Sophia’s Dream
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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108 The Ethics of Monsters
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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107 Ego is a Deepfake
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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106 The Sacred Between
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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105 Slay the Dragon, Steal the Fire
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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104 The Architecture of Unfucking Ourselves
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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103 Panopticon Dreams
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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102 Monks, Mystics, and Madmen
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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101 The Meaning Crisis
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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100 The Lost Tape
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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099 We built the gods that will bury us
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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098 The Truth is a Mosaic, and We're All Bleeding from the Edges
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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096 Immanuel Kant, the OG over thinker
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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095 Living Courageously in the Face of Mortality: A Tribute to Ernest Becker
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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094 The Collapse of Time: Dougles Rushkoff and the Age of Present Shock
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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093 Buer, the Demon of Philosophy
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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092 Minecraft, but it's an Existential Crisis Simulator
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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091 Why you need a personal philosophy
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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090 The Problem with Modern Stoicism
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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089 Merkabah Mysticism: Aliens, Magic, and Consciousness
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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088 Every major philosophical ideology in 30 minutes
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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087 The Hidden Dangers of the Self Help Industry
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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086 Are you just a product of your mind?
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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085 Exploring the Dark Tetrad
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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084 Navigating Life with a Narcissist: Essential Strategies
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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083 BONUS: The story of Narcissus
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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082 Stop Trying so Hard: Lao Tzu and the art of Wu Wei
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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081 The Coexistence of Dualism and Non-Dualism in Spiritual Thought
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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080 Why Our Pain Defines Us: A Philosophical Look at Suffering
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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079 The War for Your Mind: Unraveling Psychological Warfare
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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078 Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, and why you want to have sex with your mother
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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077 Decoding Carl Jung: Dreams, Archetypes, and the Collective Unconscious
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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076 Occultism's influence on Modern Psychology
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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075 Cosmic Horror: The Psychology of H.P. Lovecraft
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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074 The Delusional Psychology of Consumerism
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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073 Abraham Maslow and his Theory of Human Motivation
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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072 The Journey to Authentic Self Expression
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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071 The Influence of Storytelling on Human Perception
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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070 Embrace Your Mess: The Power of Accepting Imperfection
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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069 Find your talent, not your passion
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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068 The paradox of Parasocial Relationships
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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067 "The Observing I" book has launched
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May 31, 2024 |
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066 Beyond the Brain: Understanding Consciousness
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May 24, 2024 |
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065 The Power of Empathy and Sympathy
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May 17, 2024 |
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064 The modern wisdom of Alain de Botton
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May 10, 2024 |
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063 The Way of Zen: Alan Watts' Legacy
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May 03, 2024 |
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062 The philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope, the man who lived in a jar
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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061 David Hume: The Philosopher who shook the world
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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060 Hermes Trismegistus Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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059 The Pursuit of Authenticity: Exploring Nietzsche's Philosophy
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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058 Albert Camus, The Stranger, and absurd existentialism
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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057 A crash course in Stoicism
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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056 Mastering self control
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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055 Developing a growth mindset
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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054 A deep dive into procrastination
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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053 Exploring emotional intelligence
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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052 Overcoming the fear of failure
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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051 Blueprints for Better Habits
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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050 The philosophy of happiness
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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049 Holding yourself accountable
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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048 Creating your personal manifesto
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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047 The power of Critical Thinking
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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046 Get comfortable being uncomfortable
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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045 An interview with Ralph Sutton
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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044 The personality archetypes of Santa Claus
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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043 Exploring liminal spaces
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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042 A guide to Self-Discipline
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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041 Finding what works
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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040 Gratitude, Stoicism, and the Art of Living Well
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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039 Prioritising our Wellbeing
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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038 Meaning vs Revenue
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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037 Hedonism, the enemy of happiness
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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036 Some thoughts on identity
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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035 The Art of Listening
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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034 The power of vulnerability
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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033 Free will
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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032 Curating your Tribe
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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031 A Cure for Wellness, Part 2
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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030 A Cure for Wellness, Part 1
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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029 Imposter Syndrome
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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028 The Cosmic Perspective
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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027 Revisiting consistency
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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026 The importance of deep rest
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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025 Let's pause a moment
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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024 Speak your truth
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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023 Do the work
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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022 A discourse on Time
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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021 How our self-narrative impacts our thinking
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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020 An introduction to Cognitive Fluency
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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019 Stoicism and the Dichotomy of Control
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May 19, 2023 |
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018 From Apathy to Agency
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May 12, 2023 |
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017 Embracing Failure
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May 05, 2023 |
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016 Can selfishness be selfless?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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015 Navigating self-development in a crisis
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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014 Becoming more consistent
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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013 Let's get comfortable with nothing
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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012 Art and Wellbeing
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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011 Strategic thinking
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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010 Navigating internal conflict
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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009 Engage with the process
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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008 The pillars of purpose
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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007 On love
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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006 Let's talk stress
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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005 The quest for meaning
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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004 Get meditating
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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003 The Doors of Perception
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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002 Submit to the stream
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Happy new year, here's episode one
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Jan 06, 2023 |