Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-06-10
Books mentioned on Troy Baker On How Stoicism Helps Him Be A Better Actor And Father
Ryan speaks with Troy Baker about how practicing Stoicism enriches the life of the artist and the parent, why gratitude is so much more beneficial than comparison, why one of the biggest goals of life
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Daily Stoic
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman is a practical philosophical guide offering 365 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and self-mastery drawn from ancient Greek and Roman thinkers.
Recommended“This is—I can't wait, but I wish that I had gotten this tattoo after I started reading your books.”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor during his reign.
Discussed“Um and so there's some speculation even that that's where some of the weird, kind of beautiful, mystic passages of Meditations come from is he's like on opium.”
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Y the Last Man
Discussed“um sorry three including a graphic novel um why the last man”
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Why we get fat
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes is a health and nutrition book that investigates the underlying causes of weight gain and challenges conventional dietary wisdom regarding carbohydrates and sugar.
Discussed“why the last man um believe it or not I didn't cry in the road the book or the movie we don't talk about the movie we'll talk about the book”
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel that follows a father and his young son walking through a ruined, ash-covered America while trying to survive starvation, despair, and roaming scavengers.
Discussed“um believe it or not I didn't cry in the road um the book or the movie we don't talk about the movie we'll talk about the book”
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City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a historical fiction novel by David Benioff set during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, following two young men tasked with finding a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet officer's daughter's wedding cake in exchange for their lives.
Recommended“because one of the best lines that quote McCarthy's I've written um great city of Thieves City if you've never read city of Thieves David benioff it's a wonderful story about his grandfather”
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The Vegetable
Discussed“um one is um a first edition of F Scott Fitzgerald's um play the vegetable”
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The Obstacle Is the Way
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday is a popular book on stoic philosophy that reframes everyday trials and hardships as opportunities for personal growth and resilience.
Discussed“because the first one that I read obstacle was the way it was the first one that I read but I I say red it was it was done as a uh as an audiobook”
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
Translating ancient Stoic philosophy into an actionable psychological guide for modern readers, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson examines the life and mind of Marcus Aurelius through the lens of modern cognitive behavioral therapy.
Discussed“because there's a great bookstore Don's such a great dude he's a very sweet dude um delightful voice I know that's the best part about him listening to the Scottish Brook”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And I've been thinking about that reason I just wrote about this—I think for Daily Stoic, I don't know if it's coming, but I was thinking about how like one of the things that I felt during the early days of COVID was like that I had so much time; you know, the day suddenly felt so long, right?”