Pub and Porch: Applied Stoicism

Raising Kids 4

In this penultimate episode on raising kids, Adam and Mick dive into the topics of fostering and adoption. Mick shares personal stories of his first-hand experience of fostering, and the relationship that he built that still exists today. Adoption is also a major topic in today's episode, and Adam and Mick both share personal stories related to that topic from their own lives.  URL: pubandporch.com [http://pubandporch.com] Email: info@pubandporch.com X: @PubandPorch [https://x.com/PubandPorch] Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism [https://substack.com/@pubandporch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nsqjc] YouTube: @pubporch [http://www.youtube.com/@pubandporch] PPAS Logo Provided by: Mike Golka All music provided by bensound.com [http://bensound.com]

Raising Kids 3

Today's episode continues our series on Raising kids with episode 3, focussing on the last 3 rules from Musonius Rufus on raising children: praise character and effort more than achievement, teach responsibility and accountability, choose friends and influences wisely, teach that happiness comes from character not possessions. Adam and Mick talk about the important topics from Stoicism including how we only control our own actions not the outcome of events, experiencing controlled hardship and adversity through sports and other activities, and choosing to set boundaries for who you wish to be friends with. URL: pubandporch.com [http://pubandporch.com] Email: info@pubandporch.com X: @PubandPorch [https://x.com/PubandPorch] Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism [https://substack.com/@pubandporch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nsqjc] YouTube: @pubporch [http://www.youtube.com/@pubandporch] PPAS Logo Provided by: Mike Golka All music provided by bensound.com [http://bensound.com]

Raising Kids 2

In today's episode, recorded on Father's Day itself, Mick and Adam delve further into Musonius' rules about raising kids. The episode starts out by talking about what it means to "provide" as a father, referencing the Kelly Brothers and their experience as children. Then the topic of the "fatherlessness" problem comes up, and the hosts step back into the rules as they are themselves represented by Musonius Rufus. Topics of virtue before wealth, leading by example, and raising sons and daughters equally in virtue and education, are all discussed today. Today's translations of Musonius Rufus come from the Cora E. Lutz translation of 1947. URL: pubandporch.com [http://pubandporch.com] Email: info@pubandporch.com X: @PubandPorch [https://x.com/PubandPorch] Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism [https://substack.com/@pubandporch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nsqjc] YouTube: @pubporch [http://www.youtube.com/@pubandporch] PPAS Logo Provided by: Mike Golka All music provided by bensound.com [http://bensound.com]

Raising Kids 1

To honour Father's Day, today's episode centres around raising kids. We focus on the teaching of Musonius Rufus and his rules about raising children, and start to discuss the first few rules from Musonius' teachings. Discussions in this episode move from the past to the present, and discuss some of the modern challenges of being a parent while Adam and Mick share their own views on the subject. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 coming soon! URL: pubandporch.com [http://pubandporch.com] Email: info@pubandporch.com X: @PubandPorch [https://x.com/PubandPorch] Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism [https://substack.com/@pubandporch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nsqjc] YouTube: @pubporch [http://www.youtube.com/@pubandporch] PPAS Logo Provided by: Mike Golka All music provided by bensound.com [http://bensound.com]

Epictetus

In this week's episode, Adam and Mick discuss one of the "Big Three" of Stoicism: Epictetus. In discussion is Epictetus' origins, what we know (or don't really know) about his early life, how he came to become a slave, and how he ended up in Rome. The discussion turns to some of his core views, and where they might have originated based on the experience that we know that he went through. Epictetus' fame in the classical world, and his eventual connections to Marcus Aurelius, rounds out the discussion as well as Epictetus' connection to some more modern Stoics as well. Referenced works in this episode: Lives of the Stoics - Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman Epictetus: Discourses and Selected Writings - Penguin URL: pubandporch.com [http://pubandporch.com] Email: info@pubandporch.com X: @PubandPorch [https://x.com/PubandPorch] Substack: Pub and Porch Applied Stoicism [https://substack.com/@pubandporch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nsqjc] YouTube: @pubporch [http://www.youtube.com/@pubandporch] PPAS Logo Provided by: Mike Golka All music provided by bensound.com [http://bensound.com]