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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 202047min
Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and David Epstein Talk Range & Resilience
On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with author and journalist David Epstein about the power of range, how to get the right kind of experience to be successful, and more.David Epstein is the au...
1 Aug 202035min
People Are People and Places Are Places
"With all the change of history, with all the progress we’ve made, we’re still people. Places are still places, cultures still cultures—with all their unique tendencies, flaws, and patterns. We like t...
31 Jul 20203min
