Geeky Stoics

Jan 19 2025 208 ep. 42 mins 9
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Your favorite stories are part of your real life. Star Wars. The Lord of the Rings. Marvel. Batman. Are you listening to what they’re trying to tell you? Geeky Stoics is all about Stoicism, Philosophy, and Wisdom found in Pop Culture. http://geekystoics.com/

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A Guide to Narnia "The Magician's Nephew"

Jan 19 2025 8 mins  
Did you see the news about The Chronicles of Narnia? After years of negotiation, director Greta Gerwig has closed a deal to have her Narnia movie hit theaters on November 26, 2026 before streaming on Netflix that Christmas. It’s pretty exciting! We love C.S. Lewis’ Narnia here on Geeky Stoics. The best available information out there points to Gerwig starting her Narnia series

Tolkien & The Dream That Wasn't

Dec 02 2024 5 mins  
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. — Tolkien, The Fellowship of the RingThroughout The Lord of the Rings, doom and tragedy are constantly on the doorstep of J.R.R. Tolkien’s heroes. Failure and defeat happen frequently

Middle-earthMixr + Geeky Stoics

Nov 14 2024 89 mins  
It’s a rare and beautiful thing to meet someone with whom you discover so much in common. Not just experiences, but sentiment and aspiration. That’s how I felt after taping a podcast with Evan, best known for his viral Twitter account, @MidddleearthMixr. Going into this conversation about Tolkien and the relevant philosophy of The Lord of the Rings, I didn’t realize I knew Ev

Lincoln, Lewis, Losses and Listening

Nov 06 2024 16 mins  
The first thing you’ll see in my home when you enter is a framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Below the image of America’s 16th president, a man who arguably refounded the United States and became one of its most consequential figures, is a list of his numerous failures. The guy posted a lot of L’s. This list of Lincoln failures is pretty well known, so you might have seen th

Vegeta's Pride & Rebuilding of Self

Oct 29 2024 5 mins  
“It is not a golden bit that makes one horse superior to others.”-Seneca, Letters from A StoicIt’s taken longer than I intended to find a Dragon Ball Z topic for Geeky Stoics. This uniquely popular anime in the United States was my second love growing up, right next to Star Wars. My favorite character is Vegeta, the Prince of Saiyans. He is a total jerk, but it’s something

Stoic Lessons in Game of Thrones

Oct 29 2024 4 mins  
A podcast addition to Geeky Stoics“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well”- Epictetus, Enchiridion, 8.Grey Worm looks at Missandei, with a profound seriousness on his face but a sort of sadness in his eyes. He has not just accepted what happened to him, but he has ch

Geeky Stoics Takes a Walk in the Woods

Oct 14 2024 8 mins  
A few weeks ago, Riley and I got together in Northern Virginia to spend some time working on Geeky Stoics’ future. For me, the highlight was taking a morning walk out in the Manassas Battlefield Park and sharing some ideas with each other about why we take fiction so seriously. The goal was a candid conversation. At the heart of this exchange is a common disagreement between fans

Luke, Moses, Jonah and The Call

Oct 07 2024 3 mins  
“There’s no difference between responsibility and adventure” is something said by Jordan Peterson in his most recent chat with Joe Rogan. I scribbled that one down as soon as I heard it. It resonated for a few reasons, chief among them that accepting responsibility in my own life around age 20 led me to the life I have now…with a beautiful wife of 13 years and an equally lo

Hobbits, Rebels, Death Stars and Home

Oct 01 2024 4 mins  
Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings have two very similar moments. As a great threat makes itself known in each world, a band of potential heroes circle up to assess the danger and devise a plan. In Star Wars: Rogue One this is the “rebellions are built on hope speech” delivered by Jyn Erso who has discovered the plans for the Death Star and wants to lead the fractured Rebel Al

An Unpayable Debt: Tolkien and Lewis

Sep 19 2024 4 mins  
“Just because some people are nice to you, doesn’t mean you should spend time with them”-Epictetus in The Art of LivingYou probably have gotten an earful for most of your life about choosing your friends wisely. Mom or Dad might have told you this, maybe a coach and most certainly your Sunday school teacher. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t listen to this when I was 1