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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 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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      • June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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    4. Don

      June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

    2. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

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      • April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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      • May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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      May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM

    2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

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      • March 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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      • March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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      March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4

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      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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      • January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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    4. Don

      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episode 262 - He Who Says "Nothing Can Be Known" Knows Nothing 4

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      • December 29, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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      • January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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      January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM

    2. Episode 260 - The Universe Is Infinite And Eternal And Has No Gods Over It 4

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      • December 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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      • December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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      December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode 236 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity 4

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      • July 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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      July 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM

    2. Episode 231 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death? 4

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      • June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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      June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM

    2. Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - No One But You Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Disguise Yourselves? 4

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      • January 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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      • February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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      February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM

    2. Episode 193 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03 4

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      • September 18, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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      • September 30, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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      September 30, 2023 at 5:55 PM

    2. Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 4

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      • September 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM
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      • September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM
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      September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM

    2. Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08 4

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      • August 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM
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      August 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM

    2. Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 4

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      • May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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      May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM

    2. 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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    4. Don

      April 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM

    2. 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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      December 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM

    2. 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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      • November 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM
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      November 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4

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      • July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM
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      July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM

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

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      • May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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      May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4

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      • April 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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      April 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirteen - Letter to Herodotus 02 - Principles of Thinking 4

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      • March 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM
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      • March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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      March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4

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      • October 28, 2021 at 7:01 PM
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      • November 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM
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      November 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM

    2. Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4

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      • December 11, 2020 at 10:09 PM
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      • December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM
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      December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Six - The Atoms Are Not Uniform 4

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      • March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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      March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM

    2. Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4

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      • July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM
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      July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM

    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 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
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      March 28, 2020 at 2:20 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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    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
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      November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM

    2. Episode 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3

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      • November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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      • November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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      November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM

    2. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

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      • June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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