The Lucretius Today Podcast

The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Each episode of the show has a thread for discussion.

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    2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

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      • March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
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      March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5

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      • August 6, 2021 at 11:02 PM
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      August 6, 2021 at 11:02 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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      August 14, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    2. 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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      September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23

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      • August 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM
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      August 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM

    2. Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2

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      • September 17, 2021 at 5:10 PM
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      September 25, 2021 at 11:05 AM

    2. 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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    2. Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3

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      • September 10, 2021 at 12:07 PM
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      • September 18, 2021 at 9:23 AM
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      September 18, 2021 at 9:23 AM

    2. Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3

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      • July 18, 2021 at 10:44 PM
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      July 18, 2021 at 10:44 PM

    2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

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      • May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
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      May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM

    2. 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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      September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM

    2. 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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      August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM

    2. 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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      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

    2. Episode 322 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates' "Second Sailing" And His Treatment of Students (Not Yet Recorded) 2

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      • February 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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      • February 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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      February 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM

    2. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

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      • February 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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      February 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM

    2. Episode 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2

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      • February 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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      February 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM

    2. Episode 319 - EATAQ 01 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Is the Key To Happiness Found In Supernatural Causes and Geometry? 8

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      • January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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      February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM

    2. Episode 318 - TD44 - In the End It Is Pleasure - Not Virtue - That Gives Meaning To A Happy Life 2

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      • January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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      January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM

    2. Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6

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      January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM

    2. Episode 316 - TD43 - "Happiness Is The Goal Of Life - A Life of Happiness Is A Life Of Pleasure" (Sixth Year Podcast Anniversary) 3

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      • January 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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      January 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM

    2. Episode 315 - TD 42 - Preventing Pain From Destroying Happiness 2

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      • January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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      January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM

    2. Episode 314 - TD41 - Cicero Challenges Epicurus: Can Pleasures Really Overcome Pains? 2

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      • December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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    2. Episode 313 - TD40 - Diagnosing When Words Are Empty Of Meaning 4

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    2. Episode 312 - TD39 - Word Games Are No Substitute For Reality 2

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      December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM

    2. Episode 311 - Is Pain The Only Reason We Should Be Concerned About Any Aspect Of Death And Dying? 2

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      December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM

    2. Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States 4

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      • November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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    2. 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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    2. Episode 309 - TD37 - The Error of Basing Happiness On The Alleged Divinity Of The Human Mind 3

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      • November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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      November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM

    2. Episode 308 - TD36 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 19

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    2. Episode 307 - TD35 - How The Wise Epicurean Is Always Happy 2

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      • November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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