📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Prof. Emily Austin, the author of Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life . Living for Pleasure is part of the Guides to the Good Life series by Oxford University Press. I’m a big fan of the series; it’s dedicated to the idea that philosophy can, as it was for hundreds of years in the ancient world – be a way of life. ***This episode is a rebroa...
Jul 17, 2024•57 min•Ep. 205
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is John Oakes, author of The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without . In the conversation, we explore John's spontaneous initiation into fasting and his insights from the practice. We delve into the historical prevalence across various cultures and religions, its philosophical and spiritual dimensions, its effects on the mind ...
Jul 10, 2024•43 min•Ep. 204
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Dying Every Day series delivers guided meditations on the art of living. Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennia...
Jul 05, 2024•5 min•Ep. 203
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Way of Contemplation is a weekly series that delivers meditations, prompts, and practices on the art of living. These short guided contemplations are designed to help us think deeply about perennial ideas, questions, insights, and what it means to live an intentional life. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/ YouT...
Jun 29, 2024•7 min•Ep. 202
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Dying Every Day series delivers guided meditations on the art of living. Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennia...
Jun 28, 2024•5 min•Ep. 201
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , I welcome my friend Shane Trotter (author and creator of Setting the Bar ) back to show for another edition of The Character Lab. In Part Three of our series, we explore the importance of role models in character formation. We discuss the need for a standard to measure ourselves and how the lives of others can help us realize our potential. ***Listen to Parts One a...
Jun 26, 2024•57 min•Ep. 200
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Today’s episode is an audio version of the Monday Muse on Perennial Meditations. A little about this series, for anyone not familiar. It’s a weekly collection of what I call perennial reminders, insights, and maxims on the art of living. The term muse is an ancient one; it derives from ancient Greece and mythology. It typically has two meanings today: (1) a state of deep thought; (2) a source of inspirati...
Jun 24, 2024•11 min•Ep. 199
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome to Sundays with Seneca on In Search of Wisdom. On today’s episode, I’m sharing part II of Seneca’s essay, ‘On the Shortness of Life.’ If you would like to read these in your email each week, you can subscribe to Perennial Meditations (on Substack). You can also help support the podcast and my work by becoming a member. There are multiple options to do so, and there’s even a free membership link fo...
Jun 23, 2024•11 min•Ep. 198
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Way of Contemplation is a weekly series on In Search of Wisdom that delivers meditations, prompts, and practices on the art of living. These short guided contemplations are designed to help us think deeply about perennial ideas, questions, insights, and what it means to live an intentional life. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/per...
Jun 22, 2024•8 min•Ep. 197
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Dying Every Day series delivers guided meditations on the art of living. Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennia...
Jun 21, 2024•5 min•Ep. 196
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom, I welcome Rachel B. Griffis and Julie Ooms to discuss their new book, Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age . The conversation explores their formative experiences with reading and the concept of deep reading. We delve into how reading can combat modern distractions and how literature can lead to a greater und...
Jun 19, 2024•45 min•Ep. 195
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Today’s episode is an audio version of the Monday Muse on Perennial Meditations. A little about this series, for anyone not familiar. It’s a weekly collection of what I call perennial reminders, insights, and maxims on the art of living. The term muse is an ancient one; it derives from ancient Greece and mythology. It typically has two meanings today: (1) a state of deep thought; (2) a source of inspirati...
Jun 17, 2024•13 min•Ep. 194
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome back to another episode of In Search of Wisdom. As I mentioned in yesterday’s episode, there will be a few changes to the podcast and newsletter. One change is that I’ll be sharing a few more episodes each week, one being our Sundays with Seneca series that we’ve been running exclusively for Perennial Meditations members. If you get any value from the podcast and some of these additional episodes,...
Jun 16, 2024•16 min•Ep. 193
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom, I introduce a new series, The Way of Contemplation, and discuss a few changes to the podcast and newsletter. You can expect to learn about the wisdom of contemplation, the art of deep reading (and thinking), why the practice of contemplation is a lifelong endeavor, and much more. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://w...
Jun 15, 2024•11 min•Ep. 192
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Eric Weiner , author of the new book Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life . Eric is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He’s a previous guest on the show; we discussed his book The Socrates Express in our last conversation. I’m incredibly grateful to have Eric back on the show; I consider an...
Jun 12, 2024•51 min•Ep. 191
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome to another episode of In Search of Wisdom. In today's episode, I share a Stoic meditation from the Dying Every Day series (from my Substack - Perennial Meditations). Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Co...
