{"podcast":{"title":"Practical Stoicism","slug":"practical-stoicism-4733608","podcast_index_feed_id":4733608,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/stoicism/","website_url":"https://stoicismpod.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/064c0245-d727-4773-9e51-eca3a79af386/PRACTICAL-1-1-2.jpg","author":"Tanner Campbell","episode_count":25,"summary":"Stoicism the pursuit of perfect moral character. If this is not what you understand the objective of Stoicism to be, then you do not understand Stoicism properly. If you would like to understand Stoicism properly, you should join Stoic author and public philosopher Tanner O. Campbell, every week, right here, to explore various aspect of Stoicism from an orthodox, but practical perspective. Practical Stoicism is 100% independently owned, entirely ad-free, and produced by a real live human being who knows what he's talking about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T22:19:35.628543+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-stoicism-4733608"},"episode":{"title":"Trailer [Updated January 2026]","slug":"trailer-updated-january-2026","published_at":"2026-01-03T20:44:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-stoicism-4733608/trailer-updated-january-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-stoicism-4733608","url":"https://stoicism.captivate.fm/episode/trailer-updated-january-2026","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8fdde839-f1f9-48f9-a1e3-ce83f0bccb4c.mp3","summary":"Welcome, to Practical Stoicism . This podcast is for the prokoptôn : the person making moral progress. In Stoic philosophy, a prokoptôn is not a sage and is not expected to be perfect. Sagehood is likely unattainable. What matters is direction, not arrival. Practical Stoicism rejects popular distortions of Stoicism as emotional suppression, hardship-seeking, or performative toughness. Endurance may develop along the way, but it is not the goal. The goal is moral knowledge: what the Greeks called areté (moral excellence). The Stoics held that virtue, understood as moral wisdom, is the only true good, and that everything else follows from learning how to choose well. In this podcast, we read Stoic texts closely and take them seriously. We examine what the Stoics meant by virtue, choice, justice, and responsibility. We challenge the texts where appropriate, challenge ourselves where necessary, and work—step by step—toward clearer moral judgment. This show is not self-help, life-hacking, or “bro-Stoicism.” It is Stoicism as a human philosophy, meant for all human beings. Moral excellence has no gender, no lifestyle requirement, and no interest in online posturing. If you are interested in careful thinking, disciplined self-examination, and the lifelong work of becoming better than you are now, you are welcome here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Welcome, to Practical Stoicism . This podcast is for the prokoptôn : the person making moral progress. In Stoic philosophy, a prokoptôn is not a sage and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":338,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/practical-stoicism-4733608/episodes/trailer-updated-january-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-stoicism-4733608/trailer-updated-january-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}