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Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied — 183 episodes

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Wrestling with Stoic Ethics: Cicero's On Ends V (Episode 183)

2

The Stoic Fragments: Hidden Wisdom from Epictetus (Episode 182)

3

Forgive Your Enemies with Epictetus (Episode 181)

4

Trolleys, Torture, and Moral Dilemma's (Episode 180)

5

Why Stoicism is False | Cicero's On Ends IV (Episode 179)

6

7 Stoic Habits You Can Start Today (Episode 178)

7

The Classic Defense Of Stoic Ethics | On Ends Book III (Episode 177)

8

Seneca's Medea | Revenge, Violence, and Stoicism (Episode 176)

9

Against The Epicureans | On Ends Book II (Episode 175)

10

Politics And Amor Fati With Erick Cloward (Episode 174)

11

Making Proper use of Impressions with Epictetus (Episode 173)

12

The Epicureans | On Ends Book I (Episode 172)

13

The First Cynic | Antisthenes (Episode 171)

14

Stoic Guide to Mastering Desire | Epictetus Handbook 14 (Episode 170)

15

Going Meta With Metacognition (Episode 169)

16

Top 7 Things I Learned about Stoicism from Running (Episode 168)

17

Aristippus: The Philosopher Who Mastered Pleasure (Episode 167)

18

The Roman Emperor on Strength, How to Transform Misfortune Into Fortune, And Death (Episode 166)

19

Goodhart's Law and Stoicism (Episode 165)

20

Stoicism for When You're Stuck (Episode 164)

21

Why Other People Do Wrong – Socrates Was Right! (Episode 163)

22

The Second Arrow (Episode 162)

23

Noah Rasheta on Stoicism vs. Buddhism (Episode 161)

24

Making Epistemology Cool Again (Episode 160)

25

The Intuitive Case for Stoicism (Episode 159)

26

Bryan Caplan on Epicureanism, Agency, and Self-Help (Episode 158)

27

You Are Not Your Thoughts But You Are How You Think (Episode 157)

28

The Stoic's Guide to Perspective: Epictetus's Handbook 26 (Episode 156)

29

Spencer Klavan on Science vs. Religion (and Why the Stoics Were Not Materialists) (Episode 155)

30

Why Most Things Do Not Matter: Indifferents (Episode 154)

31

Epictetus on Insults, Fortitude, and Doing Your Best (Episode 153)

32

The Stoic Wealth Mindset (Episode 152)

33

Brigid Delaney on Reasons not to Worry (Episode 151)

34

Stoic Justice (Episode 150)

35

Seneca's Advice On Nervous Ticks, Embarrassment, and Cringe (Episode 149)

36

Stoic Risk Tolerance (Episode 148)

37

Toxic Positivity And Stoicism (Episode 147)

38

Seneca On Solitude (Episode 146)

39

Applying Stoicism To First JiuJitsu Competition (Episode 145)

40

Diogenes The Cynic, Freedom, And Living In A Barrel (Episode 144)

41

Johnathan Bi on Nietzsche and the Validity of the Ad Hominem (Episode 143)

42

What Many People Misunderstand About The Dichotomy Of Control (Episode 142)

43

Darius Foroux On The Stoic Path To Wealth (Episode 141)

44

Stoic Practical Wisdom and Prudence (Episode 140)

45

Modern Self Help: The Good, The Bad (Episode 139)

46

Reading the Roman Emperor: Meditations 2.6-10 (Episode 138)

47

Why Stoicism Is True (Episode 137)

48

Essential Stoic Concepts: Indifferents (Episode 136)

49

Stoic Moderation (Episode 135)

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Stoic Attention (Episode 134)

51

Stoic Courage (Episode 133)

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Parker Settecase on Journaling Like Marcus Aurelius (Episode 132)

53

Lessons From Epicureanism (Episode 131)

54

Judith Stove on Virtue, Providence, and Marcus as God (Episode 130)

55

What Did The Stoics Believe About God? (Episode 129)

56

Alex Petkas on Pompey and Posidonius (Episode 128)

57

Ambition (Episode 127)

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Brian Johnson on Stoic Role Ethics (Episode 126)

