Dana Gioia on Seneca and The Madness of Hercules (Episode 74) Embracing life with literature, philosophy, and art.
Randolph Nesse on Anxiety and Evolution (Episode 72) How to understand the evolutionary roots of our negative emotions.
Facing and Overcoming Failure (Episode 71) Stoicism applied. Practical discussions on every day Stoicism.
David Fideler on The Stoic Renaissance (Episode 68) How the Renaissance can inspire modern Stoic practice.
Michael Gibson on Philosophy Outside of the Academy and Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 66) A discussion on entrepreneurship and Stoicism with a philosopher/investor funding college dropouts and renegade students.
Everything You Need To Know About Graduate School (Episode 65) Reflections on graduate school and the state of academic philosophy.
Leonidas Konstantakos on Stoic Justice (Episode 64) A discussion on Socrates, Stoics in ancient Sparta, and whether one can truly practice Stoicism today.
Why Virtue is the Only Good (Episode 61) Defending the radical Stoic idea that virtue is all you need from objections.
Brittany Polat on Living as a Stoic (Episode 60) What Stoics can learn from monasteries, what they should think about accountability, and more.
Spencer Klavan on Stoicism and The Crises of Our Time (Episode 58) Does Stoicism have the answers we need to the challenges of our age?
Building Stoic Mindfulness (Episode 55) The difference between modern and Stoic mindfulness – and how to be develop both.
Will Johncock On Why Stoics Shouldn't Ignore Their Social Nature (Episode 54) How the social aspect of Stoicism offers an essential frame for thinking about our own lives, the lives of the people around us, and our world.
Why Anger Is Always Bad (Episode 53) They say that if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. The Stoics don’t agree with that. In their view, anger is always bad.
