Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
How Stoicism Cures Anger
Donald discusses what Stoicism teaches us about anger and how it can actually help us in practice today.
Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a re…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Great Discourse of Protagoras
In this episode, I discuss and recite one of the most important philosophical speeches in history — the Great Discourse or Great Speech of the Sophis…
3 years, 2 months ago
Anya Leonard on Why Classics Matter Today
In this episode, I chat with Anya Leonard. Anya is the founder and director of Classical Wisdom, a website and online community dedicated to bringin…
3 years, 2 months ago
Stoicism as a Philosophy of Life
This is my attempt to provide a short and simple introduction to Stoic practices, which anyone can begin using right away. It includes:
* Brief intro…
3 years, 2 months ago
Archeology: Marcus Aurelius and Carnuntum
This podcast episode contains the audio recording from a conversation about Marcus Aurelius, and the history of Roman Carnuntum. I spoke with Eduard…
3 years, 2 months ago
Alexandra Hudson on Classics and Civility
In this episode, I chat with Alexandra Hudson, writer, popular speaker, founder of Civic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedica…
3 years, 2 months ago
Short Guided Relaxation Exercise
NB: This episode contains a recording of a guided relaxation technique, which you should not listen to while driving. I created this recording for m…
3 years, 3 months ago
Stoicism in a Time of Pandemic
Re-reading a newspaper article that I wrote at the start of the pandemic about how Marcus Aurelius used Stoicism, in the Meditations, to cope with th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Carnuntum
This podcast episode contains the audio recording from a conversation about Marcus Aurelius, which I had with Markus Wachter, the CEO of the Carnunt…
3 years, 3 months ago
Massimo Pigliucci on Socrates, Stoicism and Leadership
In this episode, I chat with Massimo Pigliucci, Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York, part of the team responsible for the Modern …
3 years, 3 months ago