Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2022-11-23
Ryan Holiday & Jennifer Baker: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic (Nov 2022)
Professor Jennifer Baker on Understanding Modern Stoicism
Ryan talks to Professor Jennifer Baker about her approach to teaching Stoicism, ethics, and political theory at the College of Charleston, what the Stoics might have said about driving a Mercedes instead of a Hyundai (or a Tesla), the challenges of teaching to today’s student population, and more.
Ryan Holiday recommended Waging a Good War by Thomas E. Ricks, and discussed The life you can save by Peter Singer and How Children Succeed by Paul Tough.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The life you can save
Discussed“at the same time I think philosophy can often I'm reading uh Peter singer's new book or he published the one about the life you can save”
Where to get it
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How Children Succeed
Discussed“well I remember I read a study Paul tough wrote this book I think it's called Uh how children succeed”
Where to get it
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Waging a Good War
Recommended“This is Tom Rick's book on the Civil Rights Movement called 'Waging a Good Work.'”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“There's a story I tell in the discipline book about Cato, one of his heroes.”