“i have listened to this podcast for a few years now and really enjoyed it. ryan does a great job of applying early stoic philosophy to contemporary everyday life. unfortunately, the ads are a little much and they negate the desire for me to listen anymore. i completely understand they “keep the lights on,” but i would rather not listen at all then sit through through them and have protein bars sold to me for the first half of a 3-8 minute podcast. perhaps, exclusively include the adverts in the longer episodes?
as time has gone by ryan does seem to be becoming a bit of a name-dropping egoist which is interesting given the stoic view on ego and his personal book on the subject “ego is the enemy”. for the most part, his books are enjoyable and i highly recommend “obstacle is the way” as an intro into stoic ideas.
this is just honest feedback and not meant to reflect negatively on the actual content which is reliably quite good.”
duke's human via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/17/21