Episodes 1,922
Avg. Duration 3m
Activity Highly Active
Since Dec 2019
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

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

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Make the Most of This

Mar 06, 2026 3m

Just as the flowers bloom and trees grow, our children are growing, too. SPECIAL OFFER exclusively for podcast listeners 👉 Go to dailystoic.com/spring and enter code DSPOD20 at checkout to get 20%…

Don’t Ever Apologize For This

Mar 05, 2026 2m

Stop worrying what random strangers think. Worry what your kids will think.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…

They Don’t Know How It Works

Mar 04, 2026 2m

They’ve literally never done this before. This is their first time on the planet.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…

Let Them Miss a Day

Mar 03, 2026 2m

This stuff is not that serious. None of it is.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up…

You’ll Think This Later; Might As Well Feel It Now

Mar 02, 2026 2m

It’s kind of crazy how crazy things are right now. All that you have going on. All the stress that raising a family entails. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to…

The Most Expensive Parenting Habit | Ryan and Sam Holiday

Feb 28, 2026 22m

If you’ve ever been called “airport dad” or married to one, this episode is for you. From school attendance to airport stress to the worst-case scenarios we play out in our heads, Ryan and Sam talk…

This is a Violent River

Feb 27, 2026 2m

Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come.🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this at The Daily Dad…

Interest is Interest. Take It.

Feb 26, 2026 2m

Take the opportunity. Encourage the interest. Show them that you’re interested in what interests them.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily…

It’s Not a Goal to Be Impressed By

Feb 25, 2026 3m

Why is it that so many of us try to impress ambition on our kids? Why are we trying to push them to become famous or powerful? Have we not seen the people who tend to get to these positions? Have we…

Show Them How to Be Bigger

Feb 24, 2026 2m

What matters is responding with kindness and love. What matters is knowing that they are good and that they are loved and nothing anyone else thinks can change that.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift…

You’ve Gotta Be On the Same Timeline

Feb 23, 2026 2m

You might not be able to keep track of the time zone or the days anymore, but that’s not an excuse for forgetting what’s going on with them.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools,…

The Secret to Raising Kids Who Don’t Lose Hope | Sharon McMahon

Feb 21, 2026 14m

It’s our job as parents to remind our kids that they’re not powerless, that no matter what’s happening around them, they can create change in themselves and in their communities. In this episode,…

You’ll Miss This If You Take It For Granted

Feb 20, 2026 3m

There are consequences to our decisions, the decision to work too much, to check out of a marriage, to not deal with our issues. The problem is that we fool ourselves believing that we can live with…

Don’t Overthink It. Take Them Out.

Feb 19, 2026 2m

No one has ever looked back as their kids grew up or at the end of their own life and thought, “Perfect attendance was worth it.”👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…

How Much is Left?

Feb 18, 2026 2m

It’s crazy. It’s painful to think how little we have left, how little is left of their childhood, how little time there is left, period. You can let that thought depress you…or clarify.👉 Give…

It’s About Those Ordinary Days

Feb 17, 2026 2m

It starts off so exciting. You’re thrust into a totally new situation—you have a kid. And then so much happens and keeps happening. But then what happens?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of…

They Can Make a Difference

Feb 16, 2026 2m

Why do we tell our kids stories? Why do we tell them about history? Teach them about George Washington, Martin Luther King, Cinncinatus, Florence Nightingale, Jesus, Marcus Aurelius? Because it…

Why We Don’t Buy Each Other Gifts Anymore | Ryan and Sam Holiday

Feb 14, 2026 12m

In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk about unspoken expectations, why they stopped doing big gifts, and and why fact-checking each other’s memories might be the real Valentine’s tradition.👉 Give…

Isn’t This When You Feel Love the Most?

Feb 13, 2026 2m

Of course, we try to tell our children we love them. Sometimes they receive it. Sometimes they roll their eyes. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community.…

Who Will You Be?

Feb 12, 2026 3m

Which parent would you rather be, then? Imperious and impossible to please? Or fun and proud and loving?📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and learn how you can provide the…

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