It’s Never A Straight Line
"You had plans for how this year was going to go. You had plans for your business, for your relationships, plans for your house or your finances. Maybe you had a cause you had been working on for year...
6 Jul 20202min
Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Billy Bush Discuss the Stoic Reaction to Public Shaming and How to Grow Beyond It
In today’s episode, Ryan and TV news anchor Billy Bush discuss how to deal with being publicly shamed, the practical use of premeditatio malorum, and what Billy learned from being enmeshed in a signif...
5 Jul 202035min
This Work Must Continue
“Today is the 4th of July. It’s the celebration of the American Declaration of independence, which was signed on this date in 1776. There’s no question that document—inspired as it was by ideas from t...
4 Jul 202021min
This Is the Challenge We’re Rising To
"There’s almost nothing more difficult than other people. They’re just tough. They fall short. They get in our way. They do hurtful things. They surprise and scare and bewilder us. This was true in th...
3 Jul 20203min
So What Do We Do?
"It’s hard to argue that we are not beset by many problems as a society. Depending on where you sit, those problems might be different, and that’s its own problem in and of itself. But the good news i...
2 Jul 20204min
We Are Who We Honor
"It was Malraux who said that we judge a society by the monuments it puts up. So imagine a society that puts up statues to tyrants, to someone who nearly succeeded in tearing an empire apart, who did ...
1 Jul 20204min
Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and E.S. Schubert Talk the Purpose of Monuments and Why Statues Matter
In today’s episode, Ryan and sculptor E.S. Schubert discuss the purpose of monumental statues and the complex issues surrounding who society venerates and why.E.S. Schubert is a sculptor based in Kans...
1 Jul 202038min
It’s Not Over Until It’s Over
"We have fought very hard, together, in an unprecedented display of global and national courage, justice, discipline and wisdom.How many people have been saved from COVID-19? Too many to count. It was...
30 Jun 20202min
