We All Need Monuments to Guide Us

In today's episode, Ryan Holiday sits down with legendary biographer Walter Isaacson for a wide-ranging, deeply thoughtful conversation recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival. They talk about Walker Percy and The Moviegoer, how Stoicism shows up in fiction, and why the ancie ...  عرض المزيد

Most people will enter 2026 hoping life just gets better. Jesse Itzler knows that’s not how real change happens. In today’s episode, Jesse breaks down the three simple rules he follows every year to guarantee it doesn’t slip by.He explains why change has to start before January, ...  عرض المزيد

In this special episode of The Lonely Palette, I’m sharing the episode I made for the PRX limited-run podcast series "Monumental," which interrogates the state of monuments across the greater U.S. and what their future says about where we are now and where we’re going. This was t ...  عرض المزيد

Tu as sans doute en tête la statue de la ‘Vénus de Milo’, de trois-quart, les bras coupés, un drap descendant sur ses hanches, et le torse nu, dévoilant sa poitrine. C’est un des nombreux exemples de statues grecques nues, bien que la plupart soient des statues d’hommes nus. Les ...  عرض المزيد

Statues can make a big difference in helping keep our Faith present in our daily lives, especially for kids as they grow up. But, sometimes religious statues make people uncomfortable. Jeff describes how statues are not idols, but rather tools to remind us of our salvation and th ...  عرض المزيد

Installed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1921 to commemorate the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims, Cyrus Dallin's statue Massasoit was intended to memorialize the Pokanoket Massasoit (leader) as a welcoming diplomat and participant in the mythical first Thanksgiving. B ...  عرض المزيد