Haris Akbar, W14; Topic Selection

The podcast show I've selected to look into is The History of Philosophy (Without any Gaps). As to why I've selected this podcast show, it is due mainly to my interest in philosophy. The History of Philosophy is an ongoing podcast show that's delivering podcasts on, well, the history of philosophy, without any gaps. This means one'll eventually have the entire history of philosophy to hear about, when the project seems to be completed. As I said, it is still ongoing and incomplete; so far the major timelines the podcast show has covered is Classical, Later Antiquity, and the Islamic World, as outlined in the top headings. Within each major timeline there are sub-sections and individual podcast episodes on individual and significant parts of the history of philosophy, such as major figureheads like Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Augustine, al-Ghazali, to coverage of actual philosophies like Asceticism and Stoicism.

I would like to emulate, at the very least, the storytelling as well as the show's topics. The thing is, this podcast is the History of Philosophy (Without any Gaps) we're talking about, so for my possible podcast I can't just talk about a philosophy in history, as that's more of an imitation of a part of the project. What I would like to do is talk about Stoicism and how it's relevant to today. Seeing as I can't just talk about a philosophy in history, I'd like to talk about something that'd be out of the project's possible realm and *in the making* rather than in history, and talk about a philosophy with regards to its relevancy in contemporary times. Note that my topic to pursue is *what* is Stoicism, and how it's relevant, and the "what" is because I can't talk about the relevancy of something in history unless I introduce and familiarize it, first. Stoicism is a philosophy I've had major interest in, as I've seen it briefly in some social circles and have noted how important a philosophy that in layman's terms is keeping your cool despite the happenings beyond your control, is like.