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Two comedians take an unmerciful and hilarious look at athletes who have lost big games...with the law! Crime in Sports does the research, and finds the funny in the world of sports true crime. New episode every week!
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Just two Minnesota madams musing over the macabre.
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Recovery Elevator
Paul Churchill had his last drink on 7 September 2014. He’s still counting. Getting sober is just the beginning…
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Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other life philosophies. Guaranteed to be AI free.
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Transforming negative perspectives about yourself into healthy perspectives which produces growth prosperity mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually, as well as changing your belief system by listening to life principles, learning how to apply these simple principles to your life, to get positive results.
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Chopping up with people that I am a fan of.
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Awesome dads, OK husbands and terrible golfers dive into everything golf, fatherhood and life. Marc and Chris tackle serious topics in a not so serious way. Follow us on Instagram @breakfastballs.podcast for updated episode information and other great content. https://linktr.ee/breakfastballspodcast
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After a year of discussing the "ideal podcast" and having horrible schedules that prevented any real work from being done, a creative team hailing from Lexington KY decides to just start streaming live and learn on the fly. These are the unfortunate results.
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The official podcast of Modern Stoicism! If you'd like to support the podcast, check out our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/modernstoicism !
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Join host Tyler A. Burr as he delves into a new book each episode and discusses its themes and messages.
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A show where a Forensic Psychology Professor and a Retired FBI Profiler join together to better understand the criminal mind. The BSU, LLC uses evidence-based techniques and processes developed at the FBI's famed Behavioral Science Unit and Crisis Management Unit to improve behavioral intelligence and improve sway, influence, and decision making. Train your workforce in de-escalation through human profiling, learn the elicitation (pre-suasion), solicitation (persuasion), and consummation (po ...
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Round The Back is a weekly comedy football podcast. In each episode, football and football culture is mercilessly ridiculed and lambasted by amateur football experts David Hanafin and Joe Reeves.
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Join Ari and Cayley as they dive into Pride and Prejudice Adaptations and discuss them! In each episode we pick an adaptation, watch it, and dive into everything about it including the acting, cinematography, costumes, and how well it follows the source material (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen). Have an adaptation that you want us to talk about? Have any questions for us? DM us @AustenPod on Twitter or Instagram!
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The Angry Chicken is a podcast all about Hearthstone. Standard, Wild, Battlegrounds, and Solo Adventures. Each week the latest news, strategies, crazy game stories and your emails are covered. Garrett Weinzierl and Jocelyn Moffett together host The Angry Chicken.
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Image from stocksnap.io, CC license. [This series of posts is based on A Handbook for New Stoics—How to Thrive in a World out of Your Control, co-authored by yours truly and Greg Lopez. It is a collection of 52 exercises, which we propose reader try out one per week during a whole year, to actually live like a Stoic. In Europe/UK the book is publis…
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“Any means by which it is possible to procure freedom from fearing other people is a natural good. Some people have desired to gain reputation and to be well regarded, thinking in this way to gain protection from others. If the lives of such people are secure, they have acquired a natural blessing; but if they are not, they do not possess what they…
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Epictetus, engraving by Juan de Noort, 1635. Image from boudewijnhuijgens.getarchive.net, CC license. As I’ve explained in my previous essay, the philosopher Epictetus of Hierapolis has changed my life when I first encountered him a decade ago. He is often presented as a rather “conservative” Stoic, whose philosophy reaches back to that of the thir…
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#423 - I Am Denzel - "Hurricane" Rubin Carter - Part 4
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This week, we finish up this epic tale, waiting to hear if Rubin will be convicted, for a second time, in his retrial. He is sent back to prison, and furious to be convicted with the same, shifting evidence. This time, Bob Dylan & Muhammed Ali aren't there to help, either. Rubin never gives up the legal fight, but the state also isn't backing down.…
