Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. More at https://figsinwinter.blog - Please consider supporting Stoic Meditations. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen, www.jolinras.info). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding p ...
Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics. Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins. Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
Distinguished Lecturer in journalism at Queens College and long-time New York Newsday columnist Sheryl McCarthy speaks with accomplished individuals from all walks of life in this engaging half-hour series.
Interviews w/ authors, entrepreneurs, athletes and others on resilience, getting on or getting over life’s set ups and setbacks. If research exists on how people bounce back, he talks about it. If there are physical practices, proven psychologies or philosophies that can help people build personal foundations before the storms come, he digs into it.
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The Good Life by The RealTime Podcast Network is hosted by Sean Murray. It studies the values, virtues, and practices that contribute to leading a meaningful, flourishing life. The show focuses on the most important investment we all make - investing our time wisely to get the most out of life. Join Sean on a journey for the life well-lived. Sean is the founder and CEO of RealTime Performance, a company that provides leadership and organization development services to major corporations.
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What does Enlightenment mean? Former criminalist, Eldon Taylor, believes that true enlightenment can only come when you learn to take charge of your own thoughts. Can you state that your beliefs truly are your own and not just adopted from ideas that are politically correct and mass approved? According to Eldon Taylor, free thinking is difficult for many reasons, ranging from the psychology of your being to the mass attempts to mold your thinking for the convenience of others! Join Eldon Tay ...
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Your Field Guide to a Happy Life With Dr. Massimo Pigliucci
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Leaders are always looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors. Some leaders choose to follow in the footsteps of the theoretical philosophies that successful leaders have put into motion. These theoretical philosophies, as many leaders have learned, can be hit-or-miss. Learn why following the practical philosophy of stoicism…
The word envy comes from Latin for "looking too closely into other people's fortune." Let us see why this is most definitely not a thing that a Stoic should indulge in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Interview with David Javerbaum, Daily Show Writer and host of Godcast Podcast
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David Javerbaum is the guest on this week's episode of Point of Inquiry. David discusses his early writing career and his current gig as God. David discusses starting out with The Onion and what it was like working with David Letterman, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert. As former head writer and producer on the Daily Show, David gives his insights …
Cicero presents an argument according to which grief is the result of lack of courage. As a modern Stoic, I beg to differ. Overcoming grief requires courage, but the feeling itself is natural and inevitable. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Why Immersive VR Technology is a Huge Opportunity with Holographic Architect Michael Potts
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In this episode, I’m excited to dive into the latest Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) development to help you understand how these immersive technologies can add value to your organization through the gamification of your sales funnels. Get all the resources for this episode: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/why-immersive-vr-technolog…
They who are run away with by their lust or anger have quitted the command over themselves. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Robert Jones Jr. takes an intimate look at homosexual love between two teen-aged slaves on a Mississippi cotton plantation
Cicero explains the Stoic "paradox" that everyone but the sage is mad. In the sense of not being reasonable. The good news is that we can work on being less mad, every day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
There are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature. And what disorders can be worse to the body than these two distempers of the mind, weakness and desire? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#59 – Reading the Great Books with Scott Hambrick (Replay)
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On today's show, I talk with Scott Hambrick, the founder of Online Great Books, an organization that hosts virtual seminars for people who want to read the Great Books of Western Civilization. Scott talks about what makes the Great Books great, why they are so important, and how they contribute to living the Good Life. We also do a deep dive into A…
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Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?
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How much do Uber and Lyft drivers really earn, after expenses? Are they getting a raw deal by being classified as 'independent contractors' instead of employees? I explore the debate over these questions with three guests: Louis Hyman (Cornell), Veena Dubal (UC Hastings College of the Law), and Harry Campbell (The Rideshare Guy).…
Popular fame is hasty and inconsiderate, and generally commends wicked and immoral actions, and throws discredit upon the appearance and beauty of honesty by assuming a resemblance of it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
The Stoics put forth the notion that we are naturally virtuous (i.e., prosocial), and that it is society that leads us astray. Modern science confirms their intuition only in part. The fact remains, though, that the choice is ours. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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How Great Leaders Elevate Energy & Eliminate Fear With CEO Richard Sheridan
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On this episode, I approach the fascinating topic of how IT leaders can successfully create business value by incorporating joy into the tech world. Get all the resources for this episode at: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/how-great-leaders-elevate-energy-eliminate-fear-with-ceo-richard-sheridan I’m speaking with the CEO and Chief Storyteller at M…
What reason shall I assign, O Brutus, why, as we consist of mind and body, the art of curing the body should be so much sought after, but the medicine of the mind should not have been so much the object of inquiry? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#58 – Cal Newport on A World Without Email
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Description Our guest this week is Cal Newport, author of the book: A World Without email: Reimagining work in an Age of Digital Overload Cal is a professor of computer science at Georgetown and he is the best selling author of two previous best-selling books on productivity and managing our time: Deep Work and Digital Minimalism. Cal is at the for…
If you are satisfied with yourself when you have approved of what is right, you will not only have the mastery over yourself (which I recommended to you just now), but over everybody, and everything. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Posidonius was once afflicted by severe pain, and yet invited Pompey to discuss philosophy. He said: “Pain, it is to no purpose; notwithstanding you are troublesome, I will never acknowledge you an evil.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Cicero tells the story of how Dionysius quit Stoicism because he was experiencing chronic pain, and how Cleanthes, the second head of the Stoa, chastised him for not understanding the Stoic take on the issue. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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824. Epaminondas, one of the most excellent men who ever lived
