{"podcast":{"title":"Dying Every Day (Stoicism in a Year)","slug":"dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387","podcast_index_feed_id":7153387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year","website_url":"https://perennial.substack.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wz3SLmUQT4iGh-OtEmkUgeMB64gw5xrJJLUJ5JQck9c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xODg1/YTFjM2E1ZjMwNWNk/NDM1M2NmZWFhZTc5/ZmRlOC5wbmc.jpg","author":"J.W. Bertolotti","episode_count":152,"summary":"Dying Every Day is a podcast by the Perennial Leader Project. Each episode turns a selected passage from Stoic philosophy into a guided meditation designed to help you (and me) contemplate what it means to live a ‘good’ life. Learn more at perennial.substack.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387"},"episode":{"title":"Day 134: The (Stoic) Discipline of Delay | Dying Every Day","slug":"day-134-the-stoic-discipline-of-delay-dying-every-day","published_at":"2025-12-23T16:25:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387/day-134-the-stoic-discipline-of-delay-dying-every-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/0bb86696","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/0bb86696/f3c2881b.mp3","summary":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 134. We've all been there, someone interrupts you mid-sentence. The moment is small, almost forgettable—yet something tightens inside. A warmth in the chest. A quiet bracing in the jaw. The urge to correct, to defend, to be seen as right. It all happens before a single clear thought forms. And already, a choice is waiting to be made. This is the moment Seneca is speaking about. Anger enters the body before it reaches the mind. The breath shortens. The muscles tense up. A story starts to form rapidly: “ They disrespected me. This is unfair. I must respond.” Before we fully realize it, the moment feels charged with necessity. Action feels urgent. Silence feels like surrender. --- 🖇️ Stay Connected: Newsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations --- 🦉 Additional Resources: Perennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive Listen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","meta_description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 134. We've all bee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":532,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387/episodes/day-134-the-stoic-discipline-of-delay-dying-every-day/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-every-day-stoicism-in-a-year-7153387/day-134-the-stoic-discipline-of-delay-dying-every-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}