Academy of Ideas

By AOI

Academy of Ideas is a thought-provoking deep dive into the minds of history’s greatest philosophers, psychologists, and economists. Hosted by two brothers from Canada, this podcast explores compl... more

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March 18, 2026 The Psychology of Resilience: Thriving in Adversity
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In this video we look at ancient wisdom and practical advice to help cultivate resilience, or the ability to emerge from the challenges of life stronger and wiser.
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March 17, 2026 Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down
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In this video we examine how public schools and the mainstream media have contributed to the growth of a passive citizenry, thus paving the way for the rise of tyranny. We then look at the role anti-authoritarians play in a free and flourishing society.
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March 16, 2026 The Benefits of Reading Great Books
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In this video we look at the benefits of great books on our growth and development, and examine how the modern university humanities are corrupting students.
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March 15, 2026 How to Overcome the Downward Pull of Other People
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March 14, 2026 Why Purpose and Discipline Promote Psychological Well-Being
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In this video we examine why the cultivation of discipline and a more purpose-driven existence can help us overcome our psychological problems.
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March 13, 2026 The Outsider's Guide to the Social World
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In this video we explore the ability we have to re-sculpt our social character and to create a more powerful role on the stage of life.
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March 12, 2026 Introduction to Empedocles
In this lecture we discuss Empedocles, the most colorful of all the Presocratics. While Empedocles wrestled with Parmenides' law against becoming, he also harbored within himself a strong spiritual impulse, and died by hurling himself into the volcanic crater of Mt. Etna, convinced that upon his death he would return to divinity.
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March 11, 2026 Introduction to Anaxagoras
In this lecture we discuss Anaxagoras. Specifically, we will investigate his interesting theory of matter which claimed that 'everything is in everything', and introduce him as the first philosopher to divide the universe into mind and matter. To conclude we will look at the difference between a teleological and mechanistic view of the universe, and see how Anaxagoras combined these two views in a unique manner.
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March 11, 2026 Gustave Le Bon: The Nature of Crowds
In this video we provide a summary of the French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon's classic and highly influential work The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. In this work Le Bon investigates the nature of crowd psychology.
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March 11, 2026 The Psychology of Fairy Tales
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