• Episode 252 - Emotional Tides

    Today, we chat about hunting for mushrooms, the speed of technological innovation, BJJ Fanatics, Lily Gladstone, 'The Brothers Sun', Martin Sensmeier, emotional tides, creativity & success & the illusion of fairness, Patty Jenkins, Tennger Cavalry and the Hu, acknowledging darkness before embracing defiant optimism, Iz's advice about serving emotional jail time, the genius of Peter Jackson, and much more! Enjoy!

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  • Episode 251 - The Magic of Hawaii with Tom Peek

    Today, we chat about the magic of Hawaii with novelist and long-time Hawaii resident Tom Peek. We chat about navigating cultural boundaries, his path leading him to Hawaii, Hawaiian rights & activism, telescopes, corruption, the TV show 'The Boys', Tom's novels, and much more! Enjoy! https://tompeek.com

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  • Episode 250 - Paul Bergman Returns

    Today, we do round 2 with Paul Bergman. Our first episode together was so fun that we had to do another one. We chat about how the need for community drove Paul toward organized religion, his strange journey through 33 years in Christian ministry, why he ended up rejecting Christian fundamentalism, people wanting to burn him at the stake, his radical take against mixing nationalism and religion, being placed on a 'heresy trial' three times, the battle within christianity, Lord of the Rings, selling a church to help those struggling, and much more! Enjoy!

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  • Episode 249 - Chris Ryan

    Today, I get to chat with Chris Ryan, which is always a treat. This episode was originally recorded for Chris' podcast "Tangentially Speaking", but I figured some listeners of Drunken Taoist may have missed it so we are also publishing it here. The conversation was great fun and it ranges all over the place. Enjoy!

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  • Episode 248 - Tulum

    Today, we chat about my Mexican vacation courtesy of https://www.instagram.com/redmonkofficial, discussing with Iz about the nature of vacations, the beauty of Tulum, the best hotel you can hope for: https://www.diamantek.com/, Robert Rodriguez' Planet Terror, Maya ruins, cenotes, cold plunges, the word 'molestar', Pablo's flirting skills, Mexican buses, Mexico 1985, and much more!

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  • Episode 247 - Musashi, Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism and Smedley Butler

    Today, we chat about happiness, heresy, online sex workers warming my heart, military service, Smedley Butler, gangsters for capitalism, how alcoholism saved Western Europe, Miyamoto Musashi, Marcus Aurelius, my dog challenging Elon Musk to a fight, and much more!

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  • Episode 246 - Paul Bergmann

    Today, the wonderful Paul Bergmann joins us to chat about his career in football, playing with John Elway, CTE, the paradox of how protective equipment can make some sports more dangerous, Ngannou vs. Fury, Indonesian history, Paul's family experience with ethnicity, the cognitive dissonance of combat sports, Savannah watching her own fights, Paul's interpretation of "Love your enemy", Paul's experience with Christianity, and much more!

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  • Episode 245 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Today, we chat about how the passing of time changes everything, Daniele getting a tattoo, historical fiction, parenting, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "Killers of the Flower Moon", much more!

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  • Episode 244 - Sav's Zen Wisdom

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    Today, we chat about Savannah's Zen wisdom, John Milius' parenting advice, the MMA of human relationships, Iz starting high school, Emo Philips' killer joke, why dehumanizing people embracing ideas we don't like is not a good idea, Sitting Bull, victim blaming vs. not taking personal responsibility, idealism vs. pragmatism, the short story "Soothing Grief and Headhunting", Bill Maher (he sucks), my dog's philosophy, and much more!

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  • Episode 243 - My Mother, Gloria Mattioni

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    Today, our guest is my mother, Gloria Mattioni, author of the book "California Sister." In this episode, we chat about the pros and cons of fiction and non-fiction, grief, how addressing trauma may or may not pay off, writing as therapy, writing strategies, right to die, euthanasia, and much more! Here's the link to her book: https://www.amazon.com/California-Sister-Gloria-Mattioni-ebook/dp/B0B34L213S/ and her website: www.gloriamattioni.com

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  • Episode 242 - The Evolution of MMA with Michael Thomsen

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    Today, our guest is Michael Thomsen, author of the book "Cage Kings". We get to chat about his book on the evolution of MMA as a sport, the business that grew out of it, how the economics of the 1990s and early 2000s influenced public perception of the sport, reality television, the financial aspect of fighting, watching a sport in which CTE is an inescapable reality, the paradox of empathy in MMA, the beauty and horror of MMA, and much more! Please, check out all the new things I started (a YouTube page for History on Fire, Substack, Patreon, Instagram, etc.). All the links are at https://linktr.ee/danielebolelli

  • Episode 241 - Badass of the Week! Ben Thompson!

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    Today, our guest is Ben Thompson from Badass of the Week! We get to chat about how to talk about history in an entertaining way, the balance between accuracy and good storytelling, Benvenuto Cellini, some of Ben's favorites, Marco Polo, injecting humor in dark stories, writing history for kids, people being more comfortable with violence than sexuality, the Badass of the Week podcast, and much more! Please, check out all the new things I started (a YouTube page for History on Fire, Substack, Patreon, Instagram, etc.). All the links are at https://linktr.ee/danielebolelli

  • Episode 240 - Jenn Im

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    Today, our guest is Jenn Im, an incredibly smart lady and host of a YouTube channel with over 3 million subscribers https://www.youtube.com/@imjennim. Today we chat about going from being a kid playing around on the net to building a web empire, thrifting, keeping the human spirit alive, loneliness, AI, online expectations, child stars, experiencing life vs. telling experiences on social media, storytelling in different formats, authenticity on social media, tools for mental sanity, creating ritual, and much more!

  • Episode 239 - Obsessed by Music (with Rob Esse)

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    Today, Daniele is a guest on the 'Obsessed by Music' podcast. He and host Rob Esse chat about the role of music in Daniele's household growing up, exposing kids to the music you love, "Bella Ciao", Hendrix, Prince, 80s music, Italian music, working with Brian Eno, Daniele's propensity to cry, helping Iz with music without knowing much about music, Tim Buckley, using music for writing, "Rose Tattoo", what Daniele listens to these day, music as a psychedelic, music and philosophy, Nietzsche, prehistoric religion and hip hop, and much more!

  • Episode 238 - A Very Mellow Episode

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    Today, we have a pleasant chat about Iz's singing adventures in Mexico (please, check out https://www.youtube.com/@isabellahan-bolelli), great tv shows (specifically Rome, Warrior, and Narcos) and the intricacies of developing strategies designed to make everyone feel like they 'won', and much more!

  • Episode 237 - A Life of Fighting and...

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    Today, our guest is Zochada Tat, a Cambodian-American lady who authored a book about her father, the legendary Oum Ry, multiple times champion in Pradal Serey, Cambodia's national style of kickboxing. Our conversation includes the Cambodian genocide, 'a life of fighting and fucking', her experience as a little girl being raised in a male-dominated gym, the largest Cambodian community outside of Cambodia, similarities and differences between Pradal Serey and Muay Thai, Kissinger and the secret bombing of Cambodia, 'hold my baby', and much more!

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  • Episode 236 - The Power of Story Arcs and Red Dead Redemption

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    Today, we chat about the power of story arcs, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Last of Us, being unwillingly cast as a villain in someone else's movie, Daniele being told he hates white people AND he's a white supremacist, the pitfalls of embracing victimhood as a virtue, Jimmy Carter and the death squads in El Salvador, the inherent problems in all powerful civilizations, and much more!

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  • Episode 235 - Balloons and Happiness with Addi Somekh

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    Today, we chat with Addi Somekh, the author of the book 'Inflatable Planet.' We have a blast talking about his adventures around the world, the art of making balloons, the nature of happiness and much more. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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  • Episode 234 - Aaron Alexander

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    Today, I chat with Aaron Alexander, the host of Align Podcast and former guest on The Drunken Taoist. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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  • Episode 233 - AI and The End of Humanity

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    Today, it's time to serve you the apocalypse on the golden platter. We chat about creativity and Rick Rubin, masculinity, we do a deep dive on the future of AI, and much more.

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  • Episode 232 - Isabella Han-Bolelli

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    Today, my daughter joins us for a conversation about parenting, communication between kids and adults, and much more.

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  • Episode 231 - Kristaps Andrejsons on Putin and the War in Ukraine

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    Today, we have an exceptional guest, Mr. Kristaps Andrejsons, host of the Eastern Border podcast. As a journalist, Kristaps has traveled to the front lines in Ukraine and knows more about what's going on than anyone I know. His insights on the war, Putin's psychology, and the Russian government are precious.

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  • Episode 230 - Loneliness (And a Wedding!)

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    Today, we chat about effective communication, loneliness, the percentage of people having zero friends, the need to change the foundations of society, even billionaires not having friends, the effects of the industrial revolution on communities, the book Fast Food Nation, a society not designed for human happiness, and much more!

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  • Episode 229 - Changing Dreams and Self Defense

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    Today, we chat about the the three-staples man, the mystery of success, the change in Daniele's dreams, gratitude practice, the Rings of Power vs. House of the Dragon, Ghost of Tsushima, fighting the Mongol invasion of Japan, A.I. and creativity, self defense, setting boundaries, much more!

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  • Episode 228 - Good Communication and Nuance

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    Today, we chat about the LA City Council scandal, internalized racism, why people dehumanize others, individuality over identity, how to make nuance popular, good communication, martial arts as meditation for people who have a hard time meditating, and much more!

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  • Episode 227 - The Paradoxical Genius of Taoism with Marianne Lewis

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    Our conversation today is a fundamental one to understand applied Taoism. Joining us is Marianne Lewis, author of Both/And Thinking. Today, we chat about discovering Taoism as a by-product of studying business, a more effective approach to problem solving, the damage done by either/or thinking, 'the wrecking ball effect,' ping pong games between bad ideas, one-sided thinking and identity are the enemies of nuance, the genius of the 'yes, and…' approach, how people contribute to the growth of everything they hate, extreme rhetoric is easier to sell, the tragedy of 1912, paradox leading to happier people, and much more!

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  • Episode 226 - A Three Kilo Tub of Nutella

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    Today, we chat about 'freedom', Mike Tyson's brilliant advice, a different mindset to go into any situation, four deaths in three days, a 3 kg tub of nutella, Daniele making sangria on youtube, American vs. Italian culture in The Godfather, a Godfather phone message, my friend from elementary school, telepathic rescue, spirits, The Rings of Power vs. Reservation Dogs, Miyamoto Musashi, and much more!

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  • Episode 225 - The Epic Justin Wren

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    Today, our guest is one of the most incredible human beings out there, the inimitable Justin Wren. We chat about challenging John Danaher to a death match, Miyamoto Musashi, applying martial arts principles to life, bullying in school, discovering wrestling, winning a state championship almost by chance, "for most of my career, I was fighting against people, when in reality I was supposed to fight for people", fear of public speaking, quitting pro MMA in his prime, "The Big Pygmy", becoming strong so as to help others struggling, https://fightfortheforgotten.org/, and much more!

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  • Episode 224 - What We Feed Our Minds

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    Today, we chat about having to be mindful of what we give our attention to lest it negatively impacts our state of mind, information consumption & depression, dramatic changes in the past year in Daniele's life, canceling student loans, Nino Bless' music. We also hop on a call with Len May from the company https://endodna.com/ (precision medicine starts with your DNA!), and much more!

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  • Episode 223 - Crying and Enjoying Life

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    Today, we chat about Cedric Burnside playing at the Hollywood Bowl, Led Zeppelin and Daniele's memories, Iz's crying & enjoyment of life, drunken parenting, Ozomatli, 'You'll Never Walk Alone,' the Caravaggio novel, Prey, and much more!

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  • Episode 222 - Taking a Break from Everything You Love

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    Today, we chat about the return of History on Fire, creating mini-episodes vs. creating in depth-dives, writing the Caravaggio novel, road trips, ending up among 300 buffalos, hiking Black Elk's Peak, The Hundred in the Hand battle (aka Fetterman's Massacre), the beauty of the Black Hills, taking a break from everything you love, Geek Nation Tours, 'small' discipline, and much more!

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  • Episode 221 - The Italy Episode

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    Today, we chat about Italy, the Mediterranean Sea, the insanely good quality of Italian food, gelato with warm blueberries, driving in Italy, people not being afraid to show emotions, Chris Ryan's Substack, producing one's own food, 90 year olds going skiing, Isabella's empathy, one of the partisan commanders who arrested Mussolini, having nightmares about WWII 77 years later, the Hare Krishna gardens, and much more!

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  • Episode 220 - Solutions Rather Than Platitudes

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    Today, we chat about 250-year-old trees, reincarnation, comparing Isabella's writings and mine, Legends of the Fall, changing feelings about death, Love Death and Robots, gun culture in U.S., mental health, what to tell a kid about shootings, the prerequisite for holding office, solutions rather than platitudes, the Supreme Court, and much more!

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  • Episode 219 - The Worth of Your Ideas Being Measured by Your Actions

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    Today, we chat about video games, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the end of History on Fire on Luminary, enlightened self-interest, Christianity's radical altruism, the horror of the American two-party system, the book 'Fast Food Nation', the loss of nutritional value in food, plummeting levels of testosterone, environmental issues, planting a garden is a revolutionary act, the balance between trying to make a difference in the microcosm and on the macrocosm, possible common ground in the abortion debate, Jimi Hendrix, the worth of your ideas being measured by how you treat others and the planet, and much more!

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  • Episode 218 - Bruce Leonard about Comedy

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    Today, comedian Bruce Leonard joins us to chat about carving a career in comedy, the difference between being a comedian and being an asshole, Satanic panics, Mike Tyson, Will Smith, getting a life ban on FB, Sasha Baron Cohen, and much more!

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  • Episode 217 - Duncan Trussell

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    Today, the return of Duncan Trussell! Before we begin, please subscribe to Isabella's youtube channel, and check out the amazing work she did with the epic Ulises Bella (from the band Ozomatli): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MISZDPuTp8Y. Duncan and I explore the dance between comedy and free speech, social media and 'digital sharecropping', using social media in a healthy way, happiness & parenting, and much more!

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  • Episode 216 - What We Choose to Feed Our Minds

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    Today, we chat about Drunken Taoist listeners caught in the midst of the war in Ukraine, Putin and ego, martial arts & self-improvement, psychedelics & Charles Manson, tools don't guarantee results, dualism & the enemy of my enemy, the balance between staying informed and staying sane, puppies, antidotes to rage, what we choose to feed our minds, Isabella and putting soul into songs, perfectionism, astronomy, check out my retreat at www.HistoryGathering.com, = and much more!

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  • Episode 215 - Monk Yun Rou on Death and Wuji

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    Today, our friend and former guest Yun Rou returns to the podcast for an intense episode about death, the challenges he is facing, how climate change is affecting his health, valley fever, wuji under the most difficult circumstances, Arhats and Bodhisatvas, and much more!

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  • Episode 214 - Daniele on 'Overcome with Justin Wren'

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    Today rather than having a guest I am the guest. The epic Justin Wren had me on his podcast 'Overcome' and this the recording of that conversation. Hope you enjoy it.

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  • Episode 213 - The Fight between Nuance and Dogmatic Thinking

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    Today we chat about gifts from Ulises Bella and Shannon Lee, the Fermi Paradox, Chris Ryan and lifestyles that are designed for human happiness, questionable data from Steven Pinker, metaphorical ping pong games between idiots, the Joe Rogan controversy, the Dan Carlin approach, people who make a living as partisan hacks, why I disagree with the notion of platforming people who pour gasoline on the fire, how the JRE could have revolutionized media in a brilliant way, how a Bernie Sanders voter ended up becoming a right wing icon, how Jordan Peterson contributed to the growth of everything he hates, the problem with partial truths, compromising intellectual honesty in order to push good ideas, the Council of Elrond scene, fighting dogma may be a losing fight but one that is worth fighting anyway, and much more.

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  • Episode 212 - The Power of Slow, Stupid Persistence

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    Today we chat about Rich almost ending up homeless, Daniele getting a black belt in jiujitsu, 'Straw Bale Nation', the power of slow + stupid persistence, Daniele's yakuza approach to self-motivation, the importance of eliminating distractions, Chris Ryan's 'Civilized to Death' being one of the most important books you can read, living in a society that is not designed for human happiness, 'there's no rule that says you can't be kind in the middle of hell', the joys of living in Bakersfield, and much more.

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  • Episode 211 - The Dance of Yin and Yang

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    Today we chat about American gun culture, Iz and her English skills, economic issues in U.S., Daniele's record teaching load, hard rock doesn't fit Hawaiian vibe, Maui energy, the impact of where you live on your mood, working less to get more done, a Taoist approach to leadership, taking mental health days, letting kids ditch school (occasionally), the balance between disciplined practice and relaxed play, a young Chinese girl who is a guitar prodigy, the dance of yin and yang, and much more.

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  • Episode 210 - Dan Miller on Health and Longevity

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    Today we are joined by the brilliant Dan Miller. We chat about the death of expertise, navigating through contradictory evidence, nutrition, Sufi stories, partial truths, strong opinions on things we don't know much about, 'delicious bags of slow-moving meat' (humans), tribal living, spending time outdoors, rules for healthy living, the endocannabinoid system, the importance of sleep, eating less, two meals a day in a six hour window, saunas & ice baths, and much more.

  • Episode 209 - John Wood

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    Today we are joined by John Wood from https://grasslandbeef.com/. We chat about nutrition, the problems with sugar, why fat is important, animal husbandry, soil regeneration, environmental sustainability, using ocean water in the garden, and much more.

  • Episode 208 - Sterlin Harjo & Reservation Dogs

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    Today we are honored to chat with Sterlin Harjo, who is an incredible writer and the creator of the wonderful TV show 'Reservation Dogs.' If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and check it out.

  • Episode 207 - Daniele Hits a Wall

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    Today we chat about mountain lions, being a little bipolar, 'hello darkness, my old friend', both bad and good memories bringing sadness, Audioslave's 'Doesn't Remind Me', moods and the full moon, snapping out of it when seeing loved ones suffer, one of the greatest passages in all of literature, Nietzsche, oversimplistic narratives of empowerment, overcoming abuse, monsters among us, Naomi Osaka & Simone Biles, athletes and mental pressure, epic moments in sports, and much more.

  • Episode 206 - Azog's Revenge

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    Today we chat about the awesome tv show 'Reservation Dogs', Azog the Defiler's revenge against racists, how politics is the domain of grifters and dogmatic true believers, fighting about whether it's better to side with the rock or the hard place, the wild concept of elected representatives working as a team, Afghanistan, lack of unity dooming any possible solution, utopia and scapegoat, Franco Bolelli and his books, Daniele feeling he never had an original idea, Ulises Bella from Ozomatli, singing the blues vs. SINGING the blues, and much more.

  • Episode 205 - Horseback Riding in the Black Hills

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    Today we are joined by special guest Isabella Han-Bolelli. We chat about being born at home, parenthood, communication, raising kids, a trip we took to the Black Hills, racism, what a badass Sovannahry Em is, horseback riding where Crazy Horse used to hunt miners, and much more.

  • Episode 204 - Chris Ryan

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    Chris Ryan is a wonderful human being, and he's back for a Drunken Taoist visit. Today, we chat about the economics of podcasting, treating people as individuals rather than as members of a group, Daniele as 'the great Italian lover,' we don't need to have an opinion about everything, lack of community creating a need for dictators & cult leaders, raising kids, grief, suicide, sex work, the yin-yang of kindness and assertiveness, and much more.

  • Episode 203 - The Magic of Sweating and Saunas with William Randall

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    Today, we chat with William Randall from www.saunasUSA.com about the magic of sweating, Lakota sweat lodges, the power of rituals, a deep dive into the world of saunas (heat shock proteins, infrared vs. traditional, health benefits, costs, maintenance), and much more.

  • Episode 202 - Alexander Von Sternberg

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    Today, we chat about mental health, the economics of therapy, online communication, trolls & political grifters, and much more.

  • Episode 201 - Practical Solutions Rather Than Moral Platitudes

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    Today, we chat about the 'We vs. Them' mentality, the illusion of wiping out bad ideologies, how to mediate, immigration, homelessness, practical solutions rather than moral platitudes, reasons for the popularity of Nazism and Communism, The Rock and Keanu Reeves for president, political haiku, slow moving catastrophes, the fall of the Roman Republic, Gabor Mate' on Jordan Peterson and emotional repression, and much more.

  • Episode 200 - Duncan Trussell returns for episode 200

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    Today, we celebrate our 200th episode. Duncan Trussell is back and we chat about... trying to summarize a chat with Duncan?!? Who am I kidding? It's a good one. Check it out!

  • Episode 199 - The Tomatoes in the Garden

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    Today, we chat about New Drunken Taoist T-Shirts!!!!, Bruce Lee's philosophy, Franco Bolelli's take on 'dis-identity', the joy of experimenting instead of following a fixed stance, how traveling helps breaking down habits & identity, Daniele's diet cleanup, damn good healthy food, growing plants you can eat, subpod.com, composting, the philosophical importance of tomatoes in the garden, and much more.

  • Episode 198 - Growth Through Facing Fear with Akshay Nanavati

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    Today, we are joined by Akshay Nanavati and we chat about his self destructive years, moving across the globe, Black Hawk Down, becoming a Marine, Iraq, PTSD, survivor's guilt, breaking out of addiction, climbing out of the darkness, not identifying with one's problems, 'darkness retreats,' running marathons in Liberia, ice baths, getting endorsed by the Dalai Lama, working with sex traffic victims, and much more.

  • Episode 197 - The Tao of Communication

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    Today, we chat about communication & miscommunication, the council of Elrond, religions and philosophies that have shamed people for their sexuality, focusing on actionable items rather than abstract ideologies, how generalizations breed stereotypes, interacting with individuals rather than treating individuals as representatives of a certain ideology, if the ability for complex communication is what separates humans from animals why are we so bad at it, a pragmatic approach to communication, Daniele's strategy for teaching history of religions, Italian politics, Lega Lombarda, Italian culture & food, 'Back to the Future', and much more.

  • Episode 196 - Free Speech and Social Media

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    Today, we chat about space exploration, democratization of information, Walden, Nietzsche, the problems with the notion that the way to defeat bad ideas is through good ideas, the virus that ruins all things, any system being dependent on the quality of people involved, the Gina Carano drama, how I've been told I'm a slave to corporate media, so-called 'cancel culture' and its opponents, misunderstandings about the nature of social media, the Princess Bride and free speech, and much more.

  • Episode 195 - Fighting, Addiction, Friendship and Loneliness

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    Today, we chat about buying houses, building to last, I have a dream (medieval battles, Samuel L Jackson), the death of a good friend, addiction, conspiracy theories, why things don't get fixed politically, a discussion with Iz about friendship and loneliness, Savannah winning again in ONE Championship, watching puppy videos before a fight, The Godfather, The Punisher TV series, violence in movies, and much more.

  • Episode 194 - Poetry, Mindfulness and Zen Miracles with Samantha Reynolds

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    Today we are joined by poet Samantha Reynolds to chat about daily poetry as a form of meditation, how to decrease pressure & expectations thanks to habits, the zen art of finding miracles in daily life, how we interpret external events shapes the quality of our experiences, 'classical' mindfulness vs. actively looking for beauty, parenting, how the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives, and much more. Check out Samantha's Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bentlily/

  • Episode 193 - Creativity and Resistance

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    Today we chat about the notion of old people fighting in wars, Theodore Roosevelt, finding points of contact with people outside of ideologies, how factionalism complicates finding solutions, how to avoid falling into black and white thinking, performance anxiety, video games (Assassin's Creed and Far Cry Primal,) resistance and creativity, Hope Sandoval & Mazzy Star, Daniele reviewing his own novel at 14, Keanu KO'ing himself, 'no one can kick my ass as well as I do,' The Matrix, female-friendly porn, and much more.

  • Episode 192 - Taoism, Philosophy & Martial Arts (with David Christian)

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    Today I am joined by David Christian from The Modern Martial Artist Youtube channel. We start nerding out a bit about martial arts & boxing, but we end up talking about philosophy and life in general. Among other things, we chat about Willie Pep & Taoism & Bruce Lee, JKD & Jon Jones, taking the best from opposing viewpoints and mixing them together, how identity leads to dogma, a duality of Yin and Yang rather than good and evil, existential anxiety, ducks & Zen koans, wu wei, why training martial arts, and much more.

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  • Episode 191 - Strength in Vulnerability

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    Today we chat about why people like to romanticize the past, Jimi Hendrix's savagery at the Monterey Pop Festival, the advantage of not being buried in pleasant distractions, the perfect tao between boredom and overload, 'nostalgia for the future', the power of storytelling (from advertising to politics, from war to patriotism), the hatred for vulnerability, hating people who remind you of what you despise about yourself, and much more.

  • Episode 190 - My Father

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    Today was an episode I wish I never had to record. My father, who was a guest on a previous Drunken Taoist episode, recently died. In today's episode, Iz sings a tribute for her grandfather, Rich discusses the death of his own father, we chat about mortality and travel during the age of covid, the very strange FB event following my father's death, why hope hurts, trying to convince my grandma to take a final trip to Switzerland, how my father 'created' himself, being a master of denial, the origins of my pessimism, the many things I learned from my father, Brian Eno music, and much more.

  • Episode 189 - The Addiction to Fear & Rage

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    Today it's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Today we chat about flying in the era of covid, the difference between Italy's and the US' lockdowns, how if you find yourself cheerleading for civil war it may be time to take a deep breath, WWII in Italy, the addiction to fear and rage, how social media algorithms have gotten out of control and radicalizing people in unhealthy ways, how media thrives on outrage, how alternative health and yoga and martial arts (all things I love) are turning into gateways for terrible ideas, the dark side of self-help and personal responsibility, how great premises can turn really ugly, an interview with Jake Allen, (sociallydistantfest on Facebook), a FB group for musicians and other live performers, and much more.

  • Episode 188 - Building New Habits, Breaking Old Ones

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    Today it's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Our conversation ranges over parenting wins, the skill of listening, meditation, building and breaking habits, the art of breaking down a challenge into smaller components, the politics of the lesser of two evils, why some single moms are badasses, the very dark side of the California missions, genocide in California in the 1800s, and much more.

