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The Daily Stoic

The Daily Stoic

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.


Support the podcast and go deeper with Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content (coming soon): dailystoic.com/premium

  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    BONUS | The Incredible Story of Medal of Honor Recipient Kyle Carpenter

    What does it take to keep going when you've already survived the unimaginable? This Veterans Day, we're revisiting Ryan's conversation with Kyle Carpenter, a medically retired U.S. Marine and the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.


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    Kyle Carpenter is a medically retired United States Marine who received the United States' highest military honor, the Medal of Honor in 2010. Kyle is the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.


    Full episode with Medal of Honor Recipient Kyle Carpenter | Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube


    Pick up a copy of Kyle Carpenter's memoir, You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For

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    11 November 2026, 4:02 pm
  • 14 minutes 56 seconds
    How To Spend More Time In This Time Zone (with Arthur Brooks)

    We have to constantly remind ourselves to stop time traveling. To come back to the present.


    🎙️ ARTHUR BROOKS EPISODE | Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube


    📚 Grab copies of Arthur Brooks’ books The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness, Strength to Strength and Build the Life You Want | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&q=arthur+brooks*


    Follow Arthur on Instagram @ArthurCBrooks, YouTube @DrArthurBrooks, and X @ArthurBrooks


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


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    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

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    11 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 47 minutes 36 seconds
    Spiritual but not Religious, from No Small Endeavor

    Here's a sneak peek of an episode from the podcast No Small Endeavor, hosted by Lee C. Camp. Living well is a lifelong practice, and No Small Endeavor gives you the tools and perspectives to keep refining that process.


    Lee talks with world-class thinkers, psychologists, authors, and philosophers about what it really takes to live a good life—not in theory, but in practice. In his latest series, Lee explores the human ache that secularism can't explain, and the new spiritualities that may not be able to fill it. He travels around the world, talking to guests on both sides of the war between science and religion. Like Belle Tindall-Riley, a biblical scholar from rural Wales who grew up lying to her classmates about going to church. In this episode, Belle explains why she reads practices like manifesting, tarot, crystals, and WitchTok for the true longing underneath. She examines the limits of a spirituality that always tells you you're doing just fine. You'll come away asking questions of your own spirituality: does it ever tell me no?


    Hear the rest of the series at https://link.mgln.ai/dailystoic

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    10 November 2026, 4:32 pm
  • 13 minutes 58 seconds
    None of This Is Unfamiliar | How Do You Stop Caring What Other People Think?

    The world has always been chaotic. Empires rise and fall. Crises come and go. But the virtues that help us navigate these challenges haven't changed in thousands of years.


    📚 The four virtues are not only timeless ideas to understand, but actions to live by. Get your Stoic Virtues Box Set: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/stoic-virtues-box-set


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


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    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

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    10 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Robert Greene: 99% of People Are Sleepwalking Through Life. Here's How to Wake Up.

    There's magic all around you, but it's easy to miss when you're glued to a screen and going through life on autopilot. Ryan sits down with bestselling author Robert Greene to talk about his new book, The Law of the Sublime, and how to rediscover the sense of wonder we tend to lose as we get older.


    Get a copy of The Law of the Sublime by Robert Greene | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-law-of-the-sublime?_pos=13&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    Grab signed copies of Robert Greene’s books at The Painted Porch:


    The 48 Laws of Power | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/48-laws-of-power-signed?_pos=4&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    The Laws of Human Nature | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/laws-of-human-nature-copy?_pos=2&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    Mastery | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/mastery-signed-by-robert-greene?_pos=3&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    The 33 Strategies of War | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/33-strategies-of-war-signed-by-robert-greene?_pos=5&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    The Art of Seduction | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/art-of-seduction-signed-by-robert-greene?_pos=6&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-daily-laws-366-meditations-on-power-seduction-mastery-strategy-and-human-nature-copy?_pos=7&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    The 50th Law | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/50th-law-signed-by-robert-greene?_pos=10&_sid=e0d7a8c03&_ss=r


    Follow Robert Greene


    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/robertgreeneofficial/?hl=en


    X | https://x.com/RobertGreene


    YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@RobertGreeneOfficial


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

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    9 November 2026, 2:17 pm
  • 1 minute 54 seconds
    How Will You Respond?

    The times will always be what they are. How we respond is up to us.


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    Nashville, Tennessee - November 20


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    Washington D.C. - December 9


    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

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    9 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 18 minutes 32 seconds
    5 Life Lessons From Marcus Aurelius

    Marcus Aurelius dealt with war, plague, betrayal, and unimaginable loss, but he never stopped showing up and trying to do the right thing.


    📕 Pick up your own Premium Leather Edition of Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays Translation) at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    Nashville, Tennessee - November 20


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    8 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 18 minutes 42 seconds
    3 Pieces of Advice Worth Keeping Close | Seth Wickersham

    What are the pieces of advice you find yourself coming back to again and again? Ryan talks with bestselling author and ESPN writer Seth Wickersham about three quotes he keeps beside his laptop and why they continue to shape the way he approaches his work and life.


    📚 Books:

    • Be On That Hill by Seth Wickersham
    • It’s Better To Be Feared by Seth Wickersham
    • American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham


    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ounPbCeVis


    Seth Wickersham is a senior writer at ESPN and the New York Times bestselling author of Be On That Hill, It’s Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness, American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback. Focusing primarily on longform enterprise and investigative work on the National Football League, Wickersham has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting, and his stories have been anthologized in the Best American Magazine Writing, the Best American Sports Writing, and Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists, among others. Released in 2021, It’s Better to Be Feared was named Nonfiction Book of the Year by Sports Illustrated and Best Sports Book by the National Sports Media Association.


    Follow Seth: X & Instagram: @Seth.Wickersham


    Grab copies of It’s Better to Be Feared, American Kings, and Be On That Hill at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    Nashville, Tennessee - November 20


    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 8


    Washington D.C. - December 9


    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

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    7 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 2 minutes 49 seconds
    BONUS | Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread

    No amount of prosperity, no amount of difficulty is certain or forever. A triumph becomes a trial. A trial becomes a triumph. Life can change in an instant.


    The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10

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    6 November 2026, 9:00 am
  • 10 minutes
    Don’t Lose the Day in Expectation of the Night | It's Not Too Late, But Don't Wait (ft. Chris Guillebeau)

    The clocks have been changed. Summer is gone. Fall is here, and winter is on its way.


    📚 If you liked this episode, pick up a copy of Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way To Live by Chris Guillebeau: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/time-anxiety-the-illusion-of-urgency-and-a-better-way-to-live?_pos=1&_sid=436c56048&_ss=r


    Watch the episode with Chris Guillebeau on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyEgbTg-BA


    Follow Chris on Instagram @193Countries and on X @chrisguillebeau.


    Check out his podcast the Side Hustle School and more of his work at chrisguillebeau.com


    🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store to help you in your own memento mori practice, check them out here: https://store.dailystoic.com/


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    Nashville, Tennessee - November 20


    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 8


    Washington D.C. - December 9


    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    6 November 2026, 8:00 am
  • 15 minutes 9 seconds
    This Is How You Should Think About It | 3 Stoic Exercises to Stop Taking Life for Granted

    We are lucky to get to do these things. Let’s think and act like it.


    🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store to help you in your own memento mori practice, check them out here: https://store.dailystoic.com/


    🎟️ DAILY STOIC LIVE | Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/


    Nashville, Tennessee - November 20


    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 8


    Washington D.C. - December 9


    🎙️ AD-FREE | Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/


    ✉️ FREE STOIC WISDOM | Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    5 November 2026, 8:00 am
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