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.
2466 episodes transcribed"It’s tempting to tell yourself that we don’t have a problem. That you don’t have to get involved. This doesn’t affect your community. I...
"It’s incredible to think of what has occurred in the last twenty years. The tech bubble. 9/11. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Gr...
“How do we emulate the great parents of history? How do we work on improving ourselves at this essential job? The one for which we are given...
In today’s episode, Ryan and Brett McKay, founder of The Art of Manliness (https://www.artofmanliness.com/), talk about being a parent in the...
"All this reading, all these quotes. This love of learning, our fascination with books. No one is saying it’s a bad thing. Because it is...
"We’d like to think that our mind is our friend, but of course it isn’t. The Stoics knew this. The mind wants to jump to conclusions. Th...
"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...
