{"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":"#402 - Why I Stopped Buying Stoic Books (And Started Practicing Stoicism)","slug":"402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism","published_at":"2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313/402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339030/episodes/18636566-402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339030/episodes/18636566-402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism.mp3","summary":"Most people don’t fail at Stoicism because they don’t know enough. They fail because they don’t practice enough. In this episode, I talk about why I stopped buying Stoic books, why fiction pulled me back into reading, and how the real work of philosophy happens far away from the page. We explore the gap between knowing and becoming, why mastery takes decades—not weeks—and why repetition, not insight, is the true currency of growth. If you feel stuck despite “doing everything right,” this epis...","meta_description":"Most people don’t fail at Stoicism because they don’t know enough. They fail because they don’t practice enough. In this episode, I talk about why I stopp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1191,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strong-stoic-podcast-1320313/episodes/402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism/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-1320313/402-why-i-stopped-buying-stoic-books-and-started-practicing-stoicism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}