What Ryan Holiday has said about Media credibility and independent journalism

2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 13, 2026

Ryan Holiday, American author on Stoicism and founder of Daily Stoic, has been quoted on Media credibility and independent journalism 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on July 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

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Holiday says research found emotional extremity is the top predictor of content going viral, incentivizing exaggeration.
“they found that like the valence of the extremeness of the emotion is, like, the number one predictor of virality”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 50:58
Holiday argues independent creators are more directly exposed to audience capture because fewer intermediaries sit between them and payment.
“So like audience capture, there's fewer intermediaries between the creator and the sort of payment structure”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 57:51

#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide
The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 3 h 13 min
Shawn Ryan and author Ryan Holiday discuss Stoicism, emotions and revenge, media incentives, political courage, ego, mortality, fatherhood, wealth, and reading.