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.
2272 episodes transcribedRyan speaks with Greg Harden about how Stoicism influenced his new book Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Th...
Those shoes you’re wearing were likely made in a sweatshop by a child in horrendous labor conditions. That luxury handbag is a few dollars wo...
It is not enough, of course, to simply tune out the noise around you. One can turn off social media. One can cultivate the quiet country life...
In anticipation of their upcoming live discussion series, Ryan and Robert sat down to discuss where their ideas and interests converge. This...
Ryan presents a compilation of highlights from interviews with some of his most high-profile, influential, and interesting guests about how t...
The Stoics stood out in Athens. They stood out in Rome. Whether it was Cato walking around barefoot or Cleanthes proudly doing manual labor....
It takes a lot of flying time to become a certified pilot. It takes years on stage for a comedian to learn how to command an audience. It tak...
Ryan speaks with Kevin Rose about the pros and cons of his entrepreneurial drive, the calming effects of reducing the amount of stuff that yo...
“The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better.”Over 10,000 readers have highlighted t...
What is the secret to happiness?It’s not an easy question to answer. And it might seem like the Stoics wouldn’t have a good answer either. Be...
We all have bad habits. Some of us procrastinate. Nearly all of us, as Seneca said, are slaves to something–food or sex or booze or ambition....
In the spirit of sharing ideas and learning from cultures outside of one’s own, Ryan was excited when he was given the opportunity to speak t...
Ryan speaks with Leonard Mlodinow about his book Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life, how physicists deal with impo...
We know we want to go somewhere. We want to do something. We want to be successful. We want to win. We know we want to start something–a comp...
There are very few people who feel completely understood. Starting from a young age, our parents didn’t fully get us. Or maybe it was our tea...
Ryan speaks with Ann Wroe about her book Pontius Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man, what she has learned over her long career of writi...
What we do while in the sway of anger we almost always come to regret. Whether it was the yelling or the impulsive decision to quit, whether...
One of the most timeless lines in all of the Stoic writings comes from Epictetus, "What upsets people is not things themselves, but their jud...
It’s not that we didn’t have a reason. That we weren’t provoked. Or mistreated. We were. We had legitimate reasons to be upset. We had a legi...
As Epictetus said, “the philosopher’s classroom is like a hospital,” so, too, can Stoic philosophy help improve the halls of medicine and the...