Jun 11, 2024•5 min•Ep. 190
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , I’m joined by my good friend Brandon Tumblin (Host of The Strong Stoic Podcast ). In this conversation, we discuss Stoic philosophy and making intentional changes in life. Brandon shares the significance of the practice of memento mori (remembrance of death) in daily life and how contemplating mortality can reorient actions, instill gratitude, and help us overcome ...
Jun 05, 2024•54 min•Ep. 189
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome to another episode of In Search of Wisdom . Today, we’re searching for lessons on the art of living from the sixteenth-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). In this episode, you can expect to learn why we need a direction for our lives, the wisdom of solitude, and why we should question everything, at least according to Montaigne. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com...
Jun 01, 2024•10 min•Ep. 188
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , we discuss how to make space for paradox in daily life. By paradox, I mean the ability to hold opposing truths (or practices) in our minds. You can expect to learn what it means to be more open to life, how Carl Jung defined psychological and spiritual development, what Joseph Campbell meant by saying “yes” to life, and much more. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: h...
May 29, 2024•14 min•Ep. 187
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome to another episode of In Search of Wisdom. In today's episode, I share a Stoic meditation from the Dying Every Day series (from my Substack - Perennial Meditations). Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Co...
May 28, 2024•5 min•Ep. 186
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , you’ll hear a compilation of three previous guests share insights on life and the search for wisdom. Dean Rickles, a professor of history and philosophy of modern physics, delves into the need for limits and constraints in life. Leslie Stein, a professor and Jungian analyst, discusses the search for wisdom. Valerie Tiberius, a professor of philosophy, helps us figu...
May 25, 2024•28 min•Ep. 185
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Simon Drew from the Walled Garden Philosophical Society . As many of you know, Simon is a friend, poet, musician, philosopher, and someone deeply interested in life’s questions. Today’s episode concludes the series “Living the Questions” (You can catch up on the previous five volumes here: I , II , III , IV , & V ). Throughout this series, Simon and...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 184
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome to another episode of In Search of Wisdom. In today's episode, I share a Stoic meditation from the Dying Every Day series (from my Substack - Perennial Meditations). Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a reflection prompt to consider. These meditations are designed to help you (and me) reflect on what it means to live a good life. --- 🖇️ Stay Co...
May 20, 2024•6 min•Ep. 183
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Dr. Dilip Jeste, author of Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good . In this conversation, Dr. Jeste emphasizes the importance of social connections and compassion in developing wisdom and improving overall well-being. He also highlights the negative impact of loneliness on mental and physical health and suggests that w...
May 15, 2024•55 min•Ep. 182
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , we discuss a practice I usually refer to as the wisdom to know the difference. Specifically, we revisit and reflect on a previous meditation (from the Letters to a Young Seeker series) titled Neither Good Nor Bad . You can expect to learn what it means to discern between what matters and what doesn’t (in everyday life). Key Takeaways: The meaning of neither good no...
May 08, 2024•12 min•Ep. 181
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Todd May , author of A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us . Todd is a philosopher and author of eighteen books, including A Significant Life , A Fragile Life , and a forthcoming book titled Should We Go Instinct? . Todd worked as a philosophical advisor on the hit show The Good Place and has written extensively on meaning, friendship, fragility, a...
May 01, 2024•47 min•Ep. 180
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , I reflect on a previous meditation titled Think Like a Mortal (from Perennial Meditations on Substack) and explore what it means to live an intentional life. I discuss how realizing that we are “dying every day” can help us live in the present moment and lead more meaningful lives. Key Takeaways The wisdom of accepting life’s eternal truths The paradox of uncertain...
Apr 24, 2024•12 min•Ep. 179
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe In this episode of In Search of Wisdom , my guest is Prof. Jay Garfield, author of Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self . Jay Garfield is the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic, and Buddhist Studies at Smith College and a visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School. Prof. Garfield is the author of multiple books, including Bud...
Apr 17, 2024•55 min•Ep. 178
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe The Character Lab is a new series on In Search of Wisdom designed to explore various aspects of character development. The series is a joint venture with my friend and previous podcast guest, Shane Trotter (author of Setting the Bar ). In this episode, Shane and I discuss the complex topic of objective morality and the shift towards moral relativism in society. We explore the role of judgment in ethics an...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 177
📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Perennial Lives is a new series on In Search of Wisdom exploring The Art of Living: From Socrates to Aquinas. Each episode examines the life and wisdom of one perennial figure in an attempt to keep learning how to live. 🔆 Read the transcript: https://perennial.substack.com/ --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerennialPods Instagram: https://instagram.com/PerennialPods YouTube: https://w...
Mar 20, 2024•16 min•Ep. 176
