269 Episodes

  1. Episode 089 - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again

    Published: 9/25/2021

  2. Episode 088 - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds

    Published: 9/18/2021

  3. Episode 087 - Earthquakes and The Water Cycle

    Published: 9/5/2021

  4. Episode 086 - Typhoons and Whirlwinds

    Published: 9/4/2021

  5. Episode 085 - Thunder and Lightning Part 3 - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples?

    Published: 8/29/2021

  6. Episode 084 - Thunder and Lightning Part Two - Very Very Frightening

    Published: 8/22/2021

  7. Episode 083 - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One

    Published: 8/14/2021

  8. Episode 082 - Opening of Book Six - Restatement of Goal of Poem

    Published: 8/6/2021

  9. Episode 081 - Development of the Arts And The End of Book Five

    Published: 7/31/2021

  10. Episode 080 - The Development of Metallurgy And The Art of War

    Published: 7/19/2021

  11. Episode 079 - The Cause Of The Arising of Belief In Gods

    Published: 7/16/2021

  12. Episode 078 - Ethical Issues Arising In the Formation Of Societies

    Published: 7/9/2021

  13. Episode 077 - The Formation of Language and Early Societies

    Published: 7/2/2021

  14. Episode 076 - Early Humans and Their Society

    Published: 6/26/2021

  15. Episode 075 - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible

    Published: 6/18/2021

  16. Episode 074 - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth

    Published: 6/9/2021

  17. Episode 073 - More on the Sun and Moon And Similar Astronomical Issues

    Published: 6/4/2021

  18. Episode 072 - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun

    Published: 5/27/2021

  19. Episode 071 - Back To The Beginning - The Beginning of Our Corner of the Universe

    Published: 5/20/2021

  20. Episode 070 - More On The End Of The World

    Published: 5/15/2021

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Lucretius Today is a podcast dedicated to learning Epicurean philosophy through study of the poet Lucretius, who lived in the age of Julius Caesar and wrote "On The Nature of Things," the only complete presentation of Epicurus' ideas left to us from the ancient world. We'll walk you line by line through the six books of Lucretius' poem, and we'll discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. In this podcast we won't be talking about modern political issues. How you apply Epicurus in your own life is entirely up to you. Over at the Epicureanfriends.com web forum, we apply this approach by following a set of ground rules we call "Not Neo-Epicurean, But Epicurean." Epicurean philosophy is not a religion, it''s not Stoicism, it's not Humanism, it's not Libertarianism, it's not Atheism, and it's not Marxism or any other philosophy - it is unique in the history of Western Civilization, and as we explore Lucretius's poem you'll quickly see how that is the case. The home page of this podcast is LucretiusToday.com, and there you can find a free copy of the version of the poem from which we are reading, and links to where you can discuss the poem between episodes at Epicureanfriends.com.