{"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":"The Power of Paradox: The Stoic Art of Holding Two Truths at Once | 377","slug":"the-power-of-paradox-the-stoic-art-of-holding-two-truths-at-once-377","published_at":"2026-05-06T23:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/the-power-of-paradox-the-stoic-art-of-holding-two-truths-at-once-377","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/stoic-coffee-break/episodes/the-power-of-paradox-the-stoic-art-of-holding-two-truths-at-once-377/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253/episodes/589cfce9-2937-4d47-b81a-6f8dd566c0a2/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253&awEpisodeId=589cfce9-2937-4d47-b81a-6f8dd566c0a2&feed=5gXgeF_C","summary":"Can two things be true at the same time? Can you hold two opposing ideas at the same time? Today I want to talk about how learning be be comfortable with opposites can widen your thinking and help you see reality a little more clearly. \"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.\" — Niels Bohr","meta_description":"Can two things be true at the same time? Can you hold two opposing ideas at the same time? Today I want to talk about how learning be be comfortable with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1178,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/episodes/the-power-of-paradox-the-stoic-art-of-holding-two-truths-at-once-377/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/the-power-of-paradox-the-stoic-art-of-holding-two-truths-at-once-377.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}