  • Episode 187 - Meditation and NDE with Ishtar Howell

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    Joining us on the podcast today is the wonderful Ishtar Howell. Today, we chat about the death of Ishtar's mom, his near-death experience, Hindu insights, psychic events, reading people, why people resist meditation, afterlife, meaning of life, Ian Stevenson's research on reincarnation, Ishtar's website: https://www.ascension-meditation.com/

  • Episode 186 - Taoism and Interpersonal Relationships

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    Today it's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Our conversation ranges from Joe Rogan moving to Spotify, the economics of podcasting, the dance between social problems & individual responsibility, quotes from the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist stance on applying harder standards to oneself than what one expects from others, making other people weaker through mistakes of kindness, wisdom not being a formula, timing, the death of Michael Brooks, and much more. Honorable mention in the Top 15 Taoism Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/taoism_podcasts/  

  • Episode 185 - Comedy, Jiujitsu, Politics and More with Jamie Kilstein

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    Joining us on the podcast today is the great Jamie Kilstein. Today, we chat about how the pandemic is all Jamie's fault, jiujitsu, comedy, jiujitsu-comedy, 'Girl and Monster' online comic, authenticity, writing jingles for Blackwater, the insidious dynamics of selling out, Jamie's weird long political journey, the weirdness of the IDW, why it's a problem if you fit a political label, the trap of identities, legalizing sex work, follow Jamie's hilarious Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thejamiekilstein/

  • Episode 184 - History through Comic Books (with Onrie Kompan)

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  • Episode 183 - The Dark Side of Individualism

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    It's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Today we play with: cleansing diet, the Hugo cocktail, Hollywood remakes, The Princess Bride and its prophetic lines about masks, the beauty of individualism, the dark side of individualism, the transformation of Rogan listeners, the age of rage, algorithms of hate, the ugliness of much of martial arts culture, the happy exceptions of the martial world, Rich about to start a new podcast about gardening, and much, much more.

  • Episode 182 - Online Trolls, Misogyny and Cleansing

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    It's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Today we play with: the most epic Duncan Trussell's rant, the George Floyd murder, Daniele's PS4 sins, being a caveman 12,000 years ago, a 40 day cleanse, shoutout to Aum Cellars, Ilima Lei's Instagram, misogyny is alive and well, online trolls are out for your time & energy, the joys of the block button, and much, much more.

  • Episode 181 - Strong Opinions Based on Minimal Evidence

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    It's a "Rich and Daniele" episode. Today we play with: Daniele's weird dream, Rich adventures with luminescent blue waves, sleep schedule during the pandemic, eliminating commuting while reducing the burning of fossil fuels, the problem with strong opinions based on minimal evidence, the politics of corona virus, the problems with taking questioning authority a bit too far, conspiracy theories, the death of expertise and agreed upon facts, how to tell if someone is a trustworthy source, good conservation practices, and much, much more.

  • Episode 180 - Emotional Bravery, And Other Tales

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    Today, Nick Holderbaum from The Primalosophy Podcast invites Daniele for a chat. In the course of the discussion, we tackle a whole bunch of topics: what one misses during a pandemic, sex in history, Nazi-killing grandmas, the dangers of attachment to any ideology, the limits of positive thinking, the body as the original psychedelic, practices helping to take you our of your head, 'energy,' emotional bravery, how wisdom needs to go hand in hand with simplicity, effectiveness & kindness, fearlessness & hopelessness, defiant smiles, giving one's word, Ikkyu Sojun, and much, much more.

  • Episode 179 - Second Pandemic Episode

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we keep hammering on the twin topics that will play a key role in humanity's future: online work and growing your own food. We also chat about keeping anxiety at bay by focusing on the here and now, a world without jiujitsu, modern day villages, the difficult balance between individual freedoms and collective safety, sex toys for mental health, the pros and cons of governments, future History on Fire episodes, the delicate diplomacy of divorce, and much, much more.

  • Episode 178 - Apocalypse Now: Our First Pandemic Episode

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we chat about living during a pandemic, the need to rethink food production, the transformation of work to favor more online jobs, how the pandemic could lead to a better and/or a worse world, the genius comedy of Jamie Kilstein, the importance of having a schedule during lockdown, empty grocery stores, learning geography, South Park, Duncan Trussell trying to destroy humanity, and much, much more.

  • Episode 177 - Great Moments in Weed History with Abdullah Saeed

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    Joining us on the podcast today is Abdullah Saeed, co-host of “Great Moments in Weed History.” Our conversation ranges from growing up in Thailand, close-mindedness, the strategy of divide and conquer, Carl Sagan’s weed consumption, Zen and ordinary miracles, Pakistani weed, Abdullah’s writing career, cannabis history, the economic interests that criminalized marijuana, greatest moments in weed history, Daniele’s first weed experience, teaching kids, Willie Nelson smoking on the roof of the White House, Jesus as a Cannabis healer, and much more.

  • Episode 176 - Embracing the Mystery

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we chat about Jonestown, the dancing plague of 1518, human craving for answers to existential questions, John Brown, dealing with grief, the death of Nature G from Tengger Cavalry, suicidal friends, Ari Shaffir, the Westboro Baptist Church of comedians, Robert E Howard quotes, the tale of 18th century badass Bill Richmond, WW I, and much, much more.

  • Episode 175 - Native Musings

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    Joining me on the podcast today are Cano Sanchez, Executive Director of Operation Peace Project and David Montour (AKA That DAM Artist), both from the Native American rock band Cland-Destine, Vahan Setyan—a healthcare and economic development advisor, tribal authorized agent in Native country and author of 3 books with the 4th soon to come out called 'The Indigenous Health Crisis', and Andrew Ayres, who is involved in many economic development projects. Our conversation ranges from music and the band Clan-Destine, the conflict-driven side of human nature, suicide prevention, indigenous genocide and culturecide, forced sterilizations, health in Native communities, tribal gaming, a better kind of competition, the illusion of 'getting your own while screwing over everyone else', finite resources and sharing, generosity & selfishness, the disappearance of Native women, and much more.

  • Episode 174 - Crushing Stress with the Ocean and Cuddles

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we chat about storytelling & heroism, stress & cuddling, living close to your family, small town vs. big city, a trip to Hawaii, how to become the Michael Jordan of consciousness, Viktor Frankl, individuality & social context, Ilima-Lei being too nice for trash talk, Polynesian navigators, Hermann Goering & manipulation, Queen Victoria as one of the greatest drug lords in history, and much, much more.

  • Episode 173 - Aaron Alexander

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    Aaron Alexander returns for another visit—this time he returns as a published author. Today we chat about his book, ego, Azog the Defiler's sexual zen, the Merrymount colony in the 1600s, healthy vs. unhealthy uses of social media, Viktor Frankl, verbal and non-verbal communication, the transformation of knowledge into wisdom, and much more.

  • Episode 172 - When Anxiety & Depression Show Up for Another Round

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we chat about Bruce Springsteen, Anthony Bourdain, Nietzsche, Tom Robbins, Georges St. Pierre, the gift/curse of an unusual sensitivity, anxiety and depression showing up for another round of sparring with Daniele, defiance as an ally to snap out of misery, the wisdom of sweating, heroism, and much, much more.

  • Episode 171 - Chris Duffin

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    Chris Duffin, aka 'The Mad Scientist of Strength', is a larger than life human being--both physically and metaphorically. He is the founder of Kabuki Strength and has held multiple world records in power lifting. Today, we chat about his rather unusual upbringing (capturing rattlesnakes for food at 6 years old, etc.) awesome tattoos, his new book, a serial killer cop stalking his mother, escaping a pedophile ring, living as modern hunters and gatherers, focusing on playing well the cards you are given rather than defining yourself based on those cards, leadership, Kabuki Strength, and much more.

  • Episode 170 - The Tao of Interconnectedness

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    It's a 'Rich and Daniele' episode. Today, we chat about personal ethics, the Tao of interconnectedness, the philosophical disease plaguing humanity, Jiddhu Krishnamurti, Sitting Bull and his take on generosity, J.D. Rockefeller being a Windingo, leadership, saving money on education, modern indentured servitude and credit cards, Abbie Hoffmann, and much, much more.

  • Episode 169 - Ilima-Lei Macfarlane

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    Mentioning that Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is the Bellator Flyweight champion, or being familiar with her MMA career, is barely scratching the surface of who Ilima is. Ilima, in fact, is such an incredible human being that her MMA career is just one little piece of the puzzle. Even if you couldn't care less about MMA, please check out Ilima. I promise you won't regret it.

    Today, we chat about the weirdness of entry level MMA, her strange path to an athletic career, traveling around the world, Lakota Sun Dances, ayahuasca, environmental activism in Hawaii, heyoka dreams, 'reading' people, romantic relationships, Justen Hamilton's research, being addicted to terrible relationships, traveling to Italy, and much more.

  • Episode 168 - Christopher Ryan

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    Chris Ryan is one hell of a human being. His new book, 'Civilized to Death,' is one of the best i've read in a long time. I stayed up until an ungodly early hour of the morning to finish it before our conversation. Today our chat ranges all over the place: from Game of Thrones quotes to the paradox of civilization, how modern society sells you a plastic replacement for real experiences it has destroyed, Hunting and Gathering violence (or lack of thereof), why Chris thinks Steven Pinker and Jane Goodall are less than honest, the population bomb, the possibility of worldwide collapse, and much more.

  • Episode 167 - Cory Allen

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    My friend Cory Allen has written a cool book about meditation, being in the moment and mindfulness—without the usual new age bullshit that normally follow those who talk about such things.

  • Episode 166 - Sean Loeffler

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    Sean Loeffler's face is what you see in the dictionary next to the definition of bad mofo. In less than four decades, he has lived through experiences that would kill most men. Today, we chat about his journey through MMA and much more.

  • Episode 165 - From Finnish Snipers to the Addams Family

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    The "Rant of the Day":

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    • The lack of decent archetypes for relationships

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • How to avoid turning tribes into cults?

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Simo Hayha and Impossible History
    • On the Warrior's Path tangent, and the difference between warriors and soldiers
    • Vietnam and the military draft, Cambodian genocide
    • luminary.link/history

    The "Iz Moment":

    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • Human nature and beheadings
    • Shutting down a proposed decapitation
    • Woodstock stories
    • Tarantino, Game of Thrones, Dan Carlin and attention span
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  • Episode 164 - Daniele Interviewed by Jamie Kilstein

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    • We share an episode released by Jamie Kilstein for his podcast. Check out Jamie's podcast here: https://jamiekilsteinpodcast.com/.
    • Rejecting both absolutism and spineless relativism
    • Social justice shouldn't be a lefty talking point. Personal responsibility shouldn't be a right wing talking point.
    • Truly badass is having the strength to be kind, even when Life is not.
    • Being much harder on oneself than on others
    • The power of stepping up
    • Labels are poor descriptors of reality
    • Take the best from any system a
    • Using what works rather than following ideologies
    • Right wing identity politics
    • Epistemological anarchism
    • I don't like government except when it works
    • Intro to Taoism
    • Taoism as philosophical surfing
    • Favorite martial arts movies
    • Relationship advice

  • Episode 163 - The Limits of Critical Intelligence

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Once in a while conspiracy theories make sense

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • A real life Ash from the Evil Dead series
    • Galvarino: no hands? No problem
    • History on Fire, Diogenes, The Punk Rocker of Ancient Greece
    • Creative solutions rather than criticism
    • luminary.link/history

    The "Iz Moment":

    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • The Ghost of Tom Joad in a RATM version, the original (Springsteen), and Springsteen and Morello together.
    • "Ha! Please! And they call this a state of the art lock. I have been picking these since I was in diapers."
    • Prissy girls and obnoxious boys
    • New rules for social media engagement
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  • Episode 162 - Daniele Interviewed by Sam Yang

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    • We share an episode released by Sam Yang for his Southpaw podcast. Check out Sam's podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod. And his social media at @stufffromsam and @southpawpod
    • Cranky Daniele is equally not fond of 'public intellectuals' and rednecks
    • Taoism and the three levels
    • Storytelling and History on Fire
    • The reason for moving most of History on Fire to Luminary
    • The origins of Daniele's interest in Native American cultures
    • Hollywood fear of touching Native American topics
    • Daniele's views on Nationalism and Patriotism
    • Jack Johnson and individuality
    • The problems of dualism
    • Sam's problem with centrism
    • Being addicted to being right
    • Fear profiteering
    • Taoism and wisdom
    • Why success is not always what it's cracked out to be
    • Happily ever after is copout
    • Hunting and Gathering on steroids
    • Lakota culture and tribal living
    • How Natives obtained horses (the Pueblo Revolt)
    • European diseases in the Americas
    • The Fur Trade in North America

  • Episode 161 - Daniele Bolelli Sends His Regards

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Azog the Defiler's revenge
    • Rich and his gardening experiments
    • "Daniele Bolelli sends his regards"—a new Jiujitsu trend
    • Daniele's accent

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Tony Loquasto and his disturbing stories
    • Fava beans and a nice Chianti
    • After his friends eat his leg, life improves dramatically
    • 'The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge' and the badassnesss of Dewey Beard
    • A bit of Native history
    • Upcoming History on Fire series
    • Mark Cheng is a badass
    • Beginner's mind
    • luminary.link/history

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Lakota Lullaby and Azog the Defiler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf5Mx0zy-8
    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • Italy: Stoicism vs. being constantly reactive
    • All your intelligence doesn't mean a thing if it doesn't help you make things better
    • Stoicism 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSsAEWkmBFU
    • Our host's father: fighting Nazis during WWII, saving an entire valley as a teenager
    • Daniele and Iz happy: a long shot, but here we are
    • Denying the little flies in your life the power to control your mood
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  • Episode 160 - Cannabis as Medicine with Junella Chin

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    • How a debilitating disease put Junella on a path to becoming a doctor
    • The difference between M.D.s and D.O.s
    • How Traditional Osteopathy is disappearing
    • Daniele's Experience with Osteopathy
    • Osteopathy is an art as much as it's a science
    • Manual medicine, nutrition, acupuncture and cannabis
    • Junella's results over 20 years
    • Teaching about cannabis medicine to pharmacists, and to medical schools
    • Different strains of cannabis having different effects
    • Why herbal medicine is so difficult
    • The difference between prescription meds and cannabis for depression
    • Why some people get paranoid on cannabis
    • The Chinese opposition to cannabis
    • How to avoid pesticides when using cannabis
    • Rick Simpson oil and tumors
    • "Cannabis and CBD for Health and Wellness: An Essential Guide for Using Nature's Medicine to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Inflammation, and More"
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  • Episode 159 - Gender Roles, Fighting and Academia with Justen Hamilton

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    • A PhD in Sociology about women in combat sports
    • A chance meeting
    • Getting a PhD while operating an MMA school
    • A path to getting the jobs you want
    • Who glued Randy Couture's ears to the head of a well spoken academic?
    • Jordan Peterson having a heart attack about Justen's life choices
    • Women in combat sports—negotiating a balance between so-called feminine and masculine qualities
    • Dating other fighters
    • Badass ladies and their need to feel 'feminine'
    • The need to develop both 'feminine' and' masculine' qualities at the same time
    • The satisfaction of teaching shy people, and non-fighters
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  • Episode 158 - The Return of the Orgasm-Counting Gnome

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    Italy tour in 2020!

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Question from Rich—the stupidity of 'trigger' words
    • luminary.link/history
    • This is how Trump gets elected—taking good ideas too far and creating a backlash
    • On legalizing sex work
    • When you go without exercise or orgasms for too long
    • The return of the orgasm-counting gnome
    • At what point do you give up on family members?

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Lakota Lullaby and Azog the Defiler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf5Mx0zy-8
    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • Thai soccer players, and the ethics of winning
    • Celebrating (or not) in MMA: Savannah's approach
    • Watching a coyote and musing about the lack of friendship across gender lines
    • Daniele has been on lots of dates without knowing they were dates
    • Internalized oppression
    • The words sound good, but the dog whistle behind those words is not
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  • Episode 157 - Becoming a Better Human (with Nic Gregoriades)

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    • luminary.link/history
    • Nic is a freakishly positive human being
    • Someone can take psychedelics 10,000 times and remain an asshole
    • Meditation
    • Nic's changing attitudes about sex, porn, etc.
    • Daniele's brand of meditation… :)
    • The difference between enjoyment and addiction
    • How bad foods can sometimes be better than good foods: intent
    • The blessing and curse of an intense imagination
    • Nic's The Liberation Mentor, one-on-one mentorship
    • Gratefulness practice
    • A guide you can trust
    • Inner and outer treasures
    • Videogame addiction
    • Dojos as tribal centers
    • 'Wild, Wild Country': thoughts on Osho
    • 'Enlightenment' doesn't mean you are a good person
    • Nic doesn't want to burn down King's Landing while riding a dragon
    • https://www.liberationmentor.com/home-page

  • Episdoe 156 - When Ideologies Kill Friendship

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • luminary.link/history
    • Lady from Texas on a plane
    • All good things come to an end: Datsusara
    • Hemp so strong that it lasts longer than friendship
    • A sad journey: from loving Alan Watts to retweeting Tomi Lahren
    • My values don't change depending on my bank account
    • Does anything we say make a difference?
    • When heated conversations don't take place face to face
    • Finding comfort in ideology when you lack real solutions
    • The growth of cynicism from the 1970s onward
    • Focusing on what elevates the quality of life

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz singing "Slave Mill"
    • "9-5 you know the drill, weekends are a short lived thrill. Sad to see the old slave mill is grinding slow, but grinding still"
    • The Tao and Iz' philosophical differences with Jason Mraz' 'I'm Yours'
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  • Episode 155 - Interconnectedness, Nature, and Healing Ourselves with Lawren Atkins

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    • luminary.link/history
    • Never before in human history so few people have been involved in food production
    • Why that's a problem
    • The disease of losing sight of interconnectedness
    • The English garden vs. indigenous gardens
    • When we lose interconnectedness: loneliness, alienation from food, alienation from nature, alienation from work
    • Indoor gardening
    • Gardening as antidepressant
    • Crenshaw High School Garden Project
    • Team Salad
    • Addressing food waste

  • Episode 154 - Chris Ryan

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    • luminary.link/history
    • Social outrage as a cover for existential crisis
    • Feeding you distractions so that people in power can stay in power
    • Maybe no one is pulling the strings, and no one is in control
    • "It's easier to ride a horse in the direction it's going."
    • Homework: learning how to make yourself happy
    • Millionaire slaves
    • Is it possible to be healthy in unhealthy world?
    • "Throw me into Hell, and I'll find a way to enjoy it" Ikkyu
    • Loneliness and depression
    • The challenges of creating community and tribes
    • Where selfishness and altruism go hand in hand
    • Crazy Horse, Caravaggio, The Punisher
    • This guy doesn't know who Nietzsche is but understands what Nietzsche was writing about
    • Savannah: a Zen monk who doesn't know what Zen is
    • Chris and Iroquois

  • Episode 153 - Winning the Rat Race and Feeling Nothing

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • History on Fire news!
    • luminary.link/history
    • If things turn ugly, I'll sit on the beach, drink tequila, caress my lady's breasts, and count my money
    • Future history on fire topics

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • The lyrics to "Masters of War"
    • The military Industrial Complex
    • How evil people lie to themselves
    • Evil people happen to be their own victims
    • Winning the rat race: when you can afford designer depression medications rather than the generic brand
    • Having all the wealth and feeling nothing
    • The great John Torres walks into the episode
    • Doing a Bronco Billy musical
    • Body language tells you plenty about a person
    • Awesome rendition of "Stand By Me"
    • Daniele as a old man when he was a kid (and the legend of Lao Tzu)

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Online learning

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Pledging allegiance to Tacos
    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • Iz' eyeglasses let her see into my soul
    • Ash vs. Evil Dead and Game of Thrones quotes
    • Rich's documentary, good soil, the silliness of political debates
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  • Episode 152 - The Talent Quest: Yves Edwards, Sovannahry Em, Brooke James

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    • Sovannahry...doing more damage to Ukraine than Putin himself
    • Message Sovannahry for signed copies or you can get an unsigned copy on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Quest-Brooke-James/dp/1723582352
    • Yves: from Bruce Lee to UFC
    • Thanks Chuck for hooking up Sav with Yves and Brooke
    • How does learning how to punch and kick someone make you a better person?
    • The paradoxical alchemy of martial arts
    • Advantages and disadvantages of traditional martial arts vs. combat sports
    • How to pick a martial arts school
    • Yves on trash talking in combat sports
    • "It is hard to hate a guy who is giving you donuts"
    • Just stepping up
    • Sovannahry about fighting in Asia
    • The ONE Championship model vs. the UFC model
    • The Shaolin of Dagestan documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0EwWAjIi20
    • Learning how not to take criticism personally helps you grow
    • Evan Tanner philosophy
    • The harshness of martial arts is what teaches people to deal with adversity
    • Combat Wombat!

  • Episode 151 - Higher Education and Life Choices

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    • Making life choices
    • We tasted the grapes and they were indeed sour
    • Figuring out how much money you need to be happy
    • "If i had known then, what I know now"
    • Rich slaves and poor slaves
    • Why school rankings are bullshit
    • Universities and social life
    • Soul mate or just the least horrible person among those you know?
    • Making a list of anything you may be interested in, and dabble in a few of them
    • Picking a martial arts school
    • When someone's identity is wrapped in a single activity
    • Lucid dreaming
    • @nikhilmgoel
    • "Dreaming of Stanford: How to Rethink High School and The Pursuit of College"

  • Episode 150 - Duncan Trussell

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    • Father Trussell—in more ways than one
    • Babies as antidotes to selfishness
    • Sundancers gaining strength by holding babies
    • A front row seat to slow-moving catastrophes
    • Mr. Rogers as a Bodhisatva
    • Taking down metaphorical walls, and taking off our armors
    • Birth and drama
    • When the Universe winks
    • A rock-polisher for the soul
    • The miracle of the poodle nose
    • Rain and beauty (and with that we lose all our listeners in Seattle)
    • Offerings of blood to the Sun
    • Duncan having second thoughts about how he used language
    • The intent and energy behind words is more important than words
    • How two people can say the same thing and one is hilarious and the other is an asshole
    • Angry free speech assholes vs angry pc assholes
    • How PTSD has been confused with masculinity
    • Duncan's father and his PTSD
    • If you are upset by razor commercial, you may need to sit down and breathe

  • Episode 149 - How to Get Snow by Defeating Ymir

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • God demolishes the Devil in the Bible murder competition

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Sovannahry's Zen: sleep and New Year's Eve
    • Sovannahry and her wrathful sparring partner
    • Tao Te Ching lines
    • Grolla drinking—cool Italian tribal ritual
    • Martial arts: Iz and TKD, Daniele gets a brown belt in BJJ, Sovannahry and ONE
    • Tae Kwon Do as perfect pedagogy for kids
    • Azog the Defiler ashamed of an undeserved brown belt
    • Tomas Sumbera is the man
    • Daniele miserably fails at small talk: human-canine combat, cutting off pinkies over broken promises, and cheating in school
    • My mom's dog nearly eats an intruder
    • Fast changes produces a craving for dictatorships
    • Unions making History on Fire possible

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Wrestling Ymir, the Frost Giant, in order to give Iz snow for Christmas
    • https://www.instagram.com/daniele_bolelli/
    • "I'm a dwarf and very sensitive about my height"
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  • Episode 148 - Robert Drysdale

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    • Tackling the history of jiujitsu in Brazil, and upsetting sacred cows
    • BJJ: Judo with modified rules
    • Getting crushed by the Japanese led to changing the rules and developing BJJ
    • Stupid ego standing in the way of improvement
    • Not liking the B in BJJ: Nationalism has no place in martial arts
    • Counter to the previous statement: visiting Yuki Nakai's school
    • The culture of Kosen Judo vs. BJJ
    • Why heel hooks were banned
    • People love the techniques they are good at—Ego's pitfalls
    • Two different meanings of Ego—one is petty and self-defeating. The other is at the roots of greatness.
    • The difference between Schopenhauer and Nietzschee
    • That difficult balance that allows you to pat yourself on the back while constantly trying to improve
    • The best memory of Robert's BJJ career
    • Maeda's role in BJJ history is highly exaggerated
    • There was no Gracie Academy in 1925
    • Inventing history—The thin line between myth and history

  • Episode 147 - Ice in Her Veins

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School—The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Ezekiel, golden dildos, donkey dicks and blue chew

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Savannah's fight—The Savage Buddha
    • The internet fulfills its purpose: a seal using an octopus to bitchslap a kayaker
    • When you least expect it, a seal is about to bitchslap you with an octopus
    • The poison of being snarky
    • Poisoning the well where you drink
    • Helping each other to stop indulging in terrible behaviors

    The "Iz Moment":

    • The Art of Fighting without Fighting
    • The Scorpion and the Frog
    • "It's my nature" is a lame excuse to avoid self-improvement
    • Natural tendencies vs. being a slave one's nature

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Nietzssche's translations. On Reading and Writing

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

  • Episode 146 - Kyle Kingsbury

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    • How Duncan Trussell killed the Drunken Taoist podcast :)
    • Psychedelic coaching
    • The different pedagogies of baby steps vs. jumping in the deep end of the pool
    • Tools to recenter: breathing
    • How fear is a ninja manipulating you in daily life
    • Tools to recenter: visualization
    • Tools to recenter: saunas and sweat lodges
    • Lakota spirituality
    • Changing how you walk, talk, breathe, think, play…
    • Taoist insights
    • Turning conflicts into positive interactions
    • You need a point of contact to create an impact
    • Kyle's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingsbu and twitter: https://twitter.com/kingsbu

  • Episode 145 - Drunken Moose & Psychic Dwarves

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    The Rant of the Day:

    • Red Tide in Florida
    • How environmental problems are made infinitely worse because of political corruption
    • Not a liberal or conservative issue
    • Environmental issues should be priority #1, 2, and 3
    • Political correctness and people making a living bashing political correctness are equally annoying
    • "If we don't put aside our enmities and band together, we will die. And then it doesn't matter whose skeleton sits on the Iron Throne." Sir Davos
    • "People's minds aren't made for problems that large." Tyrion Lannister

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz starts Tae Kwon Do
    • Iz channels her inner Jean Claude Van Damme
    • Either Conan or Zen, but no balanced role models
    • Ryokan, the thief and the moon
    • Lin Chi "Is That So?"
    • The Last Airbender: a Taoist cartoon
    • Creating better archetypes
    • George Harrison doing dishes

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • Tyco Brahe, losing a nose in a duel over algebra, a beer-drinking pet moose, and hiring a psychic dwarf

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Miyamoto Musashi and finding the way in all things

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

  • Episode 144 - Sam Yang (Must Triumph Podcast)

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    • 'Must Triumph' Podcast: a Bruce Lee approach to podcasting
    • Have Gi. Wil Travel: Sam's Origin Story
    • 'If you live for the weekends, maybe you don't like capitalism that much'
    • Can't satisfy thirst with empty water pitchers
    • Get through life doing the least amount of slave work possible
    • The dubious wisdom of accumulating debt
    • Street level philosophy
    • Feudal capitalism vs. capitalism
    • An MMA approach to politics
    • Addiction to drugs, cults, ideologies

  • Episode 143 - Making a Living without Selling Out

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    The "Iz Moment":

    • Duncan Trussell's Sure Design commercials
    • The voice of the 9 year old, 'What's a tranny?'
    • Kids: people with less experience and smaller vocabulary
    • Learning how to drink
    • Being drunk: no justification for shitty behavior
    • Why the gap between ideals and behavior?
    • Doing what you say: a low and yet uncommon bar

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • Rocky Mountain Savage and mountain lions
    • One shot—just like Eminem

