32. Understanding More About Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations
- Episode_307 - Not Yet Recorded
- Episode 306 - 11 / /25 - TD34 – Preliminary Name - What's At Stake As To Whether Virtue Is The Only Good Show Notes
- Episode 305 - 10/25/25 - TD33 – Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" Show Notes
- Episode 304 - 10/17/25 - TD32 – Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions
- Episode 303 - 10/09/25 - TD31 – Is It Truly Impossible To Advocate For Epicurus In The Public Sphere? Show Notes And Transcript
- Episode 302 - 10/04/25 - TD30 – Epicurus And Roads Paved With Good Intentions Show Notes
- Episode 301 - 09/27/25 - TD29 – Epicurus And The Question Of Ends Justifying Means Show Notes and Unedited Transcript
- Episode 300 - 09/18/25 - TD28 – An Epicurean Twist On The Legend Of King Canute - Show Notes
- Episode 299 - 09/13/25 - TD27 – Was Epicurus Right That There Are Only Two Feelings – Pleasure And Pain? Show Notes
- Episode 298 - 09/05/25 - TD26 – Facts And Feelings In Epicurean Philosophy – Part 1
- Episode 297 - 08/30/25 - TD25 – Is Philosophy At War With Perfume?
- Episode 296 - 08/22/25 - Ancient Criticisms Of Epicurean “Absence Of Pain” Echo In The Modern World
- Episode 295 - 08/14/25 - Plutarch’s Absurd Interpretation Of Epicurean Absence Of Pain
- Episode 294 - 08/07/25 - TD24 – Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence Of Pain
- Episode 293 - 07/30/25 - TD23 – Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling “Absence Of Pain” A “Pleasure”
- Episode 292 - 07/26/25 - TD22 – Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief?
- Episode 291 - 07/16/25 - TD21 – Epicurus Pushes Back Against “Expect The Worst And You’ll Never Be Disappointed”
- Episode 290 - 07/11/25 - TD20 – Tiptoeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living
- Episode 289 - 07/04/25 - TD19 – “Epicureans Are Not Spocks!”
- Episode 288 - 06/25/25 - TD18 – Tusculan Disputations Part 3 – Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?
- Episode 287 - 06/21/25 - TD17 – The Fear Of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero And Epicurus Disagree As To Why
- Episode 286 - 06/13/25 - TD16 – Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With “Virtue”
- Episode 285 - 06/07/25 - TD15 – The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain
- Episode 284 - 05/31/25 - TD14 – In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect Or Make For A Happy Life?
- Episode 283 - 05/31/25 - Philosophy For The Millions
- Episode 282 - 05/22/25 - TD13 – Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy?
- Episode 281 - 05/15/25 - TD12 – Is Pain The Greatest Evil – Or Even An Evil At All?
- Episode 280 - 05/08/25 - TD11 – On Death And Daring To Live
- Episode 279 - 05/01/25 - TD10 – On “Dying Before One’s Time”
- Episode 278 - 04/24/25 - TD08 – Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead
- Episode 277 - 04/15/25 - TD07 – Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light – Epicurus Disagrees
- Episode 276 - 04/11/25 - TD06 – Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul?
- Episode 275 - 04/04/25 - TD05 – Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence Of God And Divinity Of The Soul?
- Episode 274 - 03/30/25 - TD04 – Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend?
- Episode 273 - 03/18/25 - TD03 – Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good?
- Episode 272 - 03/12/25 - TD02 – Is Death An Evil?
- Episode 271 - 03/03/25 - TD01 – Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations
31. A Review Of Key Doctrines of Epicurus
- Episode 270 - 02/20/25 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time
- Episode 269 - 02/10/25 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence Of Pain – All Experience That Is Not Painful
- Episode 268 - 02/10/25 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life – The Role Of Pleasure In Life
- Episode 267 - 01/17/25 - Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself – All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
- Episode 266 - 02/02/25 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift
- Episode 265 - 01/26/25 - The Deep-Set Boundary Stone – Epicurus And The Perils Of Applying Geometry To Ethics
- Episode 264 - 01/17/25 - “Bread And Water!!??” Debunking The Myth Of Epicurean Asceticism
- Episode 263 - 01/07/25 - “All Sensations Are True”
- Episode 262 - 12/29/24 - He Who Says “Nothing Can Be Known” Knows Nothing
- Episode 261 - 12/23/24 - Death Is Nothing To Us
- Episode 260 - 12/18/24 - The Universe Is Infinite And Eternal And Has No Gods Over It
- Episode 259 - 11/18/24 - Nothing Comes From Nothing
- Episode 258 - 11/18/24 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under The Control Of Necessity – Part 2 (Conclusion)
- Episode 257 - 11/18/24 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity – Part 1
- Episode 256 - 11/18/24 - Epicurean Gods – Real Or Ideal Thought Constructs?
30. Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods
- Episode 255 - 11/13/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 30 – Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Epicureans Themselves
- Episode 254 - 11/09/24 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist?
- Episode 253 - 10/27/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 – How The “Riddle Of Epicurus” Fits Into The Epicurean View Of The Gods
- Episode 252 - 10/26/24 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods?
- Episode 251 - 10/18/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 26 – How Niagara Falls Helps Us Understand The Flux, The Heap, And The Epicurean Gods
- Episode 250 - 10/12/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25 – The Relationship Of “Images” To All Human Thought – Not Just To “The Gods”
- Episode 249 - 10/02/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 – Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness?
- Episode 248 - 09/28/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 – Cotta Pushes The “Argument By Design” Against The Epicurean View That All Is Natural
- Episode 247 - 09/19/24 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 – Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings
- Episode 246 - 09/17/24 - Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods - Part 21 - Examining Epicurean Evidence-Based Reasoning? Transcript
- Episode 245 - 09/06/24 - Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods - Part 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? Transcript
- Episode 244 - 08/28/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? Transcript
- Episode 243 - 08/23/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy Transcript
- Episode 242 - 08/17/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? Transcript
- Episode 241 - 08/08/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 16 - A Common Thread Between The Epicurean View of "The Gods" and "The Good" Transcript
- Episode 240 - 08/06/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity Transcript
- Episode 239 - 07/29/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 14 - The Dishonesty of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth Transcript
- Episode 238 - 07/24/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making
- Episode 237 - 07/17/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 12 - Isonomia And The Implications Of Infinity
- Episode 236 - 07/11/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity
- Episode 235 - 07/02/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View of Divinity
- Episode 234 - 06/24/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Epicurean Canonical Basis for Divinity
- Episode 233 - 06/18/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism
- Episode 232 - 06/15/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods
- Episode 231 - 06/07/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death?
- Episode 230 - 05/27/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity
- Episode 229 - 05/22/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 04 - Velleius Continues His Assault On Intelligent Design
- Episode 228 - 05/13/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?"
- Episode 227 - 05/10/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods
- Episode 226 - 04/30/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 01 - Introduction
29. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections
- Episode 225 - 04/24/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure
28. Special Reading - The Letter of Cosma Raimondi
- Episode 224 - 04/20/24 - Letter of Cosma Raimondi Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi - In Defense of Epicurus
27. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Part 29
- Episode 223 - 04/16/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undergoing The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey?
26. Special Episode - The Relationship Between Happiness And Pleasure
- Episode 222 - 04/08/24 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure
25. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 17 - 28
- Episode 221 - 03/31/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 - Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy
- Episode 220 - 03/30/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 - Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking
- Episode 219 - 03/23/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 - Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain
- Episode 218 - 03/15/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains?
- Episode 217 - 03/06/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy?
- Episode 216 - 02/27/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure?
- Episode 215 - 02/24/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness
- Episode 214 - 02/14/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For Idealized Friendship and Happiness Which Epicurus Rejects
- Episode 213 - 02/06/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - Only Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Lie?
- Episode 212 - 01/30/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square?
- Episode 211 - 01/27/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images
- Episode 210 - 01/20/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure
24. Special Reading - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy
23. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 09 - 16
- Episode 208 - 01/01/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For The Truth Rather Than Make-Believe
- Episode 207 - 12/25/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice?
- Episode 206 - 12/22/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality
- Episode 205 - 12/15/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - The Nature of Morality
- Episode 204 - 12/09/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question
- Episode 203 - 12/02/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Judge The Supreme Good?
