Book of the Day

In 'View From the East Wing,' Jill Biden reflects on the debate that changed history

It was a dark period in our lives that people we considered to be friends or supporters said such hurtful things. And so to look back, it wasn't just me and Joe. Look at our grandkids, you know, seeing them go through that and how hurt they were.

The Origins Podcast

The Science Behind Drinking To Get Sober | Katie Herzog & Lawrence Krauss

Professionally my cancellation was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I I feel like I need to send my critics a fruit basket sometime. They they were they made my my career.

Book of the Day

Geoff Bennett on the history of Black comedy from vaudeville to sitcoms

The story of black comedy, it has always moved through contradictions like that. Moments of limitation that eventually open the door for something bigger and something better.

Daily Stoic

How to Reset Your Life (According to the Stoics)

It's not about now. It's not about what's happening now. It's not about what it's taking out of you now. It's about what it's giving you. Right? Before it happened, you were scared. Before it happened, you were sheltered. Before it happened, you were soft. Before it happened, you were dependent. You were all these things and more. But after, right, after the breakup, after the bankruptcy, after the pandemic, after those rough couple years, after things didn't go your way, well, now you're something different. Now you're something new. You are more. You are stronger. You are braver.

What would you do if your bank, your supplier, and your government all turned against you at the same time? Phil Knight didn't have to imagine it. He lived on the edge of insolvency for nearly two decades.