In this episode we will read and reflect upon the second meditation of Book 4. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our website : https://st...
Oct 22, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Many listeners have written in expressing difficulty in accepting death and reframing it as the Stoics framed it. So, in today's episode, I speak with Professor of Classics at Bard University and author of "How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life" and "Dying Every Day, Seneca at the Court of Nero." During our conversation, James shares much about Seneca's life with me, and much about why overcoming death is critical to living a good life. We also discuss the concept of "dying well." -- G...
Oct 19, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 36
In this episode we will read and reflect upon the first meditation of Book 4. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our website : https://sto...
Oct 15, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 35
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the sixteenth and final meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https...
Oct 08, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Quick correction: I misname Gregory Hays as George Hays (probably because I was referencing George Long right before recording this episode). Forgive me. In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fifteenth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https...
Oct 01, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fourteenth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.s...
Sep 24, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 32
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the thirteenth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.s...
Sep 17, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the twelfth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoi...
Sep 10, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the eleventh meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.sto...
Sep 03, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Sagan's Mote of Dust: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/when-earth-became-a-mote-of-dust In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the tenth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentori...
Aug 28, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the ninth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoici...
Aug 20, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the eighth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoic...
Aug 13, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Get the "Straight to the Point" version of this podcast: https://stoicism.supercast.com In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the seventh meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring communit...
Aug 06, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the sixth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Link to the article mentioned: https://tannerhelps.substack.com/p/id-like-to-expose-the-math-behind -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentorin...
Jul 30, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this week's episode we'll be reading and going over the fifth meditation from Book Three of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoici...
Jul 23, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Listeing to the words, advice, ramblings, and complainings of most people will do nothing for you. But perhaps there are some people whom thinking of, or listening to, would benefit your own goal of creating a virtuous character and healthy mind. Let's explore that in Meditation #4 of Book Three. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling progra...
Jul 16, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Today we'll work through the third meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll explore what might happen after death, and how, in either case, it shouldn't be feared. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicism...
Jul 09, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Today we'll work through the second meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll explore the more poetic (if you could call it that) side of Stoicism. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- V...
Jul 02, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Today we'll work through the first meditation of Book 3 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius where we'll be asked to consider what might become of our mission as Prokoptôns if we were to lose our mental faculties. -- Purchase and Review my book on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4B74CWL -- The book I read these meditations from : https://amzn.to/3OoDSfH Visit the website for transcripts : https://stoicismpod.com Reach out to me with questions or thoughts : [email protected] Learn m...
Jun 25, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Today we'll work through the final meditation of Book 2 from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
May 14, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 18
This week we're working through Meditation 16 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
May 09, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This week we're working through Meditation 15 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
Apr 30, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 16
This week we're working through Meditation 14 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
Apr 16, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This week we're working through Meditation 13 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
Apr 09, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This week we're working through Meditation 12 from Book 2 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our website : https://stoicismpod.com Check o...
Apr 02, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week we're working through Meditation 11 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
Mar 26, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week we're working through Meditation 10 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our we...
Mar 20, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This week we'll be working through meditation #9 from book 2 of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius "Don’t ever forget these things: -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoic...
Mar 14, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This week we'll be working through the 8th meditation from book 2 of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit ou...
Mar 05, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This week we'll be working through the 7th meditation from book 2 of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit ou...
Feb 26, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 8
