Just Keep Going | Solve Problems Early
The Stoics accepted that life could be cruel and random. They knew people were stupid and annoying. They did not deny that death was ever present.You might think the result of these beliefs was a dark...
9 Jun 20237min
Did You Get Your Bonus? | Ask DS
Here’s a way to feel good every single day, no matter what happens. A way to appreciate even a day stuck in the airport or putting out fires.It’s an exercise from Seneca.A person who wraps up each day...
8 Jun 202312min
Peter Singer On Being Part Of The Solution
Ryan speaks with Peter Singer about the tenth anniversary edition of his book The Life You Can Save, why he finds freedom in resisting attachment to material objects, the power of monetary donation to...
7 Jun 20231h 4min
Late Is Better Than Never | Robert Greene's Favorite Stoic Lessons
What new information could there have possibly been for Seneca, in 62 AD, when he finally broke with Nero? Nero had been deranged for years (as detailed in James Romm’s excellent book Dying Every Day)...
6 Jun 202316min
Help Them Be Better | Role Models
One evening Epictetus woke up to hear someone in his house. Walking towards the noise, he found a criminal had stolen the iron lamp he kept burning in a shrine in his front hallway. As always, Epictet...
5 Jun 20236min
Cicero On The Paradox Of The Rich Man
In today's audiobook reading, Ryan presents the sixth and final reading of Cicero's Stoic Paradoxes. Cicero was considered Rome’s greatest politician, and he has survived as one of history’s most endu...
4 Jun 202314min
Wright Thompson On The Costs Of Greatness Throughout History
Ryan speaks with Wright Thompson about his work studying the convergence of sports and culture, the evolution of society in conjunction with people’s emotional regression, why history is less distant ...
3 Jun 20231h 26min
The Fever Has You | Ask DS
Look at any millionaire, Seneca tells Lucilius in one of his letters, they are some of the poorest people in Rome. Money has made them obsess over public opinion. Money has control of their schedules ...
1 Jun 202318min