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • On the ethics of breaking oaths
    • Thinking long and hard before giving your word
    • 99% is not good enough when it comes to giving your word
    • Making a book deadline in the midst of death & tragedy. Because death & tragedy has no excuse to break your word
    • A sweet fuck up, but still a fuck up
    • How '50 Things' led to the JRE, how the JRE led to Drunken Taoist and History on Fire
    • How to make a living without selling out
    • Play your cards well, but you still need to be lucky
    • Trying four paths in the hope that one works
    • Daniele's "career" path
    • Selling out and literary agents
    • It'd be more honest to sexually please guys at truck stop
    • Writing to me is about passion and self expression, not ghost writers and NY Times bestsellers

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

  • Episode 142 - Jamie Kilstein

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    • Writing about politics and getting hate from both sides
    • Having a 5th degree black belt in fuck ups
    • The class clown called me "gay" and beat the shit out of me
    • Selling out along political lines would bring good money
    • Getting tired of spreading poison
    • Being hateful sells
    • So much easier to be critical than to create something beautiful
    • Jamie meets rock bottom
    • Learning about life through MMA
    • Life advice: lose everything and train BJJ
    • The trap of identities
    • There were supposed to be no political parties in American life
    • The comedy of the 'billionaire outsider'
    • Freedom from roles
    • "I literally thought Republicans only laughed at school shootings"
    • Lack of self esteem is at the roots of most problems—from relationships to politics
    • Authenticity goes hand in hand with vulnerability
    • Finding common ground

  • Episode 141 - Amy Baldwin (Shameless Sex Podcast)

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    • Exorcising shame (with a nod to Chris Ryan)
    • Controlling sex as a strategy to gain power over people
    • The origins of sexual shame
    • Expectations kill experience
    • Homophobic hugs
    • Italian Sexuality
    • The road to dictatorship is paved with insecurities
    • Sex is usually a non-topic in the study of history
    • Studying history: great masturbation material
    • Ikkyu and Savannah's art
    • Separating sex from love
    • Sex work, $ and connection
    • Daniele's experience with a goddess of mercy
    • Amy's experience
    • Thad Russell, sex, and moral renegades
    • Late 1800s: sex with wives for kids, and sex with sex workers for fun
    • Sex trafficking ? sex work
    • Why the Sesta law is terrible
    • A sluttier world is a happier world

  • Episode 140 - Circumstances Vary. Integrity Doesn't Have To

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    The Rant of the Day:

    • How do you handle losing the most important game of your life? Japan at the World Cup
    • Choosing to be a good human being
    • On a good day, behave like a nice person. On a bad day, behave like a nice person
    • Circumstances vary. Integrity doesn't have to
    • When you are a sun, you shine for everyone

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Her grandma's fights
    • Daniele grew up on a street populated by Brazilian trans sex workers
    • All women should carry knives
    • Sara Frazetta: red tide, and man-made ecological disasters
    • Daniele and Rich, the climate deniers
    • Pink psychopaths

    The Storytelling Moment:

  • Episode 139 - John Wolf and Mark Cheng

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    • CFO at Onnit stands for Chief Fitness Officer
    • Santa Cruz: too stoned to say 'hi'
    • The coolest martial arts studio in Daniele's experience
    • Onnit Gym: The Temple of the Body
    • Onnit 6 and bodyweight protocols https://www.onnit.com/six/
    • The Legend of Dr. Mark Cheng—a fitness sexual poet
    • Effective communication:
    • Daniele doesn't hear his own accent
    • Mark Dacascos and gangsta rap in Monterey Park
    • The key talent of an emotional athlete: adaptability
    • 'The meaning of any communication is not the the intent behind it but the response you get.'
    • Daniele's grandfather, China plates: interaction over content
    • Words: meaning is secondary. Energy transfer is more important
    • Taoism: the ability to shift gears
    • Judo as Taoism in action
    • You are right. So what?
    • Exit strategies in relationships
    • The best deals benefit both parties
    • Being willing to be vulnerable. Being willing to be the one who does more
    • The hero's ego
    • Savannah protests she is nice

  • Episode 138 - The Tiger

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    The Rant of the Day:

    • Why emphasizing global warming may not be the smartest strategy to convince people to care about the environment
    • Political experiments in different states
    • Results are more interesting than ideologies
    • The solution may not be in the middle between extremes

    The "Iz Moment":

    • "Have you ever been to jail?"
    • Explaining dark humor to Iz
    • I like to remember my outlaws for the way they lived: defiant and at odds with authority. Why I am not a fan of posthumous pardons

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • Man-eating tigers and vengeance
    • 10 feet long and 500 lbs
    • Humans taste good and they are not that hard to kill

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • When you are your own boss, you work more
    • Anthony Bourdain and suicide
    • Everyone has a breaking point
    • Addiction to pills
    • Alienation from work
    • Missing nature
    • Chris Hillseth and Judo

  • Episode 137 - It is I, Duncan Trussell!

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    • Duncan's and Daniele's podcast friendship
    • Our grandkids will be able to listen to hours of material
    • Had podcasting existed during slavery times
    • Duncan's love for Buddhism
    • Faith-based vs. evidence-based
    • Buddha doing the Macarena
    • Social media and fear-mongering
    • "People who have figured out how to get rich off of yelling that the theater is on fire."
    • Do someone's words help you improve the quality of your life?
    • Feeding your brain with stuff that makes you laugh and happy, rather than worried and outraged
    • Realistic optimism
    • Speak truth to power… but do it with a smile
    • "Throw me into hell and I'll find a way to enjoy it." Ikkyu Sojun
    • Fear profiteers
    • Prometheus and his eagle, William
    • Duncan on meditation
    • Working out and laziness
    • Christopher Hillseth and Judo
    • Duncan's dreams: going to the movies with the Dalai Lama

  • Episode 136 - Two Angry Sisters Against a Samurai

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    The Rant of the Day:

    • The American version of the video game "Conan Exiles"
    • Dismembering people is just good natured fun, but the naked human body...the horror! Think of the children!
    • Extreme repression and extreme obsession feed one another
    • Timothy Lira and Alfredo sauce—the boiled placenta of female demons as they give birth to their evil spawns

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Six weeks of mild depression lifted by Iz
    • Teenage moodiness
    • Evil Iz, the Offspring, and Daniele is just a sucker with no self-esteem
    • The loneliness epidemic
    • The multiple causes for mass shootings, Reagan and tripling the federal budget, and the $ addiction

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • Two angry sisters against a murderous samurai

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Jordan Peterson, Confucianism, and Taoism
    • I don't feel nostalgic for the 1950s
    • Disney movies
    • Poor communication as a communication strategy

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

  • Episode 135 - Ian Harris: Comedy and MMA

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    • Healthy skepticism
    • Questioning authority is a great idea. Denying evidence is not
    • Discussing religion, atheism, agnosticism
    • Socialism: Stalin and Bernie Sanders are not the same thing
    • Using the same words to mean different things
    • Liberals, SJWs, and the problems with labels
    • Arguing on social media, and productive communication
    • Ian's career as a comedian and an MMA trainer
    • The only reason why the world didn't end in a Maya apocalypse is Ian's standup
    • The relationship between talent and success in entertainment, and in sports
    • UFC and religions
    • Leo Hirai MMA fight
    • Coaching fighters in the UFC

  • Episode 134 - Outlaw Ethics, Talking Donkeys, and Rich's Doppelgänger

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Acts of Thomas
    • Jesus' twin brother
    • When Jesus sells you into slavery
    • Ghost palace in the clouds
    • Raising women from the dead, fighting dragons, and having a talking donkey pal —just like Shrek

    The Rant of the Day:

    • The new law SESTA is the modern equivalent of the Mann Act
    • Legalizing prostitution

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Outlaw Ethics—Outlaw with a heart
    • People who prey on the weak need a bullet in the head
    • Why Robin Hood is a hero
    • "Be More Pirate"
    • Cheating in school
    • No respect for cheating in a relationship. Either open relationship or stick to your word

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • China's Four Pests Campaign

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Parenting, relationships and happiness

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

  • Episode 133 - Boki Nachbar

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    • Seeing the world through basketball: from Slovenia through Italy, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Spain and the NBA
    • Life after basketball
    • Differences between European and American basketball
    • How MMA led Boki to Joe Rogan and the world of podcasting
    • Sports, epic, and heroism
    • Less random entertainment and more inspiration. Tools to help make life better
    • 20 years with thousands of people watching you play every single week, and then it all stops.
    • How writing a stupid college paper can turn into samurai training
    • Focused practice as the key to progress
    • Putting the phone away
    • Playing against LeBron James
    • How becoming a master in one field is unrelated to having a good life
    • The addiction to success
    • Fans in Europe and U.S.
    • Parenting
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  • Episode 132 - Aubrey Marcus

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    • "Own the Day, Own Your Life"
    • Taking it one day at a time—literally
    • How to give yourself 24 amazing hours
    • The difference between 'alive' and 'dead' time
    • Six Breaths
    • Supplements: Vitamin D, Green Powder, Magnesium, Krill Oil, Probiotics
    • Dieting from politics
    • No one ever went broke by selling fear
    • Play video games rather than arguing about politics on social media
    • Loneliness and depression in the most affluent country on earth
    • Modern tribes
    • Dealing with stress and expectations
    • Motivation but also self-appreciation

  • Episode 131 - Topless Dueling, The Discipline of the Hero's Journey, and 'Girlfight'

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    The Rant of the Day:

    • Letting people you care about feel loved
    • Screw snarky humor as an M.O.

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Surviving an Orc ambush, winning the soccer World Cup, and armbarring opposition
    • Assassin's Creed and a history lesson
    • Watching Logan with Iz
    • Big change in Daniele's life—no longer bound to epic & tragic
    • Iron Fist and martial arts training
    • Watching "Girlfight": 'This is as good as Conan!'

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • Thank you Stephan Kesting
    • Topless Dueling over flower arrangement
    • Savannah volunteers to fight in our Topless Duels League

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

    • Daniele is a traitorous wimp
    • Even Nazis don't want to call themselves Nazis anymore
    • Becoming the hero of a tale is not due to fate, but unrelenting work
    • Being able to step up when it's not comfortable to step up
    • The discipline of steel
    • Most people are not evil. Most people are weak. And weakness is fertile ground for evil
    • The carnival of Italian elections
    • Why some people crave Fascism
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  • Episode 130 - Intellectuals and Kim Kardashian's Ass (with Cory Allen)

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    • Cory Allen (Astral Hustle) and Daniele decide to release an episode on both podcasts
    • Daniele is more interested in Kim Kardashian's ass than in the cumulative body of work of most public intellectuals (and he is not that interested in Kim Kardashian's ass)
    • Peddling joyless ideas is not a sign of a great IQ
    • Ode to Dan Carlin
    • Lack of humor is a sin
    • Too many intellectuals look constipated
    • "We should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh." Friedrich Nietzsche
    • Wisdom is funny
    • Surfing Nietzsche
    • Wisdom is more than a high IQ. Wisdom is more than how many books you've read.
    • Knowing how to make a kid laugh is a better sign of wisdom than how many books you have read
    • Ideas that can empower life: making friends with physicality
    • Angry brains in jars
    • I'm not your mom, and i'm not a cop
    • Attention is not owed. It's earned
    • Hiding behind titles, uniforms and PhDs
    • Friendly sparring matches vs. real fights: both in martial arts and intellectually
    • I'm interested in truth—not in identity
    • Better learning how to swim than using ideologies as life jackets
    • Kindness as applied intelligence rather than intelligence for intelligence's sake
    • If your ideas don't have a positive impact in your body, in your facial expressions, in the way you hug people, then i really don't want to hear about them
    • I don't care about Taoism. I care about how Taoism can help us enjoy life

  • Episode 129 - Michael Brooks and Hunter Maats

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    • Humor supersedes truth
    • The benefits and traps of belonging to a group
    • Fake empowerment is attractive when the road to real empowerment is barred
    • Individuality and context
    • The mistake of taking the self-help section and applying it to economics
    • Turning good ideas into stereotypes
    • In the face of the complexity of life, oversimplified narratives attract people
    • Hunter is not a fan of An-Cap
    • The notion of personal responsibility and the notion that people should have food to eat are not political stances
    • "No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker." Mikhail Bakunin
    • The MMA of ideas
    • Frank Zappa "Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex."
    • Outrage is dull
    • Choosing where to invest your energy: microcosm and macrocosm
    • Dealing with zombies is more important that your feelings about gay people
    • Pirate-Robot-Ninja

  • Episode 128 - Taoism and Toxic Relationships

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • The Children's Crusade
    • Pure souls will win the Holy Land… yeah… not quite
    • St. Denis delivering a sermon while holding his severed head in his hands
    • Jesus plays a funny prank

    The Rant of the Day:

    • Gender argument through Taoist lenses
    • Using identity as a crutch for not having done anything yourself
    • Game of Thrones, the White Walkers and the Republican National Convention
    • From hostile to cooperative—Taoism applied to toxic relationships
    • Establishing fault—not as interesting as moving on

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz's relationship with authority
    • Iz hiding from the police

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  • Episode 127 - Marcus Kowal, Man on a Mission

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    • The deadly hit-and-run that changed everything
    • Every 53 minute someone dies because of drunk driving
    • Twitter: @MarcusKowal
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    • How to pick up life when the worst happens
    • The political resistance to changing drunk driving laws
    • On average people drink and drive 80 times before getting busted
    • Grappling with grief
    • Survivor's guilt
    • How do you solve rationally a problem that has no rational solution?
    • Sometimes, it's ok not to be ok
    • Certain scars don't go away
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  • Episode 126 - The Future of Work, Education, Relationships & Everything Else

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Jesus inviting you to become a eunuch for the sake of Heaven
    • Not Louis CK's favorite passage
    • No sex in Heaven
    • A morality that puts you at odds with your biology
    • Monkeys with top hats

    The Rant of the Day:

    • The Drunken Taoist Ikkyu t-shirt prompts a former guest to knockout a racist
    • Rich gets a black belt in verbal Tai Chi
    • The future of work in the internet age
    • How internet can change work, play, community, relationships, real estate, and everything else
    • Advantages and disadvantages of online universities, and the dematerialization of work
    • Self-driving cars
    • The structure of our society hasn't caught up with our technology

    The Storytelling Moment:

    • From Our Fake History: the birth of Rock and Roll
    • Good, old Muddy Waters
    • The original lyrics to Tutti Frutti were quite X-rated
    • A producer to Elvis "Make sure you stick to truck-driving because you are never going to make it as a singer."

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  • Episode 125 - The Wisdom of the Body with Aaron Alexander

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    • Making a profession out of studying the secrets of the body
    • Less movement than ever in human history
    • Developing awareness throughout the day
    • How posture affects testosterone and stress hormones
    • Having role models
    • Strength as a prerequisite for softness
    • Teachers need to inspire or they can't be taken seriously
    • Movement as a key to understanding Taoism
    • The body is more than the body
    • No one but you can make you feel small and insignificant
    • It's difficult to will depression away
    • Inspiration and lasting power
    • Skill acquired through time and energy
    • Why we resist learning new things
    • Gifts emerging through limitations
    • The yin yang of emphasizing social causes vs. individual agency
    • The problems of having things easy
    • Yin and yang the language of life
    • We are going to figure out this burrito
    • "I got lucky at a young age. My dad started smoking crack…"
    • Neil deGrasse Tyson on urgency, motivation and mortality
    • Vibes and body language
    • The superpower of empathy
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  • Episode 124 - Strength and Kindness

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    The "Rant of the Day":

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    • RIP Dakota Black https://www.gofundme.com/dakota-black-childrens-fund
    • My new favorite philosopher "Thug" Rose Namajunas
    • We are joined by Mark Markillie @24HourDelay Donnie Bumanglag from @stateofflowvets
    • GSP is Daniele's alter ego
    • Criticizing stupid ideas is not nearly as interesting as creating something beautiful
    • Make dueling great again!
    • Strength and Kindness

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Michael Rockefeller, cannibals, headhunters and sharks

    The "Iz Moment":

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    • Iz introduces her dog, Azog the Defiler
    • Iz singing a lullaby to her dog (Youtube)
    • Big Bear: beautiful nature, racism and meth
    • Polenta, eggplant parmesan, red wine, tiramisu'
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  • Episode 123 - The Robin Hood of Weed

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    • Cannabis as medicine
    • The endocannabinoid system
    • A case study
    • Robin Weed's approach to dealing with racism
    • Eating cannabis like a salad
    • The impact on fats on THC-consumption
    • Watch out for pesticides in cannabis concentrates
    • Why it's important to grow your own
    • Experimenting with the Wim Hof method
    • "If you are going to say something on the internet to somebody, make sure you'd say that to their face. Just know that there are people like me who will drive to your front door."
    • "Out of all the drug addictions you can have, being addicted to serotonin released by acts of generosity is one of the best"
    • Hunting and giving away
    • The ethics of hunting vs. factory farming
    • "If you can't go out and hunt your own food, you should probably consider being a vegetarian."
    • Attachment and money
    • Iz about the Sheriff of Nottingham

  • Episode 122 - Nuance in the Age of Fear and Outrage

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino

    • Biblical fan fiction: The Gospel of James
    • Why it's a bad idea to test Mary's virginity
    • Jesus in Junior High: Bullies never stood a chance

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Hugging Nazis
    • Fear and outrage get clicks
    • Ben Shapiro and Broken Clocks
    • Building a career on finding idiots on the other side of the political spectrum and making fun of them
    • Ideological slaves
    • Ben Shapiro and Dan Carlin: the difference between being a partisan hack and someone who's intellectually honest
    • "Empire isn't a choice. Empire is a duty"

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Caesar and the pirates

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Daniele hits the wrong person

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz reads her article
    • Addams Family Values
    • The Wampanoags and Puritans = murderous Thanksgiving
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    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Dan Carlin and Common Sense
    • Nietzsche on gods and monsters
    • Dan's nuance gets drowned by the noise of the black and white mentality
    • If you dare to say what people with a different viewpoint argue, then you are seen as a collaborator
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  • Episode 121 - Duncan Trussell

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    • Chimps and frogs
    • The poet of the fleshlight
    • How many horrible ideas that have ruined humanity would have never seen the light had these people gotten laid more
    • Angry aliens unhappy about your sex life
    • Post-orgasmic bliss
    • Hierarchy of orgasms
    • Duncan's minimalist Burning Man experience
    • The dark side of tribes and human nature
    • The insanity of putting work above recreation
    • Cults, leadership and ego
    • The strangeness of war brotherhood
    • Iz and empathy
    • "I'd like to get my dad back"

  • Episode 120 - Kindness over Anger

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • "Lost": a master class in character development
    • The beauty and horrors of tribal life
    • "No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies." Benjamin Franklin
    • Diary of a Demon
    • Slaves and indentured servants. Teaching racism as a tool to divide
    • The self-torture of the Protestant Work Ethic
    • Nazi hero?!?

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Story courtesy of Richard Gordon: Tepozteco
    • Zen story, business card and governor of Kyoto

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Why did I pee in this purse?!?
    • Coyote hopping in my lap

    The "Iz Moment":

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  • Episode 119 - Jun Lee, Yoga, Wim Hof Method, and Transforming Lives

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    • More than stretching: Yoga to transform lives
    • Spirituality without Woo-Woo
    • Hacking away at the inessentials
    • The challenge of roads in Costa Rica
    • Jun's Datsusara moment
    • Achieving your goals and realizing they are not what you really need
    • The joyous mood of Rich Evirs
    • Attempted rape and Kiai
    • Yoga and tribes
    • Wim Hof method, yoga and breathing
    • Growth through discomfort

  • Episode 118 - The Ecstasy of Sand and Sea

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Going to the big game and everyone was rooting for the same team
    • Rich's excellent eclipse adventure
    • Neil DeGrasse Tyson doesn't want to mix with the unwashed masses—aka why people like him are Trump's best friends
    • Part of the reason for American anti-intellectualism is because many intellectuals are such assholes
    • Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee prophet and the eclipse
    • Random encounter with Forrest Griffin
    • Return to Tuscany. The ecstasy of sand and sea. Vacations are key for mental health
    • More online teaching in Daniele's future

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The monster of Florence

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Savannah and the "Lost" dream

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Responsible for the extinction of humanity
    • The dance of Smeagol and Gollum
    • Bruce Lee and the demon
    • Everyone is walking on a tightrope

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 117 - Taoist Lectures & Not Afraid Medley

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  • Episode 116 - Randall Lobb & Isaac Elliott-Fisher

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    • From social commentary documentaries to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • The DIY approach to documentaries
    • The democratization of technology vs. the impossible democratization of talent
    • He-Man. And Daniele flexes his biceps.
    • Making documentaries and then praying to be able to sell them
    • The Conan documentary
    • Arnold returning to the Conan franchise?
    • The process of turning footage into a documentary
    • Taming the Ego
    • If I feel it, there's probably a good reason for it
    • The wisdom of gut feelings
    • The process to creating a good documentary is the same that allows one to have a good marriage, or be effective at anything
    • Negotiating with other human beings to create something great
    • "To be excellent in one thing is to be excellent in all things" Miyamoto Musashi
    • The same principles can be applied to any field of experience
    • Daniele's grandfather and a conversation about plates
    • Chuang Tzu "Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?"
    • Daniele's biceps are like the Tao-entirely beyond words
    • Working out as a tool for mental health
    • Creativity is great, but nothing beats sweating
    • "You get blue biceps"
    • Randall's superhuman powers
    • How celibacy affects the brain
    • Conan philosophy and the cult of strength

  • Episode 115 - The FBI, the American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Voice of Baceprot—Muslim girls shredding it
    • How both the Left and the Right miss the mark on Islamic fundamentalism
    • When you stop relating to people as human beings, and you see them as Sauron's army
    • The difference between killing civilians because you are careless and killing civilians because they are your target
    • A Taoist approach picks case by case, and rarely generalizes

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • My God can kick your God's ass
    • Jezebel gets eaten by dogs

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The case of Leonard Peltier
    • The history of the American Indian Movement from the Trail of Broken Treaties to Wounded Knee
    • Dick Wilson and the Civil War on Pine Ridge
    • If democracy brings us money, we love democracy. If it doesn't, screw democracy, give us a dictatorship
    • Bill Clinton and Leonard Peltier

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Daniele cries watching...pretty much anything
    • Killing monsters and drinking their blood

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 114 - Darryl Cooper

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    • Cooperating on the Conquest of Mexico series
    • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    • The emotional punch of episode 6 of Martyrmade
    • A middle eastern tragedy
    • Keeping a nuanced approach to a topic where nuance usually doesn't exist
    • Daniele's racist landlady
    • Darryl's twitter adventures
    • Quitting the addiction to trolling
    • Darryl's days on Sherdog
    • Trolling vs good communication
    • Parallels past, present and future
    • Humanity at a crossroads—suicide, depression, addiction
    • How dogmatic identities 'help' people
    • The creation of an American identity against a common enemy
    • The price to pay for an identity
    • The strengths and weaknesses of tribalism & globalization
    • How and why we need to create new tribes
    • Probably all our ancestors were cannibals at some point
    • Montana's wrestling state champion
    • The church of jiujitsu
    • Reducing unnecessary suffering

  • Episode 113 - Crazy Romans

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Jordan Peterson and poverty
    • From Kyoto to Paris

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • The Bears and the Kids

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Romans conquered half of the world not because they never lost battle, but because losing didn't bother them
    • Marcus Atilius Regulus
    • Marcus Curtius

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Cops, Donuts, and Iz
    • Rich, nutrition, modern medicine, Ian McCall, Dr. Sarno, Richard Gordon

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  • Episode 112 - Franco Bolelli

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    • The Bolelli household: podcasting before podcasting existed
    • "I'd never be able to stay in one field of knowledge"
    • Mixing what most people keep separate
    • Franco and his 3 points-hand: "One of the best shooters in Western Civilization"
    • Choosing a career that would allow him to stay with baby Daniele 24/7
    • A curious relationship with money
    • A concert at Castello Sforzesco
    • "I wrote about music to write about life"
    • Teaching in design without knowing a whole lot about design
    • Love book
    • Franco's ungodly stamina when it comes to playing
    • Daniele is a historian. Franco can't care less about history
    • Technology and evolution
    • Creating something better than what we criticize
    • The limits of politics
    • Franco's hostility toward learning
    • Meeting Michael Jordan
    • Obsession and self perfection
    • One sentence by Nietzsche is worth more than most Western philosophy put together
    • Most philosophers are an insult to the trees that were cut to create the pages they wrote on
    • "Descartes can't dance"

  • Episode 111 - Taoist Parenting, Mongolian outlaws, and Jesus as a Inuit Hunter

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Recreating the Conan image
    • Taoist parenting
    • Tailoring the style to the people you are dealing with
    • Turning a competitive relationship into a cooperative one
    • Teaching kids to make choices, not to blindly obey
    • Taoist leadership

    The "Storytelling Moment" / Father Bolelli's Sunday School:

    • Jesus and God as Inuit hunters killing dogs
    • Satan gets killed… three times
    • The stuff people are willing to believe if it comes from charismatic, authoritarian leaders
    • When God was recruited as a dog-sled driver
    • No one ever lost money by betting on people's fear and hopelessness
    • A misguided Wim Hof moment
    • Jesus dies of TB in prison
    • How cults work

    The "Iz Moment":

    • My daughter "Accepts and Respects Authority"?
    • Open-toed shoes in school and the Clash
    • "Hierarchy, strict rules I won't obey this tradition Why kneel down like a slave I'd rather be an outlaw... No one owns This beautiful planet I can go wherever I want Thanks to my horse"
    • Sainkho

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  • Episode 110 - Sara Frazetta about the Legendary Career of Frank Frazetta

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    • The legendary career of Frank Frazetta
    • Conan, Metal, and freelancing
    • Creating his own style
    • A love for sex and women
    • The silly critique of 'objectifying the human body'
    • The temple of muscles and boobs
    • The bizarre notion that nudity equals objectifying
    • Frank's influences
    • All he wanted was to paint. Money never interested him
    • Coffee and prosciutto
    • Cranking out a masterpiece in a night and then sleeping 48 hours
    • Painting for Robert Rodriguez
    • Sara's personal favorite: "Egyptian Queen"
    • Sara as the lucky mediator
    • "There were no rules in Frank Frazetta's world. Rules don't exist. Law doesn't exist"
    • Lawyers and family fights
    • "I am going to offend people. That's just inevitable."
    • Robert Rodriguez remaking "Fire and Ice"?
    • https://www.frazettagirls.com/
    • Working on a Death Dealer story
    • Pete McCormack and Hollywood
    • 'Horror Convention' vs. 'Whore Convention'
    • "Why would I sell my soul and my grandpa's soul for a Ferrari...that I'll die in most likely?"
    • Frazetta, Caravaggio and Bosch
    • Character-driven

  • Episode 109 - Depth and Happiness

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    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Facebook and its curious policies
    • 'War Machine'

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Sebastian Major and Our Fake History
    • Robert Johnson's soul

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz and dog poop
    • Conan as a sweet movie
    • Lomachenko liking Savannah's art on her instagram page

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Ash vs. Evil Dead
    • Donald Trump and his ninja
    • Trying to kill wonderful Savannah Em

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  • Episode 108 - From US Marine to Zen Monk: Scott Mangis

