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.
2209 episodes transcribedRyan speaks with Nate Boyer in the second of a two-part interview about why his new movie is aligned with the Stoic ideal of encouraging peop...
You’re alive right now or you wouldn’t be reading this. But what proof do you have that you’re really living? Don’t overthink that question....
Marcus Aurelius was already quite old while writing Meditations. He was sick and surrounded by plague. Seneca was a marked man from the momen...
One of the most highlighted passages in the digital version of The Daily Stoic is the December 9th quote from Seneca:“Were all the geniuses o...
Today, Ryan presents a talk he gave to a group of coaches at the Tennessee Athletics Department about the core concepts of Stoicism and how t...
Ryan speaks with Nate Boyer in the first of a two-part interview about what serving six years and multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a...
It’s impossible not to read Marcus Aurelius or Seneca and sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the off...
When Marcus Aurelius heard that his beloved teacher Fronto had lost a grandchild, he sent him a letter. Perhaps, if you believe in the stereo...
Ryan speaks with Heather Cox Richardson about her new book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, her mission to deliver history...
Because of the work we’ve done. Because of the study. Because of the experiences. We know. We know what’s right. We know what’s possible. We...
Look, we all mess up. We take certain people or clients for granted and a relationship deteriorates. We get distracted and make an unnecessar...
It’s impossible not to read Marcus Aurelius or Seneca and sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the off...
As one of history’s most important biographers and essayists, Plutarch studied deeply the traits of great Greek and Roman leaders to identify...
Ryan speaks with Jake Seliger about how his cancer diagnosis and having his tongue removed have changed his perspective on life, why he is pr...
During the American Revolution—as in any war—the British quite rightly targeted the estates and the landholdings of the leadership on the Ame...
It’s impossible not to read Marcus Aurelius or Seneca and sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the off...
Ryan speaks with Sid Stockdale about his who his new memoir A World Apart: Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam speaks to, how his family surv...
The Emperor Hadrian’s life sometimes felt, as it does for all leaders, like an endless demand for favors. Letters came from across the empire...
Everything seems fine. Everything seems better than fine. Your life is going great. You’re happy. You’re in love. Your finances are great.&nb...
After a long line of incompetence, after a long chain of excuses, after a series of failures, the Union cause finally turned around when Gene...
