They’re Not All Going To Like You
There are so many things you don’t like. Bands you think are overrated. Shows that just didn’t do it for you. Actors who, for some reason, just bother you. People who you’d rather not see.Sometimes th...
26 Jul 20232min
Let It Pound Your Head | Stoicism's Secrets To Being More Present (With Your Family)
For years, you’ve worked. For years, you’ve sacrificed. You’ve risked. You’ve hustled. You’ve made tough calls, maybe even left a few knives buried in a few backs. But all of it was aimed at getting s...
25 Jul 202312min
No One Can Hold Anything Over You | Keeping “The News” In Check
Many of the Stoics were powerful and privileged. Marcus Aurelius was born to a wealthy family and then was given the throne and the empire. Cato came from an old and prestigious family. But not all th...
24 Jul 20238min
Ryan Speaks To The YMCA About Courage, Perseverance, And Showing Up Every Day
As a fan of the YMCA and avid user of its services, Ryan jumped at the chance when the Pennsylvania YMCA asked if he would like to come to their headquarters in 2022 and speak to a group of the organi...
23 Jul 202331min
Austin Kleon On Maintaining Healthy Habits, Growing As Parents, And Interrogating The Stoic Virtues
Ryan speaks with his longtime friend fellow father Austin Kleon during a stop along his book tour for The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids. They discuss the life h...
22 Jul 20231h 9min
How To Create Change | Made For Working Together
Rosa Parks wasn’t just some lady who happened to make a stand on a bus one day. She was trained. She had attended NAACP meetings for years. She had gone to the Highlander Folk School, which cultivated...
21 Jul 20238min
When You’re Tired Of Life… | Ask DS
He buried too many children. He was betrayed by those closest to him. He dealt with health issues. He was surrounded by the corrupt and inept and endlessly ambitious. He saw plagues and floods and war...
20 Jul 202315min
Professor Martha Nussbaum On Humanity's Obligation To Protect Animal Rights
Ryan speaks with Martha Nussbaum about her new book Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, the problems that can arise with the Stoic focus on the internal over the external, how the loss...
19 Jul 20231h 3min
