The Strong Stoic Podcast

The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as he breaks down a wide variety of complex and difficult topics while bringing together different philosophies, sciences, and perspectives.

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  Episode #433

  Jocko’s Extreme Ownership Is Powerful—But Incomplete | Episode 433

  Sep 28, 202618 min

  Jocko Willink’s philosophy of Extreme Ownership teaches leaders to take responsibility for everything that affects their mission. If something goes wrong, don’t make excuses. Own it and fix it. It is a powerful leadership doctrine—but is everything that happens truly your fault? In Episode 433, I examine Extreme Ownership through a Stoic lens. We explore why the philosophy works, how it restores agency, and why ownership builds trust. We also consider where it becomes incomplete by confusing fault, responsibility, influence, and control. The Stoic correction is not to abandon ownership. It is to become more precise about what we own: Our judgments. Our choices. Our preparation. Our conduct. Our response. You may not control the outcome, but you remain responsible for what you do next.

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  Would You Still Do the Work If Nobody Noticed?

  Sep 24, 20265 min

  What if you worked hard at something for years and nobody noticed? Would the work still be worth doing? I've been wrestling with that question lately as I've become more focused on views, analytics, and growing The Strong Stoic. There's nothing wrong with wanting success, recognition, or influence. The danger begins when being noticed becomes the reason we do the work. Marcus Aurelius reminds us that doing the good thing is already the reward. And much of what makes a good life happens without applause anyway. Train. Build. Lead. Keep your promises. Improve your craft. Chase success. But every once in a while, remove the audience and ask yourself: Would I still be proud of the person doing the work?

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  Episode #432

  Your Childhood Installed the Alarm; Adulthood Must Test It | Episode 432

  Sep 21, 202617 min

  Many of our emotional patterns were formed before we were old enough to understand what was happening. We learned what love, conflict, trust, danger, and security looked like by watching the people around us. Those early experiences helped build our internal alarm systems—but not every alarm remains properly calibrated. Anger may tell us that we perceive an injustice. Fear may tell us that we sense danger. Sadness may tell us that something meaningful feels threatened. These emotions deserve our attention, but they do not always deserve our obedience. In Episode #432 of The Strong Stoic Podcast, Brandon explores the difference between an emotional alarm and the story we attach to it, how childhood patterns continue influencing our adult lives, and why our values—not our immediate reactions—must ultimately determine how we respond. Your childhood may explain how the alarm was installed. Adulthood makes you responsible for what you do when it rings. Read and subscribe to The Strong Stoic Newsletter: https://strongstoic.substack.com

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  Episode #431

  The Price of Getting What You Want | Episode 431

  Sep 14, 202619 min

  If you attain something without integrity, the thing you attain will always have power over you. In The Hobbit , Gollum’s relationship with the Ring begins with murder. Bilbo’s begins with pity and mercy. Both possess the same corrupting object, but it does not shape them in the same way. In this episode, I use Bilbo and the Ring to explore the Stoic concept of preferred indifferents: money, power, status, health, and possessions. These things may be worth pursuing, but they cannot make us good—and how we acquire them matters far more than whether we acquire them at all. Every compromise leaves something behind. Eventually, we may discover that we no longer possess the things we wanted. They possess us.

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  AI Could Kill Us by 2030. But That’s Not the Real Problem

  Sep 12, 202614 min

  A former Anthropic researcher recently went on CNN and made a startling claim: AI could pose an existential threat to humanity within the next few years. I’m not an AI researcher, and I’m not here to tell you whether that prediction is right. What interests me is the much older—and much more human—problem underneath it: Human beings have a habit of developing power before developing the wisdom necessary to wield it. We did it with nuclear weapons. We’ve done it with countless technologies throughout history. And now, perhaps, we’re doing it again with artificial intelligence. In this Stoic reaction, I explore the race for AI power, why intelligence and wisdom are not the same thing, why AI doesn’t need to be “evil” to become dangerous, and a question that increasingly matters for all of us: At what point does AI assistance become human abdication? Maybe the greatest danger isn’t that artificial intelligence becomes too intelligent—but that our power develops faster than our wisdom can catch up. If you enjoyed the discussion, subscribe and let me know your thoughts below. ️ Listen to The Strong Stoic Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. ✍️ Read my writing and join The Strong Stoic on Substack. Stay strong. Stay Stoic. CNN Video: https://youtu.be/i30jVPqQeOM?si=ph27XqHlzSaSTE61

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