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The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life

Via Stoica is a podcast dedicated to Stoicism as a lived philosophy and a practical way of meeting modern life. We draw from ancient texts and apply them to real challenges, emotional reactivity, discipline, purpose, relationships, and adversity. This is not about abstract theory. It is about practice, with attention to what is within our control. Each week, we explore Stoic themes through reflections, practical topics, and interviews. The views expressed are my own and for informational

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00:19:50

Carnuntum: The Roman City Where Marcus Aurelius Wrote

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/09/28

What does the Roman city of Carnuntum look like today, and where did Marcus Aurelius write part of the Meditations? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, I walk through Carnuntum in Austria with Dr. Markus Wachter, managing director of the Museum of Carnuntum, to explore the ruins, the reconstructed Roman houses, and the story of a frontier city on the Danube.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This conversation steps outside the texts and into the place where one of the

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01:04:04

A Stoic Conversation with Justin Mainous: The Agora...

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/09/21

What happens when philosophy stops being something you read about and becomes something you practice together? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, recorded in Prague, I sit down with Justin Mainous, one of the driving forces behind the Agora Network, a community built almost entirely on Socratic dialogue.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Justin's path to philosophy started with losing his faith in university and navigating real mental health struggles largely on

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01:04:21

How AI Helped Unwrap 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum...

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2026/09/14

In June 2026, a team of papyrologists and AI researchers achieved something once thought impossible: reading an entire ancient scroll, carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, from beginning to end, without ever physically opening it.In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, I'm joined by Federica Nicolardi, lead papyrologist of the Vesuvius Challenge and Associate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Naples Federico II, and Maria Chiara Robustelli, a member of the

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00:15:53

The One Habit You Need in Life

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/09/08

Most advice about habits is really about saving you time. This episode of the Via Stoica Podcast looks at a different kind of habit entirely, the one Epictetus considered the only one that actually matters.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. We all build habits to avoid the exhaustion of deciding everything from scratch every day, from what we eat to how we start our mornings. That kind of habit is useful and worth having. But it isn't the habit the Stoics were most

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00:11:27

It's Not What You Do. It's Why You Do It.

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2026/09/01

On the Ides of March, 44 BC, sixty men took part in a single act: killing a tyrant. In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we ask a question that still matters two thousand years later. Were all sixty acting virtuously, or were some of them doing the exact same thing for entirely different reasons?Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. The Stoics were clear that virtue never lives in the visible act itself. It lives in the judgment behind it, in what they called prohairesis,

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00:11:30

Does Your Legacy Matter? What If You Left Nothing...

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/08/24

Does your legacy actually matter, and what if you left nothing behind at all? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we look honestly at why so many of us build our lives around being remembered, and what the Stoics actually thought about that impulse.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Only twelve people have ever walked on the moon, and their footprints will likely outlast almost everything else humans have ever built, yet ask someone to name the seventh person to do it

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00:12:10

Are you relevant enough? To Whom and Why?

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2026/08/17

Are you relevant enough, and relevant to whom exactly? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we look at why this question comes up so often during moments of change, and what Stoic philosophy actually says about the value we attach to being needed.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Relevance always exists in relation to someone or something else, at a particular moment, which means it was never a fixed thing to hold onto in the first place.Twelve people have ever walked

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00:12:07

How Influencable Are You? Or Do You Trust Your Own...

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/08/10

Family, friends, colleagues, and strangers on a screen all try to sway how you think and act. In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we look honestly at how influencable we really are, and what it takes to trust your own judgment instead.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. If the previous episode was about what we put out into the world, this one is about what we let in, and how easily that shapes the direction of our lives.Influence is not new, and it is not only found

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00:17:34

So You Have an Opinion? Does Everyone Need to Know?

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/08/03

Do you really need to share that opinion? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we look at what drives the impulse to comment, react, and weigh in online, and what Stoic philosophy says about examining that impulse before we act on it.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode is not about whether you are allowed to have opinions. It is about what you do with them and why you feel the need to share them at all.Social media rewards reaction. Every post, every event,

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00:15:58

Anger: The Stoic Way to Reclaim Your Sanity

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2026/07/27

Anger protects us. It motivates us. It gets things done. These are the arguments people make for keeping it, and in this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we take an honest look at why Seneca called anger momentary madness and what that means for how we live.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode examines one of the most defended emotions in modern life and what Stoic philosophy actually says about it: not that we should suppress it, but that we should understand it

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00:13:51

The Blame Game: Stop Pointing the Finger and Start...

