The Saad Truth about Stoicism

Listen to my conversation about Marcus Aurelius with Prof. Gad Saad

Earlier today I had the pleasure of speaking with Gad Saad, professor of marketing at Concordia University, via Zoom. Later we met for coffee, as we both live in Montreal, and, joined by Prof. Saad’s wife, we continued our conversation about behavioural psychology, persuasion, and Stoicism. Prof. Saad is the author of the bestselling book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, and the forthcoming The Saad Truth about Happiness, in which he discusses ancient Greek philosophy. I really enjoyed our chat. Prof. Saad is fascinated by Stoicism and I’m looking forward to hearing more about how he interprets Stoic philosophy in light of insights derived from evolutionary behavioral science.

You can download and listen to the audio podcast of our conversation on Stoicism via Podbean or Apple or watch the YouTube video below. You can follow Gad Saad on Twitter.