Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-11-16
Ryan Holiday & Nick Thompson: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
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Ryan Holiday discussed The Running Ground by Nick Thompson. Nick Thompson discussed The death of expertise by Thomas M. Nichols and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Running Ground
Discussed“Nick Thompson just released this fascinating book called The Running Ground: A Father, a Son in the Simplest of Sports, which is about his complicated relationship with his father and how running played a role in it.”
Where to get it
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The death of expertise
The Death of Expertise by Thomas M.
Discussed“One of the favorite writer Atlantic writers is Tom Nichols in his book the death of expertise like just this sense that like I know better because I thought about this for 8 seconds.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Remembering Denny
“This guy Roger Hansen, who's in a book called Remembering Denny, which is probably somewhere up here. It's a classic.”
Plugged The hawk and the dove
“No, my previous book was on the Cold War was on it's called the Hawk and the Dovens about Paul Nitsa and George Kennan.”