The What Is Stoicism? Podcast
by Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)
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- 🇬🇧GB · Philosophy#26100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Philosophy#6930K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · Philosophy#1525K to 30K
- 🇨🇦CA · Philosophy#1945K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Philosophy#6510K to 30K
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78K to 261K🎙 Daily cadence·240 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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259K to 871K🇬🇧34%🇺🇸11%🇮🇱11%+21 more - Active Followers
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You Are Freer Than You Think
Sep 2, 2026
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Fearless Energy in an Uncertain Life
Aug 26, 2026
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The Road to a Happy Life
Aug 19, 2026
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The Stoic Reset for a Complicated Mind
Aug 12, 2026
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Kindness: The Most Powerful Drug in the World
Aug 5, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/2/26 | You Are Freer Than You Think | This episode examines wealth, desire, and the freedom that comes from needing less.Seneca warns that fortune’s gifts often become traps, because external success can deepen dependence rather than satisfy the soul.Anthony de Mello sharpens the same insight: many of our chains are imaginary, formed by false ideas about what we need before we can truly live.If you’d like to continue the practice, you might also find this Micro Morning Meditation helpful:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: You're Free Alreadyhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-youre-free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/26/26 | Fearless Energy in an Uncertain Life | This episode reflects on what happens when life interrupts our carefully arranged plans.The Stoic reserve clause—“if nothing prevents me”—helps us plan without pretending the future belongs to us. Shakespeare, Seneca, and Suzuki Shōsan deepen the point by bringing death into view, not as a morbid fixation, but as a reminder that even ordinary days are not guaranteed.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: When Others Judge Youhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-when-others Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/19/26 | The Road to a Happy Life | This episode uses Seneca’s image of the road to ask whether we are moving with purpose or merely following the crowd. A clear destination helps us resist distraction, while Epictetus shows where our attention truly belongs: on our judgments, choices, desires, and actions. The Stoic task is to be cautious with what depends on us and confident toward what does not👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Stories of Insecurityhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/12/26 | The Stoic Reset for a Complicated Mind | This episode uses animals as a reminder to return to the present moment. Hadot and Marcus Aurelius show that life is lived only in the now, where we can think clearly, act justly, and avoid adding needless disturbance to events. Animals offer a simple model of presence: they don't argue with the past or rehearse the future, but inhabit what's directly before them.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Stories of Insecurityhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/5/26 | Kindness: The Most Powerful Drug in the World | This episode explores conversation and kindness as forms of care for the soul. Socrates saw dialogue as essential to self-knowledge, a way of bringing hidden thoughts into the open and examining them honestly. Phil Hammond’s story of kindness as “the most powerful drug” adds a practical modern echo: when we don’t know what to do, kindness nearly always improves the situation.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Stories of Insecurityhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | How to Live When Life Is Short | This episode reflects on the shortness of life without turning it into panic. Oliver Burkeman’s “four thousand weeks” gives us a blunt measure of our limits, while Seneca’s story of Julius Canus shows how calm can survive even under the shadow of death. The Stoic point isn't to master time or escape mortality, but to stop wasting what remains on denial, anxiety, or impossible self-optimization.Since we can't know how many weeks are left, the task is to inhabit the present with attention, courage, and dignity.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Allow Yourself To Livehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-allow-yourself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | See Clearly, Act Well, Accept the Rest | This episode explains Epictetus’s three disciplines as a practical way of returning to the present moment.The Discipline of Assent helps us judge clearly, the Discipline of Desire teaches us to want only what is within our power, and the Discipline of Action directs us toward justice and the common good. Hadot’s account of the reserve clause adds an important final step: act with firm intention, but accept that outcomes are not fully yours to command.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Allow Yourself To Livehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-allow-yourself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/15/26 | philosophyvalues+3 | — | — | — | StoicismMontaigne+6 | — | 6m 54s | ||
| 7/8/26 | noveltyoverextension+4 | — | SubstackAcast | — | StoicismCicero+5 | — | 7m 50s | ||
| 7/1/26 | life's difficultiesStoicism+4 | — | — | — | StoicismEpictetus+5 | — | 7m 46s | ||
| 6/24/26 | Stoicismresilience+4 | — | — | — | Stoicismresilience+5 | — | 7m 14s | ||
| 6/17/26 | gratitudeStoic practice+4 | — | — | — | Stoicismgratitude+6 | — | 7m 07s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Stoicismphilosophy+4 | — | — | — | Stoicismphilosophy+6 | — | 7m 56s | ||
| 6/3/26 | attentiondistraction+3 | — | — | — | attentiondistraction+5 | — | 7m 56s | ||
| 5/27/26 | resilienceStoicism+3 | — | SubstackAcast | — | resilienceStoicism+5 | — | 7m 50s | ||
| 5/20/26 | Stoicismvirtue+4 | — | Micro Morning Meditation: The Object is Bound to Perish | — | Stoicismwisdom+5 | — | 7m 20s | ||
| 5/13/26 | mindfulnessacceptance+3 | — | Acast | — | StoicismSeneca+5 | — | 5m 49s | ||
| 5/6/26 | angerStoicism+3 | — | Acast | — | angerStoicism+5 | — | 5m 53s | ||
| 4/29/26 | interpretationmental noise+5 | — | Substack | — | StoicismMarcus Aurelius+5 | — | 6m 09s | ||
| 4/22/26 | StoicismCicero+5 | — | AcastSubstack | — | StoicismCicero+5 | — | 6m 16s | ||
| 4/15/26 | healingstoicism+3 | — | AcastSubstack+1 | — | stoicismhealing+3 | — | 6m 13s | ||
| 4/8/26 | Stoicismself-care+3 | — | AcastSubstack | — | StoicismMarcus Aurelius+6 | — | 6m 31s | ||
| 4/1/26 | Stoicisminsults+3 | — | — | — | Stoicisminsults+3 | — | 6m 21s | ||
| 3/25/26 | Stoicismaphorisms+3 | — | — | — | Stoicismaphorisms+4 | — | 6m 51s | ||
| 3/18/26 | kindnessinclusion+3 | — | TurkeyItaly+1 | — | kindnessinclusion+3 | — | 6m 24s | ||
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Chart history for The What Is Stoicism? Podcast
Peaked at #9 in IL, top 10 in 1 of 26 tracked markets, currently #9 in IL.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| NG | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| IS | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| HK | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| BE | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| GR | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| India | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| AR | — | #67 | #67 | — |
| United States | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Ireland | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| South Africa | — | #93 | #93 | — |
| ID | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| RO | — | #108 | #108 | — |
| PH | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| TH | — | #119 | #119 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #122 | #122 | — |
| CH | — | #136 | #136 | — |
| Australia | — | #152 | #152 | — |
| NG | — | #166 | #166 | — |
Chart Positions
26 placements across 24 markets.
Chart Positions
26 placements across 24 markets.