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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan Talks Social Media, Social Distancing, and Stoicism with Congressman Mike Gallagher

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

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

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Ryan speaks with US Representative Mike Gallagher from the 8th District of Wisconsin. They talk how not to be distracted by social media and disinformation, how Stoics dealt with plagues both past and present, and how anyone can implement the lessons of Stoicism.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:11.7

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

Hello, I'm Hannah and I'm Seruti and we are the hosts of a Red Handed, a weekly true crime podcast. Every week on Red Handed, we get stuck into the most talked about cases.

1:11.0

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

1:16.0

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Short Hand, 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.

1:24.0

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.

1:35.0

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?

1:46.0

Listen to Red Handed wherever you get your podcast, so in access our bonus Short Hand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing to Wondry Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:57.0

Hey, I'm Cassie Depeckle, the host of Wondries Against the Odds. In our next season, Amelia Earhart wants to make history by flying across the Atlantic alone, but brutal weather and malfunctioning equipment could leave her lost its sea.

2:11.0

Listen to Against the Odds on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

2:17.0

Hey, it's Ryan Holliday. Welcome to another weekend episode, the Daily Stoke podcast today sort of an interesting episode.

2:27.0

It was sort of a mix of me being interviewed and me interviewing a guest. The guest interview, we today is Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin.

2:41.0

He tells the story of how we met. It's sort of a funny story. I won't spoil it, but he and I become good friends over the years. There's actually a number of mostly Republican and conservative politicians that have gotten into stilicism over the years, which I think is cool.

2:59.0

Mike and I don't agree on everything, but we have managed to have a lot of conversations over the years. I think what I like is that he always seems to have a smart take on things.

3:13.0

Again, even if we disagree, I don't find him to be a particularly partisan person. I find it's more of a policy guy. He wrote a fascinating article for the Atlantic, maybe last year, sort of about reforms that he would institute in Congress.

3:28.0

Not like nationwide reforms as far as like specific policies, but like reforms as to how Congress in the US should be reformed itself, namely with the fact that which I was surprised here, the folks only work like three or four days a week, maybe less because they're always flying back to their districts.

3:47.0

And so what I've found interesting about Mike, Mike is not a career politician. He was in the Marine Corps. He's got an Ivy League education. He's a super bright smart guy who happens to have become so well versed in politics and policies, specifically a lot of sort of global international geopolitical issues that he ended up making his way to Congress.

4:11.0

And yeah, just a really smart guy interested in stoicism. So we talk a little bit about that. I think we end up talking about some some COVID-19 coronavirus stuff, namely like sort of how does one remain stoic when it can feel a little bit like the world is tearing itself to pieces.

4:32.0

So we talk about that, which I think is good. And yeah, I'm just I mean, one of the reasons I agreed to do the talk. I think both of us he was stuck in Wisconsin. I'm stuck here in Austin. And this is kind of what we're doing in that a lifetime challenge. I was telling you guys about which you can check out at dailystoke.com slash a lifetime. Just how do you stay productive? How do you stay connected?

4:53.0

I heard someone saying that it's better that we call this physical distancing, not social distancing. And so it was awesome just to sit there and chat with Mike for an hour or so.

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