How Running Together Can Build Unbreakable Bond | Nick Thompson & Ryan Holiday
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4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
There’s nothing quite like seeing your kids light up over something you’ve always loved. In today's episode, Ryan sits down with Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and author of The Running Ground, to talk about how running has created a special bridge between him, his father, and his sons.
Nick Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic, an American magazine founded in 1857, which earned the top honor for magazines, General Excellence, at the National Magazine Awards in both 2022 and 2023. In his time as CEO, the company has seen record subscriber growth. Before joining The Atlantic, he was the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine. He is also a former contributor for CBS News and has previously served as editor. He has long been a competitive runner; in 2021, he set the American record for men 45+ in the 50K race.
Check out Nick’s new book The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports
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| 0:00.0 | Look, we're all trying to do better than our parents did. |
| 0:03.3 | We're trying to be the parents that we wish we had and to be the parents we know we are capable of being. |
| 0:09.4 | That's what I'm trying to do. |
| 0:11.0 | And one of my biggest influences in doing that, someone whose books and teachings and then just actual direct parenting advice that she's given me, |
| 0:20.0 | I've been lucky enough to get to know her, |
| 0:21.9 | as well as the community that she's created that I'm a part of, Good Inside. Dr. Becky is just |
| 0:27.7 | someone who has changed my life, changed who I am as a parent, and made me a better human being. |
| 0:33.6 | Dr. Becky wrote Good Inside. It's this book I've been raving about. It's really popular with parents these days. She's just amazing. You probably follow her on social media. And if you don't, you should. On December 1st, you can join Dr. Becky for her How Not to Raise Assholes event, which is about avoiding entitlement and raising kind, empathetic kids. And on December 15th, she's hosting her How Not to Lose it over the |
| 0:55.3 | holidays event. Daily Dad listeners can join the Q&As for 15% off with code Daily Dad 15. |
| 1:01.6 | You just head over to goodinside.com to sign up. |
| 1:07.1 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive and how to get better at our most important job, being a parent. |
| 1:17.2 | Sometimes in these episodes, I talk to bestselling authors and elite performers and other guests. |
| 1:22.4 | But lately, I've also been having conversations with my wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two boys. We do it over in |
| 1:29.1 | the Daily Stoic studio here in Bastrop, Texas. She and I talk about things that we're working on as |
| 1:34.9 | parents, things that we're working on as people, and how we are supporting each other, challenging |
| 1:41.9 | each other, and like I said, trying to get better at what we do. |
| 1:46.4 | Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent. |
| 1:51.9 | I was better for having the conversation. |
| 1:53.8 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:59.0 | One of the things I talk about in the new wisdom book is the idea of finding your teacher |
| 2:03.3 | and finding your classroom. Well, one teacher and one classroom I have been using is masterclass. |
| 2:10.3 | I actually recorded a masterclass myself last fall on how to apply philosophy to modern life. |
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