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Hey there, Procaptans. Today, I am joined by Michael Tremblay. You might know Michael Tremblay. If you

don't, you should. He writes for

Modern Stoicism.com. He has an app on the iOS store. It's called Stoa Meditations. He has a

podcast called Stoa Conversations. There are links to these things in the description of today's

episode. And I would encourage you to check those things out. He did his PhD on

Epictetus. I can't remember from what college, but it's probably more important than he did

his PhD on Epictetus than we give any credit to the university he went to. I believe he is a proud

Canadian. And he's also an accomplished martial artist. And this conversation was not planned.

A lot of you in the Patreon suggested that I have Michael on. Michael and I have spoken before. I'd like to think we're friends,

but we've never met in person. So maybe we're just more like professional acquaintances who

kind of like each other a bit. And I have actually been on his podcast. So it was easy to invite him.

I was happy to do it.

I'm always happy to follow the direction and grant the wishes of those who support this podcast

financially. It's very much appreciated. And on that topic, I have just one new patron to thank

today. A shout out all to yourself, John T. Bonacorsi. I think I've said that right. Or John T. Bonacchorsi. It's

double C's. It seems Italian. And so I feel like it should be Bonacorcy. But if I'm saying it wrong,

I've now said it wrong a bunch of times, John. So I'll stop. But thank you very much for becoming

a patron of this podcast. If you are not yet a patron of this

podcast, you can become one by going to stoicismpod.com forward slash members. It costs just

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