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    • Searching for truth at the bottom of vodka bottles
    • Grief and meditation
    • Delivering kitty litters during war
    • The way to make a little money is to start with a lot
    • The ego will help you look, but it won't help you find
    • Allowing the mind to do what the mind does
    • If you have a problem with your ego, bring it with you next time
    • The problem of evil
    • On Japanese culture
    • How memories affect people decades after the fact
    • Quiet meditation or meditation in action
    • On reincarnation
    • On love and attachment
    • Fear and fighting
    • Cropodopolis on Facebook
    • MISANTHROTEES

  • Episode 107 - Biblical Porn

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Bible Porn
    • The best Bible ever
    • A scribe had too much to drink one night (or, how The Song of Songs made it into the Bible)
    • "I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste"
    • "He shall lie all night between my breasts"

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The Yin and Yang of new technologies
    • A day in Hollywood

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Aztecs vs. Spaniards
    • Nezahualcoyotl and the Lion King
    • Jack Johnson

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Led Zeppelin "How Many More Times"
    • $, pen-stabbing
    • Poop masterpiece

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 106 - Duane Ludwig

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    • On Fighting BJ Penn and Jens Pulver in their prime
    • The fastest KO in UFC history
    • Changing the rules of the UFC
    • Respect and visiting with Genki Sudo
    • Duane's affiliate program
    • Seeing someone you love fighting in the cage
    • How to train striking and avoid concussions
    • On learning from Bas Rutten
    • It is hard to have an ego after you get beat up enough times
    • TJ Dillashaw
    • Martial arts for pro fighting, Martial arts for life
    • Empathy helps to be a good teacher
    • Miyamoto Musashi, and the essential principles of life
    • Watching fights in an ordinary state of consciousness, on cannabis, and on Alpha Brain
    • DMT-inspired decisions
    • Giving up addictions, filling life with better options
    • A path to self-mastery
    • The spectacle of MMA, and learning how to shit-talk
    • The genius of Kazushi Sakuraba
    • Strategy vs. forging the spirit
    • Duane's online academy

  • Episode 105 - Fail Gloriously

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • The rape of Tamar
    • Dinner with a side of murder
    • Orgy with 10 concubines
    • Punishing concubines for having been raped

    The "Rant of the Day":

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
    • Libertarian ideas: what I like and what I don't
    • The problem with deregulation

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Mike V's video
    • Dealing with failure
    • Caravaggio, or why Daniele is a weak-ass bitch
    • There's always a good excuse not to get stuff done
    • Daniele gets royally drunk and picks political fights on Facebook

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Cultural appropriation, Halloween, Eminem
    • Berkeley protests, and strategy
    • A great strategy doesn't guarantee success, but a bad strategy almost certainly guarantees failure
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  • Episode 104 - Duncan Trussell

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    • Duncan moving to NY
    • Self-discipline
    • "Can you imagine if looking at your phone got you in shape? I would be Arnold Fucking Schwarzenegger"
    • Duncan is a black belt in surfing the internet
    • Practice
    • Compassion hurts more than lifting weights
    • The mental illness of dualism
    • I'm not anti-cop. I'm anti-asshole
    • Duncan about Castaneda, and the 48 Laws of Power
    • You can’t build an identity around nuance
    • The only way to build group identity is by squashing individuality
    • Mr. Rogers and the Senator
    • Nazis, Communists and the My Lai massacre
    • BEND THE KNEE!!!!
    • Life is a place where Buddha and Arya Stark meet

  • Episode 103 - SJWs, Alt Right—Two Sides of the Same Sick Coin

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Hot, naked woman on the roof
    • Ancient Israelite fragging

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The Stupidity of the Left
    • Crying wolf about racism means people stop believing you even in the presence of real racism
    • The Stupidity of the Right
    • You know what's manly? Not whining like a little bitch is manly
    • Showing up to work with t-shirts featuring Conan the Barbarian killing enemies, while naked women moan at his feet
    • Even smart people turned off by PC culture end up listening to even worse idiots
    • The solution to the stupidity of the Left is not the stupidity of the Right. The solution is not being stupid
    • SJWs and Alt Right are the same people, indoctrinated by different ideologies
    • Just because someone criticizes someone's stupidity, it doesn't mean they are not stupid too
    • Savnnah on Facebook

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Legend of Lead Belly

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Sean Loeffler and going to school
    • "You are not Daniele anymore. You are Niko the dog"

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 102 - The Savage Buddha: Artist and KO Artist, Savannah Nahry Em

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    • Savannah's pro MMA Debut
    • The locker room scene before the fight
    • Duncan Trussell about Savannah "The house was filled with her energy. She was coiled"
    • 18 seconds of craziness. The overhand from hell and the 'lights out' left hook--The Cambodian Mike Tyson
    • You don't see this kind of one-punch KO power in female MMA
    • How do you go from being a sweet, soft-spoken woman into a savage force of nature? The Yin-Yang of the Savage Buddha
    • The only person to KO Daniele
    • Fightchix.com blog post: "Wonder Woman: Savannah Em"
    • Shy but fearless
    • Fightchix.com: Savage Buddha Collection
    • Daniele spends the night dreaming about the fight. Savannah spends the night dreaming about syrup-covered donuts
    • Anthony Formoso and the Drunken Taoist
    • The enigma of KO power
    • The challenges of pressure
    • Tomoe Gozen
    • Savannah's art: nudity, epic style and comedy
    • Thank you, Chuck Duncan!
    • Savannah's art: shirtless guy on a horse giving oral to a lady who is eating a cheeseburger while sword fighting with Hitler who is riding a Nazi dragon
    • The Three Fs of a happy life: Food, Fighting and Fucking
    • The Ikkyu scroll, the Nietzsche shirt, the History on Fire logo
    • Savannah's grandfather
    • Fleeing the Khmer Rouge
    • Drinking from a river where a corpse floats
    • Oumry Ban and Pradal Serey
    • Sean Loeffler
    • Thank you to Datsusara, Onnit, Float Clinic, Fight Chix, and Shaman's Simple Solutions
    • The Universe has a sense of humor: 'Where am I going to meet someone I'll click with? Across the street?'
    • The meeting of Daniele and Savannah
    • "Savannah..."
    • Someone who likes you for who you are
    • Find Savannah online

  • Episode 101 - Chatting Ayahuasca with Donald Bumanglag and Daniel Cleland

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    • Ayahuasca at 9 years old
    • pulsetours.com
    • Donald's experience
    • Long term positive effects of Ayahuasca
    • Antidepressants and Ayahuasca
    • "If I can get clean for two weeks, I wouldn't have to come to the jungle"
    • On the menu: Cambo, San Pedro, Tobacco, Ayahuasca
    • Shamans fighting
    • Wrestling people in the middle of the maloca
    • "Whatever you do, don't kill this lady"
    • Cambo and hunting
    • Quasi-atheist
    • Integrating environmentalism with technology
    • Reagan ripping solar panels away from the White House
    • Straw bale gardening and aquaponics
    • "Pulse of the Jungle" book
    • The Jungle Jam Podcast
    • Sick Call Podcast

  • Episode 100

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • David and Goliath
    • Cutting the foreskins of 200 Philistines as brideprice
    • David and his outlaw motorcycle gang
    • Killing the King

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Popping out babies and never seeing them
    • Raising kids in the 21st century
    • The current system is not working and we need a better one
    • Poisoned water doesn't discriminate between liberals and conservatives
    • Environmental protection shouldn't be a political issue
    • The North Carolina GOP, fracking and corporate shills
    • The end of fossil fuels
    • How do we keep our lifestyle without destroying the things that make life possible?
    • No attachment to ideologies. Attachment to what works

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Dyatlov Pass Incident
    • God-killing farts

    The "Iz Moment":

    • "Can I do something with your hair?"
    • Social Media Diet; Here, Not Here; Diverted Attention
    • Learning how to live with new technologies

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 99 - The Politics of Dualism

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    • Rich's singing frogs
    • On the stupidity of the DNC
    • Obama, Sanders, Obama -- very different, but same lesson
    • At a time when the GOP is ready to commit suicide, they win Senate, House, Presidency (and by default Supreme Court)
    • Why Clinton was one of the worst candidates in recent memory
    • A repeat of the 2000 election
    • Clinton slapping in the face the people whose votes she needed
    • Politics is the only field in which having no experience is an advantage
    • No one like establishment politicians
    • Democrats drive the train toward destruction at 60 mph. Republicans drive the train toward destruction at 180 mph. I'd like to have someone who doesn't drive the train toward destruction at all
    • NO DAPL
    • The problem with dependency on oil
    • Why the notion of Trump as an outsider is image more than reality. Same with Obama
    • Trump and Berlusconi
    • When your main selling point is that the other candidate is worse, you are not doing well
    • Fascists on the right or whiners on the left
    • Solutions are never found in black and white ideologies
    • How both the right and the left manage to alienate those Muslims who could be allies against Islamic fundamentalism
    • The illusion that if A is bad, then B must be good
    • Trump's success owes much to the stupidity of the left: Cal State LA, Berkeley demonstration
    • The satisfaction of seeing Clinton crash and burn is overshadowed by seeing Trump becoming president
    • SJWs and Alt Right as two sides of the same sick coin
    • The Walking Dead, and storytelling
    • Tom Robbins on sickness passing as literature
    • Why I hate Cormac McCarthy
    • Datsusara animation (YouTube)
    • Contact Savannah Em on Facebook for tickets to the Dec 11 MMA fights

  • Episode 98 - Fighting Fascism with a Bicycle

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • "Slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey"
    • The sin of compassion, and lynching as the solution

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Onnit to the rescue
    • Listening to Prince and feeling like a failure
    • The Timothy Leary dilemma
    • Repressing good memories
    • Maybe no one really saves anyone
    • https://www.facebook.com/NahryEm

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Gino Bartali, fighting against the Holocaust with a bicycle

    The "Iz Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The dance of discipline and indulgence
    • Panettone covered in Nutella
    • Breaking patterns by stepping away from your usual surroundings
    • @MusashiDesigns
    • The price of greatness
    • Nietzsche and the dancing star
    • Be there and play... and nothing else

  • Episode 97 - Shannon Lee

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    • Bruce Lee podcast
    • "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones" and layers of understanding
    • Simplify
    • Making time to do nothing
    • Creative Fridays
    • The transformation of work in the digital age
    • The Bruce Lee Foundation: licensing, production, Bruce Lee comic book, Little Dragons
    • TV series with Cinemax coming up
    • Bruce Tea
    • Exhibits museum
    • Hippie bruce
    • Hollywood and the mad hatter
    • Bruce lee vs. the space zombies
    • The changes in the movie business
    • Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon
    • If no one swings an ax, Daniele is not interested
    • Shannon passes the Conan test
    • Why are we crazy monkeys who feed on conflict?
    • On traditional martial arts and MMA
    • "I don't understand the need to put down somebody else for your own thing to be valid"
    • It's easier to criticize than to create
    • Waking up to the Ikkyu scroll: my one minute meditation
    • Shaman's LLC

  • Episode 96 - Just Don't Get Caught

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    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • A cheerful tale of rape, genocide and more rape
    • Veggie Tales should do an animation of this story

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Women in MMA. Savannah about to make her pro-debut. Rich is disturbed by this
    • Savannah will probably be fighting an amateur bout in November, and a pro fight in December
    • https://www.facebook.com/NahryEm/
    • Dan Carlin and why nuance is an endangered species. Being able to look at things from multiple sides
    • Binary thinking and bullshit stereotypes about masculinity and femininity
    • "It's never this or that. It's this and that"
    • Enjoying UFC and Conan the Barbarian while crying at movies.
    • "The fascist meathead and the sensitive, wimpy guy are both awful human beings"
    • "It would be nice if things were different, but they are not, so Bolelli shut the fuck up"
    • "We need strength and sensitivity, assertiveness and kindness. Why settle for one when you can have it all?"
    • Duncan, archery and his dogs
    • The Zen of archery (and basketball)
    • The Hawk and the Quail: "we live in a universe in which no quarter is given"

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • "Dear Stalin..."
    • Revenge on the fascist dogs! The Russian tank driving lady
    • Former sex slave killing an ISIS commander

    The "Iz Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Bra chain mail for Savannah
    • Star struck: Jenaveve Jolie. Not star-struck but still...Tom Robbins, Dan Carlin, "you said your name is ‘Harrison'?"
    • No DAPL

  • Episode 95 - Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

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    The Conan Rash Guard

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    • Working for secularization in the face of Islamic fundamentalism
    • Fleeing religious violence in Iraq
    • When Al-Qaeda are the moderates, you can begin to worry
    • Uniting Sunni and Shiite extremists by having them all hate him
    • Death threats clearly haven't diminished his sense of humor
    • An alternative to the choice between regressive left apologists and fascists
    • Speaking half-truths is more dangerous than lying
    • Why is there no nuance on the subject of Islam
    • The grievance may be legitimate, but the reaction not
    • Everyone you disagree with is Hitler
    • Islamic fascists and right-wing fascists are both fascists
    • Addressing the backlash theory of terrorism
    • Simplistic answers miss the complexity of it all
    • It's important to 'make it cool' to be knowledgeable
    • “The more knowledgeable you are, the less manipulated you will become"
    • The genesis of ISIS
    • You don't transition from a dictatorship to a democracy overnight
    • The idea of the Caliphate is an attractive call to the nostalgia for a mythical past
    • "Let's make Islam great again" :)
    • The reasons for the second Iraq War
    • The French ban on the burkini
    • The concept of modesty in Abrahamic religions is sick
    • The more you ban something, the more you give power to the thing you ban
    • Don't ban bad ideas. Expose their stupidity
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  • Episode 94 - Taoism and The Addiction to Binary Thinking

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    Episode:

    The Conan Rash Guard

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Sex rules in the Bible
    • Bloody sheets or death penalty

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Datsusara defeats ISIS
    • Missing the good, old days when people posted about food and cats rather than politics
    • The 2016 election and American Indian history
    • Stuck with bad choices
    • The addiction to binary thinking
    • Why Dan Carlin rules
    • Finding common ground
    • Stefan Molyneux, cherry-picking facts and intellectual dishonesty
    • California genocide
    • Black-or-white thinking as the opposite of Taoist thinking
    • "My way is very easy to understand and very easy to practice, but no one understands it and no one practices it"

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Breaking out of jail and shooting Theodore Roosevelt

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Phryne
    • The greatest courtroom win ever
    • Being ugly, Socrates couldn't pull off the same defense
    • Weird synchronicity

    The "Iz Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Conan and stoicism
    • What would Conan do?

  • Episode 93 - Gregory Gerdeman on the Science of Cannabis

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    Episode:

    • The Cannabis Professor
    • How cannabis affects the brain
    • The Endocannabinoid system
    • Federal research only focused on the ‘dangers’ of cannabis, with next to no research until recently about its medical benefits
    • Ignorance still rules about cannabis
    • The clash between federal law and current scientific understanding of cannabis
    • Tylenol can damage your liver. Cannabis is much safer
    • Prohibition never solves the problems it tries to address
    • Chris Christie is a freak
    • CBD and THC
    • Each strain has different medical benefits
    • The Rick Simpson oil
    • The need for clinical trials for the effects of cannabis on cancer
    • It may not be a cure­all, but it definitely shows much promise
    • Cannabis and its anti­inflammatory properties
    • The problem of pesticides in Cannabis concentrates
    • The science of cannabinoids doesn’t just teach about cannabis. It teaches about how our body works

  • Episode 92 - AJ Hawk on Football and Life

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    Episode:

    • Here's a link to AJ's podcast with Daniele as a guest: thehawkcast.show/e12_daniele-bolelli
    • Being the youngest of three boys: sink or swim
    • AJ's wife helped turn him into a human being
    • On a quest for learning
    • Listening to podcasts while taking care of 9 acres of land
    • "You guys are ahead of the times when it comes to technology, yoga... anything weird"
    • Podcasting: it's like radio but you can cuss
    • Living in L.A.
    • Playing in -15 F
    • "You get to run and hit people. So, it's great"
    • AJ's best hit was during the first year of High School
    • "It was so loud, and it felt so good and so pure"
    • The experience of Draft Day
    • The first McGregor-Diaz fight
    • How does an athlete step away from the spotlight?
    • Picking off Brett Favre and getting him to sign the ball
    • Brady Quinn on doing commentary rather than playing, "It's like watching the love of your life marry someone else"
    • The inevitable concussion question
    • Breaking through a wall and hitting concrete
    • Crying while watching "Southpaw"
    • AJ's daughter is a Bruce Lee fan
    • AJ is a badass father
    • The long term impact of parents on kids
    • How to be passionate about something without the attachment driving you crazy when things don't work out the way you want
    • Post-football plans
    • On Kobe Bryant
    • The beautiful, primal simplicity of sports
    • Crazy Horse, Theodore Roosevelt, Caravaggio... all the historical characters Daniele likes are mildly mentally deranged
    • Ego and dealing with haters
    • On Larry Miller
    • Authenticity
    • When you stop training, physical and mental health goes down the drain

  • Episode 91 - Richard Gordon on Healing

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    Episode:

    • When we hear the words "energy healing", most of us automatically think 'new age crap.' And we would be very wrong in this case
    • Breathing and body awareness are the keys to this game
    • Not only affecting one's own physiology but some else's too
    • Martial arts charlatans
    • Belief and disbelief are equally cheap
    • The tale of how Richard definitely got my attention
    • How Richard learned his craft
    • The limits of words
    • If it works on a person under anesthesia, it's not a placebo
    • Richard's magic and Savannah's jiujitsu
    • "Normicles"
    • Why nutrition is discussed so little in medical school
    • Working on the self-healing mechanism within the body
    • Teaching other people the same skills
    • Wim Hof discussing prana with Tim Ferris
    • We are surprised when we don't see results
    • Energy follows intent
    • Just because your TV can't catch some channels, it doesn't mean those channels don't exist
    • http://www.quantumtouch.com

  • Episode 90 - If It Doesn’t Elevate the Quality of Life, Why Do It?

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    Episode:

    The Conan Rash Guard

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Slavery in the Bible: which people you can and cannot buy. “You may treat them as your property” Leviticus 25:45
    • Exodus 21:20-21...when it's ok to beat your slaves to death
    • New Testament: obey your masters

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Emily Evirs (!) on studying philosophy
    • Reading and attention span
    • Philosophy: hit or miss
    • If it doesn't elevate the quality of life, why the fuck are we doing it?
    • Talking shit about exes says something about you

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Throwing people off the roof, fighting with insanity

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The epic story of Joe Medicine Crow
    • Please someone pay me to write a movie about his life
    • A great Muhammad Ali' story

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Epic Iz
    • "Hey shorty, I bet you can't fight"
    • On the wisdom of kissing dogs

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Not today

  • Episode 89 - Donald Bumanglag On Being in War, PTSD, and Psychedelics

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    Episode:

    • Doc Buma's podcast
    • Meeting thanks to a Drunken Taoist t-shirt
    • Ranger, Cop, Cannabis Advocate
    • The Oxycontin epidemic. Why prescribing Xanax may not be the best idea
    • On joining the military
    • At 18 patching up gunshot wounds in NY
    • The Filipino Doogie Howser
    • On fighting in wars you don't support
    • Over 100 combat missions, sniper, swat team...
    • Raiding the house of the head of the Taliban
    • Eating chicken at the wedding of Karzai's brother
    • If you wanna check out Donnie, take a look at the History Channel series "Live to Tell"
    • After the military... being a cop, depression, and PTSD
    • Jumping out of planes and concussions
    • Flirting with suicide
    • "And so that's what I had to do. I had to change everything. And I changed everything."
    • "The government has already proven that they are not going to take care of us, so we have to do it on our own."
    • "I didn't want my kids to grow up with a guy like me."
    • Being a narc and finding out that cannabis is the # 1 thing that helped cure his PTSD
    • "The first time I smoked Blue Dream, it was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulder"
    • Help from the Joe Rogan Podcast
    • 5 am, exercise bike, listening to podcasts...stepping stones on the road to rebuilding oneself
    • Jiujitsu and the Wim Hof method
    • Credibility
    • Having to tell a little girl on her birthday she'll never see her father again
    • Enjoying the ride
    • Apologizing to people you arrested

  • Episode 88 - Michael Todoran

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    Episode:

    • Landscape architecture
    • Reconnecting humans and nature
    • Bringing nature into the city
    • Food deserts
    • Obstacles to a healthy diet: $, education, access
    • Milan’s Vertical Forest
    • Creating an ecosystem in a building
    • Biophilia
    • Food instead of lawns
    • Some of the best horticulturalists are marijuana growers
    • Permaculture
    • Working aggressively within the system
    • Reinventing community
    • The dark side of tribes
    • A vision that is not brought to life is a waste
    • Water systems
    • Creating a sustainable civilization
    • @MTodoran
    • http://larchitect.org/

  • Episode 87 - In Honor of Bennett Grunberg

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Outlaw Jesus

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • In honor of our ambassador of awesomeness, Bennett Grunberg
    • It's not all about the money...
    • If you are looking for rhyme or reason...
    • Roman skeletons reminding us to enjoy life

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Choctow, the Irish, forced removal, potato famine, and generosity

  • Episode 86 - From Game of Thrones to Mongolian Wrestling Princesses

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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • God meets Moses at an inn and tries to kill him
    • Moses gets saved by a flying, bloody foreskin

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Bitching about politics
    • Game of Thrones quotes with an Italian accent

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Making sacrifices to the great god of podcasting, the iTunes algorithm

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • History on Fire discussion
    • The story of Khutulun, Mongolian wrestler and great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan

    The "Iz Moment":

    • "The more prohibitions become, the poorer the people will be" Tao Te Ching
    • Lakota dreams and Sam Harris

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Questions about Islam
    • Forced Conversions

  • Episode 85 - Aubrey Marcus

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    Episode:

    • Let's stop being functional for a minute, and be human
    • Knowing when it's enough
    • Aubrey and the Orlando Furioso share the same priorities
    • Ryan Holiday tortures Aubrey
    • Writing books
    • The origin of resistance
    • "Lift some kettlebells, you stupid monkey"
    • Unhappy wealthy people: "When the external falls away, then you really have to worry about the internal"
    • Theodore Roosevelt and fighting with demons
    • Porangui' is our own personal Buddha
    • The ego is a noisy kid jumping up and down, eating Twizzlers, shouting out commands, with a fake helmet on his head, and a plastic sword
    • Aubrey on death
    • Choosing faith over fear
    • Ecstatic dance, and homophobia
    • Breathing as a psychedelic
    • Giving up dancing is the price of ‘whiteness'
    • Sugar vs. Fat
    • Aubrey's upcoming books
    • Scientific confusion
    • Daniele's process of creating a book

  • Episode 84 - Violent Delights with Ian McCall

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    Episode:

    • Broken bones and drug overdoses
    • Life after MMA
    • Burning the candle from both ends
    • Carla Esparza: the little sister who is constantly trying to kill you
    • A controversial dickhead
    • About female MMA
    • "I'm a sexist dickhead"
    • From bully-killer to bully: Nietzsche's advice about fighting monsters
    • "Stupid breeds stupid, and we were all really stupid"
    • A lust for life
    • "The internet says I'm 5'5""
    • A little girl raised by a bunch of MMA guys
    • Healing his daughter through diet
    • Kung Fu San Soo: if you are not kicking them in the balls within 3 seconds, you are doing something wrong
    • Crying for Mike Tyson
    • Self defense and combat sports
    • Shoutout to Onnit
    • The Tao of training: somewhere between too soft and too hard
    • The Chuck Liddell's party tour

  • Episode 83 - Twitter, Martial Arts and Personal Growth with Ben Kovacs & Joel Lunenfeld

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    Episode:

    • Ninja Marketing
    • Why Daniele majored in Anthropology but ended up hating it
    • getmyster.com and liftedview.com
    • 'Twitter' should have been named 'Conan'
    • How the word 'twitter' came into being
    • Jiujitsu is not for homophobic people
    • The democratization of punching people
    • guardiangym.org
    • Martial arts and community
    • Martial arts and personal growth
    • Learning how to take a beating
    • How are you going to carry yourself when you can't win?
    • Jiujitsu is truth
    • Changing education: algebra vs. Youtube videos
    • High school has been the same for a long time, and we badly need to change it
    • A non-profit approach to martial arts and life
    • A mix of idealism and practicality
    • The kind of success that your Republican grandma from Nebraska would appreciate
    • Everyone is making things up as they go
    • Fear of failure and the beginner's mind
    • The weird ritual of belt-whipping in jiujitsu: a great ritual for overgrown fraternity boys with
    • S&M issues
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  • Episode 82 - Angry Ninja Dwarf Brother with Periscope Spear

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID"
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      • The AUDIOBOOK HAS BEEN RELEASED!!! Check it out here: Not Afraid.
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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • The Scopes Trial
    • Cain's wife

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The art of talking in your sleep. The things you do for women...
    • We can thank Ms. Shannon Seta for the existence of the Drunken Taoist podcast
    • Daniele's new book "Not Afraid"
    • Rich killed David Bowie

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Tigers in the garden

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Ikkyu t-shirt
    • The Revenant
    • Oda Nobunaga, angry ninja dwarf brother swimming in shit with periscope spear

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz's Conan penmanship
    • Realizing what babies are like
    • Watching UFC "C'mon! Take your shirts off so we can see if you are a real man"

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • ALS, death, fear
    • The soul
    • The universe is much weirder than we think
    • Duncan's podcasts with his mom

  • Episode 81 - Conner Habib

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID" If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page. AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF “NOT AFRAID” WILL BE RELEASED SOON
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    • PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PROJECT FOR A MODERN SOCIAL CENTER (Floatation Tanks, Martial Arts and Yoga Classes, A Venue for Live Podcasting, and much more): Let's CREATE a Modern Social Center
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    Episode:

    • Gay Porn is out, donuts are in
    • Porn as an antidote to becoming an English teacher
    • The economics of the porn industry
    • Sex with no emotional involvement
    • Underage sexuality
    • Daniele's porn ambiguity
    • Daniele is a nerd
    • Slut shaming
    • "If you ever wanna know how someone feels about freedom, start talking about sex"
    • The decriminalization of sex work
    • Regulation versus prohibition
    • The similarities in the debate about sex work and the one about euthanasia
    • Conner's writing projects
    • The changing face of the publishing industry
    • Daniele's idea of intellectual development is Ash vs. The Evil Dead
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  • Episode 80 - The Man Who Saved the World

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    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID" If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page. AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF “NOT AFRAID” WILL BE RELEASED SOON
    • Checkout StainPrinted.com for great cannabis strain t-shirts. Enter the promo code "HISTORYONFIRE" at checkout for a 15% discount!
    • PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PROJECT FOR A MODERN SOCIAL CENTER (Floatation Tanks, Martial Arts and Yoga Classes, A Venue for Live Podcasting, and much more): Let's CREATE a Modern Social Center
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • Interested in Martial Arts? Check out Daniele's instructional on leglocks: https://leglocks.vhx.tv
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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • How to avoid Jehovah's Witnesses
    • The Most Interesting Podcaster in the World

