In our age of noise and distraction, we need to remember the benefits of silence! 

Tolstoy's autobiographical memoir always bugged me. Here's why! 

Philosophy as a Way of Life was written by Pierre Hadot, a French historian of philosophy. He takes us back to a time when philosophy meant real personal transformation! 

Plato’s allegory of the cave, a section in his great philosophical masterpiece Republic, is one of the most iconic and influential passages ever written. It's still relevant today! 

Maybe the best way to cope with misfortune is to imagine it in advance. Maybe the best way to happiness is cultivate the gratitude that comes with the recognition that we may lose our loved ones.  

Don't care about the likes of Homer and Sophocles and Thucydides? You should! 

Gabriel Marcel was a French existentialist Christian philosopher.  What he had to say is very relevant today, more so than in his own time!  

Both Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche privilege the present over the past. Let's find out why! 

Alain Badiou is a French philosopher. In this episode, we discuss his In Praise of Love. The work is a passionate defence of love in a time when romance is being threatened from all directions! 

In this episode, I talk a bit about the notions of revenge and retribution and punishment. The Book of Revelation, Nietzsche, Martha Nussbaum and Hannah Arendt all make appearances!