Beste The Bad Orthodox Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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My Oura Ring Was Stolen! ... But Only In My Mind (Epictetus - Discourses 2.18-30) 21:43

17d ago21:43

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes 25 seconds Synopsis: There's nothing like a real-world example to showcase Stoic principles. This incident that happened to me a couple of weeks ago illustrates one of the core ideas in Epictetus's teachings: the use of "impressions." Not only that, but it also exemplifie…

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Don't Be Shocked By Evil (Aurelius - Meditations 7:1) 14:23

29d ago14:23

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 14 minutes 6 seconds Synopsis: In an effort to jumpstart weekly TSJ episodes, I've decided to start from the beginning of Meditations Book 7 and work my way through. Chapter 1 is very reminiscent of Koheles ... or is it? You can be the judge of that. Sources: - Aurelius, Meditations…

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The Car Repair Saga of Summer 2024 (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:1) 14:27

1M ago14:27

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 14 minutes 9 seconds Synopsis: On July 19th, while I was in Seattle for the summer, my car - which I had been renting to a talmid - was rear-ended. What followed was a rollercoaster of bureaucratic insurance annoyances accompanied by anxiety from afar. The saga ended on August 23rd,…

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #07: Existential Procrastination (Meditations 2:4) 59:23

2M ago59:23

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 59 minutes Synopsis: This evening (8/7/24), in our final Stoic Jew Shiur of this summer, we learned the fourth entry in Marcus Aurelius's journal. This, too, is a self-reminder to keep his principles at the forefront of his mind - but this is the first time in the Meditations that M…

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #06: How Stoics and Jews React to the Deaths of the Wicked (Meditations 2.1) 1:28:39

2M ago1:28:39

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/31/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we deviated from our sequential learn-through of Meditations and took up a timely question: What do Stoicism and Judaism have to say about the double-assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbolla…

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #05: Marcus Aurelius, Rambam, and Kuzari on "Gam Zu l'Tovah!" (Meditations 2:3) 1:18:55

2M ago1:18:55

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/24/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we learned the third entry in Meditations Book II, which deals with some weighty topics: God, the universe, hashgachah (providence), and theodicy (the question of evil in the world). We began by underscoring…

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #04: Self-Talk About Your True Self (Meditations 2:2) 1:28:00

3M ago1:28:00

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/17/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we learned and discussed the second chapter in Book II, which had a markedly different tone than the first chapter. Here we see Marcus reminding - or rebuking himself - in order not to lose sight of who he r…

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Three Years of Gratitude, Even for Insomnia! 15:49

3M ago15:49

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 15 minutes 31 seconds Synopsis: I can't believe it, but this past Friday marked three YEARS of gratitude journaling! In this episode, as I usually do in these "gratitude milestone episodes," I recap my gratitude journal practice and identify the benefit or level-up that currently st…

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #03: Stoic Values vs. Jewish Values (Meditations 2:1) 1:10:10

3M ago1:10:10

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/10/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we achieved our goal of finishing our analysis of the opening entry of Book II. After reviewing and continuing what we did last time, we raised a question that has bothered me for years: Judaism has a clear …

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #02: Good and Bad, in Stoicism and Judaism (Meditations 2:1) 1:27:31

3M ago1:27:31

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/3/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we attempted to do an orderly review of what we covered last time, but instead, we slipped right into a fresh analysis of some of the most fundamental questions in ethics: What do we mean by good and bad? We …

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The Stoic Jew Shiur #01: Marcus's Morning Reminder (Meditations 2:1) 1:37:10

3M ago1:37:10

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Synopsis: This evening (6/26/24) was our inaugural "Stoic Jew Shiur"! After a brief overview of who Marcus Aurelius was and what his Meditations are, we dove RIGHT into the text of Book 2 Chapter 1. We quickly discovered that this opening paragraph was rich in idea…

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Announcing: The Stoic Jew Shiur! (Wed, 8-9pm EDT) 2:15

3M ago2:15

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! I should have made this announcement more than an hour before the first shiur, but better late than never! 😅 ----- The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Meir Areman, l'zeicher nishmas Zelda bas Ziesel, his grandmother, whose yahrzeit is on the 21st of Sivan. ----- If you've …

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Be Bees, My Friend (Seneca - Letter #84: On Gathering Ideas) 25:17

4M ago25:17

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 25 minutes even Synopsis: You might have heard of Bruce Lee's "Be Water, My Friend" analogy, and if you're a listener of this podcast, you might have also heard of Marcus Aurelius's fire analogy, but have you heard of Seneca's BEE analogy? I know I hadn't! In this episode we review …

