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 m ...
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Another movie podcast by two know-it-all guys—Akhil Arora and Rohan Naahar—killing their careers and burning bridges in Bollywood one review at a time. New episodes weekly.
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A Fringe Podcast Commentary and discussion of the new series from LOST creator J.J. Abrams
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There.is.MORE! More to knowing Jesus, more to being a Believer than just learning how to act right or stay out of trouble with God. The greatest adventure of my life has been following the real Jesus- seeing Him move in power and might far beyond the walls of church on Sunday morning- alive and at work in the hearts of real people in real situations. Join me, Pastor David Walker from our home base of Alamo City Church in San Antonio, Texas as we discover a life of radical joy, power, and fre ...
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Interviews with Scholars of Film about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film
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Imagine a future where your business is fully systemized and thriving, your people are passionately engaged in their work as if they owned the company, and you have a healthy and balanced personal life. Welcome to the Founder's Fire podcast - your ultimate destination for riveting discussions, captivating tales, and groundbreaking insights from entrepreneurs who have reclaimed their freedom. Get ready to be inspired, informed, and entertained.
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SLOPPY STORIES is a podcast about strange and fresh perspectives on the stories we tell. In each episode, our three hosts Lauren, Brad & Andy challenge each other to re-tell popular stories from a skewed perspective! ....Here's How It Works: every episode the storytelling host gets a prompt and must find a story (from movies, TV, games, books, news, the internet, etc) that includes that prompt in some way. When they retell the story, they must re-imagine it either from a different perspectiv ...
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"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - Jesus
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Hamish Blake chats with other dads he really admires (and whose phone number he had relatively easy access to) about their approach to dadding, and in the process hopefully learn a little, steal some of their hard earned wisdom and help us all dad a tiny bit better.
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Two Old Bitches: Stories from Women who Reimagine, Reinvent and Rebel
Idelisse Malavé and Joanne Sandler
Love your bitchy self! Join us – Idelisse Malavé and Joanne Sandler the Two Old Bitches (from New York City) – as we celebrate kick-ass, unstoppable women from around the world. Women over 50 tell us how they re-imagine their lives, their bodies, their relationships and their creativity as they go through huge transitions. Be inspired! Laugh and cry with us! Contact us and let us interview you! ------------------------------ Visit www.twooldbitches.com Follow us on Instagram @twooldbitches, ...
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It is possible to inspire a lifelong love of reading in secondary ELA students and that's what the Creating Joyful Readers podcast is all about. Your host, Samantha (from Samantha in Secondary) is a seasoned educator with 15 years of classroom experience. This podcast shares what works in the post-pandemic classroom and what doesn't so you can skip the trial and error. Every Monday, we’ll chat about the amazing benefits of independent reading, dig into the latest literacy research, cover pra ...
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A collection of mindful sleep journeys for Kids to calm fizzy minds, & promote positive wellbeing. Simply choose a destination, get comfy, & let’s float away... I created these sleep journeys during lockdown to introduce my children to simple mindful techniques to support their wellbeing. Together we created playful yet peaceful stories during which we imagine their bed floating away to a special destination. When I heard how many young people worldwide were struggling during this challengin ...
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Rebecca Arnold & Beatrice Behlen discuss fashion - listen to our personal fashion views in our weekly catch up calls. Rebecca is a fashion historian, Beatrice is curator at the Museum of London.
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Welcome to Billet Doux, a show about literature and love. Listen to the greatest love letters ever composed or, if you’re so inclined, write and submit your own! If there’s something you’d like to say to that special guy or gal, don’t keep it to yourself… Send it over to [email protected] and I’ll read it ON AIR for all the world to hear! Let’s relearn how to love, one letter at a time.
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St. John's Episcopal Cathedral: catholic worship, evangelical preaching, prophetic social witness
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Kevin Guyan, "Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
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55:00Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Kevin Guyan reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day. Looking across six systems – the police and the recording of hate crimes; dating apps and digital desire; outn…
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You’re Not Wasting Time, You’re Wasting Your Life | Rutger Bregman (PT. 2)
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40:32You’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 actually looks like and why so many people end up wasting their one shot at it. They talk about how easy it is to chase the wrong goals, why real impact …
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There Is No Freedom Without This (or Rather, Without These) | 8 Stoic Strategies To Beat Procrastination
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24:47The 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 checked by their own morality, philosophy and religion. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://st…
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This Too Is Always Yours (And Can’t Be Taken) | Ask Daily Stoic
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10:57There 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: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpo…
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You’re Not Wasting Time, You’re Wasting Your Life | Rutger Bregman (PT. 1)
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45:43You 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 impact. They discuss why many “prestigious” careers might actually be pointless, how a few regular people pulled off one of the biggest moral wins in h…
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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 countless Roman families sent their children to learn from Epictetus at his school in Nicopolis. And that’s why we’re spending this month doing a deep di…
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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 Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The S…
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The One Thing In Your Life You Can Control | The Obstacle Is The Way
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8:25Our 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 in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagra…
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In this episode, David Walker sits down with Larry Henry to walk through a story marked by early hardship, rebellion, and a life-changing encounter with God. Larry shares candid memories of growing up on the south side of San Antonio, drag racing in his youth, time spent in jail, and building a career in the trades and business world. But it wasn’t…
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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 treat those around them? Read this article here: https://dailystoic.com/6-stoic-tips-to-being-a-great-friend/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday…
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AI Isn't Stealing Creativity, It's Supercharging It | Rick Rubin (PT. 2)
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45:00Is AI the end of creativity, or the beginning of a new artistic era? Rick Rubin returns for PT. 2 of his conversation with Ryan about how AI is reshaping creativity and why the real art still lies in the choices we make. They discuss the beauty of unexpected results, the difference between AI generating and iterating, timeless wisdom of the Tao Te …
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Look Around, How Lucky We Are To Be Alive Right Now | 10 Quotes To Improve Your Life
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32:15For all the stupidity, for all the disasters, for all the noise and uncertainty, this is actually one of the least bad moments to ever exist. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.inst…
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This Also Cannot Be Taken (Only Given Up) | Ask Daily Stoic
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12:50Why should a Stoic let the awfulness of the world make them feel awful? Why would we let someone else’s darkness cast a shadow on our own life? 📕 Book mentioned: Trust Me I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow…
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Is Sinners a New Classic of Political Utopianism?
