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Jan 2024
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Kermit Roosevelt III on Theodore Rooseve...

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On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with American author, lawyer, and legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt III on Honoring and doing what is right, Why peoples values and sense of honor are collapsing, How many people know who Marcus Aurelius is because of Gladiator, and his book The Nation That Never Was. Kermit is an American author, lawyer, ... Show More
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