{"podcast":{"title":"Stoic Coffee Break","slug":"stoic-coffee-break-6852210","podcast_index_feed_id":6852210,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/5gXgeF_C","website_url":"https://stoic.coffee","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d47b19bf-8fff-4601-8015-a14738796943/7beac44c-ee99-403c-a249-b55aa7b3af13/3000x3000/scb_logo_1080.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Erick Cloward","episode_count":384,"summary":"\"Act on your principles, not your moods.\" A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human. https://stoic.coffee Follow us on social media: https://instagram.com/stoic.coffee","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T08:19:27.667918+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210"},"episode":{"title":"Skeptical, not Cynical: How to Think in an Age of Misinformation | 372","slug":"skeptical-not-cynical-how-to-think-in-an-age-of-misinformation-372","published_at":"2026-03-30T03:12:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/skeptical-not-cynical-how-to-think-in-an-age-of-misinformation-372","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/stoic-coffee-break/episodes/skeptical-not-cynical-how-to-think-in-an-age-of-misinformation-372/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253/episodes/5f721267-4138-433e-84f7-cf3d22f94dff/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253&awEpisodeId=5f721267-4138-433e-84f7-cf3d22f94dff&feed=5gXgeF_C","summary":"In today’s media environment do you know how to think well? How do you know who to trust? Today we’re going to talk about how Stoicism can help you to think critically about what you consume, and how be skeptical without being cynical. “You become what you give your attention to…If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will.” — Epictetus","meta_description":"In today’s media environment do you know how to think well? How do you know who to trust? Today we’re going to talk about how Stoicism can help you to thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":955,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/episodes/skeptical-not-cynical-how-to-think-in-an-age-of-misinformation-372/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/skeptical-not-cynical-how-to-think-in-an-age-of-misinformation-372.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}