{"id":10401,"date":"2021-01-08T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T21:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2022-07-08T19:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T23:53:55","slug":"tom-ricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/tom-ricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Thomas Ricks on Stoicism and the Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n            <strong>\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/d07d441e-79b0-42e5-a823-4e32e7265eee\/the-daily-stoic\">Amazon Music<\/a> \u2022\u00a0\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-daily-stoic\/id1430315931?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> \u2022\u00a0\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7fY99FB3bNyn7nEdXCoBeB?si=RJrULEz4RqmrmlmhaXB-Rw\">Spotify<\/a> \u2022 \n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1430315931\/the-daily-stoic\">Overcast<\/a> \u2022 \n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/wondery.com\/shows\/the-daily-stoic\/\">Wondery<\/a>\n            <\/strong>\n        <\/h1>\n        <p>&nbsp;<\/p><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/6e09e4d8-2816-462a-a475-e39cc32cda66\/episodes\/5250d599-d2dc-4413-a40c-040a8e451fd9\/embed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ryan speaks with author and journalist Thomas Ricks about his new book,<a href='https:\/\/geni.us\/3cOy6'> First Principles<\/a>, the importance of looking back at the virtues and principles embodied by the founding fathers of America, how our current political atmosphere unraveled, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Ricks is an American journalist and author who has won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting multiple times. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller<a href='https:\/\/geni.us\/SI05'> Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq<\/a> and<a href='https:\/\/geni.us\/EEHI'> A Soldier&apos;s Duty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='http:\/\/blinkist.com\/stoic'>Blinkist<\/a>, the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. <a href='http:\/\/blinkist.com\/stoic'>Blinkist<\/a> lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it\u2019s Ryan\u2019s own <a href='https:\/\/www.blinkist.com\/en\/books\/the-daily-stoic-en'><em>The Daily Stoic<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Yuval Harari\u2019s <a href='https:\/\/www.blinkist.com\/en\/books\/sapiens-en'><em>Sapiens<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and more. 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It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:<a href='http:\/\/dailystoic.com\/signup'> http:\/\/DailyStoic.com\/signup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow @DailyStoic:<\/p>\n<p>Twitter:<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailystoic'> https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailystoic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram:<a href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dailystoic\/'> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dailystoic\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:<a href='http:\/\/facebook.com\/dailystoic'> http:\/\/facebook.com\/dailystoic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YouTube:<a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dailystoic'> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dailystoic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Thomas Ricks:<\/p>\n<p>Twitter:<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomricks1'> https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomricks1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tom.ricks.921'> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tom.ricks.921<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan speaks with author and journalist Thomas Ricks about his new book, First Principles, the importance of looking back at the virtues and principles embodied by the founding fathers of America, how our current political atmosphere unraveled, and more. 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