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Episode 497 – I Can’t – You Can – Take It Today we have Shelby. She is 38 years old and from Windsor Ontario. She took her last drink on December 23rd, 2023. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Exact Nature use code RE20 to save 20% off of your order [04:10] Thoughts from Paul: Paul seeks to soft…
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Episode 497 – I Can’t – You Can – Take It Today we have Shelby. She is 38 years old and from Windsor Ontario. She took her last drink on December 23rd, 2023. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Exact Nature use code RE20 to save 20% off of your order [04:10] Thoughts from Paul: Paul seeks to soft…
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“The opinion of Socrates respecting this matter is clearly stated in the book which treats of his death, of which we have already said so much; for when he had discussed the immortality of the soul, and when the time of his dying was approaching rapidly, being asked by Crito how he would be buried, ‘I have taken a great deal of pains,’ said he, ‘my…
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Epictetus, ink drawing by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, 1653. Image from picryl.com, CC license. There is no question that the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (50-135 CE) has been a major influence in my life. I first encountered him during a “Stoic Week” back in 2014. Specifically, this passage: “If you are writing to a friend and are at a loss as t…
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#422 - Blood Out Of A Turnip - "Hurricane" Rubin Carter - Part 3
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This week, we catch up with Rubin, as a convicted murderer. The original witnesses are now recanting their stories of seeing Rubin at the murder scene. Meanwhile, Bob Dylan has written a popular song about him, and Muhammed Ali has taken up his cause. This leads to the charges being set aside, and a retrial. Problem is, while out on bail, he's also…
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Episode 496 – One Way Street Today we have James. He is 40 years old and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He took his last drink on November 20th, 2023. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Exact Nature use code RE20 to save 20% off of your order [04:16] Thoughts from Paul: The Paris Olympic Committ…
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Wood engraving after George Du Maurier, image from Wikimedia, CC license. [This series of posts is based on A Handbook for New Stoics—How to Thrive in a World out of Your Control, co-authored by yours truly and Greg Lopez. It is a collection of 52 exercises, which we propose reader try out one per week during a whole year, to actually live like a S…
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Episode 496 – One Way Street Today we have James. He is 40 years old and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He took his last drink on November 20th, 2023. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Exact Nature use code RE20 to save 20% off of your order [04:16] Thoughts from Paul: The Paris Olympic Committ…
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Duplicative language (i.e., plagiarism) in Ancient Greece and Rome. Stop me if you’ve heard this before… Nah, just kidding. Plagiarism is in the news and it’s serious stuff. Those who say it’s no big deal have (at best) never had it happen to them. I have, at least a half-dozen times that I’m aware of, and I have to say it does feel invasive and cr…
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#421 - Dead Men Don't Smoke - "Hurricane" Rubin Carter - Part 2
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This week, we start with Rubin's career going downhill, fast. Fighting three times in one month. From there, it gets worse. After a night out at a local night spot, he is accused of going into a bar, with an accomplice, and murdering 3 people, in cold blood, while making one very unlucky man's life even worse. There is very little evidence, and Rub…
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Episode 495 – Stay the Course Today we have Robbie. He is 28 years old from Palm Springs, CA and took his last drink on January 4th, 2024. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Sober Link to sign up and receive $50 off a device. [4:28] Thoughts from Paul: You are listening to this podcast because y…
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Image from ndla.no, CC license. [This series of posts is based on A Handbook for New Stoics—How to Thrive in a World out of Your Control, co-authored by yours truly and Greg Lopez. It is a collection of 52 exercises, which we propose reader try out one per week during a whole year, to actually live like a Stoic. In Europe/UK the book is published b…
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Episode 495 – Stay the Course Today we have Robbie. He is 28 years old from Palm Springs, CA and took his last drink on January 4th, 2024. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Visit Sober Link to sign up and receive $50 off a device. [4:28] Thoughts from Paul: You are listening to this podcast because y…
