So What Do We Do?
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 2 July 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
"It’s hard to argue that we are not beset by many problems as a society. Depending on where you sit, those problems might be different, and that’s its own problem in and of itself. But the good news is that the path to solving those problems is the same, regardless of what you sit: we have to turn to the Stoics, or at least their method of problem solving."
Ryan discusses a number of Stoicism-grounded methods that you can use to help deal with the issues of today's society in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stood Podcast early and add free on Amazon |
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| 0:07.4 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
| 0:08.9 | And I'm Ciri T and we are the hosts of a Red Handed, a weekly True Crime Podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | Every week on Red Handed, we get stuck into the most talked about cases. |
| 0:17.0 | From the Idaho Student Killings, the Delphi Murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch |
| 0:21.5 | Saga. |
| 0:22.5 | Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Short Hand, which is just an excuse for |
| 0:27.3 | us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we |
| 0:29.9 | like. |
| 0:30.9 | We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's |
| 0:34.0 | blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon |
| 0:38.8 | of genetic sexual attraction. |
| 0:40.7 | Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behaviour. |
| 0:45.4 | Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized? |
| 0:48.1 | What drives a child to kill? |
| 0:50.3 | And what's the psychology of a terrorist? |
| 0:52.1 | Listen to Red Handed wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:54.4 | So, access our bonus Short Hand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing |
| 0:59.2 | to Wondry Plus, in Apple Podcasts or the Wondry app. |
| 1:09.4 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic, where each day we read a short passage designed to help you |
| 1:13.8 | cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. |
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