So, It’s Been a Rough Year?
"This has probably not been the year you expected. Few of us went into 2020 expecting an impeachment, a pandemic, murder hornets, earthquakes, fires, record-setting unemployment and god knows what els...
5 Marras 20202min
The Arc Is Long… But It Bends This Way
"When you look at a map of the world from a distance, everything seems smooth. The more you zoom in, the bumpier it gets. Suddenly, mountain ranges leap up at you. Enormous lakes emerge. Vast distance...
4 Marras 20203min
Megha Rajagopalan On Using History to Understand Modern Authoritarianism
Ryan talks with Megha Rajagopalan, a world correspondent for BuzzFeed News, about her reporting in China about human rights and how history informs our understanding of geopolitics.Megha Rajagopalan i...
4 Marras 202053min
Life Will Go On. What’s Your Plan?
"Today is a day that Americans, as well as interested observers around the world, have been anticipating for some time. One of the most important elections in American history. November 3rd. For more ...
3 Marras 20204min
We Can’t Let Anything Rattle Us/Accepting What Is
Ryan tells the story of Athenodorus versus the ghost, and reads today's weekly meditation about accepting whatever comes your way, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.This episode is brought to you by Warb...
2 Marras 20207min
This Thing Predicts Everything
On today’s Sunday edition of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks about the one thing that predicts everything—character—and why it’s so important, no matter our goals.Read “This Thing Predicts Everyth...
1 Marras 202011min
Edward Ball, Southern Writer, on the Ghosts of Our Collective Past
Ryan talks with writer Edward Ball about what has animated the racism of the past and present, the distinction between responsibility and accountability for horrific deeds, and how to reckon with the ...
31 Loka 202048min
Which Kind Will You Be?
"There are two types of people in this world: The kind whose success makes them better and the kind whose success makes them worse. Nero and Marcus Aurelius began to be groomed for power at roughly th...
30 Loka 20202min
