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
- 2675
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
You Don’t Love Yourself Enough | Ask Daily Stoic
Each morning when you wake up, life presents you with an opportunity. You know what you’re capable of.
The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, p…
00:11:10 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Richard Reeves on Why Men Are Being Set Up To Fail (PT. 2)
Young men are struggling to find guidance and make sense of their place in society, so what can we do about it? In today’s Part 2 episode, Richard Reeves and Ryan discuss changing roles and expectati…
00:45:43 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
You Can Handle More Than You Can Handle
You have so much more in you than it feels like you do. You got this.
The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, buil…
00:03:43 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Turn These Things Over | How 10 Years Of Studying Stoicism Changed Ryan Holiday's Life
The small, deliberate acts of journaling, reading, and meditating—these are not just habits but rituals that fortify the soul and create the steady hand we reach for when everything else falters.
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00:20:39 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
It’s Time To Change (And You Know It) | Keep The Rhythm
The definition of insanity, they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What could this year be if you finally lived up to your potential?
Daily Stoic New Yea…
00:10:55 |
Mon 09 Dec 2024
9 Stoic Lessons From Iron Maiden
Stoicism and Iron Maiden may seem like an unlikely duo, but there is a surprising number of philosophical lessons the heavy metal band has taught Ryan Holiday.
🎙️ Listen to Ryan’s recap of taking…
00:23:52 |
Sun 08 Dec 2024
Richard Reeves on Why Men Are Being Set Up To Fail (PT. 1)
While women have made incredible strides over the past few decades, men have found themselves stuck in a tornado of confusion and disinformation around what masculinity means. Today, Ryan talks with …
00:55:33 |
Sat 07 Dec 2024
It's Easy To Take This For Granted | Teach Them To Do The Right Thing
The more you are content with your surroundings, whatever they are, the more power you have.
📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad ju…
00:09:54 |
Fri 06 Dec 2024
We Want That But Need This | Ask DS
It’s not about abundance. It’s about nourishment, inspiration, guidance, reassurance, clarity.
Check out AJ Jacobs' podcast The Puzzler!
🎙️ Listen to AJ Jacobs' FULL interview | Apple Podcast…
00:14:28 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Judge Frederic Block on the Moral Duties and Real-Life Stories of Prison Reform
The First Step Act in 2018 included provisions for non-violent federal inmates to petition for early release or reductions in their sentences. How to determine whether to grant or deny those requests…
00:59:01 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Not Who’s Right, What’s Right
A Stoic will flip-flop…if the facts demand it. A Stoic will give up…if they’ve been going the wrong direction.
✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic…
00:02:06 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Have You Done This? | 13 Stoic Strategies For Conquering Your Anxiety
Find ways to be of service. Find ways to pay forward the acts of charity and grace that we would not be here without.
Locate a blood bank near you: redcrossblood.org
🎥 Watch Sebastian Junger'…
00:20:17 |
Tue 03 Dec 2024
This Is A Tragedy | Be Stingy With Time
The great fortune of Marcus Aurelius' life, he says at one point in Meditations, is not just that he himself has never known serious want, it’s that he’s been lucky enough to be able to help so many …
00:12:03 |
Mon 02 Dec 2024
Don’t Forget To Practice This
Those of us who have been blessed—whether it be love, time, or resources—have an opportunity and responsibility to share it with others. The more we give, the more we will receive.
Join us in our…
00:11:27 |
Sun 01 Dec 2024
AJ Jacobs on His Year of Living Constitutionally (Muskets and Tricorne Hats Included)
There have been few changes and additions to the United States Constitution since it was ratified in 1788, despite life being wildly different now a few centuries later. To really put the document in…
01:04:06 |
Sat 30 Nov 2024
Let’s Be Good Stoics Today | To Have A More Peaceful Home, Have Fewer of These
While some of us sit here with stomachs filled with as many Thanksgiving foods as we could manage, there are those feeling the rumblings of an empty stomach.
According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 pe…
00:10:57 |
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Every Day Is A Day To Give Thanks | Ask DS
As you gather around your family and friends this Thanksgiving, of course, appreciate it and give thanks for all the obvious and bountiful gifts that moment presents. Just make sure that as you go ba…
00:10:50 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Stoic Reminders for Thanksgiving | Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Amor Fati
Every year instead of contributing to the corporate indulgence of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we encourage our listeners to make a donation. Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It on…
00:38:24 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
This Is Why We Do It
When we do good, we don’t need to ask for more, because practicing virtue is its own profound return.
📿 Get your own Four Virtues Pendant to wear so you can feel its weight and stick to your prin…
00:03:31 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
So It’s Weird, Now Deal With It | Time-Tested Stoic Truths For Life
It’s weird. It’s unnatural. It’s not how you’d like things to be. But so what? Welcome to life.
✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at http…
00:12:24 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
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