Resiliency Rounds

About Resiliency Rounds

Resiliency Rounds is your guide to the Good Life. Hosted by Dr. Aneesh Pakala and Dr. Jeremy Hirshberg. Each episode discusses the Good Life as described in the Great Books of the Western and Eastern world. The conversations cover Plato's dialogues, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Stoic Philosophy, Kant's Categorical Imperative, teachings of the Buddha, and The Bhagvad Gita's non-dualistic philosophy. The audience will get a practical guide on using these ancient texts to resolve their problems in the modern world.

Publisher

Aneesh Pakala

Category

education · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2020

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 73 episodes have a transcript.

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   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 66: Nicomachean Ethics Book VI: Conventional Merit or Wisdom, or both?

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] exploring Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Book VI, distinguishing between conventional merit and practical wisdom for informed decision-making.

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   30 Jun 2026

   Episode 65: Artificial intelligence and Ancient Wisdom

   Host Dr. John Smith and guest Dr. Jane Doe explore how ancient wisdom offers timeless guidance for navigating the complexities of artificial intelligence and leadership.

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   10 May 2026

   Episode 64: Nicomachean Ethics V-4: Where can one find Justice?

   What Is Justice? Aristotle on the Just Person, Corporation, and State (Nicomachean Ethics, Book V) In this episode of Resiliency Rounds, Aneesh and Jeremy continue Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Book V) on justice, using a question-driven format to ask what it means to be a just person, corporation, and state. They distinguish constitutional justice—how a state distributes basic goods like health, education, and security—from justice in voluntary exchanges between individuals, and discuss th...

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Episode 66: Nicomachean Ethics Book VI: Conventional Merit or Wisdom, or both?

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You have more experience over the last 20 years to approach this book and to see it differently. So I think the answer is both. And I think you need some level of technical expertise to have purpose and to follow that path so that you feel like you're contributing to something bigger than yourself. And without that wisdom, without growth, I don't think you are on a path to a good life. What would you think? Yeah, so Socrates would go about accosting people in the markets. And one of the things that he was accused of is that being a nuisance. And all these people that he would have cost in the market were not common folk. […]

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5.0 / 5

21 ratings

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5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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