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2026/07/20

When did we stop asking what we could do better and start looking for someone else to blame? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we examine one of the most common and costly habits in modern life: the blame game, and what Stoic philosophy says about how to break it.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode is an honest look at how blame keeps us stuck, why it feels so comfortable, and what taking real responsibility for our lives actually looks like in

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00:11:11

Your Life Is Not Short. You Just Don't Know How to...

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2026/07/14

"Life is too short." It is one of the most common things people say and, according to Seneca, one of the most misguided. In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast we examine what the Stoics actually thought about time and why the problem is never how much of it we have.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode draws on Seneca's On the Shortness of Life to make an argument that is uncomfortable and liberating in equal measure: life is not short. We spend

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00:21:22

The Real Stoic View on Emotions: What Are They...

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2026/07/06

What are your emotions really telling you? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we take a closer look at one of the most misunderstood aspects of Stoic philosophy: the real Stoic view on emotions and what they can teach you about yourself.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode challenges the popular belief that Stoicism is about suppressing emotions and replaces it with something far more useful: understanding them as a source of information about your

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01:02:51

A Stoic Conversation with Massimo Pigliucci: How to...

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2026/06/26

What does it mean to be both a Stoic and a skeptic?In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, philosopher and author Massimo Pigliucci returns to discuss his new book How to Be a (Happy) Skeptic: a guide to building a philosophy of life rooted in Stoic virtue and the ancient art of proportioning belief to evidence.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York, a former evolutionary biologist, and one of the

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00:16:19

The People Pleaser: How to Stop Living for Other...

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/06/22

People pleasing is not kindness. It is fear dressed up as generosity. In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we look honestly at what it means to stop living for other people's approval and start showing up as yourself.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode builds directly on the previous conversation about the scripts we inherit. People pleasing is what happens when we keep performing that script out of fear rather than choice.Most of us learned early that

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00:18:16

Who Wrote Your Script? The Stoic Guide to Authentic...

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/06/15

How much of the life you are living was actually chosen by you? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we explore authentic living: the practice of examining the scripts inherited from parents, culture, school, and social media, and deciding for the first time which ones are genuinely yours.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. This episode invites you to look honestly at the voices shaping your choices, not to blame them, but to see them clearly and to begin living from

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00:18:07

Amor Fati: How Do You Love Your Fate?

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/06/08

What does it really mean to love your fate? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we look at one of the most used phrases in modern Stoicism, where it actually comes from, and what Stoic philosophy says about acceptance, fate, and how to show up when life does not go as planned.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Here, philosophy is not something you recite. It is something you practice, especially when the difficult moments arrive.Amor fati was never a Stoic phrase

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00:17:52

Stop Waiting: Take Responsibility for Your Soul

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/06/01

Are you waiting for the right moment to start living your life? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we look at what Stoic philosophy says about responsibility: not the kind the self-help world sells you, but the deeper, more demanding kind. The responsibility for your own soul.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Here, philosophy is not theory. It is a daily practice of honest choices, taken one moment at a time.Most of us are waiting for something. For the situation to

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00:12:05

Who Are You? Time to Remove the Mask

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/05/25

Who are you beneath the persona you perform for others? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we sit with that question and what Stoic philosophy says about the difference between the character we are building and the mask we wear for the world.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Here, philosophy is not theory. It is the daily, honest work of examining who you are and how you show up.Most of us are building something for an audience. A reputation. A version of ourselves

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00:17:13

Control: The Side Most Choose to Avoid

The Via Stoica Podcast — A Stoic Way of Life ·

2026/05/18

Everyone talks about letting go. But what about the side that actually demands something of you? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we look at what Stoic philosophy really asks of us when it comes to control and why most people stop at the easier half.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Here, Stoic philosophy isn't a wellness tip or a productivity hack. It's a serious and urgent call to examine who you are and who you are becoming.The dichotomy of control is

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