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • On history
    • Big Bear: mountain lions, bike riding by the lake, playing with a puppy, Neil Young and recording podcasting magic
    • Writing with Pete McCormack
    • Daniele's new book "Not Afraid"
    • If writing turns into a "job"...I'd rather rob a bank
    • Survivor's guilt
    • Craving life
    • If I create something beautiful, it's a way to justify the fact that I'm still breathing

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Leafy sea dragons and Rich's dreams

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The man who saved the world (and no one knows him)
    • A Cold War story from 1983

    The "Iz Moment":

    • No Jimi Hendrix? No Led Zeppelin? No Conan? We need to adopt my classmates
    • Metallica doing "The Ecstasy of Gold" in Copenhagen
    • Star Wars nerds talk, and random movie talk
    • Iz and an elderly Armenian gentleman

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • About getting dumped
    • The end of Daniele's first relationship at 16

  • Episode 79 - Ryan Holiday on Stoicism and Character Building

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID" If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page. AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF "NOT AFRAID" WILL BE RELEASED SOON
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    Episode:

    • A microphone strapped to the back of a running goat
    • Drop out with a plan
    • School is a great default option
    • The Obstacle Is the Way
    • Philosophy as Practice
    • Academics spoil good philosophy
    • Thoreau on philosophy's purpose being to solve the practical problems of life
    • Cheap popularizers stealing classical philosophy to sell self-help books
    • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Why philosophy? "So, I can have deep thoughts about being unemployed"
    • Nietzsche and academics (from On the Warrior's Path)
    • The importance of a good translation
    • The essence of Stoicism
    • We don't control the world around us. We control how we respond to it
    • Stoicism is about character building
    • Stoicism is not The Secret. It's not about magically wishing things to be different than they are.
    • Brutally pragmatic realism
    • Complaining and whining is not going to make things easier
    • Stoicism and Epicureanism as yin and yang
    • The Stoicism of Ikkyu Sojun
    • Cynic philosophy
    • Diogenes was hilarious but just a tad over the edge
    • Stoicism in the Hagakure
    • Stoicism is not simply something you think. It's something you do
    • Sweeping the room
    • Ryan's mentor, Robert Greene
    • In martial arts, the least athletic guys need to have the best technique
    • Robert E. Howard: a master class in Stoicism
    • Visualizing the worst case scenario vs. nocebo
    • When ambition stops being a motivating force and it becomes an obsession
    • Theodore Roosevelt and the limits of willpower
    • The publishing business is inherently conservative
    • Ryan's goats
    • Life is short. Do ridiculous things
    • ryanholiday.net

  • Episode 78 - The Return of Graham Hancock

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID" If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page. AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF “NOT AFRAID” WILL BE RELEASED SOON
    • PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PROJECT FOR A MODERN SOCIAL CENTER (Floatation Tanks, Martial Arts and Yoga Classes, A Venue for Live Podcasting, and much more): Let's CREATE a Modern Social Center
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
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    Episode:

    • Graham's new book: Magicians of the Gods
    • "I am no more a pseudo-scientist than a dolphin is a pseudo-fish"
    • Fundamentalists are fundamentalists regardless of which hat they wear
    • Christian fundamentalists were ISIS' long lost cousins for much of history
    • Looking for something useful even within bad ideas
    • Squashing alternatives to the existing paradigms—Science's M.O.
    • A more critical attitude toward authority is becoming more accepted
    • New evidence in Magicians of the Gods
    • Historians who are convinced that humans caused the extinction of the mega fauna
    • Intelligence plays with nuance, rarely with absolutes
    • "It's philosophically and spiritually wrong to continue behaving as a species in the way we are doing"
    • The Prehistory of North America
    • You can only eat so many lion burgers
    • Only 2,000 humans left on earth
    • Tracking space objects orbiting around Earth
    • The gift that keeps on giving: the same comet hitting the earth 12,800 years ago, 11,600 years ago and in 1908 at Tunguska
    • The flattening of 18 million trees
    • A common human alliance to tackle existential threats to life on earth
    • "We are not nations, and races, and ethnic groups and religions...All of us are connected. All of us with the same hopes, and fears, and dreams."
    • The Edfu Building Text
    • Plato's account of Atlantis
    • The Mystery of Gobekli Tepe
    • "We are a species with amnesia"
    • Rediscovering community
    • Graham on Facebook: Author.GrahamHancock
    • Graham on Twitter: @Graham__Hancock

  • Episode 77 - Arthur Rosenfeld, Taoist Fiction and Lao Tzu

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS FEATURING IKKYU SOJUN!!!!! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! "NOT AFRAID" If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page. AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF “NOT AFRAID” WILL BE RELEASED SOON
    • PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PROJECT FOR A MODERN SOCIAL CENTER (Floatation Tanks, Martial Arts and Yoga Classes, A Venue for Live Podcasting, and much more): Let's CREATE a Modern Social Center
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    Episode:

    • Arthur loves turtles (it's not the title of a porn—don't worry)
    • Wanna get rid of ISIS? The Chinese may help
    • Arthur aiming a 44 Magnum to his crotch and pulling the trigger
    • Taoists and turtles
    • Tom Robbins and tunnel vision
    • Tom Robbins emails
    • Animism/Shamanism at the origins of Taoism
    • Guy Leekley's Tao Te Ching
    • Five or six authors of the Tao Te Ching?
    • Lao Tzu as a shaman
    • A novel about Lao Tzu
    • The cardinal sin of a bad fiction
    • Write what you feel
    • Yin and Yang
    • Defending your outline while arguing with your imaginary characters (and losing)
    • A chance encounter in a Chinese restaurant
    • Reading fiction
    • I don't need to be entertained. I want to be inspired
    • What people do is secondary. How they do it is the key
    • Why a podcast called Lukewarm History would not work
    • Either make it passionate and powerful or go home
    • Arthur's upcoming books
    • Arthur's Twitter: @monkyunrou
    • Arthur's Website: monkyunrou.com

  • Episode 76 - The Muse Is Not Always Cruel

    Intro:

    • This episode is brought to you by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audiobooks. Please use the link audible.com/taoist. Try it for free for a month!
    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Hookers and Murder: The Life of Samson
    • Samson rips a lion apart
    • Riddles and murderous rage
    • Unhappy marriages, 300 foxes, and more murderous rage
    • Guess what happens next? More murderous rage (this time thanks to the jawbone of a donkey)
    • Visiting hookers and escaping ambushes
    • Delilah, dreadlocks and losing power. Blinded and enslaved
    • Conan's prayer for revenge, and a last bout of murderous rage before death

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Sorry, no rant today

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Arthur Rosenfeld eating a turtle

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Tomoe Gozen

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Forgetting Iz’s Ipod
    • If you are wise, you’d know not to disturb me when I want some peace and quiet
    • Once I tried eating my own arm
    • I don't give a damn about my reputation

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The process of creating an episode of History on Fire
    • Honoring Dan Carlin, but not really copying his style
    • Patience (and lack of). Lifting too much weight
    • My new book "Not Afraid" is coming out soon!
    • Tom Robbins, Ikkyu Sojun: the antidote of the artist as trapped in pain. The Muse is not always cruel. The bad dichotomy of deep suffering artists vs. happy superficial people
    • The Surfing Nietzsche t-shirt
    • The Tao of Savannah Em

  • Episode 75 - Duncan Trussell

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
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    Episode:

    • The podcasting equivalent of Last Tango in Paris
    • MDMA and depression
    • Responsible vs. irresponsible use of MDMA
    • If you enjoy it, you are not wasting time
    • The Yin-Yang of play and drive
    • Workahol-ism as a form of hiding
    • Doing things for pleasure rather than as a form of compulsion
    • "Shut up, poodle. You don't know anything. You are just a poddle"
    • Whacking annoying thoughts with a stick
    • Hamlet: poison poured in our ears while we sleep
    • Chris Ryan and I don't take bitcoin which clearly shows we are CIA agents
    • The culture of fear
    • Duncan's trainer kicks ass
    • Working out as meditation
    • Mark Adachi: Daniele's personal Yoda
    • The Tao of bench-pressing
    • Exercise: it works for Duncan even better than meditation and psychedelics
    • When you start lifting weights, you upgrade your bed
    • The best reason for a man to get strong is to be able to pick up a woman during sex
    • Duncan's genius idea: taking the best from stand up comedy and podcasting and mixing it together into live podcasting

  • Episode 74 - Porangui': Music, Healing and Powerful Rituals

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
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    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
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    Episode:

    • Porangui' and his awesome vibe
    • Bridging cultures
    • Growing up around sun dances and sweat lodges
    • Porangui's wild mom and her adoption among the Dineh
    • Some mysteries are no meant to be solved
    • 15 whales
    • The symbolism of the inipi, the sweat lodge
    • Piercing and Sun Dancing
    • A grandma's flesh offering and Lame Deer's vision quest
    • Studying medicine in China, teaching in Vietnam
    • Making musical instruments out of bombs
    • Breath and defeating fear
    • Ben Harper and Porangui' on the loss of sound quality
    • Recording vs. live music
    • Going to Duke University, and ending up becoming a healer and a musician
    • Creating his own major "Healing through music and dance"
    • www.porangui.com
    • Porangui's Twitter
    • The problems with EMF
    • The difference between new age and the real deal
    • Concerts as tribal rituals
    • Healing practices
    • Cultural attitudes about physical contact
    • Daniele is a judgmental little shit
    • Leading by example rather than whining about the state of things
    • Art as inspiration vs. art to fill time
    • Becoming a better relative
    • Porangui's upcoming retreats: November in Austin, January in Nicaragua, April in Sedona
    • Mitakuye Oyasin

  • Episode 73 - Litty Mathew on Crafting Fiction & Booze

    Intro:

    • This episode is brought to you by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audiobooks. Please use the link audible.com/taoist try it for free for a month!
    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
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    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
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    Episode:

    • Operating L.A.'s first legal distillery since Prohibition
    • Going to graduate school, making booze
    • Starting a booze business in order to survive Armenian family gatherings
    • www.greenbar.biz
    • Organig Liqueurs?!?
    • Bitter like Litty’s soul
    • More problems booking female guests
    • Fiction has to be great for me to read it
    • If no one gets his head chopped off with a sword, what’s the point of reading it?
    • Litty doesn’t cut anyone’s head with a sword, and yet I enjoyed her book (Amazon link)
    • Litty: from an Indian family, born in Ethiopia, grown up in Jamaica, went to school in France, and married into an Armenian family
    • The multicultural magic of L.A.
    • The "losangelization" of the world
    • The duduk's haunting sound
    • www.littymathew.net
    • Solving life's problems in one's sleep
    • What makes me an expert is that I can make up things
    • Casual Armenians
    • The second Indian woman born in Africa to make it onto the podcast
    • The story of the Armenian genocide
    • You wanna make the Turks happy?
    • The Armenian hit list of The Young Turks
    • The art of cheating. Different cultural expectations
    • In an Italian school if someone doesn’t help you cheat, they will be ostracized by everyone
    • The measure of a book's success is whether Daniele's mom reads it or not
    • How many readers do you need to consider yourself a success as a writer? The silly number game
    • Litty and cannibalism
    • Here in studio we have booze, knives and a cannibal

  • Episode 72 - Gratitude

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    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
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    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • Interested in Martial Arts? Check out Daniele's instructional on leglocks: https://leglocks.vhx.tv
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    News:

    • DANIELE’s HISTORICAL PODCAST IS HERE! Please subscribe: www.historyonfirepodcast.com.
    • Thank you to Onnit and Kimera Koffee (use the code "history" for a discount on their excellent coffee at www.kimerakoffee.com)
    • Ennio Morricone’s music will open History on Fire
    • I can hear the sound of the dice rolling
    • Thank you to www.coldsteel.com for their gift of a Thai Machete.

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Wrestling with God
    • God cheats in the wrestling match (and still loses)

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Rich's cat survived getting shot and attacked by pitbulls
    • Gallows humor
    • Daniele is a judgmental bastard
    • Something that Duncan Trussell would proclaim while riding a pink unicorn, with a crown of flowers in his hair, and farting butterflies
    • Gratitude as something to be practiced
    • Focusing on the positive
    • Elizabeth and gratitude

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Breathing under water

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Robin Hood of Jiujitsu
    • Hacking grappling: leglocks. Check out my leglock instructional at: https://leglocks.vhx.tv

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Check out the Mike V Show
    • I'd rather live in a house made of poop...
    • You know why Hell is a bad place?
    • Iz's first day of first grade

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Regrets? Upon further review, the story Daniele tells is too damn dark so we edited it out

  • Episode 71 - Discussing the Wild Life of Ikkyu Sojun with Robert Subiaga

    Intro:

    • This episode is brought to you by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audiobooks. Please use the link audible.com/taoist try it for free for a month!
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
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    Episode:

    • Robert returns: from Conan to Ikkyu
    • Thank you to Tom Robbins for the Ikkyu assist
    • Ikkyu is Daniele's life role model
    • Thanks to Savannah Em for the beautiful cover art
    • Ikkyu is one of the heroes of the Dionysian Parade t-shirt:
    • A Zen, horny version of Bugs Bunny
    • The basics of Ikkyu's life
    • "I hate masters!"
    • Burning the Inka
    • Disgust with the Zen establishment and the sake/brothel poem
    • Revolutionizing Japanese culture in between a drinking bout and a visit to the goddesses of mercy
    • The Ikkyu cartoon
    • Radical honesty
    • Some of his own students are embarrassed by Ikkyu’s intense emotions
    • If I'm not hurting anyone, what is wrong with living passionately?
    • Ikkyu would be the god of podcasting
    • "Tasting life and enjoying sex to the fullest"
    • "Thirsty you dream of water, cold you want fire. Not me. I want the firm warm breasts and wetness of a woman"
    • "Eight inches strong, it is my favorite thing..."
    • "The autumn breeze of a single night of love is better than 100,000 years of sterile sitting meditation"
    • "Sleep when tired, Eat when hungry..." and why people forget the rest of the quote
    • The illusion of the separation between sacred and profane
    • Buddhism in the flesh: don't spoil a healthy Buddhist nap
    • Ikkyu as a heyoka
    • Balance in the middle of imbalance

  • Episode 70 - Historical Podcast on the Horizon

    Intro:

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    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
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    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
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    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
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    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Church would be cooler if James Brown was in charge
    • Daniele hanging out in a church in Milan. Appreciating sacred spaces regardless of whether you agree with the theology or not
    • Catholics and the five senses
    • The horrendously dark side of the California missions
    • Jephthah and his vow
    • The angel was busy that day. No luck for Jephthah’s daughter
    • Daniele's submission grappling match on YouTube

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! Daniele's Historical Podcast is coming soon!
    • Gollum is mad at me
    • The conversation with Godfather Dan Carlin
    • The brutality of historical research
    • Recording the first episode in my underwear while sweating like a savage
    • The five orgasm song
    • What some of the first episodes will be about
    • I open the door, a rat runs in circles and dies at my feet. Clearly, an omen that it's going to be a great day!
    • September 1? Emanuel Carnevale please save us all!

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Antonin Scalia and gay porn

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Horatii and Curiatii
    • Saddam with an ax vs. Bush with a sword on PPV
    • Mucius Scaevola: why Romans conquered half of the world

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz's response to my four books
    • You make me feel as special as I am
    • Iz and her theological arguments in kindergarten
    • If Conan the Barbarian was a god...

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Focusing only on one's own family and friends or trying to change the world? Turning ors into ands
    • Police killings
    • Racial profiling
    • My racist landlady
    • ComedyLOL podcast

  • Episode 69 - Ayahuasca Shaman Maestro Hamilton Souther

    Intro:

    • This episode is brought to you by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audiobooks. Please use the link audible.com/taoist try it for free for a month!
    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
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    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • An Indian waiter in L.A. wanting to travel to Iquitos to take ayahuasca with an American man trained in a Peruvian tradition: the joys of globalization
    • Check out Hamilton’s podcasts with Aubrey Marcus
    • When spirits show up in your room telling you have to travel to Peru' and become a shaman
    • How Western psychiatry would respond to reports of talking to spirits
    • Hamilton grew up in a background steeped in empirical science
    • "I didn't want to believe in Yoda. I wanted to hang out with Yoda"
    • The Peruvian Yoda
    • How Hamilton was accepted into an apprenticeship after being turned down
    • Telepathy through ayahuasca
    • Drinking aya about 150 times a year
    • Power plays between Native shamans
    • Fighting 50 MMA fights at the same time under different rules
    • What now?
    • Tackling the global mental health crisis
    • "We do not have an answer for trauma. Yet Life seems to have an answer for dishing it."
    • www.BlueMorphoFoundation.org
    • Moving beyond a competition based model
    • Trust in human ingenuity
    • Bridging the gap between nostalgia for the past and hope for the future; tradition and technology

  • Episode 68 - An Ode to Boobs

    Intro:

    • This episode is brought to you by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audiobooks. Please use the link audible.com/taoist try it for free for a month!
    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Moses is back!
    • Getting stoned on the Sabbath (not as fun as it sounds)
    • A plague striking down thousands

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • An Ode to Boobs
    • Joe Rogan's comment
    • Brontosaurus burgers
    • Bras as religious head coverings
    • Patrons of the art
    • Providing fuel to artistic fire

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • River dolphins in the Amazon
    • Rich's Grateful Dead dream

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Daniel Norris, travel and enjoy life without spending shitloads of money
    • The former president of Uruguay giving up 90% of his salary
    • Swinging from extreme generosity to fighting over a dime

    The "Iz Moment":

    • If that monster was real...
    • Making the world a better place, but keeping it real

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

  • Episode 67 - Jake Ducey

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • "School wasn’t conducive to my learning"
    • Dropping out of school after three semesters in order to travel and write a bestseller
    • Blasphemy about breast size
    • "Agism"
    • Sometimes when you age, you get wiser. Sometimes, you just get older and beaten by life
    • Youthful enthusiasm over smart cynicism any day
    • Depression regardless of economic status
    • Violins in the subway
    • A crisis of inspiration and happiness
    • Give the world to young people. You’ve fucked it up enough already. Get out of the way
    • Ikkyu and the certificate of enlightenment
    • Strategies for figuring out what you want out of life
    • The illusion of postponing happiness
    • Why facing the most dreadful fears reduces fear
    • You can be overwhelmed by the Cosmic Joke or find a way to enjoy it
    • The illusion that if you are really busy then your life must be meaningful
    • Giving oneself time to 'arrive' wherever you are: micro-meditations
    • Begin changing your immediate surroundings
    • Tim Leary about creating a life reflecting the person you want to be
    • Buddha had nothing, but he was still Buddha
    • Meditation and exercise
    • Fake it 'til you make it
    • Jake has a great time in jail
    • "Who you are speaks so loud I can't hear what you say"
    • Failing over and over again
    • Jake drops some Bob Marley knowledge
    • Gandhi was—apparently—a hypocritical ass
    • Shooting for the stars of external achievement, while remembering that success is not external

  • Episode 66 - Celebrate Now

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • God screws up Job's life because of a bet with the Devil
    • God fixes it all...except for Job's kids—they are still dead

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Testing the limits of free speech: Fundamentalists are all the same
    • My problem with Thich Nhat Hanh
    • Hendrix's "1983" and being in the moment
    • The illusion of deferred happiness
    • It may not get better later, so you might as well find a reason to celebrate now

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Iz riding a tiger and saving me while swinging two swords

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Crow Dog and Spotted Tail feud
    • Daniele at a historical Lakota reconciliation at a Sun Dance

    The "Iz Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • A Duncan Trussell question
    • Gandhi's letter to Hitler
    • Is unconditional love possible?
    • Turning the other cheek nine times out of ten

  • Episode 65 - Chris Odell and Mark Cheng

    Intro:

    • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom's book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate or audiobooks, check our affiliates:
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • Daniele's books: If you click on any of the covers at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • Chris Odell, a gentleman from a long lost age
    • Oddly, Chris' business model is not based on screwing people over
    • The simplicity and yet extreme rarity of kindness
    • Cultivating kindness and strength
    • Your heart will break. So what?
    • Radical honesty comes from strength
    • Neediness is not attractive
    • "You can’t shoot a cannon from a canoe"
    • Fear of failure is what prevents improvement
    • Datsusara perseverance
    • Separating good perseverance vs. stupid perseverance
    • Hook Mark up with an acting career
    • "All progress depends on the unreasonable man"
    • The process of discovering possible passions
    • Eat, sleep, fight and fuck
    • "I’m not impressed with your performance"
    • Planned obsolescence
    • Chris is a shitty capitalist, but yet he makes money
    • Peace and the art of war
    • Strategy in communication
    • Choosing to support good stuff rather than attacking bad stuff
    • Hanging out in organic time
    • The joys and pains of parenthood
    • The 'fuck you' cry
    • Links to Mark's public FB page and website:

  • Episode 64 - Sweet Barbarians and Getting Punched in the Head

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Geriatric sex
    • The importance of faith
    • Killing your kid because God commands it
    • If you hear disembodied voices telling you to kill people, you may become a patriarch for Western religions

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The sliding door that decided to no longer slide
    • Public display of affection
    • Women and Italian men
    • Iz and overhugging?
    • Thinking of George W. Bush to delay orgasms. Math: 237 x 3 -54

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Coyotes howling under my window at 3 am
    • Coyote stalking and hero dog
    • Indian ladies handing a dollar to me

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Tsutomu Yamaguchi and the atomic bomb

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Kids, American laws, and drinking
    • Perfect lie
    • Holding on to a bad mood
    • Kill your boss, steal their money and stay home with me
    • Iz wants to hug Ronda Rousey
    • Iz's right cross
    • A sweet barbarian

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Quoting Tom Robbins about authenticity
    • Mike V
    • Bolelli and getting knocked out
    • The hardest punch I ever took

  • Episode 63 - Nic Gregoriades and Dynamic Balance

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • From fleeing genocide to South Africa to London
    • The internet and the NBA Finals
    • The joys and pains of L.A.
    • A lesson in South African history
    • Thoughts on Barack Obama
    • Politics and The Wire
    • Evil manipulation vs. enlightened manipulation
    • Renewable energy: if only we could turn the energy of all the assholes in the world into something that can power up my computer
    • The real story of Pocahontas
    • Disney screenwriters should be in charge of the universe. Real history sucks.
    • Karma: empowering concepts vs. blaming the victim
    • Bowing to the only true Messiah, Dan Carlin
    • Abandoning the notion that we live in a fair universe
    • Human history looks more like Game of Thrones than a Disney movie
    • The mushroom trip from hell
    • All about balance
    • Daniele hates edibles
    • Smoking weed before lunch: bad idea. The podcast with David Seaman.
    • Nic smoking with Joe Rogan
    • The Journey Podcast
    • Nic's jiujitsu background
    • Nic the Nomad
    • Jiujitsu Brotherhood
    • The balance of parenting
    • Mark Cheng and parenting
    • Screw balance... give me some strippers and coke
    • www.jiujitsubrotherhood.com and www.thejourneypodcast.com@jjBrotherhood

  • Episode 62 - Watching Conan the Barbarian with a 5 Year Old

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Moses writing about his own death--after the fact
    • You Shall Not Leave Alive Anything That Breathes
    • The origin of the 'red light' district
    • "And they took the city and utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old"

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Doing Less
    • The other side of The War of Art
    • The PhD: not who I want to be. I don't understand academics and I definitely don't want to become one of them. I don't wanna be a scholar. I wanna be me.
    • Not starting another book right away
    • The historical podcast: I haven't forgotten. It will happen.

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Rich and his dreams

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • We are surrounded by Filipinos: Marlon, Liezel, Kriszanne, Ernestine, Anthony
    • Corazon Aquino

    The "Iz Moment":

    • The Silent Hug
    • Watching Conan with Iz
    • Am I ready for the game of the thrones?
    • A physical enemy is better than being mad at the universe

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Rap
    • I hate Italian music
    • Digging people outside of genre
    • Eminem has good advice about gerbils
    • Floatation tanks

  • Episode 61 - My Friend Pete McCormack: A Gentle Obsession

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • Pete McCormack is a fucking genius
    • Pete is my friend because he is afraid of what would happen to me if he wasn't
    • Daniele is a judgmental bastard
    • Pete is a polymath: writer, director, musician... you name it. It's about telling epic stories
    • Unless we create something beautiful, we don't deserve to live: Pete and I share the same psychosis
    • "Grinding it out until I don't hate myself"
    • No work, no school, no money, food magically appearing in your fridge, and all sweets are healthy: Iz for President
    • The Muses ride us hard
    • The art of slowing down and celebrating
    • Daniele and Pete are horrible human beings
    • Savannah Em is my favorite woman on earth
    • If I don't write something amazing tomorrow, I'll have to shoot myself
    • Fuck doing a PhD. The process to get there would kill my soul.
    • "Daniele Bolelli is not built for academia"
    • "Anyone who hires me as an accountant will eventually end up in prison"
    • Doing too much
    • A Gita reference that would make Duncan Trussell happy
    • The torture of squashing one's nature
    • Finding a ritual to center you
    • A gentle obsession
    • Why do some many artists end up badly?
    • More effective doing less
    • Owning the Warner Brothers' lot
    • I want a statue that all screenwriters will pray to before turning in their work
    • Why create anything?
    • Cuddling with Pete McCormack
    • More emphasis on fun & joy and less on achievement
    • Tesshu about one page at a time
    • Am I doing this to make my life more joyful?
    • Sports on Fire on HBO Canada
    • Gratitude
    • We shine more than we know
    • We don't care about true or false. We care about epic

  • Episode 60 - All The Power to Tiramisu!

