The Fever Has You | Ask DS
Look at any millionaire, Seneca tells Lucilius in one of his letters, they are some of the poorest people in Rome. Money has made them obsess over public opinion. Money has control of their schedules ...
1 Juni 202318min
Stephen A. Smith On Debating, Working, And Living With Authenticity
Ryan speaks with Stephen A. Smith about his new memoir Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, why it is so important to be okay with admitting when you are wrong, why his greate...
31 Maj 202351min
Try To Be Less Like Yourself
A classic episode of Seinfeld begins with George Costanza having a revelation. "Every decision I've ever made in my entire life has been wrong," George says. "Every instinct I have in every aspect of ...
31 Maj 20232min
Start The Clock. Just Start The Clock. | Plato's View
We don’t like how long they’re taking to get back to us. It’s slowing down the process, keeping us from doing what we want to do. We don’t like the estimate from the vendor who just told us it will be...
31 Maj 20238min
This is The Most Expensive Thing | The Best Stoic Insights On Raising Kids
Since Stoicism was founded, most of the Stoics have been wealthy…and yet almost to a letter, most of them have warned of the dangers and perils of wealth. No one embodies this paradox more than Seneca...
30 Maj 202310min
What Do You Pledge Your Sacred Honor To? | The View From Above
As the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they knew that this wasn’t some painless petition. This wasn’t some minor political stand. No, they knew, as they wrote, they were mutually pled...
29 Maj 20239min
Stoicism and Thought Leadership
When an old friend from Ryan’s UC Riverside days reached out early on in the pandemic with an opportunity to speak at one of the premiere non-profit, non-partisan global policy think tanks in the coun...
28 Maj 202333min
Tim Urban On Procrastination, Changing Habits, And Slow Improvement
Ryan speaks with Tim Urban about his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, why everyone who wants to improve at something should aim to do it slowly, what it really means to “t...
27 Maj 20231h 15min
