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Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. More at https://massimopigliucci.com. 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
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EP. 44: FREEDOM FROM RESULTS : MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI ON A REDEFINING SUCCESS
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In this episode, my focus is on how to find peace of mind amidst turmoil and persistent uncertainty. So many things that are directly affecting our lives are also out of our direct control - and it can be maddening. Serenity now. The Ancient Greeks used the term ataraxia, which means a state of serene calmness. Steven Gambardella writes in the Soph…
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#239 - Massimo Pigliucci - The Stoic Guide To A Happy Life
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Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at City College and an author. The stoic teachings have helped people for thousands of years, Massimo is undertaking the not-so-small task of attempting to update and improve the body of work. Expect to learn Massimo's favourite lessons from stoicism, how to apply the dichotomy of control to your life,…
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739. The universe is not the result of random events
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The ancient Stoics advanced an argument for the intelligence of the universe very similar to the one deployed by modern creationists. The difference is that - given the advances of science - creationists ought to know better. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#248 - Tim Campos - Doubling Facebook's Workforce Productivity & Fixing Your Calendar
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Tim Campos is the CEO of Woven and Ex-CIO of Facebook. We live in a world with a surplus of information. How we cut through that noise and arrive at a place where we can make effective decisions quickly is the job of productivity systems. As someone who doubled the productivity of Facebook's workforce, Tim knows the limitations of high pressure, hi…
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738. Reason and wisdom, or chance and necessity?
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The Stoics make an argument against the Epicureans about the nature of the universe. For once, it is the Epicureans who got closer t the truth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
The Stoics put forth a three-pronged argument to arrive at the conclusion that the universe is governed wisely and providentially. Unfortunately, their argument is both invalid and unsound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#247 - Hamilton Souther - A Master Shaman's Guide To Ayahuasca
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Hamilton Souther is a Master Ayahuasca Shaman. Psychedelics are the cool kid on the block in 2020, from plant medicine holidays to recreational DMT trips. Today we get to learn from a 20 year veteran of over 4000 ceremonies. Expect to learn what it's like to learn shamanism from the greatest masters in history, why plants have a place in a medicali…
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#724 The Way Marketing Reshapes Our Brains
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Matt Johnson is a professor, researcher, and writer specializing in the application of neuroscience and psychology to the business world. Matt received his PhD in Cognitive Psychology/Neuroscience from Princeton University in 2013. His focus now is ultimately about bridging the gap between science and business, and to this end he works across sever…
The Stoics rejected the gods of the Olympian pantheon as obvious projections of human psychology. But modern thinking leads to doubts even about the Stoics' own more sophisticated conception of God as Nature. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World
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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha
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From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs. After an autoimmune disease diagnosis forced Izhar to leave a successful law career, his mission has been to help people focus on their health and wellbe…
Happy Vs Flourishing episode 13. Jonas Altman is a speaker, writer and entrepreneur on a mission to make the world of work more human. He creates transformational learning experiences to elevate and grow leaders around the globe. His new book "SHAPERS: Reinvent the way you work and change the future" was recently released. We discuss: London and tr…
The complex patterns drawn by the planets in the sky seem to indicate the existence of a higher intelligence. But of course modern physics has other ideas. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Mi-Fit Podcast
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Being an Unapologetic Gym Owner with Stu Brauer
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This week on The MiFit Podcast I interview Stu Brauer founder of WTF Gym Talk. Stu has been in the fitness industry for over a decade and has worked his way intro owning Urban Movement, doing gym consulting, and creating both educational and entertaining content for micro gym owners. In many ways, Stu is pioneering the micro-gym fitness industry an…
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734. The cosmos is neither living nor endowed with mind
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Cicero has one of his Stoic characters very explicitly state a notion about the nature of the cosmos that does not hold up to modern philosophical and scientific scrutiny. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#246 - Jay Morton - Developing A Special Forces Mindset
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Jay Morton is a Former SAS Operator and Two-time Everest Summitee. Becoming a soldier means dealing with fear, coping with pressure and performing with excellence. The SAS is the best of the best and today we learn the key lessons from Jay's 14 year career. Expect to learn how humour can help with fear, whether climbing Everest is harder than the S…
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Modern Wisdom
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#245 - Rob Bell - Is Spirituality Compatible With Modern Life?