59

Social Anxiety (Episode 125)

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Marcus Hedahl on the Mind Body Connection (Episode 124)

61

Transhumanism and Stoicism (Episode 123)

62

Donald Robertson on The Stoic Emperor (Episode 122)

63

Every Situation Has Two Handles (Episode 121)

64

Rob Colter on Stoic Freedom (Episode 120)

65

Antifragility (Episode 119)

66

M. D. Usher on Cynicism (Episode 118)

67

300, Stoicism, and the Philosophical Life (Episode 117)

68

Scott Aikin on Revising Stoicism (Episode 116)

69

Is Stoicism Possible? (115)

70

Brittany Polat on Deeper Connections (Episode 114)

71

All About Rules (Episode 113)

72

Erlend Macgillivray on the Life and Times of Epictetus (Episode 112)

73

The Original Stoic Role Model (Episode 111)

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William Stephens on the 6 Core Themes of Stoicism (Episode 110)

75

2023 Wrapped (Episode 109)

76

What is Stoicism? Answers From Guests (Episode 108)

77

New Year's Resolutions for Stoics (Episode 107)

78

Aiste Celkyte on the Stoic Theory of Beauty (Episode 106)

79

The Stoic Solution To Procrastination (Episode 105)

80

Rob LaFleur on Confucianism and Being All in on Life (Episode 104)

81

Should Stoics Do Politics? (Episode 103)

82

Mahmoud Rasmi on Philosophy for Business Leaders (Episode 102)

83

Existentialism 101 for Stoics (Episode 101)

84

Remind Yourself Of This Every Morning (Episode 100)

85

Forgiveness and Clemency (Episode 99)

86

Jennifer Baker on Teaching and Living Stoicism (Episode 98)

87

Healthy Boundaries, Happy Life (Episode 97)

88

Allan John and What Is Stoicism (Episode 96)

89

Gladiator (Episode 95)

90

William O Stephens on Musonius Rufus, Food, and Fashion (Episode 94)

91

All You Need To Know About Determinism and Freewill in Stoicism (Episode 93)

92

Jeremy Reid on Anger and Forgiveness (Episode 92)

93

Shame and Self-respect (Episode 91)

94

Zena Hitz on The Meaning of Life, and Religion (Episode 90)

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Stoicism and Punishment (Episode 89)

96

Steven C Hayes on Wisdom, Love, and Acceptance (Episode 88)

97

The Discipline of Action (Episode 87)

98

Noah Rasheta on Buddism (Episode 86)

99

The Discipline of Desire (Episode 85)

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Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civlity (Episode 84)

101

The Discipline of Judgment (Episode 83)

102

Josiah Osgood on Caesar and Cato's Epic Rivalry (Episode 82)

103

Buddhism 101 (Episode 81)

104

Jeremy Wayne Tate on Reviving Classical Education (Episode 80)

105

How to Think Fast, Slow, and Stoic (Episode 79)

106

Chris Gill on Learning to Live Naturally (Episode 78)

107

Getting Stoic About Food (Episode 77)

108

Gregory Sadler on Criticisms of Stoicism ( Episode 76)

109

Why Study Ancient Philosophy? (Episode 75)

110

Dana Gioia on Seneca and The Madness of Hercules (Episode 74)

111

All About Eros, Love, and Heartbreak (Episode 73)

112

Randolph Nesse on Anxiety and Evolution (Episode 72)

113

Facing and Overcoming Failure (Episode 71)

114

Catherine Wilson on the Epicurean Life (Episode 70)

115

Lives of the Stoics (Episode 69)

116

David Fideler on The Stoic Renaissance (Episode 68)

117

Memento Mori (Episode 67)

118

Michael Gibson on Philosophy Outside of the Academy and Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 66)

119

Everything You Need To Know About Graduate School (Episode 65)

120

Leonidas Konstantakos on Stoic Justice (Episode 64)

121

Skepticism as a Philosophy of Life (Episode 63)

122

Michael McGill on Applying Stoicism (Episode 62)

123

Why Virtue is the ONLY good (Episode 61)

124

Brittany Polat on Living as a Stoic (Episode 60)