- Episode 202 - 11/22/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument
- Episode 201 - 11/15/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09
22. Special Episode - Lucretius Today 200th Episode
- Episode 200 - 11/10/23 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode: Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future
21. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 07 - 08
- Episode 199 - 11/03/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08
- Episode 198 - 10/25/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07
20. Interview With Dr. Marcel Boeri - Theory And Practice In Epicurean Political Philosophy
- Episode 197 - 10/23/23 - Interview With Dr Marcel Boeri Interview With Dr Marcelo Boeri
19. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 03 - 06
- Episode 196 - 10/16/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06
- Episode 195 - 10/09/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05
- Episode 194 - 10/02/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04
- Episode 193 - 09/30/23 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03
18. Special Reading - "A Few Days In Athens" Chapter 16
- Episode 192 - 09/18/23 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens
17. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections Parts 01 - 02
16. DeWitt's "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Parts 20-41
- Episode 189 - 08/31/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 04
- Episode 188 - 08/24/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 03
- Episode 187 - 08/18/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 02
- Episode 186 - 08/12/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 01
- Episode 185 - 08/04/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08
- Episode 184 - 07/28/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07
- Episode 183 - 07/22/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 35 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 06 - Honesty
- Episode 182 - 07/15/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 05
- Episode 181 - 07/06/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 04
- Episode 180 - 06/30/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 32 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 03
- Episode 179 - 06/23/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02
- Episode 178 - 06/16/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01
- Episode 177 - 06/08/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06
- Episode 176 - 06/01/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05
- Episode 175 - 05/25/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04
- Episode 174 - 05/19/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03
- Episode 173 - 05/13/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02
- Episode 172 - 05/05/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01
- Episode 171 - 04/27/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01
- Episode 170 - 04/20/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03
- Episode 169 - 04/12/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02
- Episode 168 - 04/05/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01
- Episode 167 - 03/29/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02
15. Interview With Dr. David Glidden - Epicurean Prolepsis
- Episode 166 - 03/21/23 - Interview With Dr David Glidden Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis"
14. DeWitt's "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Parts 12-19
- Episode 165 - 03/18/23 - DeWitt Chapter 9 "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01
- Episode 164 - 03/09/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 18 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 05
- Episode 163 - 02/28/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 17 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 04
- Episode 162 - 02/21/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 03
- Episode 161 - 02/15/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 02
- Episode 160 - 02/07/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 01
- Episode 159 - 02/03/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04
- Episode 158 - 01/31/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 03
13. Interview With Dr. Emily Austin - "Living For Pleasure"
- Episode 157 - 01/25/23 - Emily Austin Interview Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part Two
- Episode 156 - 01/18/23 - Emily Austin Interview Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One
12. DeWitt's "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Parts 01-11
- Episode 155 - 01/10/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 11 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 02
- Episode 154 - 01/02/23 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 01
- Episode 153 - 12/23/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02
- Episode 152 - 12/14/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01
- Episode 151 - 12/11/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - The New School In Athens
- Episode 150 - 12/03/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus
- Episode 149 - 11/23/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus
- Episode 148 - 11/14/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus
- Episode 147 - 11/07/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus
- Episode 146 - 11/01/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy
- Episode 145 - 10/24/22 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 01 - Chapter 1 - Introduction
11. Diogenes of Oinoanda - Excerpts From The Inscription
- Episode 144 - 10/21/22 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good
- Episode 143 - 10/11/22 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods"
- Episode 142 - 10/05/22 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality"
- Episode 141 - 09/28/22 - Diogenes of Oinoanda Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 1) The Inscription
10. Letter To Menoeceus
- Episode 140 - 09/19/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter
- Episode 139 - 09/12/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 06 - On Pleasure (Part Two)
- Episode 138 - 09/05/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 05 - On Pleasure (Part One)
- Episode 137 - 09/01/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two)
- Episode 136 - 08/23/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One)
- Episode 135 - 08/15/22 - Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of The Gods
- Episode 134 - 08/08/22 - Letter to Menoeceus Letter to Menoeceus 01 - Context and Opening of the Letter
9. Letter to Pythocles
- Episode 133 - 08/06/22 - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter
- Episode 132 - 07/30/22 - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More on The Weather
- Episode 131 - 07/23/22 - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena
- Episode 130 - 07/16/22 - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon
- Episode 129 - 07/09/22 - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun
- Episode 128 - 07/03/22 - Special Episode - Short Review of the Twelve Fundamentals of Nature
- Episode 127 - 06/25/22 - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds"
- Episode 126 - 06/15/22 - Letter to Pythocles Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy
8. Letter to Herodotus
- Episode 125 - 06/11/22 - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Conclusion
- Episode 124 - 06/04/22 - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars
- Episode 123 - 05/28/22 - Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time (More on Properties and Qualities)
- Episode 122 - 05/20/22 - Letter to Herodotus 11 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities
- Episode 121 - 05/14/22 - Letter to Herodotus 10 - Atoms and The Soul
- Episode 120 - 05/06/22 - Letter to Herodotus 9 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility
- Episode 119 - 04/30/22 - Letter to Herodotus 8 - More On Perception Through The Atoms
- Episode 118 - 04/21/22 - Letter to Herodotus 7 - Images - There's More To Them Than Meets the Eye
- Episode 117 - 04/11/22 - Letter to Herodotus 6 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications
- Episode 116 - 04/08/22 - Letter to Herodotus 5 - More Fundamentals of Physics
- Episode 115 - 04/01/22 - Letter to Herodotus 4 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues
- Episode 114 - 03/25/22 - Letter to Herodotus 3 - First Principles of Physics
- Episode 113 - 03/18/22 - Letter to Herodotus 2 - Principles of Thinking
- Episode 112 - 03/12/22 - Letter to Herodotus Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus - Introduction and Outlining
7. Torquatus On Ethics
- Episode 111 - 03/05/22 - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus
- Episode 110 - 02/23/22 - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part Two)
- Episode 109 - 02/17/22 - The Epicurean View of Friendship
- Episode 108 - 02/10/22 - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science
- Episode 107 - 02/03/22 - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science
- Episode 106 - 01/28/22 - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason
- Episode 105 - 01/19/22 - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus
- Episode 104 - 01/13/22 - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult?
