Paul Kix On The Civil Rights Movement And What It Means To Be Courageous

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<p>Ryan speaks with Paul Kix about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/AnA0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America</em></a>, how Ryan helped him shape his writing career after being laid off by ESPN, the painful realities of the Jim Crow south and 1963 Birmingham, and more.</p><p>Paul Kix is an author, journalist, and podcaster whose wide-ranging work examines sports, politics, social movements, and world history. He is a former senior editor at ESPN Magazine, and has written for numerous publications from the <em>Boston Globe</em> to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> and <em>The New Yorker</em>. His highly acclaimed writings include his book&nbsp;<a href="https://geni.us/vQIxQCb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Saboteur: True Adventures of the Gentleman Commando Who Took on the Nazis</em></a>, and his articles <a href="https://www.inc.com/magazine/202210/paul-kix/clickup-zeb-evans-dying-to-succeed-2022.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Entrepreneur Who Is Dying to Succeed</em></a>, <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24997294/tareq-azim-nfl-most-radical-trainer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Prepare for Death</em></a>, and <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/the-accidental-get-away-driver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Accidental Get Away Driver</em></a>. You can find his work and writing course at <a href="https://www.paulkix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paulkix.com</a>, and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulkix/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulkix</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/paulkix" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulkix</a>.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>