Episode Archive
Oct. 29, 2022
Inner and Outer Sanctums
Book 4, Meditation 3 -- 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 program…
Oct. 22, 2022
Your Pavilion of Virtue
In this episode we will read and reflect upon the second meditation of 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.stoic…
Oct. 19, 2022
Death, Dying, and Seneca with James Romm
Many listeners have written in expressing difficulty in accepting death and reframing it as the Stoics framed it. So, in today's episode, I speak with Professor of Classics at Bard University and author of "How to Die: An An…
Oct. 15, 2022
Wisdom is Wisdom, No Matter How Old
In this episode we will read and reflect upon the first meditation of 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.stoici…
Oct. 8, 2022
Good Humans Accept So They Can Help
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the sixteenth and final meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members H…
Oct. 1, 2022
Your Mind's Eye Adds Color
Quick correction: I misname Gregory Hays as George Hays (probably because I was referencing George Long right before recording this episode). Forgive me. In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fifteenth m…
Sept. 24, 2022
Throw Away Your Books
Subscribe to the ad-free and preamble-free, AMA-enabled version of this podcast here: https://stoicism.supercast.comIn this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fourteenth meditation from Book Three of The Medi…
Sept. 17, 2022
Your Philosophical Tackle Box
Subscribe to the ad-free and preamble-free, AMA-enabled version of this podcast here: https://stoicism.supercast.comIn this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the thirteenth meditation from Book Three of The Medi…
Sept. 10, 2022
The Task At Hand
Support this podcast by subscribing to the ad-free and preamble-free, AMA-enabled version here: https://stoicism.supercast.comIn this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the twelfth meditation from Book Three of T…
Sept. 3, 2022
Clean Your Windows
Support this podcast by subscribing to the ad-free and preamble-free, AMA-enabled version here: https://stoicism.supercast.comIn this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the eleventh meditation from Book Three of …
Aug. 28, 2022
A Mote of Dust
Support this podcast by subscribing to the ad-free and preamble-free, AMA-enabled version here: https://stoicism.supercast.comSagan's Mote of Dust: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/when-earth-became-a-mote-of-du…
Aug. 20, 2022
Are You Still Paying Attention?
Support this podcast by subscribing to the ad-free, AMA-enabled version here: https://stoicism.supercast.comIn this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the ninth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Ma…
Aug. 13, 2022
Strive For The Ideal, Don't Expect It
Support this podcast by subscribing to the ad-free, AMA-enabled version here: https://stoicism.supercast.com In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the eighth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of …
Aug. 6, 2022
Be Consistent In Who You Are
Get the "Straight to the Point" version of this podcast: https://stoicism.supercast.com In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the seventh meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.--Pu…
July 30, 2022
Don't Make Room For Anything Else
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the sixth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.Link to the article mentioned: https://tannerhelps.substack.com/p/id-like-to-expose-the-math-b…
July 23, 2022
How To Act
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fifth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. --Purchase and Review my book "Practical Stoicism" on Amazon : https://link.stoicismpod.com/b…
July 16, 2022
Listen To Some, But Not Most
Listeing to the words, advice, ramblings, and complainings of most people will do nothing for you. But perhaps there are some people whom thinking of, or listening to, would benefit your own goal of creating a virtuous chara…
July 9, 2022
Death Is Either An Eternal Rest Or A Familiar New World
Today we'll work through the third meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll explore what might happen after death, and how, in either case, it shouldn't be feared.--More on the death of Heracl…
July 2, 2022
Even Inadvertence is Beautiful
Today we'll work through the second meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll explore the more poetic (if you could call it that) side of Stoicism. --Review this podcast on Apple Podcasts : htt…
June 25, 2022
Our Minds May Fail us
Today we'll work through the first meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll be asked to consider what might become of our mission as Prokoptôns if we were to lose our mental faculties.--Purcha…
May 9, 2022
Don't degrade yourself by not having a purpose
The second to last meditation of Book Two makes suggestions about how to keep from degrading our character
April 30, 2022
Ascending to Untrue Impressions
It's important to remember that you don't know everything.
