Podcast Episodes

Stand for Something (When It’s Easier to Join the Mob)

On a recent trip, I learned that the last so-called witch to be executed in Scotland died in 1727.


Of course, there are still people being tortured, k…

3 years, 3 months ago

How to Love Doing the Hard Thing: Stoic Discipline and Eudaimonia

On a recent trip to Scotland, I ate well, I drank well -- didn’t so much sleep well. But I enjoyed just the right amount of indulgence for me on a tr…

3 years, 3 months ago

Calm the Chaos

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Life feels pretty chaotic right now for many people. 

It's not just the war in Ukraine or Covid. The world these days seems to…

3 years, 9 months ago

How the Selfie Generation Can Honor the Greatest Generation

The end of the year is a time for reflection: What went right? What went wrong? What could I have handled better? Questions that Stoics ask themselve…

3 years, 10 months ago

Design Your Ideal Day

What are the life skills that really matter?

In this episode, you’ll hear specifics on how to live a good life. A simple life. One that will give you …

3 years, 10 months ago

It Doesn’t Have to Upset You

You know when you’re traveling and you see families fuming in the airport or no longer speaking to each other at dinner? 

Chances are, one of them, or…

3 years, 11 months ago

Emotions: How They’re Made & How to Master Them

Note: I recorded this awhile ago. With everything happening in Ukraine, this information is more important than ever. 

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Where do these emotions com…

3 years, 11 months ago

Are You a Citizen of the World?

In this episode, I am back with my friend Kai Whiting, co-author of the book Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living In. 

Kai is a researcher …

4 years ago

Cancel Culture, or Conversation Culture? A Stoic Perspective on What Benefits Society

As a listener of this podcast, you’ve already heard me talk about how the ancient philosophy of Stoicism offers guidance on how we can live the good …

4 years ago

How Long Will You Wait Before You Demand the Best for Yourself?

Janus is the Roman god of beginnings and endings, transitions and passageways, doorways and duality, amongst several other things. 

And he was one of …

4 years ago