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Back to Search#393 - Strong at the Broken Places: How Stoics Rebuild After Breaking
Episode 393
In this episode, Brandon explores Hemingway’s famous line: “The world breaks everyone.”
But instead of treating breaking as failure, we look at it thr…
5 months, 1 week ago
#392 - Diogenes the Dog: Stress-Testing Stoicism with Inger Kuin
Episode 392
In this episode of The Strong Stoic, I’m joined by classicist and author Inger Kuin to dive deep into the wild, hilarious, and surprisingly practical…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#391 - The Path to Personal Growth
Episode 391
In this episode, Brandon discusses the journey of personal growth and self-improvement, emphasizing the importance of learning from past experiences …
6 months ago
#390 - Kai Whiting on Illness, Identity, and Practicing Stoicism When Life Collapses
Episode 390
After nearly two years away from the Stoic world, author and researcher Kai Whiting returns to share—candidly—what happened: sudden metabolic illness…
6 months, 1 week ago
#389 - The Stoic Heart of Star Wars
Episode 389
The Jedi sought to control their emotions. Luke Skywalker mastered them through compassion. In this episode, I explore how Star Wars reflects the cor…
6 months, 1 week ago
#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,…
6 months, 3 weeks 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…
6 months, 4 weeks 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…
7 months 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 …
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 2 weeks ago