{"id":16606,"date":"2024-02-06T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16606"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:12:52","slug":"episode-575-donald-j-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-575-donald-j-robertson","title":{"rendered":"Episode 575 &#8211; Donald J Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 575:<br \/>\nDonald J. Robertson<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3698\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16606-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=16606-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_575_-_Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;After discovering the Stoics, I joked to myself that I don&#8217;t need to read Heidgger and Freud and books on Buddhism anymore; I can just read Seneca and that&#8217;s it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300256666\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16607\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-575-donald-j-robertson\/high-res-cover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?fit=602%2C934\" data-orig-size=\"602,934\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"high-res-cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?fit=400%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?resize=280%2C434\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?resize=284%2C440 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?resize=400%2C620 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-res-cover.png?w=602 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>With <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300256666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor<\/a> (Yale University Press), author &amp; therapist <a href=\"https:\/\/donaldrobertson.name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald J. Robertson<\/a> brings us the life and philosophy of the last of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Five-Good-Emperors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five Good Emperors<\/a>. We talk about how knowing the life and travails of Marcus Aurelius helps one understand how to lead a Stoic life, how the Roman Empire&#8217;s Antonine Plague compares with our life in Pandemia, and how this book brought him new understanding of the intricacies of Ancient Roman life and Marcus Aurelius&#8217; big decisions. We also get into the role of Stoicism in his own life and how that philosophy&#8217;s been debased into the unhealthy &#8220;lower-case stoicism&#8221;, the literal toxicity of being a tough guy, how Stoicism and its nuanced view of emotions inspired modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, why the psychotherapy field is resistant to acknowledging that contribution, and why Freudians <em>really<\/em> disapprove (think symptom substitution). We discuss the importance of building emotional resilience and understanding one&#8217;s value judgements, Robert Burns&#8217; role as a gateway drug to Stoicism, the alternate history in which Socrates was part of Christian tradition, Donald&#8217;s Eureka! moment and how he accidentally became a writer, how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2015\/jul\/19\/ecstasy-wilko-johnson-review-mark-kermode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilko Johnson<\/a> can help me live a fuller mortal life, and a <em>lot<\/em> more. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300256666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What the Stoics are really interested in are our value judgements, from moment to moment.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RW6C3KpN3wY?si=brth6vlHj7n8dL1Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of the big challenges of writing biography is to get beyond the abstract, copying words from ancient texts, and really trying to imagine yourself in the situation: the sounds, smells, experiences.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-575-donald-j-robertson\/id531173075?i=1000644359033\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t find anyone to advise my Ph.D. thesis, so I decided I&#8217;d just write a book about it. And that was how I became a writer: out of frustration.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/45ZWqEbl4FB1I72SgvCwLR?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I know there are people who&#8217;ve written books on &#8216;stoicism&#8217; who&#8217;ve never actually read the Stoics.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_575_-Donald_J_Robertson.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/donaldrobertson.name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald J. Robertson<\/a>, a cognitive-behavior psychotherapist and writer, is a founding member of the organization Modern Stoicism and the president and founder of the Plato&#8217;s Academy Centre nonprofit. He is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250621436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250270955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verissimus<\/a>, a graphic biography of Marcus Aurelius, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781473674783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoicism and the Art of Happiness<\/a>. He lives in Canada and Greece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16609\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-575-donald-j-robertson\/lr-2024-01-11-donald-robertson-126-scaled-jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?fit=1646%2C1777\" data-orig-size=\"1646,1777\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?fit=525%2C567\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16609 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?resize=525%2C567\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?resize=574%2C620 574w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?resize=408%2C440 408w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?resize=768%2C829 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?resize=1423%2C1536 1423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?w=1646 1646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/LR-2024-01-11-Donald-Robertson-126-scaled.jpg.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photo of Donald by someone else. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 575: Donald J. Robertson &#8220;After discovering the Stoics, I joked to myself that I don&#8217;t need to read Heidgger and Freud and books on Buddhism anymore; I can just read Seneca and that&#8217;s it.&#8221; With Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor (Yale University Press), author &amp; therapist Donald J. Robertson brings us the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-575-donald-j-robertson\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 575 &#8211; Donald J Robertson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,4,1083,1183,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics","category-literature","category-movies","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/donaldrobertsoncomp.jpg?fit=1262%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4jQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3931,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/toront0-fer","url_meta":{"origin":16606,"position":0},"title":"Toront0-fer","author":"Gil","date":"May 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of our mini-vacation to Toronto, this week's literary 0-fer is . . . 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