Episode Archive
March 14, 2023
Alone With Bad Men
Are you alone with a bad man? How about a bad woman? You shouldn't be! Listen to learn more about this vague advice! -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free …
March 13, 2023
Let's Talk About Sextus, Baby
It's time for another mailbag, baby! -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic jo…
March 7, 2023
The Seeds Of Good Advice
Letter #38 from Seneca -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling progr…
March 6, 2023
Be The Same Person No Matter What
Book 1, Meditation 5. Marcus thanks Apollonius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our dai…
Feb. 28, 2023
Be Ready And Willing To Die
"Let us cease to desire that which we have been desiring. I, at least, am doing this: in my old age I have ceased to desire what I desired when a boy. To this single end my days and my nights are passed; this is my task, thi…
Feb. 27, 2023
A Rusticus For The Rest Of Us
Today we’re covering meditation #4 from book #1 of Meditations and in it, we are going to hear why Marcus was thankful to Rusticus. Quintus Junius Rusticus was a Roman teacher and politician. He was probably also a grandson …
Feb. 21, 2023
Vapidity vs. Virtue
Welcome back to Practical Stoicism, dear Prokopton, I’m glad you’re here. Today we’re jumping into letter 80 of Seneca’s moral letters to Lucilius. "To-day I have some free time, thanks not so much to myself as to the games,…
Feb. 20, 2023
Mamma Aurelius
So today we’ll revisit Book 1 Meditation 1 to read what is defined in other places as book 1 meditation 3. Here’s that segment: "Of my mother I have learned to be religious, and bountiful; and to forbear, not only to do, but…
Feb. 14, 2023
Do You Have Friends? Real Ones?
Letter #3 of Seneca's letters to Lucilius (link to source, below). -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/d…
Feb. 13, 2023
Be Thoughtful And Do Your Own Work
"Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of the two great factions of the coursers in the circus, called Prasini, and Veneti: nor in the amphitheatre partially to favour any of the gladiators, or fence…
Feb. 8, 2023
The College of Stoic Philosophers with Mitch Leventhal
Today I'm chatting with Mitch Leventhal, President of the College of Stoic Philosophers. Learn about the history, purpose, and curriculum of the college and then consider enrolling by going to https://collegeofstoicphilosoph…
Feb. 7, 2023
Choose a sanctuary, then stay put
Today we're diving into letter #69 of Seneca's letters to Lucilius, which begins: "I do not like you to change your headquarters and scurry about from one place to another. My reasons are, – first, that such frequent flittin…
Feb. 6, 2023
An Even Temper, Especially In Conflict
In today's episode we will be covering Meditation #1 from Book #1 of Meditations: "From my grandfather Verus: the lessons of noble character and even temper." -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod…
Feb. 5, 2023
Keep It Simple, Baby
Register for the Justice in the Cosmopolis event on February 12th: https://as.wisdomunlocked.org Today's episode: Meditation #52 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang…
Feb. 5, 2023
When Your Death Is Required Of You
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Feb. 4, 2023
Don't Let Well-Intentioned People Hold You Back
Register for the Justice in the Cosmopolis event on February 12th: https://as.wisdomunlocked.org Today's episode: Meditation #50 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang…
Feb. 2, 2023
Crashing Waves To The Face
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Feb. 2, 2023
What Do I Do With My Life? This!
Meditation #48 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling …
Feb. 1, 2023
Dying Regret-Free
Meditation #47 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling …
Jan. 24, 2023
On Saving Time
Today we introduce Seneca, perhaps the second best known Stoic writer, and certainly the one with the largest body of surviving work in the Stoic tradition. We’ve spent a year with Marcus, and we’ll continue to share him on …
Jan. 23, 2023
Wake up Sheeple!
Meditation #46 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling …
Jan. 19, 2023
It's Relationships All The Way Down
Meditation #45 from book #4 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling …
Jan. 18, 2023
Stoic Journaling with Brittany Polat
Enjoy my conversation with Brittany Polat of [too many things to list], and author of "Journal Like a Stoic" -- Purchase Brittany's Books : https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brittany-Polat/author/B07D9V896D Visit Brittany's webs…
Jan. 17, 2023
Delighted? Vexed? You Fool!
Meditation #44 from Book #4, and a listener question about marriage and divorce. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.sto…