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Rob Bell is a MegaChurch Pastor and an author. When you're compelled to discover why we are here there are a number of potential routes you can go down, becoming the pastor of a church with 10,000 people in it which takes over a mall to fit them all in is one of them. Expect to learn how spirituality can be compatible with a modern rational life, h…
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Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World
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Episode #399: SOWH2 - How Diversity Programs Backfire
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In the second installment of the Strong Opinions, Weakly Held series, I'll be tackling DEI programs, and how they can backfire and cause more harm than good. --- Listen to Future Squared wherever you find your podcasts, or find us online at www.nofilter.media/futuresquared
Cicero summarizes a beautiful argument by the Stoics to the effect that the world itself is wise. Unfortunately, the argument is based on unsound premises, and its conclusion is incoherent. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Point of Inquiry
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The Puritan Roger Williams, Church State Separation, and The Impact on Today
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What does the Puritan founder of both the state of Rhode Island and the Baptist Church have to say about modern evangelicals? Roger Williams had certain ideas that didn't fit into 17th century England or its American colonies. Freedom of conscience, separation of church and crown, fair treatment of indigenous peoples, and supporting the rights of w…
Zeno claimed that life can only come from life, and reason from reason, so he concluded that the universe was alive and endowed with reason. It's a beautiful idea, but one that has not withstood the test of modern science. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#244 - Diana Rodgers - The Case For Eating Better Meat
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Diana Rodgers is a dietitian, author and a film producer. The case for veganism is often made, today we get to hear the other side of the argument. Expect to learn whether vegans or meat eaters live longer, the environmental, nutritional and ethical reasoning behind Diana's justification for eating meat, if you truly can get all your nutrients from…
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#723 Leanne Domash PhD on Imagination, Creativity and Spirituality in Psychotherapy
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Dr. Leanne Domash has had a life-long interest in the creative process and the intersection of imagination, spirituality and psychotherapy. She is a psychologist/psychoanalyst, writer and playwright and Certified Embodied Imagination Practitioner. Dr. Domash has written and spoken widely about the creative process, the uses of imagination, the heal…
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Mi-Fit Podcast
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How to Speak so that People Want to Listen with Julian Treasure
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This week on The MiFit Podcast I am accompanied by Julian Treasure. Julian is a sound and communication expert whose mission is to help people and organizations listen better and create healthier and more effective sound, include speaking. He is author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business. Julian has also been featured on Ted Talks 5 tim…
Happy Vs Flourishing episode 12 featuring Rian Doris talking about the science of flow states, coaching techniques for flow and peak performance that reach from embodiment practices, recovery to flow triggers and gratitude. 15 obstacles to achieving flow state 1. Mindset 2. Distraction 3. Burnout 4. Exhaustion 5. Sleep 6. Overwhelm 7. Clarity 8. Mo…
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Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?
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Rationally Speaking returns from hiatus with a look at a clash between two generations: Millennials, and their parents' generation, the Baby Boomers. Faced with stagnant wages and rising costs of education, rent, and health care, Millennials have a tougher path to economic security than Boomers did. And a growing number of millennial writers argue …
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Modern Wisdom
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#243 - Sevan Matossian - A Growth-Minded Guide To Raising Superhuman Kids
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Sevan Matossian is a filmmaker and a parent. 90% of people will have children at some point in life, yet we're never given the same insights for raising kids that we learn for our own personal growth. Expect to learn the key principles that Sevan focusses on when parenting 3 young boys, how to keep your relationship stable when having children, why…
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#242 - John Roa - The Dark Side Of The Startup World
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John Roa is an entrepreneur and an author. We often hear about the galactic successes of high growth startups, but what is the price that the founders pay to enable it? Expect to learn what the real culture of silicon valley is, how your business can cause a psychotic breakdown, what John realised is truly valuable in life, how market sentiment and…
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#241 - Seth Godin - Weaponise Your Creativity
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Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, marketer and an author. “Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions” - Elizabeth King. Seth is an absolute boss and fully delivers on this episode as we discuss how to overcome creative hurdles and ship your work. Expect to learn what learning to juggle can teach us about achieving goals, how to deal with cri…
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#722 Somatic Therapist RebekkahLaDyne on Mind-Body Stress Reset
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Rebekkah has spent twenty-five years in the field of embodied well-being. After working in therapeutic mindfulness for 15 years, she studied Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University and conducted clinical research in somatic self-regulation. Based on her research in mind-body medicine, her comprehensive training with the Somatic Experiencing Insti…
Happy Vs Flourishing episode 11 is with Frederika Roberts who has travelled the world speaking at international positive psychology and positive education conferences. She is a speaker, trainer, lecturer and published author, she supports individuals and organisations to practise, promote and embed wellbeing practices into everyday life and we talk…
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Mi-Fit Podcast
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Live Your Life with Purpose on Purpose with Justin Su'a
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After recording almost 100 shows I often get asked, “What’s your favorite episode you’ve recorded so far?” Similar to a parent, it’s too difficult to pick your favorite. However, one of my favorite people that i’ve had the privilege to interview twice is Justin Sua. Justin is a sports mental performance coach for the Tampa Bay Rays. Prior to workin…
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Modern Wisdom
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#240 - Sheldon Solomon - Does The Fear Of Death Drive Everything We Do?
