# stoic (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stoic. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Stoic Inner Citadel: Beyond the Kata](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-stoic-inner-citadel-beyond-the) _2026-08-18 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Too Much Isolation & Solo Training Can Corrupt Your Understanding of Reality [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211774625/f1ddd9e7838ffbe0c2c5df54b9f7dc3e.mp3) ## [Why You Knew Better and Did It Anyway](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/why-you-knew-better-and-did-it-anyway-ccf) _2026-08-18 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ We usually explain regret as knowing better but lacking discipline. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211668606/02abee9aef4f6ed177bc2bd9ae5ed3d9.mp3) ## [Real Brotherhood: My Untold History With RZA, GZA & ODB](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/real-brotherhood-my-untold-history) _2026-08-17 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Stoic Lessons from Wu-Tang Clan [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211498076/51ed09239e574b05e5f1cf329a502064.mp3) ## [The Practice: The same hospital](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/the-practice-the-same-hospital) _2026-08-16 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ The advice you keep giving may be the advice you need. ## [He Flew Thousands of Miles Just to Learn From the Best](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/he-flew-thousands-of-miles-just-to) _2026-08-13 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Traveling BJJ Scholar Prof. Travis Lemiesz Shares The Gemstones of BJJ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211060780/e9675636620e78ab6d5f58971ba7eaf9.mp3) ## [You're Not Weak, You're Human — A Stoic Path Back to the Table](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/youre-not-weak-youre-human-a-stoic) _2026-08-11 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ A Guided Meditation To Refine Our Dietary Discipline [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210808738/c6ec4fa39b86e228afaa2ed5ff82e274.mp3) ## [Nobody Does Evil on Purpose. Really?](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/nobody-does-evil-on-purpose-really-6fc) _2026-08-11 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ Stoicism says nobody does wrong on purpose: every bad act begins in a mistaken judgement about what is good. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210711585/5507bfce4487ad996606b8065980f4c8.mp3) ## [The Voice in Your Head Is Lying to You](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-voice-in-your-head-is-lying-to) _2026-08-10 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Here's How to Shut It Up [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210556140/86a0ee7bb03682c111eb7e0993120f79.mp3) ## [The Practice: The counterfeit detector](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/the-practice-test-the-coin) _2026-08-09 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ Before you believe an impression, check what it is worth. ## [Education by Day, Ralph Gracie by Night — Meet Chicago's Toughest Dean](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/education-by-day-ralph-gracie-by) _2026-08-06 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Mountain View OG, Misho Ceko [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210098872/22b7ef5558d40e52263b2b25aea23cdd.mp3) ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rH7elnx0W8Vz) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [The Roman Fake That Taught Real Men How to Grieve](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-roman-fake-that-taught-real-men) _2026-08-04 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Lessons on Death and Grief from a Crying Stoic (thats me!) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209831554/08f4580e295c63b86926fdbbdbba0d8f.mp3) ## [The Astrophysicist Who Became One of the UK's Deadliest Grapplers](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-astrophysicist-who-became-one) _2026-08-03 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Prof. Ashley Williams on the journey from amateur grappling to ADCC [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209684126/03f9f502e192bc0f2477e310204c2ad6.mp3) ## [I asked Bas Rutten about violence](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/i-asked-bas-rutten-about-violence) _2026-08-03 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ Bas Rutten retired without losing any of his last 22 fights. ## [Why the Relaxed Man Always Wins (with Bas Rutten)](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/why-the-relaxed-man-always-wins-with-233) _2026-08-03 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ The most feared striker in MMA history spent this conversation talking about calm. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209617083/bdc8ccb7a8ac1f2d9f663e17b780f646.mp3) ## [The Practice: Six cars ahead](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/the-practice-six-cars-ahead) _2026-08-02 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ A three-column drill for separating what happened from what you made it mean. ## [The Stoic Case Against the Manosphere](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-stoic-case-against-the-manosphere) _2026-07-30 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Author William Mulligan the Authentic Stoic Agenda [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209129955/ebcc0342d0e7572a11c7772fb378ec51.mp3) ## [The Tate Brothers Saw the Crisis. They Never Had the Cure.](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-tate-brothers-saw-the-crisis) _2026-07-28 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Red Pill & Blue Pill Factions Fail Men Horribly [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208870258/bcadb16caa76f4042a5a4ce19f35c2af.mp3) ## [Are You Using Stoicism to Numb Out? | with Erick Cloward](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/are-you-using-stoicism-to-numb-out-86c) _2026-07-25 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ Stoicism is meant to help you master your emotions. