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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Writer S.C. Gwynne Discuss the Great Stories and Leaders of the American Civil War

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Education, Daily Stoic, Stoic, Ryan Holiday, Self-improvement, 694393, Stoic Philosophy, Business, Society & Culture, Stoicism, Philosophy

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan takes a deep dive into the American Civil War with author and journalist S.C. Gwynne. They discuss the immense bloodshed of the conflict and the strategies utilized, compare the merits of its most notable political and military leaders, and more.

S.C. “Sam” Gwynne is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Empire of the Summer Moon (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award) and Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson. His most recent book, Hymns of the Republic, covers the final year of the American Civil War. Gwynne has written for Texas Monthly and Outside magazine.

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Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoic, something that can help you live up to those four

0:22.0

Stoic virtues of courage, justice, wisdom, and temperance. And here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers, we reflect, we prepare, we think deeply about the challenging issues of our time. And we work through this philosophy in a way that's more possible here when we're not rushing to worker to get the kids to school.

0:51.0

We have the time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with our journals and to prepare for what the future will bring.

1:02.0

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1:11.0

We also start a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

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We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

1:34.0

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior. Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized? What drives a child to kill? And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

1:45.0

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2:05.0

I've held so many occupations over the years that my fans lovingly nicknamed me Kiki Kiki Pabag Palmer. And trust me, I keep a bag, love.

2:14.0

But if you ask me, I'm just getting started and there's so much I still want to do. So I decided I want to be a podcast host. I'm proud to introduce you to the baby Mrs. Kiki Palmer podcast.

2:24.0

I'm putting my friends, family, and some of the dopest experts in the hot seat to ask them the questions that have been burning in my mind.

2:30.0

What will former child stars be if they weren't actors? What happened to sitcoms? It's only fans, only bad. I want to know. So I asked my mom about it.

2:37.0

These are the questions that keep me up at night. But I'm taking these questions out of my head and I'm bringing them to you. Because on baby Mrs. Kiki Palmer, no topic is off limits.

2:46.0

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2:58.0

Hey, it's Ryan. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoke podcast. I am a huge fan of today's guests. I read his books long before there was even this Daily Stoke podcast.

3:09.0

I think even before I started the Daily Stoke, you may be familiar with his book Empire of the Summer Moon. My actually first book by Sam Glinner, SC Glinn has stated on the cover of his books.

3:21.0

I first read his biography of Stonewall Jackson, which is fascinating and eye opening. And honestly, I saw Empire on the Summer Moon on so many front tables of bookstores in airports and all over the country.

3:35.0

I was a little bit leery of reading it. I thought maybe it's just trendy or maybe it's not very good or maybe it's maybe I'm just a little bit jealous. I don't know what it was, but I got around to reading it.

3:46.0

And it's just one of the greatest narrative nonfiction books of all time. It's up there with the Tiger and the fish that ate the whale and shadow divers, three of my other all time favorites.

3:57.0

And so I actually got to know Sam. I was invited to join a writers group in Austin a couple of years ago and Sam got up and he was the first one to talk. He read something from his new book, which is now out, which is sort of what I was interviewing him about.

4:14.0

He didn't have a title yet. He was doing a book on the final year of the US Civil War. And so he read the intro to that book. And I'm a huge Civil War nerd, as you know. So I nerded out about that. I had all sorts of questions.

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