Podcast Episodes

Episode #013 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 4 - Skepticism

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our study of the Hellenistic Age, this time focusing on Skepticism. We find out how Pyrrho used Skepticism to endure surgery without anesthesia, and learn …

Published on 11 years, 11 months ago

Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 3 - Hallmarks of Stoic Ethics

On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Stoicism, this time focusing on ethics. We learn about the three most noteworthy contributors to Stoic ethics--a crippled slave, a states…

Published on 12 years ago

Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics

This is the first of two episodes on Stoicism; in this episode, we learn about stoic physics and logic. We learn how the Stoics would likely react if faced with a zombie apocalypse and how a shipwrec…

Published on 12 years ago

Episode #010 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 1 - Epicurus

This week on the podcast, we shift our focus back to Western philosophy. On this episode, we learn about Epicureanism—one of four schools of thought that were prevalent during the Hellenistic Age, wh…

Published on 12 years, 1 month ago

Episode #009 ... The Buddha

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the life of Siddhartha Gautama and his Heisenberg-esque transformation into Buddha. We learn how Buddha left a lifestyle of being fed grapes and being f…

Published on 12 years, 1 month ago

Episode #008 ... Confucianism

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Confucius, a man whose ideas impacted China and eastern philosophy for thousands of years after his death. We find out how Confucius went from being the…

Published on 12 years, 1 month ago

Episode #007 ... Daoism

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Published on 12 years, 4 months ago

Episode #006 ... Aristotle Pt. 2

On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about Aristotle, a man who created the first system of biological classification, the first system of logic, and the first formal scientific metho…

Published on 12 years, 5 months ago

Episode #005 ... Aristotle Pt. 1

This week we talk about various different applications of Aristotle's ethics in modern life. We discuss making a "plan" for your life, the underlying similarities between all human desires and the be…

Published on 12 years, 5 months ago

Episode #004 ... Plato

In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato's "Theory of Forms" and ask ourselves what makes…

Published on 12 years, 5 months ago