The Daily Stoic
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.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 2674
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Will You Seize This Reminder? Or Let It Pass? | What Expensive Things Cost
During this season of spring cleaning, it’s worth pondering: How often do we organize not just our physical spaces, but our minds, routines, and assumptions?
💡 Challenge yourself to spring forwar…
00:09:21 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
It’s Given Us More Of Ourselves | (Dis)integration
Adversity costs us, sure, but it also gives us more of ourselves. It unlocks something in us that was not reachable in ordinary circumstances, that we didn’t know was there.
🪙 Get your own Amor f…
00:10:27 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Seneca on Worldliness and Retirement
In this letter, Seneca talks about intentionally pulling back from societal pressures to find real fulfillment and contentment. He talks about living a life away from the spotlight, but also recogniz…
00:12:14 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Rising from Ashes | John Vaillant on Building Resiliency From Destruction
While in Vancouver on tour, Ryan Holiday met up with one of his favorite authors, John Vaillant, to discuss how destruction and crisis can fuel creativity and change. They talk about the lessons wild…
01:01:48 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
[BONUS]: Ernest Green From The Little Rock Nine | A Black History Month Reflection on Courage
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed segregation in public education. Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate from Little Rock Central High Sc…
00:54:05 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Get Over This Bogus Notion | How To Journal Like A Stoic Philosopher
No matter how much philosophy you’ve read. No matter how much older you’ve gotten or how important your position or how many eyes are on you…it doesn’t take away natural feeling.
🎥 Watch Scott Ga…
00:28:09 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Every Day Could Be The Final Quarter | Ask Daily Stoic
The shot clock is clicking down. Let's make every second count.
📕 You can grab copies of What You’re Made For signed by George Raveling and Ryan Holiday at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepain…
00:14:04 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Austin Kleon on Fueling Artistic Ambition
Austin Kleon joins Ryan to talk about unleashing creative energy, the power of hobbies, and why he believes we’ve been trained to be machine-like in today’s world. Austin talks about the driving forc…
01:00:47 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
It Is Solved By Walking
You've got this frustration, this anger, this anxiety that won't go away. What do you do about it?
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00:02:12 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
The Young Think There Is Always Tomorrow | The Smoke And Dust Of Life
None of us are entitled to tomorrow. Today though, is here. It is ours.
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00:06:35 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Is This Really An Obstacle? | Reduce Wants, Increase Happiness
We choose what truly counts as an obstacle. We have the power.
📕 Pick up a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle
📓 Pick up…
00:08:22 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
How Ryan Holiday is Preparing For The Next Four Years
The next four years will be chaotic—just as every four-year period in history has been. From wars to disasters, economic turmoil to political unrest, uncertainty is the only constant. So how do we st…
00:40:30 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on Conquering Inner Demons and Memento Mori (PT. 2)
In this Part 2 episode, Randy Blythe, the lead singer of Lamb of God shares how his time in a Czech prison flipped his whole perspective on life, the cost of genius, and how thinking about mortality …
00:50:34 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Yes It’s Radical (Even A Little Crazy) | The MOST Important Stoic Lesson For Crazy Times
We have to push ourselves outside our comfort. We have to give and give and give. Because it’s right.
📚 For more on doing the right thing even when it’s difficult, check out Ryan Holiday’s latest…
00:12:20 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
We Are All In Debt | Ask Daily Stoic
Debt. It’s a word that carries heavy, negative connotations. But actually, there is a different kind of debt we are less aware of, one that doesn’t drown us but builds us up.
Our premium edition …
00:19:07 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on Conquering Inner Demons and Memento Mori (PT. 1)
Randy Blythe, lead singer of Lamb of God, joins Ryan to talk about the role ego plays as a successful frontman, conquering fears, and the intersections between Stoicism and heavy metal in his life.
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00:44:46 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Investigate Yourself First
The world is full of mysteries. There is so much to learn.
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00:02:29 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Can You Do It Even When You Don’t Want To? | Cultivate Indifference
Can you do it even when it's hard? Even when you don't want to? Even when you think maybe that you can't?
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00:08:07 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
BONUS: How Abraham Lincoln Proved The Obstacle Is the Way
This President’s Day, learn how Abraham Lincoln turned every challenge into an opportunity to grow. From personal loss to political failure, each setback made him wiser, tougher, and more empathetic …
00:16:32 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
This Is What It Takes To Lead | The Enemy of Happiness
As Truman also said, not all readers are leaders, but there is nothing better to start you on the path to leadership than reading great books.
📚 Check out The Painted Porch for your next book: h…
00:08:15 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
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