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Welcome to the The Philosopher’s Compass podcast with your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz. I'm the creator of The Stoic Mom blog and Substack and co-author of Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers (North America), and Live Like a Philosopher (UK).
Thanks for joining to explore how we can understand and apply practical philosophy in our lives today. I'll talk with a range of guests about finding meaning and purpose through our life philosophy, starting with modern Stoicism and spanning much more!
Thanks for joining to explore how we can understand and apply practical philosophy in our lives today. I'll talk with a range of guests about finding meaning and purpose through our life philosophy, starting with modern Stoicism and spanning much more!
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English
United States
14 episodes
since June 16, 2025
episodic
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Welcome to The Philosopher's Compass podcast. I'm your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, author of The Stoic Mom blog / Substack (est. 2016) and co-author of the book Beyond Stoicism and Live Like a Philosopher. What is the true meaning of skepticism? What can we learn from its origins in ancient Gree…
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Welcome to The Philosopher's Compass podcast. I'm your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, author of The Stoic Mom blog and co-author of the book Beyond Stoicism and Live Like a Philosopher. What does it actually look like to raise kids with philosophical values — not just as a theory, but as a daily pr…
Welcome to The Philosopher's Compass Podcast, with your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, author of Beyond Stoicism and Live Like a Philosopher, and creator of The Stoic Mom blog and Substack. Ken Davenport had the career, the company, the title — and a serious happiness problem. In his early 40s, he …
I'm your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, author of The Stoic Mom Substack and co-author of Beyond Stoicism and Live Like a Philosopher. In this episode of The Philosopher's Compass podcast, I spoke with Commander William C. Spears, a submarine warfare officer and author of the book Stoicism as a War…
I’m your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, and in this episode of the Philosophers Compass podcast, I spoke with Eden Blazejak, a postdoctoral research fellow specializing in the political thought of Hellenistic philosophical schools, particularly Stoicism and Epicureanism.
Eden shared his personal j…
Join me for a new episode of The Philosopher's Compass! I'm your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, and this time I spoke with Kasey Pierce. A writer/editor from the Metro Detroit area. Kasey is the co-author of The Stoicism Workbook: How the Wisdom of Socrates Can Help You Build Resilience and Overcom…
Join me for a new episode of The Philosopher's Compass! I'm your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz, and this time I spoke with Lisa Hill, Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide. She co-authored the book Stoicism and the Western Political Tradition with Eden Blazejak. If you're interested i…
Join me for this episode of The Philosopher's Compass podcast, featuring a my conversation with Leonidas Konstantakos! If you're interested in ancient Greek history - including the history and culture of Sparta - and if you're curious to learn more about the lives of the philosophers who launched a…
Join me - your host, Meredith Alexander Kunz - for this conversation with Sharon Lebell, an author, musician, and modern philosopher best known for The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness - an outstanding translation of the ancient Stoic Epictetus. When it ap…
This episode of The Philosopher's Compass podcast features a conversation with Benny Voncken, the co-founder of Via Stoica and the Via Stoica Podcast. His organization offers Stoic life coaching, corporate training, motivational speaking, and workshops to help people live better lives by applying a…
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