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208423848/2fe7ada715c07d7c02f69b5de34bc410.mp3) ## [He Fought Dan Severn in Brazil and Trained the First British UFC Champion — Meet Professor Mario Sukata](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/he-fought-dan-severn-in-brazil-and) _2026-07-21 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | A Carlson Gracie Black Belt Shares The Wisdom in His Journey [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207962514/dae5d492106cf7c87cf4bf81f07afb28.mp3) ## [I Knew Andrew and Tristan Tate's Father](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/i-knew-andrew-and-tristan-tates-father) _2026-07-20 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ A Stoic Autopsy On Tate Brothers Downfall [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207800848/b8ba3c0faf5be722562d36909eeb534f.mp3) ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h0ltdbbFP3l9) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Stoic Discipline and the Black Belt Mindset](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/stoic-discipline-and-the-black-belt) _2026-07-15 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Why Most People Quit Before They Finish, with Prof. Josh Peters [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207185924/e7b0bc7d2aef91d7c147316e48668eae.mp3) ## [Balancing the Scales Between Stoic Discipline and GLP-1s:A Conversation with a Leeds Obesity Scientist](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/balancing-the-scales-between-stoic) _2026-07-13 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Prof. Graham Finlayson of Leeds University Shares His Insights [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206910200/adfbed794a24dfe2d91deef152ca11e2.mp3) ## [The Practice: Feel it first](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/the-practice-feel-it-first) _2026-07-13 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ A 60-second Stoic drill for separating the first jolt from the story your mind adds. ## [Why Conor McGregor's UFC 329 Loss Is Good for the Sport](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/why-conor-mcgregors-ufc-329-loss) _2026-07-12 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ A Stoic Reflection on Conors Karmic Collapse [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206660086/60a9c79fca158fc4fd33a5176fdc521f.mp3) ## [King Charles, Roger Gracie & Raising Strong BJJ Kids: A Conversation with Sanjay Jalporte](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/king-charles-roger-gracie-and-raising) _2026-07-11 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | The King of England Got His White Belt [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206536784/33e86e1e13cd7fb63eeeb78ab808c56b.mp3) ## [The White House Fight Nobody's Talking About Right](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-white-house-fight-nobodys-talking) _2026-07-08 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ The Best Conversation on UFC 250, Herb Dean and the Future of MMA [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206067090/207b74ebdb9dd83dbfd839a770bd6c7d.mp3) ## [The Beautiful Art of Losing Time](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-beautiful-art-of-losing-time) _2026-07-07 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Watch now | Stoic Perspectives on Not Wasting Time- But Losing It [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205942380/003092137bf8620cd66232ad9ade09fb.mp3) ## [The Man Who Rewrote BJJ History: Deep Conversations With Author Robert Drysdale](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/the-man-who-rewrote-bjj-history-deep) _2026-07-06 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ 5 Things You Don't Know about BJJ + He Thinks Bruce Lee Couldn't Fight?!? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205652063/96336d40bf507f9e572e658e90ff05c2.mp3) ## [Prof. Benji Silva: How Discipline, Sacrifice, and Jiu-Jitsu Forge a Champion's Character](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/prof-benji-silva-how-discipline-sacrifice) _2026-07-04 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ “Endure and renounce.” — Epictetus [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205013384/37d0ea984b7e03d7330491a405e05c9e.mp3) ## [The Practice: The vine doesn't announce](https://stoicism.substack.com/p/the-practice-the-vine-doesnt-announce) _2026-06-30 · Jon Brooks · The Practice by The Stoic Handbook_ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.6, in Gregory Hays' translation. ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EutRBJvKsMPj) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [From the Cage to the Courtroom: Why MMA & BJJ Need Philosophy More Than Ever](https://adisabanjoko.substack.com/p/from-the-cage-to-the-courtroom-why) _2026-06-29 · Adisa Banjoko · Bishop Chronicles Podcast w/ Adisa Banjoko_ Listen now | Do You Know Why Your Favorite Fighter/Coach is in Jail Right Now? I do!! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204183465/6c8704604abfade711fd0a39e4d3b70d.mp3) ## [A Candle in the Dark: Cicero and Skepticism](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/a-candle-in-the-dark-cicero-and-the) _2026-06-15 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Massimo Pigliucci and I spoke about his new book, How to Be a (Happy) Skeptic, and I have a renewed appreciation for ancient skepticism. ## [Letter 100: On the Writings of Fabianus](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-100-on-the-writings-of-fabianus/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 100, On the Writings of Fabianus, is Seneca at his most thoughtful about writing itself — which makes it a fitting milestone at the hundredth letter. Lucilius has read a book by the philosopher Papirius Fabianus and come away disappointed, criticizing its style as too smooth, too plain, lacking the punchy epigrams of fashionable \[ \] The post Letter 100: On the Writings of Fabianus first… ## [Letter 99: On Consolation to the Bereaved](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-99-on-consolation-to-the-bereaved/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 99 is unusual in form: it s actually a copy of a letter Seneca once wrote to a grieving father named Marullus, who had lost his young son. Seneca shares it with Lucilius as an example of consolation that doesn t coddle. His approach is famously bracing — tender about the loss itself, but firm about \[ \] The post Letter 99: On Consolation to the Bereaved first appeared on Seneca Letters From… ## [Letter 98: On the Fickleness of Fortune](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-98-on-the-fickleness-of-fortune/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 98, On the Fickleness of Fortune, tackles one of the central problems of human happiness: how can we be content when everything we love can be taken from us? Seneca s answer is that the person who depends on Fortune s gifts can never be truly happy, because anything that came from outside can leave the \[ \] The post Letter 98: On the Fickleness of Fortune first appeared on Seneca Letters… ## [Letter 97: On the Degeneracy of the Age](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-97-on-the-degeneracy-of-the-age/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 