Pub and Porch: Applied Stoicism

In today's episode, Adam and Mick step into the world of pop culture and discuss Star Trek and its links to Stoicism. With the recent passing of Sir Patrick Stewart, Mick offered Adam the chance to discuss a franchise that is near to his hear and offer the audience a chance to see that sometimes fictional characters can teach us a lot about philosophy and ourselves. Themes on the virtues of wisdom, justice, and courage start us off, but we also discuss the concepts of cosmopolitanism and frie...

This week's episode with Adam and Mick talks about "prepping for disaster", and focusses on preparing both yourself and your life for the inevitable downturns and events that can happen to all of us. Adam and Mick talk about big picture issues like preparing for natural disasters or perhaps civil turmoil, as well as the concept of preparing yourself from the Stoic practice of Premeditation Malorum the anticipation of the bad things that could happen. Adam and Mick also discuss how you're not ...

On today's episode, Adam and Mick talk about a more personal event which happened recently which was class reunions. Adam and Mick took a step back from that and talked about what reunions mean, how they can be approached, and how the Stoics would have approached them. Core concepts discussed include concepts like Oikeiosis, Phantasia, and Adam and Mick both tell stories both recent and past about what reunions have meant to them. URL: pubandporch.com Email: [email protected] X: @PubandPor...

This week's episode is a day late because of Canadian Thanksgiving, with Mick and Adam talking about a very important topic (especially during family holidays) which is civility. Civility is an important part about being able to communicate, about showing respect despite differences, about being able to set up the environment around you in a constructive way for those that you encounter in your life. URL: pubandporch.com Email: [email protected] X: @PubandPorch Substack: Pub an...

In today's episode, Adam and Mick talk about the Free Press, and what that meant for the Stoics as well as what it means today in the modern democracies that we live in. The hosts talk about why a free press is important, and talk about why the role of free press in creating an informed populace is so integral to what it means to live in a functioning democracy. URL: pubandporch.com Email: [email protected] X: @PubandPorch Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism YouTube: @pubporch PPAS Lo...