#160: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make You Healthier, Happier, and Smarter
For the past year I've been doing a lot of research on the benefits of face-to-face conversation, and looking for more ways to incorporate it into my own life. One of the books that really helped is c...
4 Dec 201544min
#159: Stronger, Faster, Harder to Kill
Last year I got an email out of the blue from a guy named Tod Moore inviting me to a weekend of doing various man skills: shooting guns, butchering animals, doing obstacle races. Of course, I was in. ...
1 Dec 201540min
#158: The Prime of Life — What It Means to Be an Adult
There's been a transformation in the West about what it means to be a grown up. There used to be scripts to follow, and markers to meet which would mean you're an adult. But those scripts have been th...
24 Nov 201548min
#157: Primitive Pursuits & Winter Survival
Winter is coming. If you like to be in the outdoors, one thing you need to start thinking about is what would happen if you were stuck in the wilderness with nothing but your wits. Would you be able t...
20 Nov 201532min
#156: Lost Detective - The Life and Times of Dashiell Hammett
If you enjoy shows like The Wire or True Detective, or film noir, there's one guy you can thank for that: Dashiell Hammett. He was a writer in the 1920s-1940s, and he is the guy who created the modern...
17 Nov 201546min
#155: Reclaiming Conversation
More and more today, we're communicating with the people in our lives through screens. While this has greatly improved efficiency, there are some drawbacks that have come with the decline in face-to-f...
13 Nov 201551min
#154: Strength Training for Everyone with Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds, a former power lifter and Strong Man competitor, is the co-owner of a gym in Springfield, MO called Strong Gym. He's been coaching me online, and I've seen significant improvement in my...
10 Nov 201542min
#153: Microaggressions and The Rise of Victimhood Culture
In the last few years we've seen an interesting phenomenon, especially on college campuses, where students will take slights or even just awkwardness incredibly sensitively and emotionally. Two sociol...
6 Nov 201557min
