Ryan Lavarnway on Sports and Philosophy
Ryan talks to professional baseball catcher Ryan Lavarnway about his experience being the only professional baseball player with a philosophy degree from Yale, the intersection of sports and philosoph...
24 Syys 20221h 7min
This Is Why You Should Stick Around | Ask Daily Stoic
There are moments where things are so bad it can seem like they’ll never get better. Perhaps we’re young and being bullied. Or we’re in the midst of some massive rush of negative publicity–maybe we’re...
23 Syys 202215min
All That Matters Is How We Respond | No Pain No Gain
It was the great Athenian leader, Pericles, who said that there was nothing wrong with poverty. It could be caused by so many things—a business failure, the sudden loss of a family’s breadwinner, thef...
22 Syys 20228min
Tim Miller on Political Games and Building Integrity
Ryan talks to political consultant and writer Tim Miller about his new book Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell, the game of American politics, how to maintain integrity in yo...
21 Syys 20221h 14min
It's About Finding the Right Amount
When we hear the word “temperance,” C.S. Lewis observed, most of us in the modern world think of “abstinence.” Even when you look up the definition of abstinence, temperance is a synonym. But temperan...
21 Syys 20224min
Don’t You See How Crazy This Is? | Discipline Is Destiny: Ruling Over Yourself
Sometimes things become so ordinary, such a normal part of life in polite society, that we fail to see how utterly insane they are. History is replete with these examples. Who would propose today that...
20 Syys 202231min
Would You Actually Be Able To Change? | On Handling Haters
Breaking news: an asteroid is hurtling towards earth and could destroy the planet. The judge rules: you have a year to get your affairs in order and report to prison for the mandatory maximum sentence...
19 Syys 20228min
Aristotle on How to Tell a Story Pt. 2
Today’s episode features an excerpt from How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers translated by Philip Freeman as part of Princeton University Press’s A...
18 Syys 202223min