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • If you ever use razors, please check out www.harrys.com and use the code "tao"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • The Adventures of Osama Bin Moses
    • What part of “Kill Them All” did you not understand?
    • Genocide and Rape of POWs: another happy day on the way to the Holy Land

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Nice Rant: Paying it Forward
    • Mean Rant: People Who Don’t Call Back
    • Props to Chris Ryan and Mike V
    • The Long No

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Elizabeth’s ipod
    • Permission to live

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Sherman Alexie and Chocolate Thunder

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Did You Hear It From a Reliable Source?
    • Talking to Kids As If They Were Human Beings
    • Pucca: Fighting Ninjas and Kissing Boys
    • Toilet Paper

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Bolelli’s Fashion Sense
    • I hate ties
    • Sure Design as High Fashion
    • I don’t want to wear anything that doesn’t allow me to run away from a saber-tooth tiger
    • The joys of Tiramisu’ (the best day in my work life)

  • Episode 59 - My Friend Mike V on Climbing Out of Hell

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • The Mike V Show! Mike's own podcast is on! http://themikevshow.com
    • Skateboarding, of course, but much more too
    • Daniele's english pronunciation... (shakes head)... "Tombstone"
    • "So what? I have lots of friends" "I don't"
    • Taking a flurry of bullets for those you love
    • Learning the essence of life from Western movies
    • Mike and the Conan episode
    • Toughness and sweetness
    • Essence more than content. Sharing a larger than life approach to existence is infinitely more important than sharing specific cultural tastes
    • The skateboarding industry never cared for Mike. Real people did and still do
    • "I, yes. You, no"
    • Mike V as my anger-management counselor
    • Spinning the tires on a mountain of failure
    • People think I'm a hero and I can't feed my family
    • What if you can't answer the bell and you are letting everybody down?
    • The night in Puerto Rico
    • Climbing out of hell
    • How do you create strength our of nothing?
    • Emily
    • Creating a family business
    • Sweden: "Mike V never gives up". Walking six miles in the cold
    • Positive rage
    • The bike ride
    • "I got on my bike, and I rode home. And I was home."
    • Mike's website http://www.streetplantbrand.com

  • Episode 58 - Sacred Rage

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • More happy tales from jolly old Moses murdering people along the way
    • When Moses invites you to "hang out", it's not as friendly as it sounds
    • If you like sex and violence, the Bible is awesome
    • Next time you have sex, watch out for an angry, ancient, spear-wielding Jew (the orgasm-counting gnome may warn you, though)
    • A rant about ISIS and the debate about "blow back"

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Gigantic mirth and gigantic melancholy
    • Separated my shoulder, depression, stomach flu, the mushroom trip from hell, heart palpitations... other than that, life is peachy
    • Mushroom PTSD
    • Fuck acceptance. Anger is the solution to all of your problems!
    • A cure for depression [YouTube]

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Sharing the exact same dream with someone
    • Rich, the jailbird

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Monsters in a pink tutu
    • Bad thoughts huffing and puffing give up on annoying Isabella
    • Don't call her 'little girl' or she'll punch you in the balls
    • Just trying to make you feel better about your fighting skills

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • High Horse's wild courtship

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Bodhisatva: choice or not?
    • Internet and religion

  • Episode 57 - Dr. David Schechter and the Mind-Body Connection

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • And welcome to Ting! Please check out if they can save you $ on your phone bill. Drunken Taoist listeners will get $ 25 off upon signing up. tao.ting.com
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • Howard Stern healing his back by reading a book
    • Asking a different set of questions
    • Knee pain leads to a meeting with Dr. John Sarno and a change in career & life
    • What is TMS and how it affects millions of people
    • How emotions can cause very real, debilitating physical symptoms
    • An alternative to popping pain pills
    • Hi Albert! For floatation tanks in Torrance float clinic
    • Creating a treatment based on the individual in front of you
    • Type T personality. What personalities are most prone to TMS (perfectionism, being hard on yourself, high level of responsibility, being sensitive, etc.)
    • The stages of healing
    • Placebo effect accesses the underlining healing ability of the mind-body
    • A UCLA study being able to accurately predict who will respond to placebo and who will not
    • Therapy and TMS
    • Why chronic pain is worse during middle age than later in life
    • The emotional underpinnings of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Asthma
    • Stress management should be taught in middle school
    • TMS and depression
    • Check out our guest's book "Think Away Your Pain" and while you are at it please do that using our amazon link. And his website.

  • Episode 56 - Riding Werewolves

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • I am not anti-religion. I'm anti-assholes. If you are religious and not an asshole, I have no problems with you
    • Christian Bale: If Moses were around today, they'd send drones after him
    • Exhibit A for why I don't like academics
    • From 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Religion... "Moses the Mass Murderer"
    • From Create Your Own Religion: "Moses' Cute Little Deathsquad" (btw, deathsquad not in a Brian Redban kind of way)
    • "C'mon, God... Don't be like that"
    • The Old Testament: polytheistic Jews and monotheistic Jews killing each other
    • If people don't honor the God who tells you you shouldn't murder people, then you should clearly kill them
    • "Put every man his sword by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp. And slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor."

    The "Rant of the Day":

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • This dream fucked up my life. A cowardly sell out.
    • Rich and the bullfrog.
    • Boasting after hunting and fighting.

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Speeding: "It's not his fault! It's not his fault! We were listening to a rocking song. He got too excited". Don't listen to "I Fought the Law" while driving. And the story of my green and purple glittery nail polish.
    • Iz on the Joe Rogan Experience.

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Surfing Nietzsche t-shirts coming up!
    • The Taliban kill her son. She picks up the AK-47

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Mystical experiences: at 13 on the beach. Focusing on one sense at a time (ninja!) Double rainbows. Second hand mystical experiences.
    • Introspection and socializing
    • Thank you Edward Feldman! Thank you Chimie Moxham! Thank you Pete Hoffman (Aum Cellars)!

  • Episode 55 - Angry Men: A Conversation with Thad Russell and Sam Sheridan

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • Welcome our new affiliate sponsor Club W! If you like wine, please check out clubw.com/taoist and give them a try.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    • Anger Issues
    • "I'm not where I belong"... Thad's pirate dreams
    • Everyone wanting to punch Thad and Sam, please get in line
    • Props to AJ Hawk and Ben Harper
    • Never good enough
    • Bad Thad
    • Why Sam and Thad drive the smallest cars possible
    • The pluses and minuses of L.A.
    • How to avoid turning into a suffering artist. Tom Robbins and Ikkyu as my role models
    • Thad wants to be an accountant
    • Maybe I need to pick different heroes
    • Can you be a great creative genius without enduring tremendous suffering?
    • Sensitive and happy
    • Life is more complicated than a single emotion. If you smile 24/7, I don't buy it
    • The Dalai Lama... hard to relate to someone who has never had sex
    • This guy has never gotten laid. What can i possibly learn from him?
    • Sam likes the ninja turtles
    • Enlightenment with humanity
    • The bullshit of the mind-body dualism
    • Fear of death as the origin of mind-body dualism
    • Envy and jealousy
    • Psychoanalyzing Thad
    • Therapeutic paths and meditation
    • "I've done Rogan"... When you utter a sentence like that, it's time to end the episode

  • Episode 54 - A Temperature More Than a Topic

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • If you are in dire need of a vaporizer, please check out www.ploom.com

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Thank You God for Killing Those Egyptian Children

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • A friend gives me the keys to his vacation home, I end up having sex on his dinner table. Ethical or problematic?
    • Why 'positive thinking' bugs me. Inspiring people vs. peddling a moralistic tale. Showing the struggle and missteps along the way rather than selling an image. Unless you know what it means to battle against demons, how are you going to help anyone else? Tasting your own blood is the first prerequisite to being a fighter

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • You mean you don't dream of murdering people?!?

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Isabella's insane level of empathy
    • I feel things too much, but I rather feel too much than too little

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Teenagers camping in the forest... what could possibly go wrong?

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • What the hell is The Drunken Taoist about? It's about living life with intensity. It's a temperature more than a topic
    • Injuries in combat sports; picking good training partners

  • BONUS Episode 4 - Taoist Lecture Series

    Notes:

    • If you'd like to order to complete 7 hour + Taoist lecture series, check out the website.
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  • Episode 53 - Robert Subiaga about Conan: "Let me live deep while I live"

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    • Conan as a literary and cinematic character
    • How Robert can be into Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Robert E. Howard at the same time
    • Manly romanticism
    • Robert E. Howard's over-sized sensitivity
    • Writing with a barbarian with an ax watching over your shoulder
    • Savannah... the Buddha with the D cups, my own personal Zen master, the moon goddess, the chocolate Robin Hood, Nutella-flavored love, the Macgyver of weed
    • I'll try not to kiss Robert or Rich
    • Quoting Queen of the Black Coast
    • Conan as an existential philosopher
    • Quoting Conan in "Create Your Own Religion" when discussing the existence of God
    • "Let me live deep while I live"
    • "I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content"
    • Nietzsche with a surfboard... the next step in human evolution
    • The relationship between Howard's Conan and Milius' Conan
    • Conan's crucifixion and the vulture
    • "I am not dead yet, motherfucker. And until I'm done... watch out"
    • Grab your crotch, a sword and a jug of red wine and face destiny
    • Everything I know about love I have learned from Conan:
      "There is life beyond death, I know, and I know this, too, Conan of Cimmeria"—she rose lithely to her knees and caught him in a pantherish embrace-"my love is stronger than any death! I have lain in your arms, panting with the violence of our love; you have held and crushed and conquered me, drawing my soul to your lips with the fierceness of your bruising kisses. My heart is welded to your heart, my soul is part of your soul! Were I still in death and you fighting for life, I would come back to the abyss to aid you-aye, whether my spirit floated with the purple sails on the crystal sea of paradise, or writhed in the molten flames of hell! I am yours, and all the gods and all their eternities shall not sever us!"
    • Love... "A naked elemental thing of raw fire and molten lava"
    • Battle as the only thing that can silence the pain
    • "You cannot escape me!" he roared. "Lead me into a trap and I'll pile the heads of your kinsmen at your feet! Hide from me and I'll tear apart the mountains to find you! I'll follow you to hell!"
    • Even among your own people, you don't fit
    • Stoicism, the Nietzschean eternal return
    • Racism in Howard's writings
    • The misguided characterization of heroic fantasy as fascism. Why Nietzsche wasn't a Nazi

  • Episode 52 - Viking Dreams, The Hagakure and 42 Unruly Children

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • A Charming Tale of Two Bears and 42 Unruly Children

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Sam Sheridan, mental preparation, the Hagakure and traditional Tibetan graveyards

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • A polite, clean Viking battle
    • Duncan Trussell getting run over by a crazed fundamentalist

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Halloween
    • I want a fucking hugs
    • Elizabeth dream and a hand
    • Dinner on the floor, "whiskey! whiskey! whiskey!"

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Chiune Sugihara and his sweet brand of Christianity

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Psychedelics: to tell or not to tell?
    • Pick up literature. I have much more respect for those who visit hookers than for those who lie just to get laid

  • Episode 51 - Cenk Uygur: The Revolution will be Televised

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    • Changing media and changing the political system
    • Why corporate media is as bad as it is (hint: it has something to do with money)
    • Giving a giant middle finger to the establishment
    • Why Cenk voted for Obama twice despite disliking his politics deeply
    • Cenk and the art of realistic optimism
    • How the Supreme Court decisions in the 1970s changed American politics
    • The WolfPAC: Cenk's strategy to change the political game
    • Terminator as a metaphor for corporations
    • Global financial meltdown? Why you may not need to stockpile shotguns just yet
    • The DNA of corporations invites taking giant risks, leading to inevitable collapses
    • "We are in the impossible business"
    • What Cenk means by 'progressive'
    • Equality of opportunities, not outcomes
    • "Mad as Hell"

  • Episode 50 - Floating and Jiu-Jitsu; Albert Ohanian and Master Carlos "Caique" Elias

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

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    Episode:

    • From surfing to fighting
    • The transformation of jiujitsu from martial art to sport
    • The difficulties of selling a Brazilian form of grappling in a culture that expects martial arts to be Asian and to focus on strikes
    • Lively Brazilian crowds: memories of Renzo Gracie vs. Eugenio Tadeau
    • From the mat to the float tank
    • Getting to know yourself by floating
    • The medical benefits of floating
    • Brazilian Jiujitsu and Floating: two paths to meditation
    • Solving problems in your sleep, in a tank, while driving...
    • Accessing your creative brain
    • Entering a state of flow
    • The Tao of Jiujitsu
    • Floating brings good luck :)
    • Competition and fear
    • Fear in daily life
    • Footlocks and takedowns
    • About pulling guard
    • Thank you to the podfather, Joe Rogan
    • If you are interested in a documentary about floating, use the code "BOLELLI" for a discount here: www.floatnationmovie.com
    • Caique's school
    • Float Clinic
    • If you are not in Southern California and need to find a floatation place near you, you can check www.floatationlocations.com
    • And anyone who can help Jared Kimball in his love-quest in Turkey, please check out jaredtkimball.blogspot.com

  • Episode 49 - Rewriting History with Graham Hancock

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • THE TAOIST LECTURE SERIES IS HERE!!!!!! Get yours here: danielebolelli.com/downloads/taoist-lectures
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    And please check out my public Facebook page

    Episode:

    • Graham's Facebook page
    • Embracing fiction and saying goodbye to footnotes!
    • Ayahuasca approves of Graham's fiction
    • At the crossroad of good and evil: choices
    • The demiurge from Graham's lips: demons hiding in divine clothing
    • If your theology leads you to kill in the name of God, what you are worshipping is a demon
    • Please support Graham's fiction novels
    • Moctezuma and Cortes: the battle of evil against evil
    • St. Peter and the Aztec war god: different masks for the same entity
    • Totalitarians are all the same
    • Graham offers a history lesson
    • Powerful female characters
    • Gonzalo Guerrero
    • The publishing cage... Graham and the memory of publishers with guts
    • The Stephen King experiment
    • Graham makes a great offer to Drunken Taoist listeners
    • Graham and replying to emails
    • Why Daniele doesn't get shit done
    • Graham and TED
    • A Japanese editor carried a resignation letter for six weeks in case his choice to support "Fingerprints of the Gods" didn't work out
    • A timeline of human history and the mystery of the last ice age
    • How Graham transitioned to becoming a writer
    • Martin Mystere
    • Graham about death and the nature of the universe

  • BONUS Episode 3 - Joel Gerson About Fighting and Philosophy

    Intro:

    This bonus episode is gently sponsored by our listener Sean Faust. Sean is a talented musician who would like to make fellow Drunken Taoist listeners aware of his work. Please check out and support his music on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and wherever digital music is sold. Half of the proceeds will be donated to EqualityNow.org

    Website: http://seanfaustmusic.com

    Here are some direct links to his single "Signal":

    Episode:

    • Rumina Sato, god of grappling
    • Daniele's shady quasi-legal deals in the Japanese enclave on Sawtelle
    • Had texting existed back then, Joel's life would have turned out different
    • "I was trying to convince myself that I could win, and I knew that I was bullshitting myself"
    • Joel's university professor father "My son is a bruiser"
    • "Anybody can learn how to give a beating, it's learning how to take a beating that is the tricky part"
    • The appeal of combat sports
    • Being honest with oneself is the antidote to ending up like Ted Haggard
    • Dogma and ideologies
    • The fear of facing the universe without certainties
    • Ideology is a disease
    • Lessening the hold of fear
    • Inspiration as fuel for heroism
    • The quest for self-perfection is something that any human being who is not an ass should be on
    • Sakuraba epic 2000 Grand Prix
    • MMA work ethic
    • Carlos Newton
    • The joys of the internet

  • Episode 48 - Don't Throw Away the Hero in Your Soul

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • An Interracial Love Story Ending in Genocide

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • In the Black Hills to spread Jim Weddell's ashes
    • Kurdish women fighters vs IS
    • Please check out my public Facebook page
    • Three year old survives 11 days with her dog in a Siberian forest
    • What it means to be a man in today's world
    • Nietzsche: "I have known noble ones who lost their highest hope. And since then they looked down on all high hopes… Once they thought of becoming heroes; but to them now the hero is a source of shame and fear. By my love and hope I beg you: don’t throw away the hero in your soul. Maintain holy your highest hope!”
    • Do what needs to be done, motherfucker. No one wants to hear your excuses
    • Having the strength to be kind when life is not

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Sarah Palin having an orgy with the teletubbies

    The "Iz Moment":

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • They should put me in charge of creating weed strains. High as a hobbit.
    • Marley's Dream
    • Jack Churchill

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Helping two ladies avoid rape

  • Episode 47 - Amber Lyon and The Joy of Being Alive

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Episode:

    • Joseph Campbell: "Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be"
    • Bahrain, CNN and the discovery that changed Amber's life
    • Killing your career to do the right thing
    • "I'd rather be eating old chicken bones out of a trash can in Venice Beach than working for these people"
    • Inner voices
    • Meditation as a tool
    • Walking barefoot on the earth
    • We live in a Harry Potter world
    • Don't trust authority
    • Amber and the joys of getting shot by police
    • Mama Aya
    • Ode to Joe Rogan
    • Writing the Eat, Pray, Love of psychedelics
    • Check out Amber's website
    • The joy to be alive
    • Amber on facing fear
    • We are all on death row
    • Snorting a DMT snuff from a 3,000 year old bone with Aubrey Marcus
    • Amber's view of death gets me teary eyed
    • Science has sucked the magic out of the universe
    • Science and mysticism going hand in hand

  • Episode 46 - The Flu Game

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Lot Saves Angels from Gang Rape, Then Raped by Daughters

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Huston Smith and defending religious fundamentalists
    • The curse of "scientism"
    • Paul Feyerabend and Graham Hancock against scientific fundamentalists
    • Why Socrates was considered to be the wisest man Greece
    • If you haven't experienced plenty of moments that can't be explained by religion or science, you need to get out more often
    • Alan Watt's "wisdom of insecurity" (here's something I wrote about him: link)
    • Please check out my public Facebook page
    • Using a hammer to eat pasta
    • Religion and science are only as good as the individuals involved

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • The joys of male anatomy
    • Penis weights!

    The "Iz Moment":

    • What if Merida wants to kill herself
    • I'm not playing at being a ninja, I am...

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • MJ and the Flu game
    • The most exciting part of the World Cup final was when I checked an old Muay Thai fight on youtube
    • Why the World Cup fascinated me nonetheless
    • My father and Michael Jordan

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • How to prevent your sensitivity from turning into a weakness
    • The Nietzsche chapter in On the Warrior's Path
    • Joy in the midst of desperation" Ikkyu
    • Finding good humans
    • Why I teach college

  • Episode 45 - Arthur Rosenfeld, Yunrou, and the Spiritual Swat Team

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Episode:

    • The Spiritual Swat Team
    • 108 Points about What's Wrong with the World and What To Do about It
    • Yin is good until the time it's not
    • Overpopulation and the lesson of the ten turtles
    • That's not Zen. That's bullshit
    • Different individuals say the same thing, and I agree with one and disagree with the next
    • Religion is someone else's direct experience. Spirituality is your own
    • Human dominion over plants and animals
    • The Gnostic idea of the God of the Old Testament being very real and being a demon
    • A positive transformation in environmental Christian theology
    • Ocean genocide
    • A call to action
    • The bodhisattva approach
    • MRI and meditation
    • The interconnectedness of life on earth
    • Arthur on Miyamoto Musashi
    • Aikido and Morihei Ueshiba
    • Genki Sudo "I am a lover and a fighter"
    • Kazushi Sakuraba, Laughter gym, push hands
    • Broadcasting and narrowcasting -- useful in different ways
    • Arthur's 3 fingers are slightly different than our orgasm counting gnome's 3 fingers
    • Manatee burger
    • Pad Thai calls us
    • Here's the website for the Spiritual Swat Team: Spiritual Swat

  • Episode 44 - Big Waves

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Noah Drunk and Naked Sexually Assaulted by Son

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • A giraffe licked one year old Daniele's head--the giraffe Messiah
    • The unholy alliance between private interests and government
    • The political system was designed prior to the internet
    • How to get money out of politics

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • MLK and Star Trek
    • Flying dreams
    • Chuang Tzu and the butterfly

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Gender Confusion
    • I don't want any more ice cream or toys. just don't go to work

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Psychedelics and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Hashish tea, meeting Albert Hoffman, salvia, DMT with Duncan, sacred psychedelics, Hinduism and Soma
    • I thought I was hallucinating but it's just that Duncan's ceiling is fucked up
    • Rich, sorority girls on drugs and the movie Dracula
    • Fighting a war vs. the Iraqi at 13, going to a Grateful Dead concert, taking LSD and seeing God
    • There's no fairness in fighting. The time to be nice is before a fight begins. Men hitting women and vice versa.

  • Episode 43 - Cara Santa Maria and Nerd Power

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Episode:

    • Cara Santa Maria: Daniele can't keep it straight saying her name
    • Why so few female podcasters
    • Nerd pride
    • Mixing is the language of life
    • Daniele is more in touch with his feminine side than it is wise for a straight man to acknowledge
    • The Princess Bride and Jerry Garcia make me cry
    • Responses to women in power: too soft or too hard
    • The politics of prison
    • Cara wants voting to be mandatory
    • Cara had an easier time teaching science in Texas than in New York
    • Cara was seriously freaked out by Orthodox Jews
    • Growing up Mormon
    • Science and cheerleading
    • Same words, different meanings
    • Atheist fundamentalism?
    • Neither believing nor disbelieving
    • Different views on how much knowledge humans have
    • Everyone uses evidence
    • Paul K. Feyerabend
    • Debating without arguing
    • No attachment to who wins
    • Focusing on results rather than getting your way
    • Accepting to be vulnerable
    • Cara's new podcast
    • Making decisions that benefit everyone

  • Episode 42 - Jimi Hendrix's Heir

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    If you have a moment, please do us a solid and fill out our listener survey. This will help us learn more about how you listen to the show and will ultimately help us create a better podcast. http://thedrunkentaoist.com/survey

    Episode artwork by Peter Westermann

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino:

    • Father Bolelli is on vacation. Sorry!

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • New Podcast in 2014: Hardcore History with an accent!
    • The Godfather conversation with Dan Carlin
    • Dan Carlin appreciation moment: kissing the ring
    • The complex relationship between financial well being and happiness
    • I don't mind money. I mind the time and energy needed to make it
    • Discussing Fast Food Nation
    • Everyone believes they are middle class
    • Sad stories about Bolelli's upbringing: video games, guest-swallowing carpets, etc.

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • An encounter with an Armenian hairdresser on a crusade to exterminate all hair
    • Buying stocks in a company selling shooting targets designed for extreme right wingers

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz war face: "I'll punch them in the face and drop them in hot lava"
    • Taking Jimi Hendrix' place
    • Gallows Pole by Led Zeppelin

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The meaning of the new Drunken Taoist t-shirt: life lived without the 3,000 inhibitions that keep human beings caged
    • Rescuing your t-shirt (and your mailman) from cannibals: my own personal ninja squad
    • The glorious Bennett from Sure Design
    • Happy Nietzsche: the next step in human evolution
    • If you meet the Buddha, kill him
    • Decades into the future, someone will write a PhD dissertation on the subtle meanings of the Drunken Taoist t-shirt
    • Content inertia?
    • Mastery in one art vs. high skill in several

  • BONUS Episode 2 - Duncan Trussell Joins Us in Honor of Geoff Moxham

    Intro:

    Our listener Chimmy Moxham decided to sponsor a bonus episode in memory of his father Geoff. This is a non-commercial sponsorship since there's absolutely nothing to sell. If you'd like to check out Geoff's website purely for knowledge's sake, here you go: http://bodgershovel.com.

    • A podcast made with blood
    • Being too safe is going to kill you
    • Duncan and his ayahuasca trip
    • Duncan may return from his trip as Priscilla Trussell
    • Fun: tennis with an alien praying mantis
    • Playing tag with machetes
    • Amber Lyon is my new favorite mood-altering drug
    • Rich's father death journey
    • Duncan and the pre-stage butterflies
    • Michael Jordan, Robin Williams, Joe Rogan and being cool to your audience
    • Despising one's students: a teacher's ultimate sin

  • Episode 41 - Joey Figueroa About the Epic John Milius, the Teddy Bear with the AK-47

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Episode:

    • Don't play "Cherry Pie" or Joey will strangle you with a G-string
    • Daniele has no problems with superlatives
    • Childhood obsession for Milius's movies
    • The four amigos: Spielberg, Milius, Coppola, Lucas
    • A picture of MIlius with no guns?!?
    • Directing as self defense
    • Daniele would give somebody else's right arm for fiction written by Milius
    • How a 1/2 hour meet and greet turned into a 6 hour conversation
    • Milius would say 'fuck you' in a very poetic way
    • I love Milius for the same reasons I love Evan Tanner--all heart, all epic
    • Alligators with a moat: what the UFC would like had Milius had his way.
    • The Rome TV series
    • Carlin talks about history the way Milius directs
    • "You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star" -Nietzsche
    • Milius would never do The Goonies. He only did movies he wanted to make
    • Handing a loaded gun to Martin Sheen to "help" him deliver lines better
    • Inviting the Hell's Angels to lunch at the Warner Studios
    • Mike V loved the Milius documentary
    • Pulling the trigger
    • How the Conan soundtrack helped John as he was between life and death
    • Conan trilogy?!?
    • John Milius: The Teddy Bear with the AK-47, The Zen Anarchist, A Threat to Western Civilization
    • "I'm really a hippie. Everybody thinks I'm right wing but I'm really a hippie. It’s just that the hippies wouldn’t elect me as king. And I wanna be king”.
    • Sergio Altieri, the Italian version of John Milius
    • Joey's journey into documentary-making
    • Daniele's meeting with Harrison Ford
    • Tarantino: one of the few modern directors in Milius' mold

  • Episode 40 - Juvenile and Proud To Be

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Father's Bolelli Sunday School: The Bible according to Quentin Tarantino

    • Spilling Seed, Bad. Sex with Your Daughter in Law in Exchange for a Goat, Fine

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Our female listeners speak out
    • The Disney princess narrative works against us
    • A Taoist approach to operating outside the rules
    • If you really want to know how things are, ask an outlaw
    • Most people never question the norms of their times
    • New Agers think Daniele is "negative"
    • Juvenile and proud to be
    • Don't confuse me with an intellectual. It's not who I am nor who I want to be
    • "Serious": the favorite word of cops, priests and sadistic teachers
    • Teaser: if you dig Dan Carlin's style, you may enjoy an announcement in an upcoming episode

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Everyone speaks English like me

    The "Iz Moment":

    • The connection to My Little Pony
    • Don't you want all the women to say 'oh, he's such a manly man'
    • I have a boyfriend and I want to be a ninja
    • Iz and Orlando Furioso "Of ladies, cavaliers, of love and war, of courtesies and brave deeds--I sing"
    • Why do kids have so many nightmares?

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Italian outlaw Bulla
    • Buffalo Calf Road Woman

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The religious use of marijuana
    • Marijuana and female orgasms
    • The balance between pushing yourself and burning out
    • Jesus and wealth

  • Episode 39 - Scott Sigler: Forging a Writing Career

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • The story of the great Matt Staggs
    • 130 rejection letters later...
    • Forging a career path by giving stuff away for free and asking fans to help
    • Sigler is a damn marketing genius
    • Daniele cries at movies... a lot
    • Scott as a kid: discovering he liked to be scared
    • Reading books for school is just not fun
    • Why Journalism is dying
    • Moral of the story: keep beating your little brothers
    • Too stupid to know when to quit
    • The tale of a world renowned violinist playing in the subway
    • The future of publishing
    • Scott's writing process
    • Aliens playing football
    • Daniele gives birth every time he writes
    • Having written is much better than writing
    • Please no more books about dysfunctional families
    • Scott heading for the big screen
    • Nerding out about Lost and Justified
    • Good writing: hardening your nipples and sending a tingling in your groin
    • Dealing with customer reviews
    • Perceptions of reality
    • Check out scottsigler.com

  • Episode 38 - Thomas Paine, Tom Robbins, and Nutella-Juggling Elephants

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The greatest modern American novelist Tom Robbins (and why we can't have him as a guest). The discovery of how joy and depth can go hand in hand--or, how Tom Robbins saved me.
    • How the new drunken taoist t-shirt can get you fired
    • Tom Robbins and wine
    • The Pope cussing like a sailor: "In questo cazzo..."

