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The Daily Stoic · August 13, 2026 · 21m 34s

Rich Roll & Ryan Holiday on The Odyssey’s Biggest Moral Questions

This episode of The Daily Stoic features a conversation between Rich Roll and Ryan Holiday about the moral questions at the heart of The Odyssey. They explore what makes a good leader, when deception is justified, and what happens when ego takes over. The discussion draws on a poem that has posed these questions for thousands of years. The conversation originally aired on The Rich Roll Podcast.

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Highlights

What Makes a Good Leader?
Rich Roll and Ryan Holiday use The Odyssey to examine what makes a good leader.
When Is Deception Justified?
Rich Roll and Ryan Holiday discuss when deception is justified, one of the moral questions at the heart of The Odyssey.
What Happens When Ego Takes Over?
Rich Roll and Ryan Holiday discuss what happens when ego takes over, as raised by The Odyssey.

References

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering MyselfRich RollRich Roll's memoir, mentioned in the show notes
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