Hello everybody and welcome back to RevLeftRadio.

On today's episode I have on philosopher Massimo Piliucci to talk primarily about stoicism,

but at the end of the conversation we open it up to a broad discussion on politics, his

political leanings, climate change, similarities and differences between the European and the

American right wing, etc.

So it's a really fascinating conversation with somebody whose work I've followed for

many, many years.

As I was sort of growing into my intellectual adulthood, I would listen to Massimo's

podcast rationally speaking early on and I got a lot out of it and I followed his career

ever since.

I recently listened to his great courses on audible on the topic of stoicism and got

a lot out of that as well.

So today's discussion will be primarily focused on introducing listeners to stoicism and

then it'll open up into a broader discussion of politics, climate change, etc.

So I'm really excited to share this interview and here it is, my interview with Massimo

Piliucci on stoicism and more.

Enjoy.

Hi, I'm Massimo Piliucci, a professor of philanthropy at the City College of New York.

Yeah, Massimo, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

I've actually been a big fan of yours for a long time.

I think I was introduced to you in 2010 when I was a dishwasher at a pizza place.

I would listen to rationally speaking podcasts like every shift.

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