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.
2273 episodes transcribedThe causes of things are complicated, and rarely do they go how we’d like them to go. So it’s easy to point the finger— at other people, at u...
Marcus Aurelius loved history and he loved literature. He loved reading about the courts of past emperors. He loved the plays of the great Ro...
Which is more effective: theories or practice? Should kings study philosophy? These are the questions that Musonius Rufus examines in the sec...
Ryan speaks with professor of moral philosophy, author, and activist Peter Singer about the 10th anniversary edition of his book The Life You...
There was a message there in the mirror this morning. Did you see it? It must have been a strange experience for Marcus Arelius the first tim...
It would be wonderful if the Stoics promised you some sort of breakthrough. One that solved for the messy divorce or the unfortunate bankrupt...
You don’t know that someone acted wrongly or that they totally screwed a situation up, because you don’t know the full story. You don’t know...
Ryan speaks with historian of Rome Josiah Osgood about his new book Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman...
A night spent at the airport. A prison sentence. A two week bout with COVID. The crazy rush of the busiest season of the year for your busine...
As summer now passes into fall and all too quickly fall turns to winter, it is worth stopping and thinking for a second. Where did that time...
Nobody wrote about the “good life” more beautifully than Horace (65-8 BCE). In numerous writings, the Roman poet shared his wisdom on how to...
In the second of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with one of the great non-fiction writers and historians of our time, Adam Hochschild, abo...
It doesn't matter who you are, the facts are the same. Marcus Aurelius was Emperor. Epictetus was a slave. Two different fates, but the same...
We live in unprecedented times, we like to think. Our technology. Our conflicts. The state of the world. It’s all very new, it’s all very dif...
In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius marvels at “nature’s inadvertence.” A baker, he writes, makes the dough, kneads it and then puts it in the ov...
In the first of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with one of the great non-fiction writers and historians of our time, Adam Hochschild, abou...
“It is a vast kingdom to be able to cope without a kingdom,” Seneca wrote in his play, Thyestes. This was no mere word play. This was ha...
The Roman Empire at that time was enormous. Jobs were scarce. Unemployment was high. Rapid expansion and economic stagnation had led to a sor...
For many people, happiness is associated with contentment: being around family, enjoying work, having enough. But what are the secrets to obt...
Ryan talks to mother-daughter duo Drs. Edith Enger and Marianne Engle about their work in clinical psychology, the power of spreading kindnes...
