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For centuries, all sorts of people—generals and politicians, athletes and coaches, writers and leaders—have looked to the teachings of Stoicism to help guide their lives. Each day, author and speaker Ryan Holiday brings you a new lesson about life, inspired by the thoughts and writings of great Stoic thinkers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca the Younger. Daily Stoic Podcast also features Q+As with listeners and interviews with notable figures from sports, academia, politics, and more. Learn more at DailyStoic.com.
New episodes come out every day for free. Listen 1-week early on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and to all episodes ad-free, with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
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Make Good Trouble | Right Thing, Right Now Excerpt
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Why Justice Is The Cornerstone Of The Stoic Virtues | Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan is the one answering questions today as his research assistant, Billy Oppenheimer, joins him for part 2 on what the Stoic virtue of justice is actually about. In this episode, Ryan and Billy talk about the downfall of American Apparel, accepting personal responsibility, the cycle of success and self-destruction, and the powerful stories of justice in Right Thing, Right Now.
Don't forget to tune into part 1 of Billy and Ryan's conversation if you missed it!
Billy Oppenheimer is Ryan Holiday’s research assistant and the writer behind the newsletter, Six at 6 on Sunday. To read more of his work, check out his website billyoppenheimer.com.
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The Hardest Book Ryan Holiday Has Written | Right Thing, Right Now
The tables have turned for today’s interview, as Ryan is joined by his research assistant, Billy Oppenheimer. Together they talk about the Stoic virtue of justice, ways it is commonly misinterpreted, and how the Stoics thought about justice while weaving in examples from life today.
Billy Oppenheimer is Ryan Holiday’s research assistant and the writer behind the newsletter, Six at 6 on Sunday. To read more of his work, check out his website billyoppenheimer.com.
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How Marcus Aurelius Became Marcus Aurelius
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The Cost of Chasing Success | Chris Distefano
Chris Distefano is one of the funniest and most respected stand up comedians today. He joined Ryan at The Painted Porch to talk about their experiences with career achievements, success and self-acceptance, and the trade-offs between career opportunities and family time.
Chris Distefano has released two comedy specials - Size 38 Waist (2019) and Speshy Weshy (2022). He’s also the host of two podcasts, Chrissy Chaos and Hey Babe Pod.
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Look Through The Window | Finding The Right Mentors
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Part of the routine
Listening to Ryan has become part of my daily routine. Always shedding a light of new ideas or revisiting knowledge that has slipped through the cracks.
His ability to articulate the stoic message in such an easy to digest manner has turned me into a relentless student of the stoics and now other philosophy’s as well.
Loving the new book as well!!
Self aggrandising
I read The Obstacle is the Way many years ago. A while later I found other thought leaders in Stoicism, that are able to relay thoughts in a more humble way and less arrogant and self-aggrandising then Ryan Holiday does.
Every time I try to give his productions a new chance I end up with the same thoughts. The content is partly interesting, but his commercial interests and self-promotion are clearly his purpose. The tone of voice, the style, the many commercials, the matter-of-factly sounding voice and attitude towards guests, the quick fire answers that seem to indicate that he doesn’t listen to his guests or questioners makes his works off putting for me.
There are many more subtle voices out there that are worth following. They are more in it to be part of the cosmopolis, not to self-promote.
In one episode I just listened to, Ryan mentioned all these humble CEOs no one will ever hear from as they are not in it to self promote and they are not in need of aggrandise themselves. I couldn’t help but think, that’s exactly what Ryan does. The value of the ancient thoughts he is recycling suffers from his need to be seen, his need to be heard, and need to be an influencer.
Check out some other less promoted and commercialised podcasts, authors and books. You might find more wisdom in them with less commercial distractions. More humble.
I used to love this but damn those ads!
I used to listen to the daily stoic pretty much daily. But some how as of late every single episodes is full of adds. There are up to 10 add breaks in a span of an hour long show. I mean I get that he has to make money but come on man, be a little bit more stoic!