The Warrior Priest Podcast
Warrior Priest
Standing at the intersection of conflict and belief to better understand the human condition.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2019 • 45min
20: Miyamoto Musashi - The Way of Walking Alone
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read and discuss Miyamoto Musashi's "The Way of Walking Alone." At the end of his life, having hung up his swords and embraced pacifism, Musashi wrote down a summary of all his wisdom and experience in Dokkodo, The Way of Walking Alone. In theses 1-6, Winter and Riley discuss acceptance, desire, self-control, jealousy, and regret.
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e911hr
https://www.historyoffighting.com/miyamoto-musashi.php
Nov 4, 2019 • 49min
19: Beowulf - The Final Battle
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley wrap up their reading and discussion of Beowulf. This episode, Beowulf is an old man, but only he has the courage to fight the dragon. So, of course, we talk about courage but also mortality and what our choice of heroes say about us.
Oct 28, 2019 • 51min
18: Beowulf - Don't Get Too Comfortable, You May Get Eaten
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their reading and discussion of Beowulf. This episode, Beowulf helps us think about what happens when we get too comfortable and need to be rescued from our prosperity and from true evil.
Oct 13, 2019 • 49min
17: Beowulf - Soft Times and Evil Monsters
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their reading of Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney. This week, we meet Grendel and Beowulf. When times are good and evil attacks who will defend us?
Oct 7, 2019 • 46min
16: Beowulf - Courage and Great Character
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read Seamus Heaney's translation of the epic poem, Beowulf. This week, they get sidetracked talking about Shield Sheafson, examples worth following, and the problem with weak piety.
Beowulf translated and read by Seamus Heaney:
https://youtu.be/AaB0trCztM0
https://youtu.be/Zsxxg5P-DnY
Sep 23, 2019 • 52min
15: James B. Stockwell - You Can Only Be A Victim of Yourself
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley wrap up their reading of James B. Stockdale's lecture on The Stoic Warrior's Triad. This week, they discuss good and evil, helping others, and why we can only be a victim of ourselves.
The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
Sep 16, 2019 • 52min
14: James B. Stockdale - Good and Evil in Every Human Heart
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, good and evil, fear and guilt, and the example of Pigeye.
The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
Sep 8, 2019 • 50min
13: James B. Stockdale - Entering The World of Epictetus
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, good and evil, what's beyond our power, and our tragic addiction to external things.
The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
Sep 1, 2019 • 52min
12: James B. Stockdale - Stockdale Introduces Us to Epictetus
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, we dive deep into why Stoic philosophy just works, what happens when Stoic philosophy and Christian theology are mixed together, and why the Stoics may have become so popular amongst moderns.
The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
Aug 25, 2019 • 43min
11: James B. Stockdale - The Stoic Warrior's Triad
Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read and discuss Jame's B. Stockdale's paper, The Stoic Warrior's Triad. In episode one, Stockdale begins his discussion about how Stoicism helped him survive as a prisoner of war for seven and one-half years.
The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
