Aneesh Pakala

Resiliency Rounds

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Resiliency Rounds is your guide to the Good Life. Hosted by Dr. Aneesh Pakala and Dr. Jeremy Hirshberg. Each episode discusses the Good Life as described in the Great Books of the Western and Eastern world. The conversations cover Plato's dialogues, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Stoic Philosophy, Kant's Categorical Imperative, teachings of the Buddha, and The Bhagvad Gita's non-dualistic philosophy. The audience will get a practical guide on using these ancient texts to resolve their problems in the modern world.

Author

Aneesh Pakala

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Education

Podcast website

www.resiliencyrounds.com

Latest episode

Jun 30, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 65: Artificial intelligence and Ancient Wisdom 30.06.2026

00:00 Back From A Break 01:04 Big Question Today 02:28 Uncertainty Is Timeless 07:29 AI And Leadership Stakes 10:12 Slow Down For Wisdom 13:34 Two Camps On Intelligence 17:06 Tech Revolutions Repeat 21:36 Learning AI Without Hype 26:14 Happiness Beyond Tech 30:27 Guardrails And Global Rules 32:26 Enjoying the Drive 33:31 Route 66 Without GPS 34:08 Tucumcari and Human Connection 36:55 AI as the New...

Episode 64: Nicomachean Ethics V-4: Where can one find Justice? 10.05.2026

What Is Justice? Aristotle on the Just Person, Corporation, and State (Nicomachean Ethics, Book V) In this episode of Resiliency Rounds, Aneesh and Jeremy continue Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Book V) on justice, using a question-driven format to ask what it means to be a just person, corporation, and state. They distinguish constitutional justice—how a state distributes basic goods like health...

Episode 63: Nicomachean Ethics V-3: Law and Justice (Will you pass the Bar?) 27.04.2026

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Episode 62: Nicomachean Ethics V-1: Justice, Injustice, Laws, and Fairness. 13.04.2026

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Episode 61: Nicomachean Ethics IV-2: Irate, boastful, contentious and shameless socialite 12.03.2026

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Episode 60: Nicomachean Ethics IV-1: The self-respecting elite 02.03.2026

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Episode 59: Nicomachean Ethics III-4: Temperance, the antidote to Tyranny 23.02.2026

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Episode 58: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-3: Aristotelian Courage and the Citizen Soldier 17.02.2026

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Episode 57: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-2: Choices we think we make. 15.12.2025

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Episode 56: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-1: Whom to praise; Whom to blame 24.11.2025

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Episode 55: Nicomachean Ethics Book II-2: Mean and Extreme 03.11.2025

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Episode 54: Nicomachean Ethics Book II-1: What would Socrates do? 27.10.2025

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Episode 53: Nicomachean Ethics Book I-2: Path to Flourishing 19.10.2025

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Episode 52: Nicomachean Ethics Book I-1: Reboot with Jeremy. 06.10.2025

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Episode 51: Nicomachean Ethics Book 1: Capital 'H' Happiness. 15.06.2025

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Episode 50: Plato's Republic X-3: Are you Odysseus? 05.06.2025

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Episode 49: Plato's Republic Book X-2: The Immortal Soul 21.06.2024

Can art and poetry lead us astray from the path of truth? In this episode, we summarize Socrates' critical take on poetry and the arts as outlined in Book 10 of Plato's Republic. Socrates argues that mimesis, or artistic representation, is a distorted reflection of reality that can misguide citizens by amplifying their passions over rational thought. Using a clever analogy of a basketbal...

Episode 48: Plato’s Republic Book X-1: The Forms 03.06.2024

What if the moral compass of an entire society could be shaped by its art and education? Join us as we uncover Socrates' provocative stance on poetry in the ideal republic, as laid out in Book 10 of Plato's Republic. We start by navigating the philosophical terrain of justice versus injustice through the lens of the Republic, positing it as a macrocosm of the soul's rational, spirit...

Episode 47: Plato’s Republic Book IX-3: Three to the sixth power 17.04.2024

Could the principles of musical harmony reflect the nature of the ideal state and the philosopher king? Join us as we explore the philosophical depth of Plato's Republic, where we argue against Thrasymachus's cynical views on justice and journey through the formation of a society in perfect accord with the soul's three elements. We discuss how a just life, guided by wisdom, rather t...

Episode 46: Plato's Republic Book IX-2: The Verdict 13.03.2024

Could a tyrant lurk within the recesses of your own mind? Prepare for a philosophical odyssey that explores the descent from democracy to tyranny of the soul. As your guides, Eddie and Aneesh navigate the intricate passages of Plato's Republic, where Socrates himself wrestles with the shadows of unnecessary pleasures and the dark, lawless drives that threaten to unseat reason. This episode di...

Episode 45: Plato's Republic Book VIII-4/ IX-1: Tyranny 05.03.2024

Could the very freedoms we cherish in democracy unwittingly lead us into the hands of tyranny? In this episode Eddie and Aneesh traverse the philosophical landscape of Socratic thought, unraveling the complex threads between unbridled freedom and the rise of tyrannical power.  We dissect the democratic allure of liberty and how it can, ironically, enslave us to our basest desires. This is a though...

Episode 44: Plato's Republic Book VIII-3: Democracy 22.02.2024

Could your cherished democratic freedoms be the very seeds that grow a tyrannical overlord? We pull back the curtain on Socrates' view of political evolution, dissecting the paradoxical journey from democracy to tyranny. Amidst the hustle of personal freedoms, we often neglect the virtues that safeguard our society, inadvertently paving the way for despots. In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh d...

Episode 43: Plato's Republic Book VIII-2: The Oligarchy 06.02.2024

In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh continue their discussion of defective constitutions - the oligarchy.  Let us know how we are doing.

Episode 42: Plato's Republic Book VIII-1: The Timocracy 23.01.2024

In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh discuss the Timocracy and the societal decay caused by honor-seeking for its own sake. Let us know how we are doing.

Episode 41: Plato's Republic Book VII-3: The Dialectic 10.01.2024

In this episode Eddie and Aneesh discuss what it means to be worthy or unworthy of the Dialectician. Let us know how we are doing.

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