- Episode 103 - 01/07/22 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Three
- Episode 102 - 12/31/21 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Two
- Episode 101 - 12/22/21 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part One
- Episode 100 - 12/17/21 - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place
- Episode 099 - 12/09/21 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two)
- Episode 098 - 12/02/21 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One)
- Episode 097 - 11/26/21 - The Virtues As Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage
- Episode 096 - 11/15/21 - Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good
- Episode 095 - 11/10/21 - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain"
- Episode 094 - 11/06/21 - Torquatus Explains Pleasure As The Goal Of Life
- Episode 093 - 10/25/21 - Torquatus on Ethics Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics
6. Lucretius Book Six
- Episode 092 - 10/12/21 - The Plague of Athens, And The End of the Poem
- Episode 091 - 10/04/21 - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues
- Episode 090 - 09/27/21 - Special Guest Panelist - Preparation for Discussion of Magnetism
- Episode 089 - 09/25/21 - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again
- Episode 088 - 09/18/21 - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds
- Episode 087 - 09/05/21 - Earthquakes and The Water Cycle
- Episode 086 - 09/04/21 - Typhoons and Whirlwinds
- Episode 085 - 08/29/21 - Thunder and Lightning Part 3 - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples?
- Episode 084 - 08/22/21 - Thunder and Lightning Part Two - Very Very Frightening
- Episode 083 - 08/14/21 - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One
- Episode 082 - 08/06/21 - Lucretius - Book Six Opening of Book Six - Restatement of Goal of Poem
5. Lucretius Book Five
- Episode 081 - 07/31/21 - Development of the Arts And The End of Book Five
- Episode 080 - 07/19/21 - The Development of Metallurgy And The Art of War
- Episode 079 - 07/16/21 - The Cause Of The Arising of Belief In Gods
- Episode 078 - 07/09/21 - Ethical Issues Arising In the Formation Of Societies
- Episode 077 - 07/02/21 - The Formation of Language and Early Societies
- Episode 076 - 06/26/21 - Early Humans and Their Society
- Episode 075 - 06/18/21 - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible
- Episode 074 - 06/09/21 - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth
- Episode 073 - 06/04/21 - More on the Sun and Moon And Similar Astronomical Issues
- Episode 072 - 05/27/21 - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun
- Episode 071 - 05/20/21 - Back To The Beginning - The Beginning of Our Corner of the Universe
- Episode 070 - 05/15/21 - More On The End Of The World
- Episode 069 - 05/08/21 - The Eventual End of Our World
- Episode 068 - 04/28/21 - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity
- Episode 067 - 04/19/21 - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe?
- Episode 066 - 04/13/21 - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!)
