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.
Applying the View From Above (Episode 51) A conversations on the most popular Stoic practice for generating a sense of calm, perspective, and purpose.
Stoicism For Me But Not For Thee With Marcus Hedahl (Episode 50) This is our 50th episode! Thank you for listening and supporting Stoa Conversations. If you’d like to support the show, please subscribe, leave a review, and share an episode
Rob Goodman on Risk and Rhetoric (Episode 46) A conversation on ancient Romans, current politics, risk, and art of public speech.
The Obstacle Is the Way (Episode 45) The good, bad, and provocative of the bestselling modern book on Stoicism.
Marcus Hedahl on Stoic Happiness (Episode 44) On happiness, reframing, and the nature of a meaningful life.
The Stoic Heretic: Aristo of Chios (Episode 41) 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 (Episode 40) A practical discussion with a leading investor on how to use Stoicism to accomplish your goals.
Tanner Campbell on Practical Stoicism (Episode 38) 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.
The Stoic View on Voluntary Suffering (Episode 37) Are you even Stoic if you don't take ice-baths or fast?
Chris Fisher on Traditional Stoicism (Episode 33) 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 (Episode 32) Scott AikinI 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,
Close Reading: Meditations 3.2 (Episode 31) Caleb and Michael do a close reading of Meditations 3.2 - 3.4.
William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and How to Think (Episode 30) A conversation on Rome as an analogy to the politics of today, Stoicism, Covid, and much more.
How To Deal With Non-Stoic People (Episode 29) How can you remain Stoic when everyone around you has lost their head?
Luke Burgis on Why You Need to Know Mimetic Theory (Episode 28) 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.
