Practicing Stoicism

Looking to practice Stoicism with others committed (seriously) to doing the same? Join my private community, Prokoptôn: https://skool.com/prokopton In this episode, I examine the recent BAFTA awards controversy in which a racial slur was involuntarily shouted during an award presentation by John Davidson, an advocate who lives with a form of Tourette’s syndrome known as coprolalia. Rather than app...

I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . In this episode, I take on a subject most people would rather avoid: taxes. Not to argue for or against them politically, but to clarify how a Stoic should think...

I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . In this episode, I address a subject many people struggle with deeply: the death of animal companions. I explain why I prefer that term over “pets,” and why I fe...

I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . This episode is prompted by a thoughtful listener question: if we judge a political leader to be unjust, would it be unjust to distance ourselves from that leade...

Stick around after the closing music for some extra thoughts on this topic. -- I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . In this episode, I explain why Stoicism does not judge people as just or unjust ba...

I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . Over the years, many parents have asked me how to teach Stoicism to their children. My answer, when the child is young, is always the same: don’t. Not yet. In th...

I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at https://practicingstoicism.com/pledge . Last week, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. She was 37 years old, a mother, a poet, and she was not the target of ICE’s op...

This podcast is supported entirely by you, the listener. Without you patronage, none of this is possible. Become a patron of my work for as little as $0.50/week here: https://liberapay.com/tannerocampbell/ -- In this episode of Practicing Stoicism , I use the news that 2025 was the UK’s hottest year on record as a practical case study for Stoic ethics. I am not interested here in debating climate...