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.
Episode 219 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this episode we continue to address Cicero's attacks on Epicurus' views on pain.
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Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23
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November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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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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Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04 3
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May 21, 2023 at 9:31 AM
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Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8
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May 13, 2023 at 5:54 PM
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Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 4
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May 6, 2023 at 6:59 PM
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May 13, 2023 at 10:25 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 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 4
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April 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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April 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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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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Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02 3
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April 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM
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Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01 22
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March 31, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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April 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM
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Episode 167 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02 9
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March 25, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46
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March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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December 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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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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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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Episode 163 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 17 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 04 9
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February 21, 2023 at 3:49 PM
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February 27, 2023 at 9:33 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 161 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 02 (Sensations and Not An Empiricist) 3
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February 10, 2023 at 5:27 PM
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February 14, 2023 at 7:50 PM
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Episode 160 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 01 3
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January 31, 2023 at 7:19 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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Episode 158 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 03 3
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January 19, 2023 at 10:15 AM
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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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Lucretius Today - Episodes of Special Note 3
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January 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 10
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January 10, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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Episode 155 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 11 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 02 20
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January 2, 2023 at 4:51 PM
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Episode 154 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 01 50
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December 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM
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January 4, 2023 at 10:57 AM
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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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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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Episode 151 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - "The New School In Athens" 20
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December 3, 2022 at 3:36 PM
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Episode 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus 4
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November 23, 2022 at 8:23 AM
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December 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Nine - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus 4
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November 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Eight - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 13
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November 7, 2022 at 7:04 AM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15
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November 3, 2022 at 9:24 AM
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November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Six - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy 10
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October 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17
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October 16, 2022 at 8:17 PM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Four - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good 3
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October 11, 2022 at 5:21 PM
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Episode One Hundred Forty-Three - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods" 2
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October 5, 2022 at 10:51 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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Episode One Hundred Forty-One - Proclaiming Epicurus To The World: Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part One) 34
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September 20, 2022 at 6:59 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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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Nine - The Letter to Menoeceus 06 - Pleasure Part Two 28
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September 7, 2022 at 11:42 AM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty Eight - Letter to Menoeceus 5 - Pleasure Part One 109
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September 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Seven - The Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two) 33
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August 25, 2022 at 5:27 PM
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September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Six - The Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One) 10
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August 15, 2022 at 9:06 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Five - The Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of the Gods 41
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August 8, 2022 at 8:11 AM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Four - The Letter to Menoeceus 01- Context and Opening of the Letter 30
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August 2, 2022 at 8:50 AM
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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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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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Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1
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July 15, 2022 at 9:35 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4
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July 8, 2022 at 11:02 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Nine - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun 17
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July 1, 2022 at 8:03 PM
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Episode 128 - The Twelve Fundamentals of Physics 1
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June 25, 2022 at 7:10 AM
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 16
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June 15, 2022 at 1:55 PM
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