97, On the Degeneracy of the Age, opens with a claim that feels remarkably modern: every generation believes its own era is uniquely corrupt — and every generation is wrong. Vice, Seneca argues, belongs to humanity, not to any particular time. To prove it, he reaches back a century to one of Rome s most \[ \] The post Letter 97: On the Degeneracy of the Age first appeared on Seneca Letters… ## [Letter 96: On Facing Hardships](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-96-on-facing-hardships/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 96 is short, sharp, and bracing. Lucilius has been complaining — about illness, losses, the general difficulty of life — and Seneca responds with tough love. His central claim is startling: in all the troubles you re listing, there s really only one evil, and it s the complaining itself. Hardships, he argues, aren t accidents that befall \[ \] The post Letter 96: On Facing Hardships first… ## [Letter 95: On the Usefulness of Basic Principles](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-95-on-the-usefulness-of-basic-principles/) _2026-05-31 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 95 is one of the longest and most powerful in the entire collection. Lucilius has pressed Seneca to settle a debate: are practical precepts — specific rules of conduct — enough to make us good, or do we also need deeper guiding principles? Seneca s answer is a resounding both, but principles come first. Rules \[ \] The post Letter 95: On the Usefulness of Basic Principles first appeared on… ## [Letter 94 – On the Value of Advice](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-94-on-the-value-of-advice/) _2026-05-26 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 94, On the Value of Advice, is one of Seneca s longest and most technical letters — a sustained defense of practical moral advice against the austere Stoic Aristo of Chios, who argued that specific precepts are superfluous if you already have sound doctrine, and useless if you don t. Seneca thinks Aristo is wrong, and \[ \] The post Letter 94 – On the Value of Advice first appeared on Seneca… ## [Letter 93 – On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-93-quality-of-life/) _2026-05-26 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 93, On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life, is Seneca s beautiful follow-up to the closing argument of Letter 92. His friend Lucilius is grieving the philosopher Metronax, who died too soon — and Seneca uses the moment to deliver one of the clearest statements of the Stoic view of time and \[ \] The post Letter 93 – On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life first… ## [Letter 92 – On the Happy Life](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-92-on-the-happy-life/) _2026-05-26 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 92, On the Happy Life, is one of Seneca s most ambitious philosophical letters — a sustained argument that the happy life is nothing more or less than the perfection of reason. He takes on rival philosophers who hedge their bets with externals, defends the radical Stoic position that virtue is its own reward, and \[ \] The post Letter 92 – On the Happy Life first appeared on Seneca Letters… ## [Letter 91 – On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons](https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-91-burning-of-lyons/) _2026-05-26 · Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · Seneca Letters From a Stoic_ Letter 91, On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons, was written soon after the Roman colony of Lugdunum — modern Lyons — was wiped out by fire in a single night. Seneca s friend Liberalis loved the city, and the news has shaken him to the core. Seneca offers him a bracing \[ \] The post Letter 91 – On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons first appeared on Seneca Letters From… ## [Brittany / Meredith / Allie LIVE 12pm EST Friday](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/brittany-meredith-allie-live-12pm) _2026-05-22 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ A recording from Meredith Alexander Kunz and Human Potential & Resilience's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198866052/296e0d2be346ada6f47a9637cce187a3.mp3) ## [The Poker Dad’s Guide to Uncertainty and Taking Risks](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/the-poker-dads-guide-to-uncertainty) _2026-04-29 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Read the odds. Make the best call you can. Take a risk now and then. And understand, before you even sit down, that a good bet doesn’t always pay off. ## [“Anger takes away your power”: Stoicism and the pitfalls of parenting while angry](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/anger-takes-away-your-power-stoicism) _2026-04-07 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Reflections on my conversation with Ken Davenport for The Philosopher’s Compass Podcast. Anger can steal your power over your reactions, and a Stoic practice can give it back. ## [Stoicism and warrior philosophy](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/stoicism-and-warrior-philosophy) _2026-03-06 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ It's a good time to think about Stoicism and those who fight for country, as well as Stoic philosophy’s cosmopolitan nature: we are all members of the human race. Inspired by a new podcast. ## [What a Stoic can learn from the Epicureans](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/what-a-stoic-can-learn-from-the-epicureans) _2026-02-09 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Go ahead, try the pie! And take a listen to my podcast with Eden Blazejak on Stoicism and Epicureanism ## [Black-and-white thinking can feel like a relief, but it's got a hidden cost](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/black-and-white-thinking-can-feel) _2026-01-21 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Check your certainty - it might not be serving you well! And take a listen to my podcast with Kasey Pierce ## [Stoicism is not a withdrawal from the world. It is a radical philosophy of social commitment](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/stoicism-is-not-a-withdrawal-from) _2025-12-23 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ My conversation with Prof. Lisa Hill, in the latest Philosopher's Compass podcast, inspired new insights into Stoicism and what it means to parents - and all of us ## [I need your help!](https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/i-need-your-help) _2025-12-10 · Meredith Alexander Kunz · The Stoic Mom_ Please share your stories of Stoic parenting 🌟