{"podcast":{"title":"The What Is Stoicism? Podcast","slug":"the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831","podcast_index_feed_id":4397831,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd","website_url":"https://www.whatisstoicism.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd/1764930920044-b7250b46-2351-424a-ba13-76cad00bf9db.jpeg","author":"What Is Stoicism?","episode_count":249,"summary":"Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T16:19:39.255289+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831"},"episode":{"title":"You'll Never Be Perfect, And That's Just Fine","slug":"you-ll-never-be-perfect-and-that-s-just-fine","published_at":"2026-01-28T07:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/you-ll-never-be-perfect-and-that-s-just-fine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831","url":"https://whatisstoicism.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd/e/695bb9687795b139872963e7/media.mp3","summary":"This episode reframes Stoicism not as a quest for unreachable perfection, but as a practice of steady progress. Drawing on the ancient idea of the prokoptōn —the one who makes progress—we explore why even Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius saw themselves as students rather than sages. Stoic philosophy, we discover, is less about arriving and more about returning: again and again, to reflection, correction, and effort. To live as a Stoic is simply to desire progress, and to keep good company along the way. 👇 👇 👇 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack: ☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Don’t Always Be Beginning To Live https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-always-94c Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This episode reframes Stoicism not as a quest for unreachable perfection, but as a practice of steady progress. Drawing on the ancient idea of the prokopt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":383,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/episodes/you-ll-never-be-perfect-and-that-s-just-fine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/you-ll-never-be-perfect-and-that-s-just-fine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}