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Epictetus's Baths, Seinfeld's Equilibrium, and How to Say Baruch Dayan ha'Emes with Joy (Epictetus - Enchiridion 4) 19:17

5M ago19:17

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19 minutes even (Steven) Synopsis: This episode was inspired by four occurrences that recently befell me, each of which involved what we'll dub "a minor monetary fluctuation." The rest of the episode is devoted to unpacking the insights from these occurrences, using Epictetus as our…

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Bees, Epictetus, Tehilim 118, Israel's War, and Yom haShoah (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:5; Discourses 2:18) 18:05

5M ago18:05

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 17 minutes 48 seconds Synopsis: Yesterday I walked into a swarm of bees. In this episode, I reflect on that experience and follow my musings to the writings of Epictetus, to the bee reference in Tehilim 118, to musings about Israel's present war, and to yesterday's commemoration of …

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1000 Days of Gratitude (Haggadah) 21:10

6M ago21:10

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes Synopsis: And The Stoic Jew Podcast is BACK! Or is it? Well, it's back for at least this episode, in which I reflect on 1000 days of gratitude and muse on the relationship between my gratitude accountability practice and the mitzvah of recounting the Exodus from Egypt. Wh…

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Does Insomnia Even Matter? (Aurelius - Meditations 6:1-2; 2:14) 22:17

10M ago22:17

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 22 minutes Synopsis: And we're back! By "we" I mean The Stoic Jew Podcast AND my insomnia! :D I've been up since 3:35am this morning, and I decided to make a podcast episode about my latest Stoic Jew take on my situation, based on the words of Marcus Aurelius and Koheles (Ecclesiast…

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Deathbed Moments of U.S. Presidents, Japanese Monks, Chazal, Victims of the October 7th Massacre, and My Rebbi zt"l 34:27

11M ago34:27

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 34 minutes 10 seconds Synopsis: What will you do or say in your last moments, when (God willing) you are on your deathbed? In this episode I reflect on the final words of U.S. presidents, the death poems of Zen monks and Japanese haiku poets, the statements and attitudes of the Sage…

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God of Time or Dog Eating Its Own Vomit? (a "Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack" Crossover Episode) 8:28

11M ago8:28

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 8 minutes 11 seconds Synopsis: This is the audio version of the 2.5-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 11/17/23, entitled: God of Time or Dog Eating Its Own Vomit? I wrote this in lieu of a parashah article because I needed to write it for myself. If I don…

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Matt Schneeweiss, the God of Time (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life) 30:04

11M ago30:04

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 29 minutes 47 seconds Synopsis: In today's unscripted "Stoic self-talk workshop" episode, I reflect aloud on a mistake I caught myself making, in which I fell victim to the "God fantasy" of living life as though I were outside of time. Related Content: - for my most recent shiur on …

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A Stoic Approach to the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah (Aurelius - Meditations 5:11) 18:46

1y ago18:46

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 18 minutes 28 seconds Synopsis: My morning reading of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, combined with my review of the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuvah and my reading of the most recent issue of The Imperfectionist (by Oliver Burkeman, author of my current favorite non-fiction book: Four Thou…

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Aurelius and Rav Soloveitchik on the Problem with Vidui (Aurelius - Meditations 10.30) 16:27

1y ago16:27

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 16 minutes 9 seconds Synopsis: This morning I read a passage in Meditations which answered a question I've had about the formulation of vidui (confession) for many years. This answer is similar to answer I happened to reread from the Rav (Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik) this morning. …

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How My First Week Went, Thanks in Part to Epictetus (Enchiridion 1, 7, 17, 21) 30:02

1y ago30:02

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 29 minutes 44 seconds Synopsis: Seven days ago I made an episode about my thoughts and feelings about starting this new teaching job. In this episode I talk how four Stoic principles from Epictetus helped me to have the best first week imaginable. Related Content: - 8/28/23: Stoic J…

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Stoic Jew Thoughts on the First Day at a New School 9:43

1y ago9:43

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 9 minutes 25 seconds Synopsis: I recorded this while sitting in the parking lot before entering my new school on Day 1 in the few minutes before school started. I wanted to preserve my thoughts and feelings in a manner untainted by hindsight. (If you missed the life update, check ou…

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Two MAJOR Professional/Life Updates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year 47:22

1y ago47:22

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length of audio: 47 minutes Synopsis: Have you been what I'll be up to this coming year? Have you heard me allude to a MAJOR update that I said I'd announce about my professional life in the near future? Are you aware of one of these updates, but not the other? Well, if none of this interes…

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A Judean Ransacking of Roman Stoicism 14:01

