Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-10-29

Ryan Holiday & Julia Baird: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic

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Ryan Holiday discussed Queen Victoria by Giles Lytton Strachey, Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird, Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, Phosphorescence by Julia Baird, and Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. Julia Baird discussed The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith, Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout and others, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Queen Victoria

    Giles Lytton Strachey · at 0:22

    Discussed
    “I loved your biography of Queen Victoria and then I was like cuz I was going to write about Queen Elizabeth in my discipline book the second and I was like there's got to be a book this good about her”
    Where to get it
  2. Victoria: The Queen

    Julia Baird · at 0:30

    Discussed
    “I loved your biography of Queen Victoria, and then I thought, because I was going to write about Queen Elizabeth in my next book, there has to be a book this good about her.”
    Where to get it
  3. The Reason Why

    Cecil Woodham-Smith · at 2:20 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “He also wrote a book on The Charge of the Light Brigade that's incredible and it's just called the reason why”
    Where to get it
  4. Meditations

    Aurelius Marcus · at 3:58 · mentioned 2 times

    Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a collection of personal journals and philosophical notes written by the Roman emperor, offering timeless Stoic wisdom on endurance, duty, and virtue.

    Discussed
    “In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius wrote that when you tuck your child in at night, remind yourself they might not survive until morning.”
    Where to get it
  5. Phosphorescence

    Julia Baird · at 9:37 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “well so I put phosphorescence in I I'm doing a 10 year anniversary edition of the obstacles away and I use one of your stories in it”
    Where to get it
  6. Lucy by the Sea

    Elizabeth Strout; Núria Busquet Molist · at 24:02

    Discussed
    “and it got me thinking about kind of the last time we ever kind of say or do something you know um Elizabeth Stout wrote about it in um Lucy by the Sea you know the last time you pick up your kid”
    Where to get it
  7. Amazing Grace

    Mary Hoffman · at 53:23

    Discussed
    “When you quote 'Amazing Grace' in the book, it reads as an acknowledgment of the man who wrote that song, who was a slave trader and later became an abolitionist.”
    Where to get it
  8. Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe · at 54:43

    Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is an influential anti-slavery novel that historically shaped public attitudes toward slavery and the American Civil War.

    Discussed
    “that line wasn't there from Isaac Newton that that line was there from was put in by Harriet Beacher stow and Uncle Tom's Cabin”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“well so I put um phosphorescence in I I'm doing a 10y year anniversary edition of the obstacles away and I use one of your stories in it a yeah fun I the you talked about”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“I've included phosphorescence in a ten-year anniversary edition of The Obstacle Is the Way, and I used one of your stories.”
Plugged Bright Shining
“so the book is called my book is called bright shining from the line in Amazing Grace”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“like when Marcus really says the obstacle is the way yeah I think people have taken that because that's how I I wrote the first book they've taken the obstacles away to mean here's how you get ahead in business”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“they've taken the obstacles away to mean here's how you get ahead in business here's how you deal with these little disadvantages you turn them into springboards”