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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon

0:04.8

music. Download the app today.

0:12.6

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom

0:17.6

designed to help you in your everyday life.

0:20.7

On Fridays, we not only read this daily meditation, but I try to answer some questions from listeners

0:26.0

and fellow Stoics who are trying to apply this philosophy, whatever it is they happen to do.

0:31.7

Sometimes these are from talks. Sometimes these are written in from listeners and subscribers.

0:37.3

Sometimes these are people who come up to talk to me on the street, but I hope in answering

0:42.3

their questions, I can answer your questions, give a little more guidance on this philosophy

0:48.0

we're all trying to follow.

1:18.8

3Lit Awards is back for another season exclusively on Amazon Music.

1:26.2

The worst people to bring in 3 words of meaning and significance to their lives,

1:31.2

and we use that as a springboard for conversation.

1:33.6

And then at the end of the show, we ask them for a word that they'll be happy never to hear again.

1:38.5

So that's 3Lit Awards with me, John Bishop and Tony Pitts. Listen to it every Friday exclusively on Amazon Music.

1:48.9

Wondry's new podcast, This Job Is History, is hosted by Chris Parnell from Saturday Night Live

1:54.4

and Rick and Morty. Steeped in factual history, this brilliantly funny podcast delves into

1:59.3

quirky and absurd jobs from the past. Clock in and listen to This Job Is History on Amazon Music

2:05.5

or wherever you get your podcasts. The Heart is a Muscle.

2:11.5

Marcus Arelius was an austere and quiet boy. He was focused on books and ideas, not people.

2:17.9

He slept on a hard mattress and tested himself physically.

2:21.3

He wanted no part of being emperor, preferring instead a life of study in the mind.

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