The "Daily Stoic" Interview

Hopefully, you’re caught up on Geeky Stoics and enjoyed the panel conversation we hosted with Ryan Holiday of the Daily Stoic. The conversation covered Stoicism and Objectivism, two distinct philosophies with a lot in common and even more in conflict. Now you can move on to the next piece of programming we cooked up for you: a one-on-one interview with Holiday. This came together at the last minute during our trip to Palm Springs. Ryan’s team was not being very accommodating with doing interviews at this event. They vet every outlet asking for time with him. We flew out to CA without any guarantees of getting an interview. As I was on stage doing the panel conversation, my phone started buzzing on the podium. It was the conference event coordinator saying, “You’ve been approved. In fact, you’re the only person who got approved.” I had asked Ryan’s handlers for 15 minutes with him. “Can you do 60 minutes?” they asked. Oh boy…since no one else got approved, I was now being offered the entirety of his media time. And since I didn’t ever get any advance notice, I opted not to toil over preparing an interview. I had no questions prepared. Needless to say, I accepted the time and improvised. In the end, I ended up splitting my 60 minutes with another outlet in exchange for their cameraman taking some footage of our interview. That’s what you’ll see in this video above when someone enters the room with a camera right behind Ryan and myself. Hard work and mild preparation do pay off. Believe! This is a snippet of the conversation. The rest is on YouTube. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit geekystoics.substack.com/subscribe