The Daily Stoic · 2026-05-30 · 66 min · 12,123 words

Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world. Hey, it's Ryan. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. One of the things I think that the Stoics understood was that that pressure reveals.

Like who you are when things are awesome, when things are calm? Um, it doesn't say that much. But what about when you're under strain? What about when the world is falling apart? What about when you're under attack?

Literally and figuratively? What w what about when you're being accused of something untrue or unjust, when you are the victim of an injustice? What about when you're stuck in traffic? What about when you're isolated and lonely? What about

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