Rob Goodman on Risk and Rhetoric A conversation on ancient Romans, current politics, risk, and art of public speech.
The Stoic Heretic: Aristo of Chios Michael and Caleb discuss how Aristo of Chios challenged the orthodox Stoics, how the orthodox Stoics responded, and what they think about the challenges today.
Hampus Jakobsson on Playing the Game of Life A practical discussion with a leading investor on how to use Stoicism to accomplish your goals.
Tanner Campbell on Practical Stoicism How to navigate our roles and responsibilities as Stoics, Tanner's journey from being skeptical of Stoicism to a Stoic advocate, and Tanner's relationship with the Stoic God as the former host of an atheism podcast.
Chris Fisher on Traditional Stoicism A conversation on Traditional Stoicism: its religious aspects, the Stoic God, and what modern Stoics miss from the ancient philosophy.
Scott Aikin on We Are The Stoics Now I speak with Scott Aikin, a philosopher at Vanderbilt University. This marks Aiken's third appearance on Stoa Conversations. During this episode, we delve into significant philosophical challenges to Stoicism, including
William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and How to Think A conversation on Rome as an analogy to the politics of today, Stoicism, Covid, and much more.
How To Deal With Non-Stoic People How can you remain Stoic when everyone around you has lost their head?
Luke Burgis on Why You Need to Know Mimetic Theory Mimetic theory is essential for Stoics to know because it explains why we end up wanting so many things that are outside of our control.
On Theory vs Practice with Musonius Rufus The Roman Socrates on the division between theory and practice, Spartan minimalism, and egalitarianism.
Michael Bonner on the Rise and Fall of Civilization A conversation on ideas of renewal, beauty, and order, what it means to be civilized, and what it means to be human.
Stoic Psychology: Why What You Think is Up to You Why did the Stoics believe what you think is up to you? What are the components of thought? Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay discuss that in this episode. We start
Nate Anderson on Applying Nietzsche in the Digital Age How Nietzsche challenges us to do better in this digital age.
Bryan Hill on the Confidence to be Creative Using Stoicism to overcome the ego, imposter syndrome, and fear of rejection that comes both with pursuing any craft.