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Chatter: Stoicism and the Military with Prof. Nancy Sherman
The Lawfare Podcast
Reflections on Dance, Travel, and Insightful Conversations
This chapter explores the parallels between military drills and dance, accompanied by personal stories about cherished travel spots like Edinburgh and Corsica. The conversation concludes with gratitude for shared insights and a brief promotional mention of an eyewear brand.
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It's
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so interesting now when I see, you know, like people marching or those wonderful drills where they're flipping the guns and the rifles and tossing them into each other. I can see this now, the balletic movement. It is. I'll look at them like dancers now.
Speaker 1
Dancing with the stars.
Speaker 2
There you go. There you go. We got the military version. Dancing with the stars. Exactly. The
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epaulettes. The stars on
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the epaulettes. Exactly. Well, our tradition on chatter is the very last question I ask you as I reach into the chatter box, which we have here. Oh. And I'm going to ask you a question that's been pre-written. I'm going to select it at random. Okay. This will probably have nothing to do with philosophy, just to warn you.
Speaker 1
Okay.
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exactly. Here's a good one. What is your favorite foreign vacation spot? Oh,
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very interesting. Okay, I can give you two. One is Edinburgh because I lived in Edinburgh for four years. So Scotland's wonderful. It is a little dark. But for brighter times and more sun, Corsica. Oh, okay. One of my kids spent three years there, and it was a great place to visit. So French-speaking, sort of. Of course, you know, it is kind of French. Do you get back there much? We've been there three times, and we haven't gone since she's back and hasn't been there. You have to first get to Marseille and then take the boat. Okay.
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But once you're there, you're there. You're there. It's lovely. You can unplug.
Speaker 1
That's wonderful. Yeah, it's a wonderful place. That's great.
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Well, Nancy Sherman, thank you for coming on and talking to us about stoicism, stoic virtues, the complexity of it in the military and sharing your knowledge and your stories. It's been a lot of fun talking to you. It's been
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great. Thank you so much, Shane Harris, for having me. Great. Love to do it again sometime. It'll
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be great. Thanks a lot.
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My pleasure.
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