Enjoy It While You Have It, Don’t Miss It When You Don’t | Washing Away the Dust of Life
“The thing about most things we label as “bad” is that they aren’t. They just are. A virus isn’t evil. An economic depression isn’t malicious. They are unfeeling, indifferent, inhuman events. Their im...
29 Apr 20218min
Classics Scholar Robin Waterfield on Translating Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations - Pt.1 | There’s Only One Path To Greatness
Ryan reads today’s Daily Stoic meditation and talks to Robin Waterfield about his new annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, the historical accuracy of the critical moments that shaped...
28 Apr 202159min
Life is School. School Is For Life
“Late in his reign, a friend stopped Marcus Aurelius as he was leaving the palace, carrying a stack of books. Finding this to be a surprising sight, the man asked where Marcus was going. He was off to...
27 Apr 20216min
Your Shoulders Are Made of Ivory | The Freedom of Contempt
“Marcus was like us. He wasn’t naturally extraordinary. He wasn’t born to greatness. His destiny was not pre-ordained. So how did it happen? How are we here today—what would have been his 1900th birth...
26 Apr 20219min
Sextus Empiricus on How to Keep an Open Mind
Today’s episode is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Richard Bett’s How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic published by Princeton University Press. How to Keep an Open Mind i...
25 Apr 202128min
YouTubers Sam and Colby on Fame and Practicing Memento Mori
On today’s episode, Ryan talks to YouTube duo Sam & Colby about the early days of their career, finding peace in the practice of memento mori, what they’ve learned making haunted and ghost story video...
24 Apr 20211h 3min
Have You Ever Had A Motionless Moment?
“We are so busy. We think we’re supposed to be. We think that’s how we get better. We think that moving is the only way to move forward.”Ryan discusses why you must strive for moments of stillness, on...
23 Apr 20214min
This Is How To Treat Your Brain | The Marks of a Rational Person
“On the one hand, the Stoics were big believers in the power of reason. They believed we were rational creatures, capable of thinking away through all the distractions and impulses and biases of the m...
22 Apr 20216min
