BONUS | Ryan Holiday Curates a Reading List for Nick Thompson
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<p>After <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EnvByQy7xMvGAxY6UF2tP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">their interview</a>, Ryan and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EnvByQy7xMvGAxY6UF2tP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Thompson</a>, CEO of <em>The Atlantic</em> and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Running-Ground-Father-Simplest-Sports/dp/0593244125" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Running Ground</em></a>, headed into <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Painted Porch</a> to talk about their favorite books and swap recommendations. </p><br><p>🎥 You can watch this episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHT1krHB6Wg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ryan Holiday's YouTube channel</a>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHT1krHB6Wg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHT1krHB6Wg</a></p><br><p>🎙️ Listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-habit-that-changes-everything-nick-thompson/id1430315931?i=1000734008157" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Thompson's episode on The Daily Stoic Podcast</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-habit-that-changes-everything-nick-thompson/id1430315931?i=1000734008157" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EnvByQy7xMvGAxY6UF2tP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify </a></p><br><p>📚 Full list of books that Ryan gave to Nick: </p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/tunnel-29-the-true-story-of-an-extraordinary-escape-beneath-the-berlin-wall?_pos=1&_sid=ae3baa1c4&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall</em> by Helena Merriman</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/dying-every-day-seneca-at-the-court-of-nero" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero </em>by James Romm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-pursuit-of-happiness-how-classical-writers-on-virtue-inspired-the-lives-of-the-founders-and-defined-america?_pos=2&_sid=27c5f0917&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America</em> by Jeffrey Rosen</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/notes-to-john?_pos=4&_sid=92892a229&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Notes to John </em>by Joan Didion</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/necessary-trouble?_pos=1&_sid=d9b9ac01f&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Necessary Trouble </em>by Drew Gilpin Faust</a></p><p><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations </em>by Marcus Aurelius<em> </em>(Gregory Hays Translation)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/novelist-as-a-vocation?_pos=1&_sid=db11a1d06&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Novelist as a Vocation</em> by Haruki Murakami</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/letter-to-the-father-brief-an-den-vater-bilingual-edition-the-schocken-kafka-library?_pos=1&_sid=ce4a0f268&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Letter to the Father</em> by Franz Kafka</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-running-a-memoir?_pos=1&_sid=387d79f7d&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir</em> by Haruki Murakami</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&q=everything+is+tuberculosis*" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Everything Is Tuberculosis</em> by John Green </a></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/death-be-not-proud?_pos=1&_sid=d2495e611&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Death Be Not Proud</em> by John Gunther</a></p><br><p>Check out Nick’s new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Running-Ground-Father-Simplest-Sports/dp/0593244125" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports</em></a></p><br><p>Follow Nick on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nxthompson/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://x.com/nxthompson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nxthompson/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NXThompson</a></p><br><p>📚 Sign up for Ryan’s free monthly reading list newsletter: <a href="https://ryanholiday.net/the-reading-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ryanholiday.net/the-reading-list/</a></p><br><p>📖<a 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