Don’t Disgrace Yourself | Ask Daily Stoic
Francis Bacon was a brilliant philosopher whose breakthroughs reverberate through our world today. He was also a human being and a politician. Less glorious than his intellectual achievements were his...
13 Jan 202319min
If You Are Studying Philosophy, It Is Well | The One Path To Serenity
In one of his letters, Seneca tells us of an old Roman pleasantry that friends would exchange when greeting each other: “If you are well,” one would say after inquiring how someone was doing, “it is w...
12 Jan 20237min
Humble, The Poet on Being Free of Passion but Full of Love
Ryan speaks with Humble, the Poet about his new book How to be Love(d), why our passions often get in the way of real love, viewing love as a service to others rather than a reward for ourselves, and ...
11 Jan 20231h 1min
A Stoic Isn’t Born. They’re Made.
Marcus Aurelius wasn’t born Marcus Aurelius (literally, his name was Marcus Catilius Severus Annius Verus). Epictetus wasn’t born a sage–to say he was would be to deprive him of the enormous credit du...
11 Jan 20234min
You Can’t Keep It From Happening | How To Get Through Life's Most Difficult Situations
When he was starting out in Hollywood, Judd Apatow began to have panic attacks. The stress of rewriting a script. Getting a film in on time. Managing all the moving pieces on a project. He felt the en...
10 Jan 202311min
You Know What’s Coming | The Sphere Of Choice
We worry about the future. About who might win an election we’re closely watching. About what some foreign leader might do. About the markets and your portfolio. About the climate. It’s so uncertain, ...
9 Jan 20239min
How Country Living Can Improve Your Life
Ryan celebrates country living with this presentation of the first in a four-part reading of MD Usher’s translation of Princeton University Press’s How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the ...
8 Jan 202318min
Steven Pressfield, Robert Greene, Jack Carr, Meg Mason, and Adam Hochschild on Writing
Ryan looks back on some of the best interviews of 2022 about writing. Featuring Steven Pressfield on what it takes to build discipline and why it’s so important, Robert Greene on our natural tendency ...
7 Jan 20231h 1min
