The Daily Dad
The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Lea...
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- 🇺🇸United States · Self-ImprovementHOME#1497.1K to 37K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Self-Improvement#164323 to 1.7K
- 🇭🇰HK · Self-Improvement#51235 to 1.2K
- 🇮🇳India · Self-Improvement#179209 to 1.1K
- 🇫🇮FI · Self-Improvement#10476 to 402
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8.0K to 42K🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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27K to 141K🇺🇸88%🇧🇷4%🇭🇰3%+2 more - Active Followers
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| 10/28/26 |  It’s The Same Thing Over and Over (and It’s Always Different) | Your kids are growing up…and you are also growing up. You are learning. You are getting better at this.Get your keepsake leatherbound copy of The Daily Dad Five Year Reflection Journal at dailydad.com/leatherGive yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 52s | ||||||
| 10/27/26 | It’s Not Just Anything. It’s Everything. | It isn’t just a chore. It isn’t just a task to handle. It isn’t just something you guys have talked about. It’s not just anything. It’s everything.📚 Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do by Eve RodskyGive yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 34s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | You Say You’ll Do Anything (But Not This?) | You love them. You care about them. You say you’ll do anything for them. You just… won’t put down your phone for them. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 06s | ||||||
| 10/24/26 | The Parts of Our Fathers We Don't Want to Become | Tom Junod | Your kids are learning just as much from your contradictions as they are from your advice. Award-winning journalist and author Tom Junod joins Ryan to talk about the complicated legacy of his father, what it really means to be a good man, and how we choose which lessons to pass on to our own kids.Tom Junod is senior writer for ESPN, where his work has won an Emmy and the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. He is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and a winner of the James Beard Award for essay writing. Previously he was a staff writer at GQ and Esquire. The film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was based on his article in Esquire. Grab signed copies of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/Follow Tom on Instagram | @tom_junodGive yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 31m 13s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | Why Can’t You Be There? | They’d love to be there, but they can’t. They can’t make it. Well…they could turn it down, they just won’t.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 40s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 | This Is Why You Can’t Put Stuff Off | They are full of surprises. They have endless needs. There is always something coming up…and it’s usually last-minute.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 40s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | It Only Takes A Moment | Teach them to give themselves a few seconds of courage. Tell them something great will come of it. Promise them.📚 If you liked today's episode, you will love Courage is Calling by Ryan HolidayGive yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 53s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 | Your Job Is Not To Rush Them | Linger. Slow down. Let it take as long as it takes.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 13s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | They Need This More Than Anything Else | They need food. They need shelter. They need a ride across town. But what your kids need more than anything is patience.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 06s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 | BONUS: 5 Quick Parenting Reminders You Need to Hear | Your kids are doing their job by being kids, but are you doing yours?Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 5m 42s | ||||||
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| 10/17/26 | Is It Your Marriage or Your Situation? | Angela Duckworth | The way your family acts under stress can start to look like who they really are. In today's episode, psychologist Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit and author of the new book Situated talks to Ryan about mistaking a hard season for a bad marriage, how stress affects the way we judge each other, why kids need the same reminders over and over, and how small changes at home can bring out our best.Pick up signed copies of Angela’s new book, Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, and her bestselling book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/Learn more about Angela Duckworth's new book here: https://www.angeladuckworth.com/situatedAngela Duckworth’s Website: https://www.angeladuckworth.com/Follow Angela on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelalduckworth/Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 10m 28s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Someday You’ll Want Them To Ask You For Stuff | Even if it’s frustrating now, even if it drives you crazy every time you’re at the store with them, take a second to remember this...Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 48s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Let Them Learn | We have to make them understand that they have what it takes to do this on their own and if they don’t, the best way to get it is to develop it by experience, by curiosity and exploration. Our Luctor Et Emergo Medallion will help you remember to slow down and take advantage of teachable moments with your children. Grab your Luctor Et Emergo Medallion at our Daily Dad store!Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 3m 02s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | You Don’t Need The Third Thing | Praise is always nice, but it’s sort of pathetic how desperately we want it…for doing our job. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 08s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Don’t Let The Wall Win | There’s a wall—a wall between you and your feelings, a wall between you and other people, a wall between you and this present moment.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 03s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Not Everyone Can Afford This (But You Can) | You could choose to be around more. You just won’t. You could choose to be more active, more aware, more involved…Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 18s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | Did Our Wedding Vows Cover the Goats? | Ryan says he didn’t sign up for goats in the house, but Sam has the wedding vows to prove otherwise. Between looking back on ten years of The Daily Stoic and debating which animals belong in the house, Ryan and Sam occasionally remember what they were supposed to be talking about.The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 13m 32s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Don’t Wish Away A Minute of Their Life | Don’t wish it away, no matter how frustrating this phase or this bedtime or this age is. 📚 Book mentiond: Travels with EpicurusThe new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 15s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | You’re Going To Wish You Hadn’t | Be here for it. Even the difficult parts. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 21s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | BONUS | Who Listens to an Audiobook Like That? | Between audiobook speeds and gym habits, Ryan and Sam have a few questions about how the other person operates.📚 Join the Quarterly Classics Book Club | https://the-painted-porch-book-club.mn.co/landing/Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 4m 24s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | You Are Just Tired | You just have to let go of whatever the issue is right now. Come back to it tomorrow when you’re well-rested. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 00s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | It’s Happening To Us Too | That’s what kids do. They are always growing. While they were changing, aren’t we changing too? Aren’t we growing also?The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out TODAY! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 3m 43s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | This Is How You Raise Resilient Kids | We have to be a resilient, flexible, well-rounded human being not just to survive the stresses of parenting, but if we want to raise kids for the real world.Check out Richard Reeves episode on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube📚 You can grab copies of Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/of-boys-and-men-why-the-modern-male-is-struggling-why-it-matters-and-what-to-do-about-it?_pos=1&_sid=bca42e4c0&_ss=r👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 54s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | Are We Destined to Become Our Parents? | Seth Wickersham | “Mirror, mirror on the wall, we become like daddy after all.” In today’s episode, ESPN senior writer and bestselling author Seth Wickersham joins Ryan to question whether we’re destined to become our parents and talk about what it takes to break the patterns we grew up with.Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ounPbCeVis📚 Seth's Books: Be On That Hill: Stories From the Summits of Sports by Seth Wickersham: https://books.disney.com/book/be-on-that-hill/It’s Better To Be Feared by Seth Wickersham: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/its-better-to-be-feared-the-new-england-patriots-dynasty-and-the-pursuit-of-greatness?_pos=3&_sid=390e4d2c0&_ss=rAmerican Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/american-kings-a-biography-of-the-quarterback?_pos=1&_sid=390e4d2c0&_ss=rSeth Wickersham is a senior writer at ESPN and New York Times bestselling author who has spent more than two decades covering the NFL. Known for his investigative and long-form reporting, Seth has taken readers inside some of football's biggest stories and personalities, from Tom Brady and Bill Belichick to the power struggles behind NFL ownership. He's the author of It's Better to Be Feared, American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback, and Be On That Hill: Stories From the Summits of Sports.📕 Grab a copy of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/in-the-days-of-my-youth-i-was-told-what-it-means-to-be-a-man-a-memoir?_pos=1&_sid=fe4e2012b&_ss=rWatch Tom Junod's episode on The Daily Stoic Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1LP19rQzZg👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 13m 59s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Can You Say This For Your Kids? | At some point, success stops being about how much you can take on—how much you achieve. It becomes about what you’re willing to turn down.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeProtect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypolo.com/dailydad or use code DAILYDAD and get 40% off your first year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 2m 10s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Daily Dad
Peaked at #51 in HK, currently #51 in HK.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| Finland | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| KE | — | #132 | #132 | — |
| United States | — | #149 | #149 | — |
| CL | — | #159 | #159 | — |
| Brazil | — | #164 | #164 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #168 | #168 | — |
| India | — | #179 | #179 | — |
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.