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I invited my friend Jon Juvenal on to today's episode and we discussed Hope. Specifically how it relates to the characters in the following episodes:"The Library""The Desert""The Serpent's Pass" (Netflix has this in a two part episode titled "The Secret... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message

I'm trying something different for this episode. Rather than just have me talking into the mic about a topic, I invited my friend Eli to come discuss things and have a conversation about Zuko and his relationship to the Blue Spirit mask.We had a lot of... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message

Today I discuss the wisdom of Uncle Iroh. We talk about Iroh's life before the series and how he came to be the character we love. Iroh is one of my favorite characters with a character arc as rich and complex as Zuko. I hope you all enjoy it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message

Adversity is something we all deal with in life. Some more than others. We can learn a lot from the characters in Avatar and how they dealt with adversity in their lives and how they used it for growth.Intro Music: The Last Agni Kai by Samuel Kim... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message

I start out by looking at how characters in Avatar The Last Airbender relate to anger and how Stoic philosophers would advise us to look at it in our own lives.NOTE: It has been pointed out to me that at about the 9:45 mark I mistakenly said Katara was... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message

Just a quick intro into what to expect from the podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message