{"podcast":{"title":"The Strong Stoic Podcast","slug":"the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313","podcast_index_feed_id":1320313,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1339030.rss","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-strong-stoic-podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/wdyws40swftj9ch3p90qv66fxnfy?.jpg","author":"Brandon Tumblin","episode_count":418,"summary":"The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as he breaks down a wide variety of complex and difficult topics while bringing together different philosophies, sciences, and perspectives.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:18:26.542236+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313"},"episode":{"title":"#395 - Living Between Reaction and Intention","slug":"395-living-between-reaction-and-intention","published_at":"2025-12-23T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313/395-living-between-reaction-and-intention","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339030/episodes/18344471-395-living-between-reaction-and-intention.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339030/episodes/18344471-395-living-between-reaction-and-intention.mp3","summary":"We all try to live with intention—but life keeps interrupting us. In this episode, I explore the tension between daily reactivity and long-term vision through a Stoic lens. Why do we keep returning to Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca? Why do we need constant reminders of principles we already know? Because life pulls us away—daily, hourly, relentlessly. This episode is about carving out small moments of intention inside a reactive world, and why you don’t need more time—just space...","meta_description":"We all try to live with intention—but life keeps interrupting us. In this episode, I explore the tension between daily reactivity and long-term vision thr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1113,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313/episodes/395-living-between-reaction-and-intention/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313/395-living-between-reaction-and-intention.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}