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The Daily Dad

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad 2002 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading helps you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor needed to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job.

Episodes

You Don’t Need The Third Thing
You Don’t Need The Third Thing Oct 14, 2026 2:08 Praise is always nice, but it’s sort of pathetic how desperately we want it…for doing our job. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https:/
Don’t Let The Wall Win
Don’t Let The Wall Win Oct 13, 2026 2:03 There’s a wall—a wall between you and your feelings, a wall between you and other people, a wall between you and this present moment.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones
Not Everyone Can Afford This (But You Can)
Not Everyone Can Afford This (But You Can) Oct 12, 2026 2:18 You could choose to be around more. You just won’t. You could choose to be more active, more aware, more involved…Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on
Did Our Wedding Vows Cover the Goats?
Did Our Wedding Vows Cover the Goats? Oct 10, 2026 13:32 Ryan says he didn’t sign up for goats in the house, but Sam has the wedding vows to prove otherwise. Between looking back on ten years of The Daily Stoic and debating which animals belong in the house, Ryan and Sam occasionally remember what they were supposed to be talking about.The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pag
Don’t Wish Away A Minute of Their Life
Don’t Wish Away A Minute of Their Life Oct 9, 2026 2:15 Don’t wish it away, no matter how frustrating this phase or this bedtime or this age is. 📚 Book mentiond: Travels with EpicurusThe new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/s
You’re Going To Wish You Hadn’t
You’re Going To Wish You Hadn’t Oct 8, 2026 2:21 Be here for it. Even the difficult parts. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, In
BONUS | Who Listens to an Audiobook Like That?
BONUS | Who Listens to an Audiobook Like That? Oct 7, 2026 4:24 Between audiobook speeds and gym habits, Ryan and Sam have a few questions about how the other person operates.📚 Join the Quarterly Classics Book Club | https://the-painted-porch-book-club.mn.co/landing/Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow D
You Are Just Tired
You Are Just Tired Oct 7, 2026 2:00 You just have to let go of whatever the issue is right now. Come back to it tomorrow when you’re well-rested. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them
It’s Happening To Us Too
It’s Happening To Us Too Oct 6, 2026 3:43 That’s what kids do. They are always growing. While they were changing, aren’t we changing too? Aren’t we growing also?The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out TODAY! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society
This Is How You Raise Resilient Kids
This Is How You Raise Resilient Kids Oct 5, 2026 2:54 We have to be a resilient, flexible, well-rounded human being not just to survive the stresses of parenting, but if we want to raise kids for the real world.Check out Richard Reeves episode on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube📚 You can grab copies of Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/of-boys-and-men-why-the-mod
Are We Destined to Become Our Parents? | Seth Wickersham
Are We Destined to Become Our Parents? | Seth Wickersham Oct 3, 2026 13:59 “Mirror, mirror on the wall, we become like daddy after all.” In today’s episode, ESPN senior writer and bestselling author Seth Wickersham joins Ryan to question whether we’re destined to become our parents and talk about what it takes to break the patterns we grew up with.Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ounPbCeVis📚 Seth's Books: Be On That Hill: Stories From the
Can You Say This For Your Kids?
Can You Say This For Your Kids? Oct 2, 2026 2:10 At some point, success stops being about how much you can take on—how much you achieve. It becomes about what you’re willing to turn down.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your lov

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