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Cicero refers to the story of the Theban general Epaminondas, who sacrificed his life to free his people from the Spartan yoke. If he was capable of that, surely we can withstand the pains and setbacks of ordinary life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Cicero tells the story of Zeno of Elea, a philosopher who withstood torture and faced death in order to overthrow tyranny. Remember that, the next time you complain about a toothache... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
The British Royal family has renewed discussions of the centuries old issue of Colorism @onetoone discuss the topic with City College Prof. Vanessa Valdes
Have you wondered what it's like to get caught up in a conspiracy theory? QAnon, the 9/11 truth movement, lizard people who want to take over the world. What does it take for rational humans to believe such outstandingly irrational beliefs? In this week's episode, Leighann Lord speaks to Stephanie Kemmerer about her personal journey falling in and …
While physical pain may be inevitable, our mental attitude makes a significant difference — for better or worse, depending on how we choose to see things. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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821. Better to be a sick person with integrity than a healthy lier
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Health has value, and is therefore preferred in the Stoic system. However, it is not an intrinsic good, and if in order to stay healthy you have to cheat others, you should accept the chances that you might get sick. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#57 – Learning from Marcus Aurelius with Donald Robertson (replay)
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Episode #57: Learning from Marcus Aurelius with Donald Robertson (replay) On today's show, I talk with Donald Robertson, the co-founder of Modern Stoicism and the author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. Robertson is an expert on both ancient Stoicism and the modern psychotherapy that evolved from Stoici…
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EP. 49: TAPPING A HIGHER SELF: LOCH KELLY ON EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS
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“A person can make himself happy or miserable regardless of what is actually happening outside just by changing the contents of consciousness” -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi How you feel about life and living, and your happiness in general - ultimately depends on interpreting everyday experience. Your mind shapes every experience you have and there is a …
Cicero suggests that getting used to one kind of discomfort or pain will allow us to more easily bear another kind. This is the basis for some modern Stoic exercises, like taking a cold shower. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
I do not deny pain to be pain—for were that the case, in what would courage consist?—but I say it should be assuaged by patience, if there be such a thing as patience: if not, why do we speak so in praise of philosophy? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Episode 71: Eric White - How To Build A Constructive Life Through Dialogue, Podcasting, Pursuing and Living
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Eric White is the creator and host of theEWpodcast. He doesn't podcast just to be a "sage on the stage" but to have valuable conversations with people who interest him and can bring value to a greater audience. He and I have that in common. Eric and I talk about his backstory-- including a bout of depression and recovery from it-- then discuss what…
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Managing the Future of Work Without Getting Replaced by AI with Professor Marco Iansiti
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On this episode, we dive headfirst into how digital companies can maximize their network value and data value to supplement traditional product value. Get all the resources for this episode at:RedZone Podcast Show Notes I’m speaking with author and professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), Marco Iansiti. Marco is an expert at developing firm-leve…
For the Epicureans virtue is instrumental in achieving ataraxia, a life of tranquillity. For the Stoics ataraxia is a byproduct, a result of the fact that the virtuous person can take on any challenge in life with a serene mind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Poetry and fiction tug at our emotions. They are pleasant and powerful, but they may also be manipulative. While Plato's solution to ban poets is not a good idea, we should keep our critical sense on guard so not to be manipulated. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Episode 70: How To Honor Children -- Jeanine Fitzgerald
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Honoring children-- that's Jeanine Fitzgerald's MO. In this interview, she explains what it takes to be a positive influence in the life of each child-- each person -- that she interacts with. Jeanine's child-first philosophy is evident in all of her work: Her book, "The Dance of Interaction"; her frequent keynote speeches (which she delivers inter…
I cannot allow the wise person to be so indifferent about pain. If they bear it with courage, it is sufficient. For pain is, beyond all question, sharp, bitter, against nature, hard to submit to and to bear. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#56 – How to Think Like Shakespeare with Scott Newstok
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My guest today is Scott Newstok, professor at Rhodes and author of “How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education." Scott’s book is ultimately about the craft of thinking and how to improve it. In our conversation we address a very interesting question. How is it that Shakespeare, and his renaissance contemporaries were able t…
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Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)
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Is there any justification for seemingly unjust laws like "qualified immunity," which allows cops to get away with bad behavior? William Baude, a leading scholar of constitutional law, explores how these laws came to be and why they're so hard to change. Also, Baude makes the case for originalism, the view that judges should base their rulings on t…
Cicero on Epicureanism: "What disgrace, what ignominy, would he not submit to that he might avoid pain, when persuaded that it was the greatest of evils?" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Cicero and Brutus begin a conversation on the nature of pain. Brutus immediately concedes that pain isn't the worst possible evil. Infamy, which indicates a bad character, is to be avoided even at the cost of pain. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Juliana Schroeder | Productivity, Relationships & Decision Making
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Our guest on this episode Today is Juliana who is an assistant professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a behavioral scientist who studies the psychological processes by which people think about the minds of other people. This episode will actually be going over various topics such as productivity and efficacy, social interactions and…
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How Do We Control AI That Is Smarter Than Us With Dr. Roman Yampolskiy
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On this episode, you will gain valuable insight into the future cyber ecosystem and what the potential existence of AGI (Super Intelligent AI) could affect how we work in the future. I’m speaking with Professional Speaker, Author of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security, and current Associate Professor at the University of Louisville, Dr. Rom…
How few philosophers will you meet with whose life is conformable to the dictates of reason! Who look on their profession, not as a means of displaying their learning, but as a rule for their own practice! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Aimee Rinehart discusses misinformation, disinformation
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Who's responsible for misinformation and disinformation on the internet