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This Is What Karma Looks Like Feb 15, 2022

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Ryan talks about how your actions impact your well being.

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You Must Learn From History | Watch Over Your Perceptions Feb 14, 2022

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Ryan talks about why it’s better to learn from the experience of others, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal.

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Seneca on Despising Death Feb 13, 2022

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Today’s episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. In this letter Seneca writes about why we should not get upset about future problems by making them a problem of the present. Go to tim.blog/seneca to get the PDF for free. Get Letters From a Stoic from the Painted Porch.

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Jon Ronson on Empathy, Culture Wars, and Finding Community Feb 12, 2022

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Ryan talks to author and filmmaker Jon Ronson about how to balance empathy and compassion with finding the truth, the importance of policing your side of the street to fight radicalization, the lack of connection in modern culture, and more.

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Don’t Let Your Virtues Become This Vice Feb 11, 2022

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Ryan talks about why you have to think make progress for it's own sake.

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The Most Temporary and Illusory State | Anger is Bad Fuel Feb 10, 2022

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Ryan explains why you should remember the fragility of life, and reads The Daily Stoic’s entry of the day.

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Matthew B. Crawford on Practical Philosophy and Shop Class as Soulcraft | This is The Opinion To Care About Feb 09, 2022

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On today’s episode of the podcast Ryan talks to author Matthew B. Crawford about his New York Times bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft (which you can pick up at the Painted Porch), why philosophy must be practiced and experienced in actual life rather than in the classroom, our inherent fear of death and how it impacts our day to day existence, and more.

Matthew B. Crawford is an American writer and research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is a contributing editor at The New Atlantis, and is also a motorcycle mechanic. He is the author of the instant bestseller Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work as well as The World Beyond Your Head and Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road.

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Here’s A Way To Get Some Timeless Stillness Feb 08, 2022

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Ryan talks about the vitality of seeking out stillness in your life.

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Losing Your Temper Is a Luxury | Suspend Your Opinions Feb 07, 2022

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Ryan talks about why you must keep your anger in check, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal.

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7 Stoic Lessons From An Abandoned Ghost Town (Cerro Gordo) Feb 06, 2022

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What can the Cerro Gordo Ghost Town teach you about the art of living? When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March of 2020 Brent Underwood moved to the abandoned ghost town of Cerro Gordo. He's now lived there for almost 2 years entirely alone.

Ryan Holiday has known Brent since he first hired him as his intern over 10 years ago. He went to visit the ghost town on his road trip last summer and documented the Stoic lessons that he took from his time on the hill.

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