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Clovis Cazes, Le Rhapsode, 1913, Musée des Jacobins. Image from Wikimedia, CC license. The Practical Wisdom podcast I produce is not for the faint of heart. Each series of episodes presents a deep dive into a single text from the Greco-Roman wisdom tradition. From time to time, as in the case of this post, it may helpful to pause and collect togeth…
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The Charioteer, Delphi Museum, photo by the Author. It is fashionable these days to argue that the merits of reason are exaggerated, that it is has limits, and that in fact we may even be better off by checking it at the door and relying instead on a number of alternatives, from intuition to emotional thinking, from mysticism to faith. If you think…
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#420 - My History Is Violence - "Hurricane" Rubin Carter
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This week, we start the multi part journey of a man who was played by Denzel Washington in a movie, and had Bob Dylan write a song about him. In part one, we learn the origins of his violent reactions, with beating up a teacher, then a preacher, and being turned in to the police, by his father for other crimes. His anger grows, as spends his time i…
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Episode 494 – Discomfort = Good Today we have Erin. She is 47 years old from Colorado and took her last drink on May 21st, 2022. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Café RE – promo code OPPORTUNITY waives set up fee. [02:53] Thoughts from Paul: Paul shares with us “pain is followed by pleasure and plea…
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Roman fresco from Pompeii, Naples Archeological Museum. Image from worldhistory.org, CC license. [This series of posts is based on A Handbook for New Stoics—How to Thrive in a World out of Your Control, co-authored by yours truly and Greg Lopez. It is a collection of 52 exercises, which we propose reader try out one per week during a whole year, to…
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Episode 494 - Discomfort = Good Today we have Erin. She is 47 years old from Colorado and took her last drink on May 21st, 2022. Sponsors for this episode: Visit Better Help today to get 10% off your first month Café RE – promo code OPPORTUNITY waives set up fee. [02:53] Thoughts from Paul: Paul shares with us “pain is followed by pleasure and plea…
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About identifying characteristics of and finding your Proverbs 31 woman.
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SOCRATES: Now, Nicias, tell me – or rather, tell us, since Laches and I are sharing the discussion between us – your argument is that bravery is knowledge of what is fearful and what is encouraging, isn’t it? NICIAS: Yes. SOCRATES: And this isn’t something everyone is aware of … unless they supplement their own knowledge with this particular kind. …
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Ancient Roman Tribunes carrying the fasci, a symbol of the inviolability of their person. Mussolini later coopted the imagery and terminology to give a patina of respectability to his autocratic movement. For the last several years, both within and outside of the United States, there has been a lot of talk about fascism. The word, naturally enough,…
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#419 - Success On Spite - Jimmy Hitchcock
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This week, we look at a man who started out with a chip on his shoulder, and never lost it. Luckily for him, that landed him a decent NFL career, and the goodwill of the state of North Carolina. This probably also led him to allegedly being involved in a shooting, then being tied up in quite a large scandal involving his post NFL career, real estat…
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Episode 493 – The War is Over, and I Lost Today we have Allie. She is 31 and lives in Central, MA. She took her last drink on March 20th, 2024. There are still a few spots open on our next Alcohol-Free travel trip to Vietnam. This upcoming January 9th-20th, 2025, we’re heading to this incredible Southeast Asia paradise for 10 days and 11 nights wit…
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Don’t talk of gladiators or similar things… Image from deviantart.com/grandegentleman, CC license. [This series of posts is based on A Handbook for New Stoics—How to Thrive in a World out of Your Control, co-authored by yours truly and Greg Lopez. It is a collection of 52 exercises, which we propose reader try out one per week during a whole year, …
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Episode 493 – The War is Over, and I Lost Today we have Allie. She is 31 and lives in Central, MA. She took her last drink on March 20th, 2024. There are still a few spots open on our next Alcohol-Free travel trip to Vietnam. This upcoming January 9th-20th, 2025, we’re heading to this incredible Southeast Asia paradise for 10 days and 11 nights wit…
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#418 - Prison Poppins - Ted Turner - Part 2
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This week, we finish up this insane tale with his father being a murderer, and never having to stay in prison. Meanwhile, Ted has o ne of the shortest careers, of all time, then starts a career as a full time gangster. As part of a safe cracking/housebreaking crew, they went all over the country to steal. Ted breaks out of prison, several times, ma…
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