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- “Remember your dreams?”
“Your life is like a ship. Your dreams are your compass. Forget your dreams and you will be lost, run aground, and sink.”
14 min - “Is it okay to be yourself?”
“Think like a loner. Trust your inner voice. Be yourself, but always, be a better friend to yourself.”
22 min - “Was Michael Corleone right to kill his brother Fredo?”
“Was Michael’s decision to order Fredo’s death moral or immoral? What does Kantianism say? What would Kant do?”
27 min - “What are the 10 best philosophy jokes?”
“Here are just some of my favorite philosophy jokes. I have more than 10, but I’m not trying to be Thoreau.”
19 min - “Is social media bad for you?”
“Be a rebel! Don’t dance. Be extremely honest! Don’t pray. Be insanely happy! Don’t wait. Be what you’re good at! Don’t try.”
27 min - “Can people change?”
“Human behavior is stubborn. Humans don’t easily change. Still, Scrooge changed. Three revelations drive personal change.”
27 min - “Is quitting the answer?”
“You will always have troubles. Don’t quit! Start over! Suffering with purpose is not suffering.”
22 min - “Are you killing your life? (Part 2)”
“Don’t fear solitude! Don’t confuse the price of something with its value! Don’t kill your life!”
15 min - “Are you killing your life? (Part 1)”
“Don’t be afraid to think for yourself! Don’t fear your individuality! Don’t be afraid to go your own way!”
20 min - “How perfect are you?”
“You not only do your best, but you wear yourself out in tireless pursuit of unnatural, unattainable, and insatiable perfection.”
20 min
About The Laughing Philosopher's Podcast
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Life is complicated. It is afflicted with more big questions than big answers. As one is tested by the suffering and irrationality of life, the questions become more compelling and imperative, and the answers become more urgent and necessary in order to be a good person and to live a happy life. What does it mean to be a good person? What is a happy life? What is love? Who am I before I was told who I am? Why haven’t I found myself yet? Why do I have regrets? Is the world just? Everything seems to have been figured out, except how to live.
In this podcast, we will ask and answer the hard questions, and we will question the simple answers, the answers you’ve been told to believe almost from the moment of birth. Think for yourself. There is no feeling like it, and it really is the only good fight left. You may not be rewarded for your wisdom, but you will be rewarded by your wisdom.
“The Laughing Philosopher” is Robert M. Khoury, Ph.D., a scholar and writer with a lifetime of teaching and learning at the intersection of sociology and philosophy.