Beyond Stoicism

Massimo Pigliucci is the K. D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. The author or editor of sixteen books, he has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Salon, among others.  Gregory Lopez is a practicing secular Buddhist and Stoic, founder of the New York City Stoics, cofounder and board member of the Stoic Fellowship, cohost of Stoic Camp New York, and on the team at the Modern Stoicism organization. He has published essays in the “Stoicism Today” blog and in the Philosophers’ Magazine. He is the coauthor with Massimo Pigliucci of A Handbook for New Stoics.  Meredith Alexander Kunz is a writer, editor, and communications professional who has worked in journalism, higher education, and the technology industry. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Daily Journal, and the Industry Standard. Since 2016, she has published the “Stoic Mom” blog, exploring the many ways that caregivers and children can benefit from practicing Stoic life philosophy. She is a contributing editor for The Stoic magazine, and she has written for the “Stoicism Today” blog, given invited talks at national and regional conferences, and been interviewed on podcasts and radio.

Meredith Alexander Kunz is a writer, editor, and communications professional who has worked in journalism, higher education, and the technology industry. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Daily Journal, and The Industry Standard.

Gregory Lopez is the founder of the New York City Stoics Meetup and cofounder of the Stoic Fellowship. He lives in New York City.

Sean Pratt (AEA/SAG/AFTRA) has been a working professional actor in the theater, film, TV, and voice-overs for twenty-five years. He has been an audiobook narrator for seventeen years, has recorded over 700 books in almost every genre, and has received eight AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and four Audie Award nominations from the Audio Publishers Association. For the last ten years, Sean has been helping actors, both students and professionals, to understand the complexities of the BIZ as well as reinvigorate and refocus their careers through his easy-to-understand, dynamic concepts.