
Paul Kix On The Civil Rights Movement And What It Means To Be Courageous
Ryan speaks with Paul Kix about his new book You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America, how Ryan helped him shape his writing career aft...
19 Aug 20231h 31min

You Are Strong. You Just Haven’t Been Tested. | Only Fools Rush In
In August of 1967, Lieutenant Dave Carey was shot out of his A-4 Skyhawk over Vietnam. Soon enough, he found himself a prisoner in Hanoi, where he would subsequently be beaten, tortured and placed int...
18 Aug 20237min

All You Can Do Is This | Ask DS
Life is unpredictable. Events are uncertain. What can go wrong will. Nice guys sometimes finish last, bad things happen to good people. So much is outside our control.These realities are all well-know...
17 Aug 202310min

Here’s How To Find Tranquility
We all want more peace, right? More stillness. The quiet confidence that comes from being on the right path, as Seneca described it, and not being distracted by all those which crisscross ours.Well, h...
16 Aug 20231min

Coach Greg Harden On The Mindset Of Champions
Ryan speaks with Greg Harden about how Stoicism influenced his new book Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive, the techniques that he has used to coach so many spor...
16 Aug 20231h 16min

They Don’t Want You To Know This | The Stoics Guide To Becoming Wealthy
Those shoes you’re wearing were likely made in a sweatshop by a child in horrendous labor conditions. That luxury handbag is a few dollars worth of leather and a fortune in deceptive advertising and b...
15 Aug 202317min

Turn Down These Voices Inside Your Head | Always Ask Yourself This Question
It is not enough, of course, to simply tune out the noise around you. One can turn off social media. One can cultivate the quiet country life, as the Stoics did on occasion. One can ignore what is ine...
14 Aug 20236min

Ryan Holiday And Robert Greene Talk Strategy And Philosophy For Turbulent Times
In anticipation of their upcoming live discussion series, Ryan and Robert sat down to discuss where their ideas and interests converge. This casual conversation is a small offering of the type of disc...
13 Aug 202341min





















