Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Writer S.C. Gwynne Discuss the Great Stories and Leaders of the American Civil War
On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan takes a deep dive into the American Civil War with author and journalist S.C. Gwynne. They discuss the immense bloodshed of the conflict and the strategies utilize...
8 Elo 202040min
You Should Understand This by Now
"The iron law of history is that people do dumb things. They behave this way for many reasons: Ignorance. Fear. Bad habits. Because they’ve been corrupted. Because they are ordinary people with flaws,...
7 Elo 20202min
There’s Always Been a Darkness on the Edge of Town
"It feels a little bit like things suddenly got really bad. Like the political order is not working. Like government agencies are failing. The stock market is falling. The economy turned out to be not...
6 Elo 20203min
Will You Be Proud of This?
"Marcus had no interest in posthumous fame. He was a private man. It’s a historical irony that today he is famous for a work of art he desperately wanted no one to see. What he really cared about was ...
5 Elo 20202min
Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Sportswriter Kate Fagan Talk About Stoicism in Sports
Ryan speaks with sportswriter Kate Fagan about the issues surrounding physical and mental health in sports, how our society promotes sports to children and young adults, and more.Kate Fagan is a sport...
5 Elo 202047min
This Is How Reading Is Supposed to Go
"We Stoics don’t just get a book and put it up on our shelf. We devour it. We take notes. We fold pages. We throw it in our backpacks and suitcases when we travel, it sits on the front seat of the car...
4 Elo 20204min
We Must Be Antifragile
"As Hemingway writes in one of the most beautiful passages in A Farewell to Arms, the world eventually breaks all of us. 'Afterward,' he says, 'many are strong at the broken places. But those that wil...
3 Elo 20202min
Daily Stoic Sundays: Ryan Talks Stoicism with the Cleveland Browns
Today’s Daily Stoic Sunday episode features Ryan’s talk to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns from 2019. In it, he gives the team a breakdown of Stoicism, and discusses how they can use its ideas for success ...
2 Elo 202047min