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Iz's dream: a nutella-juggling elephant and pink-skirted dancing kangaroos
    • Why is Nutella not sponsoring us?
    • Can't dial 911 to save an evil bastard

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The wild life of Thomas Pain

    The "Iz Moment":

    • The uncanny ability to pick up the most inappropriate lyrics in any song and repeat it at the worst possible moment. "Weed is life, weed is reality". Thanks Snoop...
    • Watching UFC with Iz and comparing and contrasting Bruce Lee's and Jimi Hendrix's death in between rounds
    • Hercules and the Magic Fart. Thor Goes to Anger Management Classes. Tired of Poachers, the Baby Pandas Get the AK-47. Bugs Bunny, Al Capone and Prohibition on Alcohol
    • Hobbit toys

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Pull ups! (and tequila pull ups)
    • Dennis Rodman and heart
    • North Korean dictators and crazy Roman emperors
    • Daniele's perverted writing process. Albinoni and highly emotional states. Writing from a place of intensity.

  • Episode 37 - The Great Dr. Mark Cheng: Healing and Fighting

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Mark's learning journey among the best in martial arts, kettlebells, and medicine
    • Knowing how to break the body in order to know how to heal the body
    • The three legs of Chinese medicine
    • Parking lot syndrome
    • No one camp has all the answers
    • How modern medicine confuses symptoms and root causes, and how the insurance system is screwing up medicine
    • If you have a good experience with a doctor, let people know. Social media as a tool to reward good doctors
    • Mark's self-pleasuring run through Wilshire Blvd had banks been allowed to fail
    • The horrendous decline in the health of the average American. Genetics haven't changed much in 50 years, but physical education has
    • What's good when you are running away from a saber-tooth tiger vs. what's good during regular exercise
    • Check out Mark's DVD about prehab-rehab and his other websites:
    • "If i do my job correctly, I have the shittiest business plan ever"
    • Why in the Third World they have less back problems than in the United States
    • Standing desks and barefoot running
    • Why good jiujitsu guys tell you to use less muscle
    • Why Shuai Jiao is a badass martial art
    • Reasons for the low reputation of Chinese martial arts
    • Practicing martial arts for life rather than screwing up your life because of your practice
    • Mark's parenting philosophy
    • Mark needs an endorsement from Crown Royal
    • Micro workouts
    • Listen to your critics
    • Daniele was an envious little shit. Inspiration vs. envy: different responses to the same stimulus
    • Losing as a great educational experience

  • Episode 36 - Black Elk's Vision, Thranduil's Dilemma And The Bodhisatva Way

    Intro:

    • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven't seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which is always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
    • My mom just published a book about James Weddell (see episode 30) If you are interested, check it out here: http://amzn.to/N2Logr.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Why so few women? The "Get Women for Bolelli Campaign". Bring us some ladies as listeners and we'll even shower and wear deodorant for our female audience.
    • The Thranduil dilemma. When evil is running loose, and the world is getting destroyed, can you afford to shut yourself away in a tiny, safe forest?
    • Until I bring happiness to all, fix all environmental problems, and defeat Death, I am a complete failure.
    • I understand all too well Black Elk's pain.
    • The Bodhisatva path: I will not access full enlightenment until the last blade of grass is enlightened.
    • The Bodhisatva wakes up in the middle of the night with pearls of sweat running down his spine.
    • How to affect the environment you live in.
    • Heroism in the face of hopelessness.
    • Chapter 8 of On the Warrior's Path: "The Warrior as Bodhisatva".

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Iz "I need to go back in the dream to save him."
    • High as a baby.
    • Who's that dog barking? Oh... it's me.

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Little Norwegian boy driving a car: "I'm not a boy. I'm a dwarf who forgot his driving license."
    • The epic tale of Hugh Glass and the grizzly.

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Broke a promise? Then chop your ear off.
    • I wanna see the movie where they cut his father's head off and he wants revenge.
    • I really like the song, but not the meaning. I don't wanna be like other girls. I wanna be like me.

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • How to find a spiritual practice in the midst of parenting an infant: micro-meditation.
    • Self-indulgence balanced with healthy/altruistic actions.
    • I love mid-life crisis.
    • Taoism: philosophy or religion?
    • Fighting or not fighting--that is the question. No attachment to outcome.

  • Episode 35 - Tait Fletcher, Nothing but Heart

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • T-SHIRTS!!!!!! In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what's left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything. You can take a look at the old and new designs here: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/
    • If you find yourself in need of a hangover remedy (as listeners of something called "The Drunken Taoist" may be bound to do), please check out the website and use the code DRUNKTAO for a 10% discount. Money back guarantee and free shipping to make things easier for you.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • From Classical Literature to MMA
    • A "colored" history: selling dope to bikers in exchange for guns... the typical activities of all classical literature majors
    • Bank robberies and jail
    • Shooting dope with a 40 year old junkie stimulates Tait to try a different path
    • Tait's experience with kung fu and aikido. "If I showed you what I really know, it'd would kill you" :)
    • Full contact stick-fighting as a form of therapy
    • Tait's brand of paying it forward
    • Training under Greg Jackson
    • "Life is hard. If you got to drink a bottle of Jack Daniels to get through the day, I fucking get it." But being ready to offer alternatives
    • Standing in the light
    • An ant trying to fight a tank
    • "I am not interested in having a business... I am interested in a revolution"
    • The windingo is the number one enemy in the world
    • Alan Watts on good materialism
    • Self-perfection through mutual benefit
    • Tait about Taoism, Marcus Aurelius and living in the moment
    • Greg Jackson "You gotta get comfortable when other men are uncomfortable" and Hoka Hey!
    • A good, safe strategy vs. embracing having no control
    • Authenticity: Daniele and Tait don't feel Eckhart Tolle
    • "Life is bigger than any ideology." Freeing ourselves from obedience to any ideology
    • Discussing the ultimate questions (life, death, the universe) with Iz. Lack of certainties and the focus on being happy
    • Richard Pryor doing for Civil Rights as much as Martin Luther King
    • Rich and Tait on "Breaking Bad"
    • Having the strength to be kind when life is not
    • Look on iTunes for "Pirate Life with Tait Fletcher", here's Tait's website: http://taitgfletcher.com and his twitter https://twitter.com/TaitimusMaximus

  • Episode 34 - Elizabeth Han

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you find yourself in need of a hangover remedy (as listeners of something called "The Drunken Taoist" may be bound to do), please check out the website and use the code DRUNKTAO for a 10% discount. Money back guarantee and free shipping to make things easier for you.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

  • BONUS Episode 1 - An Asian Baby Speaking English with an Italian Accent

    Intro:

    BONUS EPISODE!!!!! The good folks at DHM Depot have decided to sponsor a bonus episode! If you find yourself in need of a hangover remedy (as listeners of something called "The Drunken Taoist" may be bound to do), please check out their website and use the code DRUNKTAO for a 10% discount. Money back guarantee and free shipping to make things easier for you. Let's thank the guys who brought you a free extra episode by supporting their business.

    Thank you to Amos Kingfisher for providing the logo used to illustrate this episode!

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • I must have offended Ganesh. People in charge of opening doors hate me
    • Iz cartoons: Ganesh as Superman
    • Change, the wonders of internet and connecting authors and public directly
    • The joys of never having had to ask anyone permission to create The Drunken Taoist Podcast
    • Thank you guys for freeing us from the tyranny of the guardians of the doors

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Mexican Memories
    • Swimming with mermaids while on mushrooms
    • 11 year old Daniele ends up in a brothel by mistake
    • "Why doesn't my mom take me on vacation to Switzerland?"
    • Wasps on the bus
    • The pyramid in Chichen Itza broke my watch

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • One of the biggest "what ifs?" in history: how a failed siege changed the religions of the world

    The "Iz Moment":

    • An Asian baby speaking English with an Italian accent
    • The South Central version of Three Little Birds
    • Being real about death and existential discussions

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Hurting yourself through anger
    • Don't expect things to be fair. If they are, it's a pleasant surprise
    • Daniele's MMA experience

  • Episode 33 - Aubrey Marcus and Creating Your Own Life

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • We love freedom except if you engage in activities that we don't approve. Then, screw freedom
    • Simple laws to follow: don't hurt humans and the environment. Aubrey Marcus for president
    • Dolphins getting high: if you are a dolphin, it's hard to get ayahuasca
    • Guilt as the gateway drug to giving away your power
    • One of the problems with religions: fighting over semantics, using the same words to mean radically different things
    • A prime example: "God"
    • "All crackers are terrible"
    • Tweaking your message depending on who's in front of you
    • The transformations of Catholicism
    • Most people don't choose, but follow what they have been taught. Mindfulness as an antidote to being a robot
    • Not this or that, but this and that
    • Nuanced worldviews vs. binary thinking "The nature of the business is complexity. If you can't deal with it, you have no business dealing with history or with life"
    • The Warrior Poet philosophy: applied Taoism
    • The ghost of Chris Ryan haunts our conversation
    • The challenge of the Twenty-First Century: Cosmic Tribes
    • South Dakota experiences
    • Creating powerful rituals for 21st century tribes
    • The power of the mind
    • To go to college or not to go
    • How the Italian military service pushed me into academia
    • Getting college credit for Latin and ping-pong
    • Aubrey about jealousy and what that says about you
    • Jealousy is the opposite of love
    • The evil law of the universe: the least you need something, the more likely you are to get it
    • Neediness is not attractive
    • How Bruce Campbell Saved Daniele's Wedding
    • Check out Aubrey on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarriorPoetUS

  • Episode 32 - Creating a Philosophy That Elevates the Quality of Life

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Create Your Own School Part II: here are our answers
    • "I am only interested in a philosophy that elevates the quality of life. If it doesn't do that, it's an insult to the trees it was written on"
    • The cure for boredom

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • A bear tries to break into Daniele's kitchen. A gnome on a tiny saddle is probably riding him.

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The Pat Tillman Story

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz punching Santa in the nose
    • I'm a bad parent, guilt induced bloodshed, knives as meditation teachers
    • "I want no other Dada. I want you forever and ever... or... until you die..."

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Daniele's problem with the military: lack of choice. The trouble of being the muscle to carry out someone else's plan
    • The trap of attachment: the paradox of love without attachment. Attachment breeds Fear and Fear destroys your life
    • Is a half-assed Taoist still a Taoist?
    • If are surrounded by boring normality... what then?

  • Episode 31 - Learning to be a Good Samurai

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    A book by a fellow Drunken Taoist listener: Amazon link

    And the YouTube channel of another one (Mr. marriage proposal in the sky): http://www.youtube.com/philcain100

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • The sacredness of keeping one's word: the foundation of integrity
    • Why are white lies better than black lies?!?
    • Ritual suicide: the Samurai way to say "i'm sorry"
    • "I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?"
    • I watched Conan the Barbarian too many times to be a forgiving type
    • Learning to be a good Samurai

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • Apologies to the Swiss!
    • The orgasm-counting gnome is suing me for working him over time and giving him carpal tunnel
    • Teaching class with no pants on
    • The joys of wine: American History was never this much fun

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • From Thoreau to Gandhi to Martin Luther King: ripples in a pond

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Bob Marley may be my son in law
    • Painting the whole world pink
    • How you can get manly muscles: drunken workouts

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The greatness of Alan Watts and Krishnamurti passing through Bruce Lee
    • The dilemma of chasing a vision vs. economic security
    • Making escape plans and freeing yourself from slavery
    • Having kids in a dangerous world
    • "In the beginning it was fear"

  • Episode 30 - Gloria Mattioni, a Tribute to the Epic Life of James R. Weddell

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • And last but not least, please use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    • My own sweet mom joins us to celebrate the 10 years of freedom, the birthday, and the life of Dakota warrior James Weddell
    • "Ista": the man's eyes could see through everything
    • Daniele about funerals and weddings
    • The significance of eagle feathers
    • A crazy mix of bravery and generosity
    • The power of dreaming
    • The Yankton Reservation
    • Becoming an outlaw because of stepping up to defend people
    • How a deer helped him escape from juvenile detention
    • The Pork Plant Takeover
    • A gunfight among friends: Jim's complex relationship with Russell Means
    • A story of the war for the Black Hills: from Crazy Horse and the Little Bighorn to the day when some of the poorest people in the U.S. rejected millions of dollars awarded to them by the Supreme Court. James and the Black Hills
    • Jim in his own words
    • A yuwipi with Crow Dog
    • The legal case and the insane sentence
    • South Dakota Great Escape
    • America's Most Wanted vs. the United Red Brotherhood
    • A fugitive on Pine Ridge
    • Dodging assassins in prison
    • Missing court reporters and attempted robberies don't stop the fight for Jim's freedom: a ten year war
    • Poetic justice: William Janklow charged with manslaughter
    • if you can understand Italian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMfslsETcc&feature=share
    • When I first met Jim, he was whiter than me
    • Always think of what's best for the people
    • The White Swan Singers
    • We are preparing a private edition of a book written by Gloria Mattioni about Jim's life. Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested.

  • Episode 29 - Robert Greene, Master Strategist

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, or other hemp products, checkout www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
    • And last but not least, please use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts of our sponsor at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • Daniele receives as a gift an orgasm-counting gnome

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Daniele threads on dangerous ground with his opening question
    • Robert's books are now banned in prisons
    • Watch out for those looking to screw you over with a smile and a handshake
    • Robert as martial arts and/or chess master
    • Dealing with things for what they are rather than how you wish them to be
    • Robert on his Zen practice
    • A Taoist thread through Robert's writings
    • Robert's journey through many, many, many different jobs
    • Finding your passion
    • Playing the cards you are given in the most amazing possible way
    • Rejecting victimhood and becoming an alchemist of life
    • Robert on his latest book, "Mastery"
    • Chuang Tzu's butcher
    • State of flow and the limits of intelligence
    • Freddie Roach and creating opportunities
    • Soulless jobs and forgetting what you love
    • Rich will be eaten by sharks (and like it)
    • Robert's love for unorthodox personalities
    • Machiavelli and the chessboard of Italy. Chatting about "The Borgias"
    • Robert and Daniele get giggly and excited about the "Rome" TV series
    • Robert on his next book
    • Here's Robert's website http://powerseductionandwar.com
    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertGreene

  • Episode 28 - Cannibal Dreams and Fighting Seals (the animals, not the special forces)

    Intro:

    • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O'Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Also, here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works.
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • Thank you to Cold Steel for sending us some of their amazing knives. To check out their very extensive catalog, visit http://www.coldsteel.com

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Drunken Taoist homework: create your own school curriculum and discover what the hell you want to do in life.
    • Building an anti-quitting muscle.
    • How to respond when things don't go your way.
    • Daniele's most embarrassing MMA fight, and his proudest.

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • "Someone at school ate my nonna!" Cannibal dreams and fighting seals (the animals, not the special forces).

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Lozen, a badass Apache woman.

    The "Iz Moment":

    • e need to paint General Kwan pink.
    • If one boyfriend is a good thing, more than one must be even better. Chris Ryan would be proud.
    • Spirits kissing and waking her up.

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The Tupac-Nick Drake experiment
    • Daniele's next book: a sort of memoir... about fear
    • Learning to listen
    • Gardening the ego

  • Episode 27 - Tai Chi Teacher, Writer and Taoist Monk Arthur Rosenfeld: Macho Buddha!

    Intro:

    • A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own podcast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you want to buy a Drunken Taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site: www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich.
    • Thank you to Cold Steel for sending us some of their amazing knives. To check out their very extensive catalog, visit www.coldsteel.com.
    • Happy birthday Rich!!

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Writing sixteen books and having a TV show is barely more than an accident in the life of a seeker
    • Questioning everything is the name of the game
    • Trading time for money
    • Why martial arts? From David Carradine to the Holocaust, passing through stolen lunch money
    • The joys of martial arts politics. If you put one martial artist alone in a room, before too long he'll be arguing with himself.
    • "I look at you and I see Moy Yat" and spits: a typical Chinese martial arts story
    • Stumbling onto the Da Vinci of martial arts
    • Chinese culture puzzles Daniele
    • Good God, why don't you listen to Bolelli?"--the sentence that everyone on earth should be speaking
    • Becoming an ordained Taoist monk
    • Writing a love story about Lao Tzu
    • Star Wars and Taoism
    • The art of embracing simplicity while having salmon flown in from Scotland for lunch
    • Government permission to reincarnate... only in China!
    • Favorite translations of the tao te ching
    • Arthur on the web: http://arthurrosenfeld.com and https://twitter.com/Machobuddha

  • Episode 26 - Streetfighting Buddha and Empathy

    Intro:

    • A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own podcast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • Thank you to Cold Steel for sending us some of their amazing knives. To check out their very extensive catalog, visit http://www.coldsteel.com

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other!thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Reading people and empathy
    • Lama spit, the shining moon and a Tibetan monk's enlightenment

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • This month... I have no dream

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Reacting to the people around us
    • Disorganized spirituality vs. organized religion: how institutions are the enemy of creativity and dogma's best friend
    • Spirits. Beliefs are blind men musing about the nature of light
    • The dilemma of sweet people and MMA. How to develop an edge without losing tenderness. Balancing yin and yang

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Knockout farts and ants
    • Please put on your pretty dress and stop hitting me on the head with an elephant
    • Writing an autobiography entitled "Black and Proud"
    • You are the craziest freak I ever met in my life

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Siddhartha Gautama, harems, the Four Sights, on the quest for enlightenment, the dilemma of attachment
    • Weddings, holidays, first time having sex
    • It's all up to you

  • Episode 25 - A Tribute to Evan Tanner with Top MMA Director Bobby Razak

    Intro:

    • We have a new sponsor! A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own podcast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you want to buy a Drunken Taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site: www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich.
    • Thank you to Cold Steel for sending us some of their amazing knives. To check out their very extensive catalog, visit www.coldsteel.com.

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Making the world a better place through cage-fighting
    • "I will not live by rules that make no sense to me" - Evan Tanner
    • "One of the ultimate things a human can learn is kindness for their fellow humans"
    • Joe Rogan on Evan Tanner
    • Daniele's article about Evan Tanner http://www.danielebolelli.com/2013/09/25/on-death-evan-tanner-daniele-bolelli
    • A lesson in samurai spirit: Evan Tanner vs. Rich Franklin II
    • Evan brings out the best and worst in people
    • There are more epic qualities in Tanner's failures than in most cynical critics' greatest successes
    • See Evan Tanner speak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBwjaPyqxYc
    • Evan Tanner part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0LadiZdOA
    • Here's Bobby Razak's website: http://www.bobbyrazakmovies.com
    • And this is the link to support Bobby's movie http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/evan-tanner-film
    • Daniele is thrilled to talk with someone with an accent as thick as his (or at least, that's what he thinks... let's not shatter his illusions)
    • Bobby and his work with Tapout
    • How Bobby became MMA's premiere director
    • Rich and Bobby geek out about cameras and other high tech toys
    • Bobby's vision for the Tanner film
    • Tanner and Nietzsche
    • Chatting about "Girlfight" and the limited budgets
    • The desert...
    • How Tanner refused a very lucrative Tapout sponsorship, because he preferred his shorts with no logo on
    • Thank you to the hot woman who seduced Daniele and convinced him to stay into the United States
    • Relationships in L.A. (and anywhere in the world for that manner)
    • The pace of life in L.A.
    • A drone may be hovering over Bobby
    • All the power to Joe Rogan!
    • "Now, you may ask if I regret it, if I would do it differently if I could, if I would take it back. NOT A CHANCE!!!!! I went for it. I put it all on the line. I always will. I knew what the consequences would be if I failed, and I was willing to accept them. So, any of you reading who might be feeling a twinge of sympathy, don't. I made my decisions, and I accept the consequences. I'm no victim. And to those who are thinking about preaching at me, don't bother. I won't hear you. I haven't accomplished anything in this life worth remembering by playing it safe. That's boring to me anyway." - Evan Tanner

  • Episode 24 - Climbing Naked to the Top of the Castle

    Intro:

    • We have a new sponsor! A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own pod cast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www .coracaoconfections.com.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straig ht to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • Thank you to Cold Steel for sending us some of their amazing knives. To check out their very extensive catalog, visit www.coldsteel.com

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Isabella seeing Rick Santorum on TV: "Dada, that man freaks me out"
    • I missed a meeting with Kate Upton because of Isabella. That fuckin' kid owes me big time
    • Boobs are proof that we live in a good universe. Nutella covered boobs are even better
    • "I'll get my revenge"
    • Tomatoes and squirrels (except that Daniele can't pronounce the word "squirrel")
    • Why Iz wants a dog costume

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Rich saved a child from an exploding grenade... maybe...
    • Why conspiracy theories bug the hell out of me
    • The fear that perhaps no one is in charge
    • Big Brother is an inefficient dumbass
    • "The Walking Dead" offers a therapeutic shortcut to Zen enlightenment
    • Selling positive pregnancy tests on Craiglist

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • The Sforza Family coat of arms is badass, but it should be replaced with The Drunken Taoist logo
    • Daniele becomes Duke of Milan, and performs a public service by climbing naked to the highest tower of the Castle, screaming at the sun and blessing the new day

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Jokes and good taste: exorcising horror through comedy vs. just being a dick
    • MMA
    • The ethics of sexually frustrated marijuana plants
    • Dogma is dangerous no matter the source

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The man who wouldn't die

  • Episode 23 - Dan Carlin: The Man Who Can Make History Fun

    Intro:

    • A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own podcast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you want to buy a Drunken Taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist.
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site: www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich.

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Hardcore History: Daniele's favorite podcast
    • The good, old days when historians were great storytellers
    • The horrors of academic history
    • Why journalists can make history come to life better than historians
    • The balance between forging tough individuals while giving them love: can you win a war against your grandparents?
    • Splitting history in two separate disciplines
    • Why so few people question the norms of their times
    • The mechanics of Dan's podcast
    • Hardcore History follows the wisdom of Taoist sage Jimmy Page: "tight but loose"
    • The future of politics: why the two political parties have to go
    • The godfathers of podcasting: shaping the future
    • Hardcore History's bookkeeping
    • Dan plays violin on a very busy street: the global street performer
    • Dan during the L.A. Riots: curfew breaking, driving on Sunset Blvd. at midnight with no lights and no cars around, the army on the streets....
    • The origins of the Common Sense podcast
    • Daniele likes Dan's approach for the very same reason why the radio establishment hated it. A human being rather than an ideological clone. How everyone in the radio business knows that Rush Limbaugh doesn't believe what he says.
    • "This idea that there's a single ideology, or a philosophy, that is right. And you can follow it and it will work for every problem... I'm sorry but to me it's ridiculous."
    • "I have very strong convictions about certain things but I don't have this ideology that requires me to stay of the same opinion"
    • "If convictions mean that you are not allowed to rationally consider each issue on the merits, then I'd rather not have convictions"
    • Dan Carlin, the king of nuance.
    • We use the same Nietzsche and Whitman quotes
    • "If I know ahead of time what you are going to say about any given topic, it's because you are going by the rule book,which defeats the purpose of being an aware human being"
    • "The fact that you can't get history from the History Channel makes it that much better for me"
    • "If the show is too smart for you, it's not our fault"
    • Dan is one of the few who can pronounce my name
    • Common Sense is partially banned in China. The internet and its enemies (Dianne Feinstein is fuckin' scary)
    • On Boxing and freedom, Alexander the Great and the Kennedy assassination.

  • Episode 22 - Gladiators for World Peace

    Intro:

    • We have a new sponsor! A million thanks to Aubrey Marcus and Onnit for supporting the podcast. Please familiarize yourself with the awesome stuff available by Onnit--from supplements to workout gear to great foods. Use our own podcast link for a discount by going to www.onnit.com/taoist. Show Aubrey some love and let him know he didn't make a mistake by sponsoring us.
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount.
    • Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straig ht to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • Roberto Banchini and family: the sword in the stone and the arms-eating wolf.
    • The joys of sleep, lightning storms and swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
    • Iz at the book presentation (see this episode pic)
    • A big thank you to Cecelia Big Crow!
    • Emails from Malawi?!? Really?!?

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Public speaking in Italy, English is great for ruling an empire, Italian is for seducing women. To get stuff done, use English. To have fun, use Italian.
    • We think the Pope smokes weed
    • Daniele listens to himself speaking English in "I Am Bruce Lee" dubbed into Italian by some other guy
    • Gladiators for World Peace: the solution to violence against civilians and overpopulation in one package
    • Daniele had breakfast in Milan yards away from where 2,000 years ago lions used to have Christians for breakfast
    • I have a message for the Church on behalf of the spirit of Mr. Giordano Bruno (this will be used in one of the future episode pics). Plus the best Sangria in Rome
    • Daniele breaks five commandments within five hundred yards of the Vatican
    • The evils of Scientism and blind-faith Atheism. Socrates and the Oracle of Delphi: the wisdom of knowing you don't know
    • Daniele's problems with New Atheists: lack of creativity, the limits of critical intelligence, why Thomas Paine kicks all of their asses, and why Create Your Own Religion is a difficult book to market

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • The return of the gnome!

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The miracle of Holy Water is that you don't fall dead when you touch it
    • Goddesses of Mercy: a piece of advice that is illegal in 49 1/2 states
    • Discipline: very unsexy but very useful word. The Samurai approach
    • "A journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step"

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Thanks to Tony Loquasto for inspiration. The 47 Ronin story: one of the greatest revenge tales ever

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Iz's new favorite song "I Fought the Law" by the Clash
    • We need to write Katy Perry and let her know she may get in trouble at school if she says the word "bitch"
    • "Your love gets me so high"
    • "I'm so happy to play with you" "And I'm so happy you didn't die yet"

  • Episode 21 - Duncan Trussell and the Net of Indra

    Intro:

    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM.
    • If you want to buy a Drunken Taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates:
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site: www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • We are planning to have Dan Carlin on the show soon. If you have questions for Dan, please post them on the forum (see below).
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich.
    • Two weeks of vacation a year? That's crap.

    Forum: we launched The Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum.

