The Lucretius Today Podcast
The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Our current podcasters are: Cassius, Martin, Joshua, Kalosyni, and Don. Each episode of the show has a thread below with podcast notes and listener comments. The podcast is available for free subscription at all major podcast sources. For the text of Lucretius read during the first 92 episodes, click here to download the EpicureanFriends Reference Edition of Lucretius. For the full podcast home page click here to go to LucretiusToday.com.
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Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17
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October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM
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Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undertaking The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey? 7
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April 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7
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March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
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December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
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July 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM
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July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
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July 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7
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February 14, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7
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September 28, 2022 at 5:41 AM
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October 10, 2022 at 3:29 PM
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Episode One Hundred Forty - The Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter 7
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September 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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September 21, 2022 at 2:37 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7
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May 14, 2022 at 10:15 PM
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May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7
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March 4, 2022 at 6:40 PM
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January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7
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December 17, 2021 at 6:09 PM
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December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
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Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7
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December 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM
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December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7
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August 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM
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August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7
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May 20, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7
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April 9, 2021 at 5:44 PM
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April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7
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October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
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October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
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Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7
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March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
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July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM
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Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7
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March 6, 2020 at 3:48 AM
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October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7
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February 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM
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July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6
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March 30, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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April 7, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6
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March 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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March 31, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6
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January 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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January 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6
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June 1, 2023 at 9:36 AM
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June 8, 2023 at 7:32 AM
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Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6
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April 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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November 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM
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Episode 157 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part Two 6
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January 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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July 1, 2023 at 12:33 PM
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Episode 153 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02 6
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December 16, 2022 at 4:38 PM
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December 27, 2022 at 4:04 PM
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Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6
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December 6, 2022 at 9:26 AM
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December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6
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July 30, 2022 at 6:59 AM
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August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Three: Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time 6
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May 20, 2022 at 5:20 PM
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May 28, 2022 at 12:26 PM
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Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6
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September 29, 2021 at 8:59 PM
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October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM
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Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6
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August 28, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM
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Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6
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August 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM
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August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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Episode Thirty-Eight: Start of Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 6
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September 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM
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September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
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April 4, 2020 at 8:46 AM
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April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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Episode 204 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5
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December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 5
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January 31, 2023 at 7:05 AM
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February 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5
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July 22, 2022 at 7:10 PM
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July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Four - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 5
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May 28, 2022 at 1:16 PM
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Episode One Hundred Fourteen - Letter to Herodotus 03 - The Starting Point of Physics 5
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March 18, 2022 at 6:20 AM
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Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5
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October 4, 2021 at 8:40 PM
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October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5
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September 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
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September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5
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July 31, 2021 at 9:35 AM
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August 6, 2021 at 11:02 PM
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Episode Seventy-Six - The Rise of Humans and Early Human Society 5
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June 18, 2021 at 6:25 AM
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June 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM
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Episode Seventy-Three - More on The Sun, The Moon, And Related Astronomical Questions 5
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May 26, 2021 at 9:46 PM
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June 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM
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Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5
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March 2, 2021 at 6:09 AM
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March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM
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Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5
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May 29, 2020 at 1:50 PM
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July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5
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March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
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July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5
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February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
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July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - No One But You Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Disguise Yourselves? 4
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January 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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