Pub and Porch: Applied Stoicism

Nature Made us Kin

In today's episode, Adam and Mick talk about a topic related to one of the most recent natural disasters occurring right now: the flash floods in Nepal. The melting

The Odyssey: Movie & Myth Part 1

In this first of a two-part episode, Adam and Mick discuss the film The Odyssey and compare it to the original story, while also providing commentary on the takeaways and

The Odyssey: Movie & Myth Part 2

In the second half of this two-part episode this week, Adam and Mick finish of their review of the movie The Odyssey by picking off where they left off on Odysseus'

The Odyssey and the Stoics

This week, we start a multi-episode series on The Odyssey which gives Mick and Adam a chance to discuss the original story as well as the new movie hitting theatres right

Progress, Not Imperfection

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick discuss the concept of imperfection, starting with the use of Brene Brown's book The Gifts of Imperfection as a starting g

Pulse Check

Today, the podcast is celebrating 1 year of episodes! Adam and Mick decided that for this week's episode they would do a "pulse check" to see how they both felt the

Rumors

In today's episode, Adam and Mick discuss the impact of rumors and how Socrates devised a three-step plan for deciding when to say anything called the Three Sieves.

Burnout

In today's episode, Adam and Mick discuss a very practical topic which is the discussion of burnout. The episode begins by discussing what burnout is, what it might

Raising Kids 4

In this penultimate episode on raising kids, Adam and Mick dive into the topics of fostering and adoption. Mick shares personal stories of his first-hand experience of fo

Raising Kids 3

Today's episode continues our series on Raising kids with episode 3, focussing on the last 3 rules from Musonius Rufus on raising children: praise character and effo

Raising Kids 2

In today's episode, recorded on Father's Day itself, Mick and Adam delve further into Musonius' rules about raising kids. The episode starts out by talking

Raising Kids 1

To honour Father's Day, today's episode centres around raising kids. We focus on the teaching of Musonius Rufus and his rules about raising children, and start

Epictetus

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick discuss one of the "Big Three" of Stoicism: Epictetus. In discussion is Epictetus' origins, what we know (or don't re

Selecting Leaders Part 2

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick continue the conversation in part 2 of the main topic for this week's episode which is the selection of leaders, be it pol

Selecting Leaders Part 1

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick open with a little life update to each other and also talk a little bit about some recent space program events going on. Then,

Freedom of Speech

In today's episode, Mick and Adam discuss a topic that has become quite prevalent in these past few years: freedom of speech. Concepts around what is means by defini

Musonius Rufus - Epictetus' Teacher

In today's episode, Adam and Mick continue our episodes on the classical Stoics. Today's episodes covers Musonius Rufus, a prominent Stoic in Rome during the ti

Zeno - Founder of the Stoics

This week, Adam and Mick start a new series of episodes one the original Stoics of history. In this first episode, their topic is Zeno the original founder of Stoicism. T

Temperance; Do you have it?

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick discuss the Stoic virtue of Temperance. Opening with some initial definitions of the word, Adam and Mick discuss their views on

Change

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick talk about change. The conversation starts by focussing on how change is constant, and an expected part of the universe, and ho