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The Marvels and the Dangers of Being Alive
Season 1 Episode 264
This episode reflects on Seneca’s question of whether life is still worth choosing when its beauty and suffering come as a package.
In Consolation to…
2 hours ago
Marcus Aurelius on How to Stay Calm
Season 1 Episode 263
This episode explores Marcus Aurelius’s ten reminders for keeping anger from taking control.
His advice centres on perspective: remember that people a…
1 week ago
Solitude, Society, and the Courage Not to Follow the Crowd
Season 1 Episode 262
This episode explores the balance between solitude, good company, and independent judgment.
Hume and Seneca both saw value in stepping away to think c…
2 weeks ago
The Time to Live Is Now
Season 1 Episode 261
This episode explores how remembering mortality can sharpen both attention and freedom.
Oliver Burkeman and Alan Watts show why the present matters pr…
3 weeks ago
The Life You Practice in Private
Season 1 Episode 260
This episode explores the ancient instruction to “know thyself” as the foundation of a philosophical life. Julian, Pigliucci, and Epictetus show that…
4 weeks ago
The Stoic Cure For Complaining
Season 1 Episode 259
This episode examines the habit of complaining and the power we retain over our response.
Seneca and Epictetus remind us that while frustrations are …
1 month ago
You Are Freer Than You Think
Season 1 Episode 258
This episode examines wealth, desire, and the freedom that comes from needing less.
Seneca warns that fortune’s gifts often become traps, because exte…
1 month, 1 week ago
Fearless Energy in an Uncertain Life
Season 1 Episode 257
This episode reflects on what happens when life interrupts our carefully arranged plans.
The Stoic reserve clause—“if nothing prevents me”—helps us pl…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Road to a Happy Life
Season 1 Episode 256
This episode uses Seneca’s image of the road to ask whether we are moving with purpose or merely following the crowd.
A clear destination helps us re…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Stoic Reset for a Complicated Mind
Season 1 Episode 255
This episode uses animals as a reminder to return to the present moment.
Hadot and Marcus Aurelius show that life is lived only in the now, where we …
2 months ago