Is It a Phenomenon?

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Ike: A new generation of young people who have discovered the books i wrote for young people. And i was thinking, hasn't anyone else written this book since then? Ike: It's not that there aren't talented people that ordinarily would have taken those spots. It's that they have podcast or instagram accounts or, you tobe accounts. I think they assumed books were easy, and maybe they even worship books, and then when it comes time to putting pen to paper, they can't do it....

In this episode of Deep Questions we try something a little different: our first guest!

Bestselling author Ryan Holiday joins me to help answer reader questions, as well as more than a few queries from me. We cover a variety of topics, including his life as a writer living on a ranch, how he fosters discipline, the impact of our diminishing reading culture, and why everyone keeps trying to get me to move to Austin.

Be sure to check out Ryan's new book: LIVES OF THE STOICS (https://dailystoic.com/preorder).

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Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.