125

Everything You Should Know About Ancient Stoicism (Episode 59)

126

Spencer Klavan on Stoicism and the Crises of Our Time (Episode 58)

127

Role Ethics: The Stoic Decision-Making Framework (Episode 57)

128

Greg Lopez on Stoicism and Buddhism (Episode 56)

129

Building Stoic Mindfulness (Episode 55)

130

Will Johncock On Why Stoics Shouldn't Ignore Their Social Nature (Episode 54)

131

Why Anger Is Always Bad (Episode 53)

132

Chris Gill on The Core Tenets of Stoicism (Episode 52)

133

Applying The View From Above (Episode 51)

134

Stoicism For Me But Not For Thee With Marcus Hedahl (Episode 50)

135

On Jordan Peterson (Episode 49)

136

Gordon Marino on Existentialism and Authenticity (Episode 48)

137

The Socratic Method (Episode 47)

138

Rob Goodman on Risk and Rhetoric (Episode 46)

139

The Obstacle Is the Way (Episode 45)

140

Marcus Hedahl on Stoic Happiness (Episode 44)

141

Are Right and Wrong Real? (Episode 43)

142

David Fideler on Seneca and Deep Stoicism (Episode 42)

143

The Stoic Heretic: Aristo of Chios (Episode 41)

144

Hampus Jakobsson on Playing the Game of Life (Episode 40)

145

12 Rules for Life (Episode 39)

146

Tanner Campbell on Practical Stoicism (Episode 38)

147

The Stoic View on Voluntary Suffering (Episode 37)

148

Julia Galef on Scout Mindset (Episode 36)

149

Weakness of Will (Episode 35)

150

Emily Austin on Stoicism's Rival (Episode 34)

151

Chris Fisher on Traditional Stoicism (Episode 33)

152

Scott Aikin on We Are the Stoics Now (Episode 32)

153

Close Reading: Meditations 3 (Episode 31)

154

William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)

155

How To Deal With Non-Stoic People (Episode 29)

156

Luke Burgis on Why You Need to Know Mimetic Theory (Episode 28)

157

Dying Well: Stoicism and Euthanasia (Episode 27)

158

William Stephens on Epictetus's Handbook (Episode 26)

159

On Theory vs Practice and Spartan Minimalism with Musonius Rufus (Episode 25)

160

Michael Bonner on the Rise and Fall of Civilization (Episode 24)

161

Stoic Psychology: Epictetus on Why What You Think is Up To You (Episode 23)

162

Nate Anderson on Applying Nietzsche in the Digital Age (Episode 22)

163

Bryan Hill on the Confidence to be Creative (Episode 21)

164

David Jilk on Nietzsche's Sequel to Stoicism (Episode 20)

165

Liron Shapira on Specificity and AI Doom (Episode 19)

166

The Fossilized Stoic Way of Life: Nietzsche on Stoicism (Episode 18)

167

How Stoicism Addresses Anxiety with Tim Lebon (Episode 17)

168

Reading the Handbook (Episode 16)

169

Legends in Ancient Rome and Modern Tech with Jimmy Soni (Episode 15)

170

Stoicism in Silicon Valley (Episode 14)

171

The Best Practical Philosophy Ever with Massimo Pigliucci (Episode 13)

172

Stoicism and Sport (Episode 12)

173

Socratic Stoicism and Mental Health with Donald Robertson (Episode 11)

174

Epicureanism (Episode 10)

175

Ancient Heroes with Alex Petkas (Episode 9)

176

Six Stoicisms: Modern vs Traditional Stoicism and More (Episode 8)

177

Fake News, Real Stoicism with Justin McBrayer (Episode 7)

178

John Vervaeke on the Transformative Power of Stoicism (Episode 6)

179

Why You Should Compare Yourself to Other People (Episode 5)

180

The Art of Happiness With Sharon Lebell (Episode 4)

181

Stoicism FAQ: Freewill, Happiness, and Death (Episode 3)

182

Stoicism FAQ: Who Should You Read First? What Is up to You? (Episode 2)

183

What Stoicism Actually Teaches About Emotion (Episode 1)