May This Be The Last One Standing
For years, the Stoics had fought. First, they fought moral and spiritual decay, trying to preserve Rome’s traditions in the midst of all their success. Then they fought, as Cato did, to keep the Repub...
5 Jul 20233min
Can You Embrace The Challenge Like They Did? | How Stoics Develop a Strong Mindset
The fact that America exists is the ultimate argument that Stoicism is not apathy and that philosophy is not mere theory. Because without Stoicism, it’s possible there would have been no revolution, n...
4 Jul 202310min
You Must Play It Like A Game | Protect Your Own Good
Life may have big challenges in store for us. What’s more certain, as we talked about recently, is the ‘petty hazards of the day.’ We may find ourselves thrust in some crisis–a big political moment or...
3 Jul 20237min
Epictetus - Discourses Pt. 1
In today’s audiobook reading, Ryan presents an excerpt from one of the seminal texts of Stoicism, the Discourses of Epictetus, read by Michael Reid. As a series of lectures given by Epictetus that wer...
2 Jul 202313min
Garland Robinette On The Stoic Principle That Shapes His Incredible Life
Ryan speaks with Garland Robinette about the brain-altering effects of chasing dopamine, how he has coped with his morally injurious experience serving in Vietnam, his movie-like life and career path,...
1 Jul 20231h 20min
Yes, This Is How It Is | The Obstacle Is The Way
Nearly every day was a terror. People died of easily curable diseases. People starved to death. People were clapped into slavery. Wars broke out–fought literally to the knife–where the losers were exe...
30 Jun 20239min
It’s Really That Simple | Ask DS
Sometimes we are so stuck, so in our own heads, so down on our luck that improvement–let alone a full recovery–seems impossible. Our business has been slowing down. We’re not throwing the ball like we...
29 Jun 202315min
Susan Sauve Meyer On Becoming A Better Person With Aristotle
Ryan speaks with Susan Sauve Meyer about the work of making ancient philosophy accessible in today’s world, the insights that she has gained from teaching philosophy to powerful and famous people, wha...
28 Jun 20231h 7min
