Eric Scheske

Tuesday Ramblings In this week's podcast, I urge everyone to read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. I read it years ago and have frequently dipped back into it over the years. I considered myself well-versed. Not so, at least compared to Ryan Holiday, The Stoic Dude, who read it

New Episode Released Marcus Aurelius, Pax Romana, Beginning of Christianity [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/3/15/episode-67-marcus-aurelius-pax-romana-beginning-of-christianity] 27 BC to 313 AD We're at the year 27 BC. Octavian wins the Civil Wars. He becomes the first emperor of Rome. The Roman Republic was dead. Plenty

Party Down on Corona Well, the Joe Rogan episode about the Coronavirus was a bummer [http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm]. It turns out, the assurances of all our young people to the contrary, the virus is a real threat. Moreover, there's no vaccine and there's

Midweek Ramblings I saw an interesting Tweet this morning. It was to the effect, "Coronavirus is everywhere, so there's no use trying to avoid it." I wouldn't be surprised if the sentiment is accurate, but in the details, it's surely lacking. I

Coronarambling Man, there's so much "news" out there about Coronavirus. As most of you know, I put very little faith in the news, but as my loved ones know, I'm hopelessly self-centered and freak out at things like epidemics. At times like these, mine

New Episode Released The Death of Socrates and the Rise of Rome [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/3/8/episode-66-the-death-of-socrates-and-the-rise-of-rome] Show Notes 399. Socrates is forced to drink hemlock. This is one of those things that deserves a lot of attention. The mere mention of the death of Socrates

Uses for Booze I see Bill Clinton has bared his soul about the Lewinsky standard, stating that he allowed Monica to serve him in order to alleviate the pressures of the job [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8078733/Bill-Clinton-says-having-sex-Monica-Lewinsky-manage-anxieties.html] . He said it took his mind off the presidential

Decent Self-Help Advice I normally don't find articles like this terribly helpful: The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People [https://medium.com/mind-cafe/the-7-habits-of-highly-ineffective-people-44b0ff317be] . I tend to find the advice either blase or informed by a bad worldview ("You have to be a winner!"). But this

The Close Talker Congratulations to Joe Biden. The Establishment has their candidate in the driver's seat. I look forward to the "Sleepy Joe" references, the close talking, the awkward touching, and a #MeandJoeToo movement. There is one thing I despise: unwanted touching and close talking. I