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Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist at Skidmore College and an author. Humans are a unique animal in that we are aware of our own mortality. One day we will die, and we know it. This fact has a huge impact on how we live our lives, perhaps it's the most important fact we know. Expect to learn how Sheldon's experiments have proven that death an…
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Stoic Meditations
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Zeno tries to demonstrate that the cosmos are capable of reason
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Zeno of Citium puts forth a compact argument to conclude that the universe as a whole, as distinct from individual beings within the cosmos, reasons. But the argument is based on a fallacious premise. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World
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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior
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David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million. A year later, in 2015, David proceeded to invest half of his net worth into the acquisition of Bladnoch Distillery, a 200 …
Chrysippus, the third head of the Stoa, constructs an argument for the existence of god that is unsound, that is, based on a faulty premise. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#238 - Reeves Wiedeman - The Catastrophic Story Of WeWork
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Reeves Wiedeman is an author and a Contributing Editor for New York Magazine. At one point, WeWork was one of the world's highest ever valued private companies. Now it's in free fall. Expect to learn why WeWork was so overvalued, where it got all it's capital from, the fundamental flaw in the business model, how personality & charm can overcome obj…
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#721 Psychologist Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt on her book Move On Motherf*cker
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Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt is a board-certified health psychologist who swears her way to sanity using cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, humor, positive psychology, and profanity. Jodie has more than 25 years of professional experience helping others find meaning in a crazy world. Follow Jodie and get some inspiration on Facebook, Twitter, and …
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Stoic Meditations
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Four (bad) arguments for the existence of the gods
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Cleanthes, the second head of the Stoa, advances four bad arguments for the existence of the gods. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Episode 10 of Happy Vs Flourishing is with Caroline Sherlock who is a functional medicine practitioner, inspiring people to make simple, achievable dietary changes, guiding them towards foods and drinks that taste great but which also benefit their health. She specialises in personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine, following the Functional Me…
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Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World
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Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work
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Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. His latest book is The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, and it explores the numerous idea pathogens permeating today’s social landscape, such as, but n…
We need to demystify the Stoics somewhat. We moderns should value and respect ancient wisdom, but not to the point of mindless worship. This episodes provides two pertinent examples. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Mi-Fit Podcast
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Strong by Science with Max Schmarzo
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This week on The MiFit Podcast I interview sport scientist Max Schmarzo. Max is the owner is Strong by Science and co-owner of Upper Echelon Nutrition. Max has also written two books titled “Applied Principles of Power Development” and “Isometrics for Performance.” If you love learning about the science, research, and improving your athletic perfor…
The ancient Stoics believed in divination. They were obviously mistaken about it. And yet the general principle they adopted was very much akin to the one underlying modern science. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#237 - Chris Voss - How To Negotiate Like An FBI Agent
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Chris Voss is the Ex Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator for the FBI, a CEO & author. Chris is someone who has negotiated under the highest imaginable pressure with kidnappers, bank robbers and terrorists. Expect to learn the single most powerful phrase in communication, how to say no more effectively, how to improve your confidence during a d…
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Modern Wisdom
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#236 - Robert Glazer - Elevate Yourself & Reach Your Potential
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Robert Glazer is a CEO and an author. Closing the gap between where we are and where we could be is one of the most important pursuits in life. Today expect to learn Robert's best advice for elevating your spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional capacities, why looking for a cerebral answer to every problem can be a poor strategy, the most …
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Stoic Meditations
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Obviously, the universe is guided by an intelligence. Or is it?
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We begin the study of book II of Cicero's On the Nature of the Gods, and we see that the Stoics begin with deploying what is nowadays known as an argument from design. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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#720 Living A Symbolic Life with Jungian Analyst Jason E. Smith
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Jason Smith is a Jungian analyst based in the beautiful Cape Ann region north of Boston, Massachusetts.Jason began his training as a psychotherapist at Pacifica Graduate Institute where he received a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology in 2001. After relocating to Massachusetts, Jason began his psychoanalyt…
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Point of Inquiry
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J.R. Becker on the Annabelle and Aiden Book Series and Teaching Children Critical Thinking
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Author J.R. Becker joins Leighann Lord in this episode of Point of Inquiry to speak about his book series, Annabelle & Aiden. The series is a pro-science children's book series that explores science, philosophy, and critical thinking. Their conversation dives into: What inspired Becker to write the series How the books teach critical thinking and a…
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Look less critically at others, and a bit more critically at yourself
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Do you look at other people’s pimples while yon yourselves are covered with countless ulcers? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Modern Wisdom
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#235 - Konstantin Kisin - Approval To Speak Freely
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Konstantin Kisin is a comedian and podcaster. Growing up in Russia gives you a unique insight into culture, identity and politics. Hopefully this episode doesn't end up with us in the Gulag. Expect to learn why Darren Grimes being called in by the MET Police is bad for everyone, what the current day and the Soviet Union have in common, who Konstant…
