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 See What Everyone Else Missed?
It's unfortunate Epictetus isn't more widely read—because when he is, he changes lives.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide) as a personal field guide —part book club, pa…
00:03:52 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Do You Have This Too? | Practice Gentleness Instead of Anger
There was gruffness to the Stoics. A wariness of getting too close or too attached, lest your heart be broken by fortune. But does that mean the Stoics were unfeeling?
📓 Pick up a signed edition …
00:08:54 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Only The Wise Are Free | A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous
Most people are enslaved and controlled and directed by their ignorance. Their impulses. Their temper. Their desires and delusions.
📚 The Four Stoic Virtues: Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, Courage,…
00:09:45 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Seneca Explains The Art of Argument
In this letter, Seneca critiques sophistical argumentation, highlighting how it exercises wit without purpose and distracts from the essentials of living a good life.
Today’s episode is an excer…
00:11:43 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Think About Death. Science Says You’ll Be Happier. | Dr. Laurie Santos
The most misunderstood Stoic practice is Memento Mori - remember you will die. Dr. Laurie Santos, an expert on the science of happiness, joins Ryan to share the research behind why thinking about you…
01:07:28 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Can You Play Ball Like This? | Stoic Tips For Navigating Change & Disruption
Win or lose, what matters, the Stoics believed, was that we tried. That we did our best.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide) as a personal field guide —part book club, …
00:21:06 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Do You Know The Favorite Of Your Favorite? | Ask Daily Stoic
It’s rather sad—almost sacriligeous—that more people don’t know who shaped Marcus’s philosophical worldview.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide) as a personal field gui…
00:13:08 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
It Does Make Sense
It drives you nuts—the things some people believe and do and say. But here’s the thing: It does make sense. It makes sense to them.
📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues S…
00:02:47 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Your Worldview Is Only as Wide as Your Curiosity | Chet Garner
You can’t expand your perspective if you never step out of your bubble. In today’s episode, Ryan sits down with Chet Garner, host of The Daytripper, to explore how traveling, even just one town over,…
01:08:12 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
How The Powerless Become Powerful | Don't Look For The Third Thing
Why is self-command and self-knowledge so elusive? How can we find it? Well, Epictetus can show us the way, as he did for Marcus and Hadrian and countless others over the centuries.
💡 We designed…
00:08:29 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Forget Your Dreams. Do This Instead. | Our Duty To Learn
The key to life, Epictetus said, was not to dream for things to be a certain way but to dream for them to be the way they were. To be grateful that you had the fate you had.
💡 We designed our How…
00:09:07 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
The 3-Step Formula for Difficult Conversations
Looking for practical strategies to deal with difficult people? In today’s episode, communication expert Jefferson Fisher shares a 3-step process for navigating conflict, especially when kindness and…
00:18:33 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
You’re Not Wasting Time, You’re Wasting Your Life | Rutger Bregman (PT. 2)
You’re not here to impress, you're here to make a difference. In this PT. 2 episode, historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman sits down with Ryan for a deep dive into what a meaningful life ac…
00:40:32 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
There Is No Freedom Without This (or Rather, Without These) | 8 Stoic Strategies To Beat Procrastination
The American experiment—based as it was on individual liberty—was built on the necessity of virtue and honor. A people freed from the tyranny of government, they understood, still needed to be checke…
00:24:47 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
This Too Is Always Yours (And Can’t Be Taken) | Ask Daily Stoic
There is something that can’t be taken from us by even the strongest strong man or the most unlucky of external events.
📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wis…
00:10:57 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
You’re Not Wasting Time, You’re Wasting Your Life | Rutger Bregman (PT. 1)
You could be doing anything with your life…so why are you choosing this? Historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman joins Ryan to question everything we tend to believe about success, work, and …
00:45:43 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
This Is How The Impossible Became Possible
What Epictetus learned in his fascinating life—beginning in slavery and culminating in a legacy as one of the most influential philosophers of all time—was simple, profound, and enduring. It’s why c…
00:05:21 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Do You Have This? | Protect Your Own Good
Seneca practiced poverty. Marcus Aurelius mentally rehearsed being criticized and misunderstood. Why did they put themselves in these uncomfortable positions?
📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Da…
00:06:44 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
The One Thing In Your Life You Can Control | The Obstacle Is The Way
Our lives are unpredictable. We are at the mercy of so many forces.
📚 Books Mentioned:
The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
📖 Preorder the final book i…
00:08:25 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
6 Stoic Tips to Being a Great Friend
When we think of great Stoic figures like Marcus Aurelius, Cato, and Epictetus, we tend to focus solely on the individual, their perspective, their observations. But how did these brilliant thinkers …
00:14:55 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
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