Today I'm having a friendly discussion with Donald Robertson, author of the book "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor" and the new graphic novel "Verissimus" (illustrated by talented Portuguese artist Zé Nuno Fraga), about Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and all sorts of other things I didn't necessarily expect. Donald was traveling so the audio on his end is a bi ... Show More
Nov 21
Growing Into Roles We're Not Good At Yet
In this episode I talk about what it’s like to take on a large number of new roles in a very short period of time, and how doing so can leave you feeling detached from yourself unless you approach those roles with clear thinking, humility, and attention. Over the last few years I ... Show More
16m 30s
Nov 14
Living Well on a Hot Planet [The COP30]
In this episode I take a current headline—the opening of COP30 in Belém, Brazil—and sit with it like a philosopher, not a pundit. Instead of debating policy language or political victories, I look at what a global event like this means for people trying to live excellently right ... Show More
25m 35s
Nov 5
Gender Roles and the Rational Soul
In this episode I take on a listener question about gender roles and Stoicism — whether they exist, how the Stoics would have defined them, and what any of it means for modern relationships. We look closely at Musonius Rufus, the so-called “fourth head” of the Stoic school, who a ... Show More
22m 28s
Jun 2021
#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology, Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse
Robert Wright is President of the Nonzero Foundation, an author and Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Bob's book The Moral Animal has changed my thinking more than pretty much any other over the last few years, so naturally I wa ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2021
#278 - Professor W Keith Campbell - The Psychology Of Narcissism
W Keith Campbell is Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia's Franklin College and an author.
Expect to learn what The Dark Triad is, how narcissists and psychopaths are linked, what social media's influence has been on narcissism, why you might want to increase narc ... Show More
1h 14m
Aug 2023
Episode 39- Happiness, Derren Brown, Life & Death (Part 2 of 4)
We continue our foray into the surprisingly complex world of happiness, with extracts from Derren Brown’s 2016 book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’ to guide us through, along with host Antony’s interjections and musings.
In this part, we look at a wide ran ... Show More
1h 29m
Jan 2021
RU125: WANDA CANTON on spoken word, rap, poetry, writing, music, mental health, social change
Wanda Canton is an artist, facilitator, consultant and researcher. She provides workshops, group courses and individual mentoring exploring how spoken word poetry, rap and creative writing can enhance mental health and social cohesion. She has worked across community projects, me ... Show More
44m 23s
Nov 2019
RU51: Rendering Dr Jill Gentile Unconscious, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Feminine, Desire, Law, Self
Today's guest is Jill Gentile, PhD, a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in independent practice in New York. Dr. Gentile is a faculty member at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and the author of Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voic ... Show More
1h 10m