    • Duncan thought this was the best year of his life--minus the death of his mother and having a ball chopped off
    • Tragedy and Empathy
    • The deadly sin of taking things for granted
    • Tragedy tends to make people become nicer... or meaner
    • Working out with Joe Rogan
    • Duncan had me spitting a perfectly good beer
    • Art as inspiration
    • Not sure if Duncan really likes Justin Bieber or not
    • Buddha and Bieber
    • Duncan's thoughts about death
    • The parable of the arrow
    • The net of Indra
    • "I'm really not interested in right and wrong. I'm interested in what makes life better right now and what doesn't."
    • Having more in common with people you share little with than with those with your same interests
    • Duncan's life plans

  • Episode 20 - Bastard Kids No Take Iz Food

    Intro:

    • Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Why the dark ages were known as the 'dark ages'!
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • We are planning to have Dan Carlin on the show soon. If you have questions for Dan, please post them on the forum (see below)
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • The glory of the Chinese man who stood in front of tanks in 1989

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Don't carry my book through customs. "Why do you hate Jesus?"
    • The Drunken Taoist t-shirt and its enemies. Apparently, not everyone is down with interracial making out, kicks in the balls, and wine consumption.
    • A Drunken Taoist t-shirt thread on the forum?
    • Game of Thrones is like watching The Godfather without the last 20 minutes. A sense of cynicism and meaninglessness. If I want reality, I look out the window. I want to be inspired. Movies, art, music, books as fuel to feed the fire.
    • "Who the fuck cares if it's a good movie or not? Does it make you jump out of your chair and inspire you to do something amazing with your life? Then it interests me. Otherwise..."
    • The Tao of driving on the freeway. Learning how to flow vs. how "it should be"

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • The tale of the orgasm-counting gnome!
    • Math and sex

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • A sneak peak at the next episode with Duncan Trussell
    • The origin of the Mafia, the difference between illegal and immoral, the difference between Don Corleone and his son in the Godfather. If you ever cross Daniele, "My lawyer is the last person you have to worry about": taking care of business Italian-style.
    • Cussing around your kids. "I don't stay at school". Damn Kathy Perry messed things up.
    • Discipline without bullshit.
    • Psychedelics and religions: Kykeon and Eleusis, Soma in Hinduism. A brief detour into shoplifting and racial profiling

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • In homage of Dan Carlin: "Prophets of Doom"

    The "Iz Moment":

    • Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
    • "Bastard kids no take Iz food"

  • Episode 19 - Aubrey Marcus: Warrior Poet

    Intro:

    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at www.suredesigntshirts.com. And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • Chris Odell from Datsusara is a miracle worker who manages to get heterosexual guys excited about bags
    • Check out an episode of "The Misfortune Cookie Podcast" with me and Clarence Baillo http://mfcdigital.com/
    • We are planning to have Dan Carlin on the show soon. If you have questions for Dan, please post them on the forum (see below)
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    • Listening to Aubrey freaks me out. It's like listening to myself minus the Italian accent
    • Aubrey explains the "warrior poet" concept like a true warrior poet
    • Socrates was a badass
    • Choosing to be a complete human being rather than a stereotype
    • The weirdness of the American male hug
    • If you are going to have boys, teach them how to dance and how to do yoga (they'll thank you when women will dig them)
    • "You are not actually tough if you are not sweet... the toughest person should be able to be the sweetest" Aubrey Marcus
    • Why Aubrey's favorite tattoo artist doesn't tattoo snarling dragons
    • Aubrey's mom played the semi-finals in Wimbledon
    • Aubrey's psychedelic adventures
    • "Why wouldn't you create your own? It's your life. No one else can live it for you"
    • Aubrey's shamanic trip in Peru'
    • "Drink some whiskey, grab your nuts, grab a girl on the dance floor, dunk a basketball, lift some weights, fight somebody... I don't give a fuck what you do, but do something, man!"
    • Earning people's respect in a language they understand... Aubrey explains the Joe Rogan magic
    • Onnit

  • Episode 18 - The Flaming Thunderbolt of Wisdom

    Intro:

    • Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com.
    • Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
    • And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • We are planning to have Dan Carlin on the show soon. If you have questions for Dan, please post them on the forum (see below)
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
    • You are from Italy? I was just in Paris!

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • A historical narration about the development of Christian sexual ideology
    • St. Paul: I hijacked Christianity and got away with it?
    • Sluts as goddesses of mercy

    The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

    • St. Augustine and the power of guilt
    • When your own penis turns into a mountain lion trying to kill you

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • The flaming thunderbolt of wisdom
    • Tao-chi

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Taoism in a competitive context
    • What if polytheism had won?
    • Wicca, pagan and non denominational

    The "Iz Moment":

    • My weird psychic baby

  • Episode 17 - Sam Sheridan: The World Is Made Of Fire

    Intro:

    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter.
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesignshirts.com. And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhousebandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • Here's Guy Evans' podcast with me http://www.smellslikehumanspirit.com/2013/05/thedrunkentaoistdanielebolelli.html 
    • We are planning to have Dan Carlin on the show soon. If you have questions for Dan, please post them on the forum (see below)
    • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich 

    Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkendaoist.com/forum

    • Check out Sam's three books ("A Fighter's Heart", "The Fighter's Mind" and "The Disaster Diaries" 
    • Sam Sheridan's bio reads like something out of a Jack London's novel
    • Sam drinks 15 cups of coffee a day and he can't sleep much at night... the mystery deepens. Perhaps he could use a sample of the Drunken Taoist strain? :) 
    • Growing up in Old Deerfield messed with Sam's mind
    • Eastern American Indians and their captives: either killed in gruesome fashion or lovingly adopted into the tribe 
    • "Noble" vs. "Vicious Savages" 
    • Everyone alive has to deal with conflict
    • Everyone can be broken. No one is immune to fear 
    • Empathy and approaching movies/art/books as a sacred ritual 
    • John C. in Cincinnati: Sam is going to find you! 
    • How to deal with fear
    • Daniele's worst and best moments in MMA 
    • Sam's tattoo: you are risking your soul by playing it safe 
    • I don't like writing. I like having written. And being possessed by the Muse 
    • Sam "I'm a big fan of misery" and his new year resolution ("Drink more!"), "all things in moderation, even moderation" 
    • Why people are fascinated with the Apocalypse 
    • Daniele drinks his blood, eats his flesh and keeps training: the joys of jiujitsu. 
    • Empathy&Intuition 
    • Sam's take on the current environmental challenges 

  • Episode 16 - From Robin Hood To SuAnne Big Crow, With Ganesh And Jesus Along For the Ride

    Intro:

    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com. And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
    • Rich makes Alex Jones look like an amateur

    Forum: we just launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Why I listed Robin Hood twice among the list of my inspirational people
    • The profound difference between a criminal and an outlaw
    • Bolelli's three rules: moral flexibility doesn't mean lack of morality

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • A friendly game of basketball with the gods
    • Bloody basketball

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Weird foods
    • Parenting (and Rich's tale of inducing friends to self-inflicted vasectomy in the car)
    • Music

  • Episode 15 - Using Kangaroo Balls To Pop Open A Beer with Cacilda Jethá and Chris Ryan

    Intro:

    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount. Check out the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com. And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist.
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.
    • Infinite thanks to Matt Staggs for all the help.

    Forum: we just launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! http://thedrunkentaoist.com/forum/

    • How Chris and Cacilda first met
    • If you are going to get into a fight, drug your opponent first
    • Different approaches to writing: Chris flows with the Tao, Daniele is a control freak
    • Cacilda "Chris writes the way a dog takes a shit"
    • Chris' next book: Civilized to Death.
    • Sexual repression as a side effect of the fear of death.
    • Rich does Duncan (it's not what it sounds...)
    • Chris is a shame exorcist
    • Those hot sheep
    • Sex with robots
    • Why people work out
    • TV: from amazing shows to watching lesbian midget fights on Jerry Springer
    • Italians have big balls
    • Vancouver rules
    • Rich finds out he is gay
    • No one--including Daniele--can figure out why TED Talks piss off Daniele so much
    • How I irreparably offended the man who helped me get my writing career started in the U.S.
    • Daniele's subconscious creates a new version of Smokey Robinson's "The Track of My Tears"

  • Episode 14 - A Dark Journey

    Intro:

    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount
    • If you want to buy a drunken taoist t-shirt, email me at [email protected] and I'll check to see if we have your size and color before you pay anything.
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) www.coracaoconfections.com. Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com. And if you need audiobooks, check www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist.
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES IN APRIL!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.

    Forum: we just launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! http://thedrunkentaoist.com/forum/

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Let's all hate on Rich!
    • Good Catholics vs. the highly disturbing history of the Catholic Church 
    • Daniele screws up a reference to Abbie Hoffman. The main character in the tale was Emmett Grogan, not Abbie Hoffman. Bad Daniele! 
    • Even when they claim to follow a religion literally, people regularly edit their sacred books to their liking. 
    • Carpocrates and sacred orgies 
    • Outlaw Jesus 
    • The desire to belong and its dangers. 

    The "Storytelling Moment": 

    • Rich is less than fond of "A Renegade History of the United States"
    • Let us introduce you to Mr. Liver-Eating Johnson 
    • Daniele and his disturbing "Legends of the Fall" reincarnation tale, revenge and the moment in which you don't hear the demons screaming 

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

    • Damn, Daniele... you have issues...

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner: 

    • Why do you like history? The non-PC version 

  • Episode 13 - Thaddeus "My Roundhouse Kick Can Break A Historian In Half" Russell

    Intro:

    • "Hey baby, give me some sugar"
    • Please visit our sponsor's website for computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products http://www.dsgear.com/. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount
    • "I have been butchered" bumper stickers?
    • If you are in dire need of chocolate, audiobooks or awesome t-shirts, check our affiliates: The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) http://www.coracaoconfections.com/ . Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at http://suredesigntshirts.com/ . And if you need audiobooks, check http://www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here http://daisyhouse.bandcamp.com/
    • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES IN APRIL!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site http://www.danielebolelli.com/ it'll take you straight to the Amazon page.

    Forum: We just launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! http://thedrunkentaoist.com/forum/

    • How the Huffington Post and lack of porn leads Daniele to meet Thad Russell
    • Vs. conservative and vs. liberal histories
    • Daniele's hot mom
    • The twin pillars of the Protestant work ethic and the nuclear family
    • There's a tiny Puritan running around inside Thad's mind
    • The Tao of being a slacker
    • If Paris Hilton finds herself in need of a lawyer, she should call Thad
    • What if Puritans never defeated Thomas Morton? Drunken parties with Indians in the 1600s
    • The Left in the 1960s: serious socialists vs. happy hippies
    • Thad's Marxist colleague: vs. sex, pro-censorship and "women on campus dress like prostitutes"
    • Politics and the lesser evil 
    • If you are a woman who walks in public without a male chaperon, you wear makeup, color your hair, own property, enjoy giving or receiving oral sex, wear red dresses or own a gun... thank a hooker!
    • Among the first integrated places in the U.S.: brothels! 
    • The consequences of the crackdown on prostitutes 
    • Why Thad was fired from his academic job: "His work is inappropriate and dangerous" 
    • God forbid you should hire someone to teach who's actually liked by students. Hire someone with a PhD from an Ivy League school, because that's the only thing that means something. 
    • The joys of Muay Thai 
    • "I'm not as bad as you are, but I'm pretty bad"
    • Most historians are scared of sex and hate popular culture 
    • Jazz, Levi's and Rock won the Cold War 
    • "What academics are trained to do is to suck the life out of any topic" 
    • If you are interested in Thad's book, please order "A Renegade History of the United States" by using our amazon link.

  • Episode 12 - The Barely Conscious Taoist

    Intro: 

    • Show our sponsor some love at http://www.dsgear.com/ Use the code "daniele" at checkout to get a discount.
    • I'll send a pdf booklet to anyone who donates to the podcast and/or buys my new book. If you have donated in the past, just email me and I'll email you back the booklet.
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    • The code "daniele" gets you a discount on the food of the gods (chocolate!) http://www.coracaoconfections.com/
    • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here http://daisyhouse.bandcamp.com/
    • My friend Paul Bowman just published an excellent book entitled "The Treasures of Bruce Lee". 
    • And speaking of books... MY NEW BOOK WILL BE IN STORES IN APRIL!!!!!! It's entitled "Create Your Own Religion" and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com it'll take you straight to the amazon page.

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

    • Daniele is black and proud in a post-dream state that joyfully shatters identity.

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Integrity vs. avoidance as a communication strategy. If someone calls you or emails, don't be a dick: return the message. 
    • Shocked and puzzled over the fact that they didn't nominate Daniele as the new Pope (Pope Conan the First would have been awesome). Had they nominated him, the official regalia required would have been by http://suredesigntshirts.com/ Speaking of which, check them out and use the code "warrior" for a discount. 
    • It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into Heaven: why capitalism and Christianity don't mix.
    • Everyone creates their own religion. Some people happen to be honest about it. 

    The "Storytelling Moment": 

    • The lovely biblical tale of Lot, a righteous man who offers his virgin daughters to a mob so they can rape them in order to preserve the laws of hospitality. Our tale includes women turned into pillars of salt, God doing some smiting, and Lot's daughters getting their father drunk and raping him to preserve the human race. 
    • God kicks the devil's ass in the biblical body count 

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Taoism and sexual alchemy? Not my thing.
    • My MMA experience: cage fighting, the discovery that "scare the shit out of you" is not just a figure of speech and facing one's fears. 

    Image attached is courtesy of @GarycyArntzen

  • Episode 11 - Taylor Parker: Fighting for Everything That Is

    Intro:

    • Raccoons shooting steroids in my backyard, coyotes slaughtering critters under my window 
    • My night with a tribe of raccoons having sex (among each other... I took no part in it--I swear) and fighting coyotes
    • Taylor Parker enlightening us about how punching people in the face makes you a better environmentalist
    • The important difference between math and meth
    • Restoration ecology, saving wetlands, removing heavy metal from the water (not talking about Metallica)
    • Why Environmentalists get a bad rap 
    • Protecting natural resources shouldn't be a political issue. Why is it? The near-thinking primate dilemma
    • J. Diamond about the false dichotomy between the economy and environmental protection
    • Daniele's errant brain waves saved Taylor from turning to the dark side and becoming a soulless corporate lawyer 
    • Taylor's pragmatic approach to environmentalism 
    • Political parties: driving the bus toward destruction at 90 mph vs. driving the bus toward destruction at 60 mph 
    • Interconnectedness is the name of the game 
    • Contributing to google searches about "duck porn" 
    • Taylor's experience with boxing, and how it helps his work
    • Learning how to take a beating/dealing with adversity 
    • Daniele has no problems punching friends in the face 
    • Shameless plug for "On the Warrior's Path" 
    • Taylor channels his inner Bruce Lee 

    Taylor Parker's twitter: https://twitter.com/tidalinfluence

    His company's website: http://www.tidalinfluence.com/

    Personal website: http://www.practicepraxis.org/

    Email: [email protected] 

  • Episode 10 - Caravaggio: The Quentin Tarantino of the 1500s

    Intro:

    • Datsusara graduates from an affiliate sponsorship to a full on sponsorship. Please show them some love at http://www.dsgear.com All hemp made! Use the promo code "daniele" (all lower cases) for a discount. If not for the fact that they make some of the coolest computer bags&backpacks on the planet, then check them out because of their upcoming blog about ronin/create-your-own-path philosophy. Or because if there were a UFC of fabrics, hemp would kick cotton's ass any day. Or because microscopic hemp warriors come with each bag ready to kill any damn microbes trying to mess with your stuff. 
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    • The full vocal version of the Drunken Taoist theme is available here http://daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
    • Please check out our affiliate's audio books at http://www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
    • Chocolate contest: email us why you should be getting free chocolate by 2/24 and you'll be entered into a contest to receive a free box of chocolate. Or you can just get skip the contest and pay for the goodies by going to http://www.CoracaoConfections.com Enter the word "Daniele" at checkout to get a 10% discount. 
    • Last but not least, let's all make fun of Daniele 'cause he can't pronounce the word "sovereignty" 

    The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

    • Fighting against seals (the animals, not the special forces unit)
    • Killing monsters, drinking their blood, gaining their strength

    The "Rant of the Day": 

    • If you are looking for fairness, you are in the wrong universe
    • If you are planning to whine, get a stopwatch
    • Be happy you don’t live in time and place where the neighboring tribe from the next valley is likely to come any minute to conquer your lands, chop your head off, use your skull as a drinking vessel at their victory party, rape your women, and piss on the altars of your gods.
    • Miniature waterfalls and sweat lodges on four wheels, words from Bruce Lee & Muhammad Ali', monsters under your bed (speaking of which, check out http://www.danielebolelli.com/2012/12/13/in-the-beginning-was-fear

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Ask Bolelli is on steroids: answering questions about our favorite podcasts, the meaning of "bodhi" in my email address, the popular unhealthy fascination for the Apocalypse, trying to change the world while being weighed down by assholes, techniques for self-motivation, and the CSI approach to organized religion.

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    • Michelangelo Merisi aka Caravaggio: his biblical paintings are what a movie about the Bible directed by Quentin Tarantino would look like. Why Pisa and Livorno hate each other. Want to raise the Pope's blood pressure? Then when you are asked to paint the Virgin Mary get a hooker as a model. Artist and escape artist. Stabbing pimps and bludgeoning cops. Italy's Most Wanted. 

  • Episode 9 - New York Times Best-Selling Author Chris "even better than fabio" Ryan

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    Intro: 

    Today's guest is NY Times best-selling author Christopher Ryan. Great mix of fun and insightful. I had a blast chatting with him. 

    • Daniele's adventure at the Playboy Mansion
    • "All the power to fake boobs. All the power to real boobs. All the power to any boobs." 
    • Duncan Trussell is our viagra pusher 
    • Introducing Christopher "Even Better Than Fabio" Ryan
    • Chris hangs out with a black mormon in Alaska and ends up in jail for a week for stealing a Snickers bar. 
    • If you plan on heading to jail, we strongly suggest you visit Fairbanks, Alaska
    • Chris' job list: teaching English to pregnant Thai hookers, translating from Ebonics into English, teaching martial arts to land activists in Mexico, negotiating deals with Hasidic Jewish diamond dealers, etc.
    • Chris saves a hot Puerto Rican lady from a monkey
    • Scholars hate him--which makes me like him even more
    • Jealousy is not a sign you care. It's a sign you are a possessive control freak
    • 13 year-old Daniele and his dreams of a hooker/teacher. Hookers as "goddesses of mercy."
    • Uncomfortable with their horn dog natures, too many people feel the need to justify sex through love
    • Rule # 1 for taming an indigenous society: send missionaries to preach against free sex
    • How to live in a society we are not genetically programmed for 
    • Capitalism: eliminate freely available goods in order to sell you a poor imitation
    • Sexual shame as a tool to control people 
    • 40% of Western women rarely or never have orgasms! 
    • Give Chris his own TV Show! "The scholars are going to scoff, but... fuck it!" 

  • Episode 8 - Why Bolelli's Grandma Carried Bags Full of Bombs

    Thanks to Chris Grasso for the awesome photoshop work! 

    Intro: 

    The "I Have a Dream" corner:

    • Zombies tackling Mickey Mouse at Disneyland and eating him.

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • Taoism in politics, leadership, judo and surfing.

    The "Rant of the Day": 

    • Why academics don't like me. 
    • The Hobbit needed a Grolla (the Italian alcoholic equivalent of the peace pipe). 
    • Bolelli's b-day: older, wiser and hotter. 
    • Bolelli vs. the calendar and vs. "acting your age".

    The "Storytelling Moment": 

    • Bolelli's grandparents and their violent activities.
    • A poem by ancient Roman poet Catullus: 
    Let's live and love,
    caring less than nothing for
    the moralizing of stern old men.
    The sun sets and rises back again,
    but an eternal night of sleep awaits us
    when our brief light turns to darkness.
    Give me a thousand kisses, and a hundred more.
    Then a thousand, and another hundred.
    And then more thousands and hundreds.
    Let's scatter them, then,
    so that no one can envy us
    by knowing how many kisses we have shared.

  • Episode 7 - In the Zone with Mike V

    Today’s guest is Mike V. Telling you that he is a musician and a legend of skateboarding doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of who is, for Mike V is bigger and weirder than any label we can attach to him.

    Among the highlights of the day:  

    • Don't offend Bulgarians
    • Last call for pre-orders on The Drunken Taoist t-shirts http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/
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    • I speak fast 'cause I really have to pee 
    • After searching long and hard, we have finally found someone who enjoys the word "fuckin'" more than I do
    • How a Black Flag concert changed his life: "if I was flipping fuckin' burgers, I was going to do it the way Black Flag would do it"
    • Skateboarding as the vehicle for a passion beyond words
    • "I'd rather err on the side of passion" (but Daniele can't pronounce the word "err")
    • About breaking bones
    • Crabs in a pot: people love it when heroes fuck up 
    • "Fuck yeah I'm over the hill, but at least I've climbed the motherfuckin' hill" 
    • "I've been nailed to the cross so many fuckin' times. Don't fuck with me"
    • Comparing the crucifixion scene in Conan (1982) and in Spartacus (1960)
    • "Age is not a reason to fuckin' trade in everything that made you who you are"
    • "When they fuckin' shovel the dirt on me, that's when I'll be done fuckin' skating" 
    • "Try being a skateboarder in 1984… I became a living, breathing, moving target" 
    • "My first interaction ever with a cop was him beating my ass—for no reason" 
    • Tao and Zen: it's an attitude toward life, not a profession of belief
    • About Zen masters who don't know they are zen masters
    • The difference between paradox and contradiction
    • Love and strength: why Mike picked the elephant as a logo. "…beautiful, majestic creature, very social and very loving, kindest, gentlest heart but it will fuckin' crush you. Don't fuck with it. It will crush you. Eat a fuckin' lion for lunch"
    • "To me, that's life. Why would you want anything less than that?"
    • "I didn't start skateboarding to fuckin' follow the rules"
    • Why Mike has a pink sheep tattoo
    • The trap of embracing an identity—any identity 
    • People are terrified of freedom 
    • Happy birthday to Emily Vallely 
    • "I'm glad you are a nerd"  

    Mike’s twitter: @mikevallely

  • Episode 6 - Rage Against the Academic Machine, Necrophiliac Ducks and Other Tales

    Intro:

    The "I Have a Dream" corner:

    • Elmo haunts my dreams: from lullabies to threesomes. 

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Fuck a Duck! The tale of rapist necrophiliac ducks
    • "I am not impressed by your performance" I'm not GSP, goddammit! 
    • My teaching career among "bureaucratic succubi eating babies' hearts" 
    • My infamous open letter to academia 

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

    • The Ninja approach to Graduate School.
    • A follow up to our Danish gay penguins segment .

    The "Storytelling Moment": 

    • From the pages of the Holy Bible: Spilling Seed = Bad! Having Sex with Your Daughter in Law in Exchange for a Goat: No Problem.

  • Episode 5 - Chris Odell & Adam Scorgie: Legalize It Already!

    Today's guests are Chris Odell, owner of Datsusara, and Adam Scorgie, producer of "The Union" and several other films. 

    Among the highlights of the day: 

    • My nerdy Lord of the Rings winter ritual 
    • The Hamletic dilemma:  work out or watch "The Union" with a joint and chocolate cake? 
    • We finally found out why Canadians like our podcast (hint: weed may have something to do with it)
    • Somebody get me to Vancouver, please
    • You smoked your first joint with your mom?!? 
    • Our collective envy pours on Adam when we find out that his dad owned a bar and a strip club
    • Jesus the hemp grower?
    • Adam is a damn communist and needs to be deported
    • Ronald Reagan about Marijuana being "the most dangerous drug" in America, and other pearls of idiocy
    • Chris & Adam preaching about the wonders of industrial hemp and about the ugly politics of keeping it illegal
    • Most doctors are glorified drug dealers
    • Newborns look funky because they are drugged out of their minds

    Adam Scorgie's twitter: @AdamScoreG

    Chris Odell's twitter: @DSGear

  • Episode 4 - Saving a Bulgarian Virgin

    Intro:

    The "I Have a Dream" corner:

    • How martial arts have saved me from zombies, vampires, my high school teachers and other scary freaks who used to stalk my dreams.

    The "Rant of the Day":

    • Danish gay penguins.
    • Scary fundamentalists having issues with Darwin. Paul Feyerabend and the limits of science: certainty is the enemy of truth.
    • Luck and choices.

    The "Ask Bolelli" corner:

    Fueled by enough alcohol—as Drunken Taoists should be—we answer your questions about the universe. Why grabbing your crotch is the Italian way to ward off evil: grabbing a hold of your sexuality (quite literally) as the best antidote against the braying of priests. Good sex makes you fearless! How to get rid of anger (or at least be in killer shape.) The best way to drink someone's smile. 

    The "Storytelling Moment":

    Trial of the Zombie Pope (how a Pope in 897 CE dug up the corpse of a previous rival Pope and put him on trial).

  • Episode 3 - Shannon Lee: About Bruce Lee, the Tao, Life, the Universe and Everything

    Our guest today is the wonderful Shannon Lee, talking about her life and her father's legacy. 

    Among the highlights of the day: 

    • Coming to terms with being Bruce Lee's daughter
    • Shannon's work as the head of Bruce Lee Enterprises
    • We bow to our one and only god: Pete McCormack, director of the documentary I Am Bruce Lee
    • The sordid tale of how the evil Bolelli used his Godfather skills to end up in the documentary (btw, the most glorious 53 seconds in movie history!)
    • Why nerdy Asian boys owe their very lives to Bruce Lee 
    • On nationalism and the wild tale of a Bruce Lee statue built in Bosnia right after the war there 
    • What makes some people more authentic than others? 
    • Rebelling against dogma and creating our own path: "That’s the thing I’ve always admired most about my father. It takes courage to walk the path alone" 
    • "The height of cultivation runs toward simplicity"
    • Bruce Lee as the father of MMA? 
    • Shannon invented Tivo, and Daniele invented Blockbuster
    • Gene LeBell and his pink gi 
    • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and killing demons with nunchuckus 


    The Bruce Lee Foundation website: http://bruceleefoundation.com/

    Shannon's twitter: https://twitter.com/BruceLeeLegacy

  • Episode 2 - Bolelli vs Dualism

    Welcome to Episode 2! 

    Here's what's on the menu' today: 

    The "I Have a Dream" corner: our feature about the weird dream of the month. This one focuses on the joys of having a miniature Dalai Lama as a pet. 

    The "Ask Bolelli" Corner: Where your questions about the universe and everything get answered! We start easy with a literary question which will lead us into a discussion of Aztec, a book that makes the TV show Spartacus look like something written by frigid Puritans horrified by blood. If there were a prize for the most sex&blood under one cover, this book would win it hands down. Also, cannibalism makes any story more fun. 

    "The Storytelling Moment": about Gonzalo Guerrero who was half of the first interracial couple on the mainland of the Americas--a tale of human sacrifice, finding love between the thighs of a tattooed Maya woman, and heroic death in battle. At the end of it, tattooed Mayan women will gently guide you into dream land. 

    And the "Rant of the Day": Bolelli vs. Dualism (and relativism too), the enemy of my enemy is my friend, screw Jarred Diamond, "I just want to punch you in the face repeatedly, not because it's going to enlighten you, but just for my satisfaction."

  • Episode 1 - Duncan Trussell: Vampire Hunter

    Intro:

    Why we do this, screw overspecialization, realistic optimism, mushroom spores, etc.

    Chat with Duncan:

    Eating strawberries and Duncan wants his face on sheets of acid. The conversation ranges from the most disgusting stories ever about Duncan and his sex toys (if you are a sensitive soul... sorry!) to slaying vampires, to good porn vs. bad porn, to debating the finer points of Taoist philosophy, to the beauty of paradox. You'll learn about the hot but evil lady I was flirting with, the tale of Lao Tzu being thrown in jail by an overenthusiastic fan, why Yin and Yang are making out, and the fact that great chefs don't follow recipes. And last but not least "Rules are for people who are too stupid to live without rules.

    Here's Duncan's twitter @duncantrussell and website: http://duncantrussell.com/