Edith Hall on Aristotelian Ethics, Intention, and Human Decency
Ryan speaks with Edith Hall about why she wants to open up Aristotle’s works to the world at large, how Aristotle defined what a human being is and how one can be happy, the importance of doing what y...
5 Apr 202353min
You Need To Cultivate People Like This In Your Life
Where did Marcus learn to be Marcus? Ernest Renan writes that Marcus was very much a product of his training and his tutors. But more than his teachers and even his own parents, “Marcus had a single m...
5 Apr 20232min
Try To See The World This Way | Why Facing Death Is The Key To Success
After serving as an officer in Vietnam, Paul Woodruff decided to dedicate his life to teaching and writing about philosophy. He’s been a professor at the University of Texas at Austin since 1973. He’s...
4 Apr 202310min
What Will You Choose? | What Can Go Wrong Might
All of our upbringings were different. Some were given two parents, others only one. Maybe it took a village to raise you. Either way, we didn't get to decide who our mom was, who our dad was, if they...
3 Apr 20239min
Ryan Holiday on The Art and Stoicism of Digital Marketing
Today, Ryan presents a live talk that he gave in September 2022 to a group of business leaders about the art and business of modern marketing. He covers why competition is for losers, how to create cl...
2 Apr 202347min
Lori Gottlieb on Changing Your Life by Changing the Story
Ryan speaks with Lori Gottlieb about the profound effect that stories have on our lives, why we are all unreliable narrators, how we can make real steps toward positive change by practicing self-compa...
1 Apr 20231h 3min
Your Standards Are For You | You’re a Product of Your Training
One of the things that separates us from other people—indeed that has been responsible for our success—is our ability to be strict and self-disciplined. Where other people are fine making excuses or t...
31 Mars 20237min
This Helps You Be A Better Person | Ask DS
Both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington profited from slavery, but both knew it was wrong. Yet at the end of their lives, it was Washington who freed his slaves, not Jefferson, who had written far...
30 Mars 202314min
