For centuries, all sorts of people—generals and politicians, athletes and coaches, writers and leaders—have looked to the teachings of Stoicism to help guide their lives. Each day, author and speaker Ryan Holiday brings you a new lesson about life, inspired by the thoughts and writings of great Stoic thinkers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca the Younger. Daily Stoic Podcast also features Q+As with listeners and interviews with notable figures from sports, academia, politics, and more. Learn more at DailyStoic.com.New episodes come out every day for free. Listen 1-week early on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and to all episodes ad-free, with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
2540 episodes transcribed"Is a Stoic stingy and frugal about everything? Some take it that way, but that’s probably the incorrect view. Instead, a Stoic should t...
In today’s episode, Ryan and Ben Hardy, the author and organizational psychologist, talk about the path of self-improvement, being a parent t...
"It’s not that our ancestors didn’t know what was right, it was that they had trouble fully getting there. In the opening pages of Medit...
"The world has asked a lot of us over the last few months." Ryan describes the sacrifices we've all had to make and why they w...
In today’s episode, Ryan reads an excerpt from Stillness Is the Key, describing the importance of actually taking action and living the way t...
In today’s episode, Ryan and University of Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart talk about focusing on what you can control, how the COVID-19 p...
Over and over again, the Stoics remind us how weak we are compared to the force of nature and the whims of nature. Why get angry at the world...
"There’s no question that we are facing a number of pressing issues as a planet: Public health dangers. Homelessness. The rise of author...
In today’s episode, Ryan and bestselling author Tom Mueller talk about the history of whistleblowers, the crisis of courage in the world righ...
"These are strange times. We all have entrenched political beliefs, for which the stakes seem dreadfully high. There are trolls everywhe...
"So much is happening. At home. Abroad. On the news. At work. You have the things you need to do. And the emails that keep pouring in. Y...
"When things get hard, a Stoic steps up. We’ve talked about that before. We do this because we know we can carry a heavy load, a load he...
In today’s episode, Ryan reads his latest article, discussing the unfair advantage that privilege gives to certain of us because of the color...
In today’s episode, Ryan and Michele Tafoya, NFL sideline reporter and radio host, discuss self-improvement in quarantine, sympatheia, and mo...
"Maybe you don’t have to worry about being pulled over for little reason. Maybe you don’t have to worry about not getting the benefit of...
"The Stoics were some of the keenest admirers of human greatness. Marcus Aurelius opens his Meditations with seventeen entries—nearly te...
In today’s episode, Ryan and Charlamagne tha God, host of The Breakfast Club and author, speak on a number of different topics—from reading a...
"It’s easy to forget. It’s easy to think small. But this life is not just about us. Our loyalty and duty is not just to ourselves, to ou...
"It would be easy to say that this is someone else’s fight. It is easy to say, as some pundits have said, that this is not a fight at al...
"When one considers the notion of 'resignation and the principle of 'amor fati,' it might not seem like the Stoics and th...