- Episode 065 - 04/09/21 - Introducing a New Panelist (Don) and A Recap of the Opening of Book Five
- Episode 064 - 03/31/21 - Lucretius - Book Five Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike
4. Lucretius Book Four
- Episode 063 - 03/26/21 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3 - End of Book 4)
- Episode 062 - 03/15/21 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2)
- Episode 061 - 03/12/21 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1)
- Episode 060 - 03/01/21 - Dreams, And The Mind's Use of Images
- Episode 059 - 02/27/21 - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose
- Episode 058 - 02/20/21 - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images
- Episode 057 - 02/12/21 - Taste, Smell, and the Subjectivity of the Senses
- Episode 056 - 02/06/21 - More On The Operation Of The Senses
- Episode 055 - 01/25/21 - Reason Is Dependent on The Senses (Part 2)
- Episode 054 - 01/17/21 - Reason Is Dependent on the Senses
- Episode 053 - 01/16/21 - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions
- Episode 052 - 01/11/21 - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections
- Episode 051 - 01/03/21 - More On The Working of "Images"
- Episode 050 - 12/27/20 - Lucretius - Book Four The Opening of Book Four - Images
3. Lucretius Book Three
- Episode 049 - 12/21/20 - Conclusions On Death And The End of Book Three
- Episode 048 - 12/12/20 - Nature Speaks To Us About Death
- Episode 047 - 12/05/20 - Death Is Nothing To Us
- Episode 046 - 11/29/20 - Conclusion of the Presentation that the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death
- Episode 045 - 11/21/20 - More on The Mortality of the Mind and Soul
- Episode 044 - 11/14/20 - Additional Evidence By Which We Conclude The Mind Cannot Survive Apart from the Body
- Episode 043 - 11/07/20 - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body
- Episode 042 - 10/31/20 - The Mind Works Through the Senses; Both Mind and Spirit Are Mortal
- Episode 041 - 10/25/20 - The Nature of the Mind and Spirit Is Complex; Sense is Not a Property of The Elements That Make Them, But An Event
- Episode 040 - 10/17/20 - Argument That The Mind and Spirit Are Corporeal
- Episode 039 - 10/09/20 - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot
- Episode 038 - 09/27/20 - Lucretius - Book Three Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell
2. Lucretius Book Two
- Episode 037 - 09/27/20 - End of Book 2 - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die
- Episode 036 - 09/19/20 - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life
- Episode 035 - 09/13/20 - More Reasons Why Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense
- Episode 034 - 08/31/20 - The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation
- Episode 033 - 08/26/20 - More On the Implications of The Colorless Atoms
- Episode 032 - 08/22/20 - The Atoms Are Colorless, But The Implications of That Are Not
- Episode 031 - 08/10/20 - Continuation of Episode 30 And Discussion of the Polyaenus Example
- Episode 030 - 08/07/20 - Only A Limited Number of Combinations Of Atoms Is Possible
- Episode 029 - 08/02/20 - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All
- Episode 028 - 07/20/20 - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable
- Episode 027 - 07/17/20 - There is A Limit To the Size of Atoms
- Episode 026 - 07/11/20 - The Atoms Are Not Uniform In Shape
- Episode 025 - 07/03/20 - The Swerve Part Two: As The Basis of Human Agency
- Episode 024 - 06/27/20 - The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature
- Episode 023 - 06/24/20 - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed
- Episode 022 - 06/12/20 - Lucretius - Book Two Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life
1. Lucretius Book One
- Episode 021 - 06/06/20 - The Universe Has No Center
- Episode 020 - 05/30/20 - The Universe Is Infinite In Size
- Episode 019 - 05/23/20 - All Things Are Not Made of Pieces of the Same Thing, Or Pieces of All Things
- Episode 018 - 05/16/20 - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
- Episode 017 - 05/09/20 - All Things Are Not Made Of A Single Element, Such as Fire
- Episode 016 - 04/27/20 - The Atoms Are Imperishable And Provide Continuity To All Nature
- Episode 015 - 04/26/20 - Recap Two - Reflections On Book One So Far
- Episode 014 - 04/22/20 - Atoms Are Solid and Indestructible And Constitute the Seeds Of All Things
- Episode 013 - 04/10/20 - Properties, Qualities, and the Trojan War
- Episode 012 - 03/30/20 - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void
- Episode 011 - 03/28/20 - More On The Void and Its Implications
- Episode 010 - 03/22/20 - The Void And Its Nature
- Episode 009 - 03/12/20 - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen
- Episode 008 - 03/07/20 - Step Two - Nothing Goes to Nothing!
- Episode 007 - 02/29/20 - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing
- Episode 006 - 02/20/20 - Step One - Nothing Comes From Nothing!
- Episode 005 - 02/14/20 - On Resisting The Threats of Priests and Poets
- Episode 004 - 02/07/20 - Recap of Opening Sections Of Book One
- Episode 003 - 01/30/20 - So Great Is The Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds!
- Episode 002 - 01/25/20 - The Achievement of Epicurus
- Episode 001 - 01/14/20 - Lucretius - Book One Venus / Pleasure As Guide Of Life