Adam Hochschild on Our Obligation to the Common Good pt. 1

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<p>In the first of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with one of the great non-fiction writers and historians of our time, Adam Hochschild, about how history can inform the push for change in the present, the civil rights trailblazers he examined in his book <a href="https://geni.us/Ck1Bt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Bury the Chains</em></a> (one of Ryan’s favorites), the links between the Stoic virtues and the United States’ anti-slavery movement, and more. Part two will be published on Saturday.</p><p>Adam Hochschild is an American author, journalist, historian, and lecturer. He has written 11 books, including the highly regarded and influential <a href="https://geni.us/YUdpAS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>King Leopold’s Ghost</em></a>. He has written for the <em>New Yorker</em>,<em> Harper’s Magazine</em>,<em> The Atlantic, Granta</em>, the<em> Times Literary Supplement</em>, the<em> New York Review of Books</em>, the<em> New York Times Magazine</em>, and<em> The Nation.</em> He has received many awards for his writing, including the Duff Cooper Prize and the Mark Lynton History Award for <em>King Leopold’s Ghost</em>, and the California Book Awards Gold Medal and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for <em>Bury the Chains</em>. Adam graduated from Harvard in 1963, and he holds honorary degrees from Curry College and the University of St. Andrews.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;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><p><br></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>