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    2. Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 1

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      • June 17, 2021 at 9:20 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1

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      • July 2, 2021 at 3:44 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Nine - The Cause of the Arising of Belief In Gods 1

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      • July 16, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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    2. Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1

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      • October 17, 2021 at 8:57 AM
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    2. Episode 128 - The Twelve Fundamentals of Physics 1

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      • July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM
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    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1

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      • July 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM
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    2. Episode 164 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 18 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 05 1

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      • February 27, 2023 at 9:55 PM
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    2. Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01 1

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      • March 8, 2023 at 10:14 AM
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      • March 18, 2023 at 7:29 AM
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    2. Episode 170 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03 1

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      • April 15, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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      • April 19, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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    2. Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 02 1

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      • August 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
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    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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      • September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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      • September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM
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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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      • January 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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      • January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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      January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM

    2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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      • January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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      • January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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      January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM

    2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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      • May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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      May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM

    2. Episode 296 - Ancient Criticisms Of Epicurean "Absence of Pain" Echo In The Modern World 1

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      • August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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      • August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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      August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM

    2. Episode 304 - TD32 - Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions 1

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      • October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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      • October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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      October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM

    2. Episode 305 - TD33 - Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" 1

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      • October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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      November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM

    2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

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      • February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
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      • February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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      February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

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      • February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
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      • February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM
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      February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

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      • April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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      • May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM
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    2. Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

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      • June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM
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      June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM

    2. Episode Thirty-Five - More Reasons Why The Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense 2

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      • August 30, 2020 at 9:27 PM
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      • September 15, 2020 at 1:57 PM
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    2. Episode Forty-One - The Nature of the Mind and Spirit Is Complex; Sense is Not a Property of The Elements That Make Them, But An Event of Their Combination And Motions 2

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      • October 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM
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      • October 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM
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      October 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Seven - Death is Nothing To Us 2

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      • November 26, 2020 at 5:58 PM
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      • December 9, 2020 at 6:24 AM
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    2. Episode Fifty - Opening of Book Four - Beginning the DIscussion of Images 2

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      • December 18, 2020 at 8:20 PM
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      • December 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Seven - Taste, Smell, and The Subjectivity of the Senses 2

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      • February 5, 2021 at 6:40 PM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Nine - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose 2

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      • February 19, 2021 at 10:26 AM
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    2. Episode Seventy - More On The End of The World 2

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      • May 15, 2021 at 8:04 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2

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      • July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM
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      July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2

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      • August 6, 2021 at 5:19 PM
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      • August 14, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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