1y ago14:01

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 13 minutes 43 seconds Synopsis: I used to think there was something ... illicit (?) about my fusion of Judaism and Stoicism - at least, from the perspective of "Orthodox Stoicism." However, I recently learned that what I'm doing isn't too different from what Epictetus, Seneca, and M…

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How to Take a Gratitude Bath 12:38

1y ago12:38

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 12 minutes 20 seconds Synopsis: I accidentally invented a new form of meditation this morning, which I call "taking a gratitude bath." I subsequently realized that I already "take a gratitude shower" every day when I say the morning blessings. I could have waited until I tweaked thi…

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The Burning of Lahaina, Lyons, and Yerushalayim (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons) 23:03

1y ago23:03

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 22 minutes 45 seconds Synopsis: This week, the historic city of Lahaina (Maui, Hawaii) was utterly destroyed by wildfires. As of the time of this recording, 36 people are dead, and hundreds of buildings have burned to the ground. (Update: the death toll is now at 53.) Upon reading t…

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Know Thy (Sick) Self: Three Lessons from Recent Sick Days 15:12

1y ago15:12

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 14 minutes 55 seconds Synopsis: Thank God, I've been sick for the past five days. In this episode I recount three lessons I have been reminded of and implemented during this time. As per my new/old plan: I recorded this primarily for myself, but if you gained from it, feel free to l…

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Two Years (Plus) of Gratitude, 300 (Plus) Episodes, and Smashing Through Podcaster's Block (Plus) 18:31

1y ago18:31

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 18 minutes 13 seconds Synopsis: After battling the resistance (and losing) all summer, I finally broke through and recorded my 300th episode! Originally this was supposed to coincide with my "two years of gratitude" milestone (which I passed 27 days ago), but better late than never!…

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Freddie Mercury, Shadal, and the Crisis of Human Finitude 12:49

1y ago12:49

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! I don't usually do this, but since my latest article on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ fits so perfectly into The Stoic Jew podcast, I decided to cross-post the audio version here. Speaking of which, I'm genuinely curious as to how many listeners of TSJ are even aware that I have a substack…

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TSJ Interlude: “Where Have You Been?” Secret Episode, Instagram, and More! 10:41

1+ y ago10:41

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 10 minutes 24 seconds Synopsis: The aim of this short episode is to explain why I haven’t made an episode since before Pesach, but the REAL reason I’m making this episode is to help jumpstart my production of content for TSJ again. If you're interested in the secret episode, feel fr…

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Vows to Hashem for Salvation and Gratitude (Seneca - Letters #73, 31) 23:52

1+ y ago23:52

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 23 minutes 35 seconds Synopsis: In this episode we examine the practice of making a vow to Hashem at a time of distress - one of the major themes in Tehilim 116, which we recite in Hallel. We compare and contrast this to Seneca's views on gratitude (which align with Judaism) and his…

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Pesach During the Holocaust (Aurelius – Meditations 4:49,8) 20:42

1+ y ago20:42

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 20 minutes 25 seconds Synopsis: In this pre-Pesach episode I share an insight I had this year while learning the halachos of Pesach which resulted in a rush of gratitude which is appropriate to Pesach for a number of reasons. If only Marcus Aurelius knew what he was missing out on. …

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Recap and Update on My Relation to Meditation (Epictetus – Enchiridion 20; Aurelius – Meditations 4:3; Seneca – Letter #2) 28:42

1+ y ago28:42

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: I’ve recently been asked by several people about my current meditation practice and what I get out of it. I decided to make an episode in which I recap my history with meditation practices, review some of the key benefits of meditation according to Stoicism and …

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Blaming My Insomnia on Satan (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20) 22:49

1+ y ago22:49

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 23 minutes Synopsis: The impetus for this morning’s (unplanned) episode was yet another night of insomnia, in what has amounted to nearly a full week of insomnia. I decided to make this episode to help me process my thoughts as I tossed and turned in bed between 4 and 5am after bein…

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My Eulogy for Popo 10:56

1+ y ago10:56

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 10 minutes 43 seconds Synopsis: This is the eulogy I delivered at the funeral of my Popo (grandmother), Helen Chang (10/5/1924 - 2/2/2023) on 3/13/23 in Honolulu, HI. I originally uploaded it to my Machshavah Lab podcast, where I post my miscellaneous shiurim and content, but I real…

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Purim, Providence, and 600 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5,8,20; Discourses 1:6) 22:41

1+ y ago22:41

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 23 minutes Synopsis: This past Shabbos was my 600th day of gratitude, and I decided to delay making an episode until Purim so that I could talk about the common themes. Unfortunately, I got zero sleep last night - yes, ZERO - which yielded a benefit and a detriment. The benefit is t…

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Three Models of Grieving: Aurelius, Epictetus, and Rambam (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3) 17:57

