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 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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Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1
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September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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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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August 17, 2023 at 9:41 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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April 19, 2023 at 8:19 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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March 18, 2023 at 7:29 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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March 9, 2023 at 5:05 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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July 22, 2022 at 9:52 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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July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM
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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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October 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM
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Episode Seventy-Nine - The Cause of the Arising of Belief In Gods 1
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July 9, 2021 at 4:47 PM
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July 16, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1
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June 25, 2021 at 8:38 PM
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July 2, 2021 at 3:44 PM
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Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 1
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June 9, 2021 at 8:06 PM
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June 17, 2021 at 9:20 PM
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Episode Seventy-Four - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth 1
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June 3, 2021 at 5:09 PM
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June 8, 2021 at 9:16 PM
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Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1
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April 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM
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May 8, 2021 at 1:01 PM
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Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1
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April 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM
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April 27, 2021 at 9:48 PM
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Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1
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March 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
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March 30, 2021 at 9:10 PM
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Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1
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March 17, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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March 25, 2021 at 8:14 PM
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Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1
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January 25, 2021 at 4:58 PM
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February 6, 2021 at 6:39 PM
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Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1
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January 9, 2021 at 8:48 AM
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January 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM
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Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1
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January 2, 2021 at 11:59 AM
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January 10, 2021 at 8:36 PM
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Episode Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1
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December 5, 2020 at 9:19 AM
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December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM
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Episode Forty-Six - Conclusion of the Argument That the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death 1
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November 21, 2020 at 12:06 PM
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November 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM
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Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1
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November 13, 2020 at 8:05 PM
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Episode Forty-Four - The Mind Cannot Continue to Exist Separately From The Body After Death 1
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November 7, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1
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October 30, 2020 at 10:12 PM
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November 7, 2020 at 9:55 AM
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Episode Forty-Two - The Mind works through the senses; it is a relatively small part of the body; the Mind has more power than the "spirit," but both mind and spirit are mortal 1
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October 24, 2020 at 2:48 PM
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October 30, 2020 at 9:53 PM
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Episode Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1
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September 14, 2020 at 9:33 AM
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September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1
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September 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
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September 19, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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Episode Twenty-Five - The Swerve Part II - As the Basis of Human Agency 1
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June 24, 2020 at 2:59 PM
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July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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Episode Twenty-Three - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed 1
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June 12, 2020 at 4:18 PM
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June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1
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May 23, 2020 at 3:08 PM
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May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1
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April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
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April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1
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April 4, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM
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Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1
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October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
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April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
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Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi
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April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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Episode 31 - Continuation of Episode 30, And the Polyaenus Example
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August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
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August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
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Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!
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June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus Against the Platonists / Aristotelians
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February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics
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February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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