Episode 151: On Fear
From The Old School by Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller
March 23, 2026 · 1h 16m · Episode 151
About this episode
The hosts discuss the nature of fear, including phobias and personal insecurities, and explore whether holding onto fear is beneficial or detrimental.
In this episode, your two favorite intrepid podcast hosts tackle the spine-tingling topic of fear. As they attempt to define it, the two learned gentlemen speak first of phobias but then, tackle the messier notion of personal fears - things that cannot be defined by some Greek mish-mash word but rather speaks to an internal insecurity. The hosts finish by discussing how to tackle fear and whether it works to hold on to some fear - are people better with fears or seeking to banish them all?
People in this episode
Hosts: Dr. Steven Bourgeois, Mr. Ross Miller
Topics covered
- fear
- phobias
- personal fears
- insecurity
- overcoming fear
Keywords
- fear
- phobias
- insecurity
- overcoming fear
- personal fears
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