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#388 - Confronting Darkness: A Stoic Look at Ed Gein
Episode 388
We often think of monsters as creatures hiding under our beds. But real monsters walk among us — and sometimes, they are born of sickness, isolation,…
5 months ago
#387 - Unfinished Sentences: On Dying, Fear, and Truth
Episode 387
An 18-year-old boy lies dying. When asked if he’s afraid, he simply says, “Yeah.”
In this episode, I explore what that single word reveals about morta…
5 months, 1 week ago
#386 - Don't Trade Your Problems for Other Problems
Episode 386
In this episode, I explore the idea that life is not about escaping problems but learning how to face them. We often think the grass is greener on th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
#385 - Red Pill vs. Stoicism: Facts, Values, and Virtue in Relationships
Episode 385
In this episode, I revisit my recent conversation with Tim Ash on evolutionary psychology and take a deeper dive into its most cited facts. From sex …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#384 - Travel, Stoicism, and the Cosmopolis
Episode 384
In this episode of The Strong Stoic Podcast, I share reflections from my recent two-week trip to Vietnam—my first time in Asia. Travel today is often…
6 months ago
#383 - Epictetus on Wealth and Detachment
Episode 383
In this episode, I explore Epictetus’ challenge:
Can you gain wealth and possessions without losing your dignity, self-respect, and character? Drawin…
6 months, 1 week ago
#382 - Tim Ash: Primal Dating & Evolutionary Psychology
Episode 382
Dating has never been more complicated. Between the rise of online apps, shifting cultural expectations, and the pull of red pill and feminist extrem…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#381 - The World's Not Out to Get You
Episode 381
In this episode, I dive deep into one of Epictetus’s striking passages:
“As a target is not set up for the archer to miss it, so there is no intrinsi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
#380 - The Power to Change with Chuck Chakrapani
Episode 380
In this episode of
The Strong Stoic Podcast, I sit down once again with Chuck Chakrapani, author of
The Power to Change: Stoic Strategies to Transfor…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
#379 - Justice Without a Gavel: Living Fairness the Stoic Way
Episode 379
From the outside, my decision at work didn’t make much sense — it cost more time, more money, and even confused a few people. But it was the right ca…
7 months, 1 week ago