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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 One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4

      • Cassius
      • May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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    4. Don

      May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM

    2. Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7

      • Cassius
      • May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM

    2. Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM

    2. Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6

      • Cassius
      • August 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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    4. Don

      August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    2. Episode 243 Cicero's OTNOTG 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy 9

      • Cassius
      • August 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM

    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM

    2. Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2022 at 9:26 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Four - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 5

      • Cassius
      • June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

    2. Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7

      • Cassius
      • July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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    4. Onenski

      July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

      • Cassius
      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

    2. Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? 10

      • Cassius
      • September 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM

    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

      • Cassius
      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    4. Don

      July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM

    2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7

      • Cassius
      • October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

      • Cassius
      • August 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Fourteen - Letter to Herodotus 03 - The Starting Point of Physics 5

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2022 at 6:20 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM
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    4. Don

      March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM

    2. Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8

      • Cassius
      • May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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    4. Don

      May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM

    2. Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8

      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5

      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

      • Cassius
      • February 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM
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    4. Joshua

      February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM

    2. Episode 157 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part Two 6

      • Cassius
      • January 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 1, 2023 at 12:33 PM
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    4. Bryan

      July 1, 2023 at 12:33 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Seven - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 8

      • Cassius
      • January 28, 2022 at 3:32 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 3, 2022 at 4:10 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 3, 2022 at 4:10 PM

    2. Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7

      • Cassius
      • May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

      • Cassius
      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM

    2. Episode 183 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 35 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 06 - Honesty 9

      • Cassius
      • July 14, 2023 at 10:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM
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    4. Don

      July 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM

    2. Episode 180 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 32 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 03 9

      • Cassius
      • June 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM

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