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.
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 225 is now available. Cicero Argues That A Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar to Pleasure.
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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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Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4
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September 19, 2022 at 4:12 PM
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Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9
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December 3, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends
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August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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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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An Epicurean Podcast 12
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July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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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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Lucretius Today - Episodes of Special Note 3
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January 10, 2023 at 1:19 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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Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10
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April 3, 2024 at 3:56 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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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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Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11
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March 1, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8
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February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
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December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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Episode 204 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5
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December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19
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November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
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December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21
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September 3, 2023 at 9:36 PM
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September 17, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 11
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August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
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July 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM
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Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8
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July 7, 2023 at 5:15 PM
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Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
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July 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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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 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 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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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 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-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2
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June 4, 2022 at 5:52 PM
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Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 25
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April 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM
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August 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8
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February 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM
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Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82
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October 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM
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Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7
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May 20, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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Episode Sixty-Two - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 11
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March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
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March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM
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Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3
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January 16, 2021 at 8:01 AM
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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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Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4
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December 11, 2020 at 10:09 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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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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Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2
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April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
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April 4, 2020 at 8:46 AM
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Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section 01 (Not Yet Recorded) 8
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April 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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April 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 11
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April 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undertaking The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey? 7
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April 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6
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March 30, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6
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March 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13
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March 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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April 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7
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March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure? 34
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February 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Episode 215 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness 9
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February 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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