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50:35It’s the UConn Popcast, and we analyze the movie Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan, just released on streaming. We address the political themes of the movie, focusing on its generic identity as a Southern Gothic, the historical context in which the movie takes place, its engagement with ideas of utopia, community, freedom, and the siren songs tha…
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Stress, anxiety, and concern don’t exist outside us but within us—which means we have the power to do something about it, too. 🪙 We are the creators of our anxiety. Which means we can also be the ones to do something about it. Gain a powerful tool in your fight against anxiety and get the Daily Stoic Anxiety Coin today! https://store.dailystoic.com…
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AI Isn't Stealing Creativity, It's Supercharging It | Rick Rubin (PT. 1)
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42:40What if AI isn’t replacing creativity, but expanding it in ways we’ve never seen before? Rick Rubin joins Ryan to discuss the mysterious nature of using AI throughout the creative process. They talk about what vibe coding is, why structure can unlock freedom, and revisiting ancient philosophy to uncover new insights. Rick Rubin is a renowned Americ…
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Who Can Tell You You’re Wrong? | What's In Your Way Is The Way
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10:30The thing about power is not so much that it changes you but that it changes the people around you. It changes what they’re willing to say to you…and how they say it. 🎥 Watch Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4gbvjdIao 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic…
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American Gangster (2007) is Ridley Scott’s homage to The French Connection: it’s got the right cars, clothes, and colors and is based on another true story of an obsessed cop trying to take down a drug kingpin. The feature (or the bug, depending on how you look at it) is Denzel Washington in the title role. Is an actor so charismatic that everyone …
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Letting Go Is Not Giving Up | The Long Way Around
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8:32Coming to terms with pain and setbacks and unfairness is critical to moving forward, to affecting change, to being a leader, to basic happiness. 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series…
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Conversation Series - Ep04 - Chuck Hollimon
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46:21In this episode, Pastor David Walker talks with Chuck Hollimon—a Texas oil man, rancher, and lifelong entrepreneur—about the ups and downs of business, faith, and family. Chuck shares stories from his journey in the oil industry, his deepening relationship with Jesus, and how his life was changed after a cancer diagnosis and unexpected healing. Thr…
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The Virtue That Makes All The Others Worth Having
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42:33“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” - Mark Twain In this powerful talk, Ryan explains why justice is the true measure of leadership. This is a call to do the right thing, not because it's easy or profitable, but because it’s the only thing that truly lasts. 📚 The Four Stoic Virtues: Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, C…
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The UNTOLD Emotional Struggles of History’s Most Powerful Men | Ron Chernow (PT. 2)
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45:48Mark Twain didn’t just write American classics, he lived one of the most powerful personal transformations in history. In Part 2 of this conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow returns to join Ryan for a deep dive into Twain’s remarkable moral evolution. They discuss how Twain’s journey mirrors those of Ulysses S. Grant and John…
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Jeremy Stolow, "Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography" (MIT Press, 2025)
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1:19:58Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Jeremy Stolow is the first book of its kind: an extended historical, anthropological, and philosophical study of modern efforts to visualize the hidden radiant force encompassing the living body known as our aura. This rich, interdisciplinary study by Dr. Stolow chronicles the rise and glo…
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You Must Avoid These Stains Too | How To Make The Right Decision (Even When It Will Cost You)
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38:35There are forces out there, just as tempting as power, that can cut us off from our values, from truth, from other people, from what matters. It takes work to resist them, to counteract them, and to rise above them. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-t…
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The Malayalam-language sports comedy film Alappuzha Gymkhana has no stakes, no villain, and no classic structure. This could either have been a bold decision or an act of self-sabotage. It’s somewhere in the middle. We talk about the film’s underdeveloped characters, its over-reliance on flashy camerawork, and its overlong second half. We also disc…
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You Can’t Be Afraid To Lose It | Ask Daily Stoic
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10:27The Stoics remind you that the point of financial security is to feel secure. The point of plenty is to realize that you have enough. You can’t fear losing what you had–there was a time you didn’t have it and you survived. 💡The Wealthy Stoic: A Daily Stoic Guide to Being Rich, Happy, and Free explores how Stoic ideas can be applied to personal fina…
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The UNTOLD Emotional Struggles of History’s Most Powerful Men | Ron Chernow (PT. 1)
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50:41Brilliance without emotional control is often a recipe for destruction. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow, whose acclaimed biographies on Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, John D. Rockefeller, and most recently, Mark Twain have reshaped our understanding of American greatness. …
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Powerful people can take from you. Yet the Stoics remind us: our character is our own. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from Th…
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We will be wronged—by friends, by colleagues, by life itself. When that happens, we have a choice: to be consumed by bitterness or to rise above it. Marcus showed us the way. The question is, will we follow? 📕 Pick up a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle 📓 Pick up a signed edit…
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