1+ y ago17:57

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 18 minutes Synopsis: My primary goal in making this episode was to remove my "podcaster's block" that has been in place since the news of the four deaths reached me on 2/2/23. After recapping those events and their aftermath, I examine Marcus Aurelius's healthy approach to grief, fo…

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Preparing to Grieve for Popo, My 98-Year-Old Grandmother (Seneca – Letters #23,26,101, On the Shortness of Life, Consolation of Marcia 10:4) 30:42

1+ y ago30:42

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: If there’s one thing I’ve learned so far from Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s On Grief and Grieving, it’s that we all process grief differently, and there’s no wrong way to grieve. As of the recording of this episode, Popo is still with us, but all indications point to the fact that she w…

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Reflections on My 39th Birthday, New Years 2023, and 2nd Semester (Seneca – Letter #83) 28:58

1+ y ago28:58

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Today’s episode was brought to you by my “mortality chavrusa,” who texted me yesterday saying that he can’t wait to hear my birthday recap. It may not be YOUR 39th birthday, but we all recently experienced New Years and many of us have recently started or will soon start our 2nd s…

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Dan l’Chaf Zechus: a Practical Stoic Technique for Judging Someone Favorably (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5) 26:47

2y ago26:47

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: In today’s episode I share a practical (albeit difficult) way to implement the injunction of the Sages to “judge every person favorably.” The technique was originated by Byron Katie, but I only just heard about it for the first time on Tim Ferriss’s interview of Tristan Harris. Ev…

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Insights Gleaned from My 30-Day Coffee Replacement Experiment (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18; Seneca - Consolation to Helvia 11:14; Letter #39) 28:47

2y ago28:47

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: In today's somewhat-longer-than-usual episode, I recap my recent 30-day "Coffee Replacement Experiment," then reflect on (roughly) three insights I gleaned from the experience, in light of the teachings of Judaism, Stoicism, and Aristotle. Sources: - Michael Pollan, This is Your M…

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Musings on OpenAI in Light of Stoic and Jewish Concepts of the Soul (Aurelius – Meditations 2:2,17; 3:16) 26:41

2y ago26:41

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: I don’t know about anyone else, but I have been FASCINATED with OpenAI GPT – the latest incarnation of an artificial intelligence chatbot which (for now) is freely available for the public at large. I’ve been equally parts amazed and horrified by its capabilities and their implica…

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Reflection on Counting 52 Weeks of My Life (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life) 12:43

2y ago12:43

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Exactly one year ago I launched the “Weeks of My Life” calendar experiment. I was reminded of this by a friend who just listened to the Counting the Weeks of My Life episode I made upon launching that experiment (see the show notes for the link), who asked me how this weekly exper…

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500 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus - Discourses 3:12, Aurelius - Meditations 5:20, 10:16) 18:11

2y ago18:11

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Today marks the 500th day of my gratitude journal, and since this happens to fall out on Erev Thanksgiving, I figured I’d make a Thanksgiving episode in which I discuss the benefits – nay, the NECESSITY – of a gratitude accountability practice, and reflect on some of the more rece…

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Reacting to an Event as a Slow-Motion Explosion (Seneca – Letter #99: On Consolation to the Bereaved; Aurelius – Meditations 9:36) 12:18

2y ago12:18

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Both Judaism and Stoicism employ the technique of “the cosmic perspective,” albeit for different ends. This weekend I read an article about a cosmic explosion which led me to discover a new application of the cosmic perspective technique which might help us to cope with life’s une…

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To Die Like Ben Azzai in Pardes … Would it Be So Bad? (Aurelius – Meditations 12:36) 26:22

2y ago26:22

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: The Gemara tells us that four of our greatest Sages “entered Pardes (the Orchard)” – that is, they embarked on the study of the deepest areas of metaphysics. One of those sages was Ben Azzai, who “glanced [at the Orchard] and died.” In this episode we unpack what that means, as ex…

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B’Shem Hashem El Olam: Only God “Has Time” (Aurelius – Meditations 2:4) 24:25

2y ago24:25

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Since I’m recording this during the week of Parashas Vayeira, which contains what the Rambam chose as the “crowning pasuk” for every book he ever wrote, I thought it would be appropriate to share my musings on that pasuk as it relates to Stoicism, especially since this happens to …

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You Can’t Be Present Yesterday (Aurelius - Meditations 2:14) 15:00

2y ago15:00

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Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Synopsis: Today’s episode was brought to you by an amusingly profound epiphany I had, prompted by an interrupted sleep I had, a mistake in app-usage I made, and a book I happened to be reading. If you’re looking to make time for learning in your busy schedule, then perhaps this insight will…

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