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arête

by RunGnosis

Conversations curated by Jason Brooks & Steve Sisson on topics ranging widely across the co-hosts' interests, including philosophy, psychology, psychedelics, spirituality, religion, atheism, agnosticism, etc. We'll definitely be going down strange rabbit holes but the topics will always have a tie back into exploring running as a way of life.

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Episodes

  1. Tribe & The Myth of Separation

    Sebastian Junger's Tribe: On Homecoming & Belonging is a little gem of a book. In this episode, Jason & Steve dive in & pull on various threads related to community, trauma, the myth of separation, culture & more. We intended for this discussion to be the first in a series that explores what...

  2. On Being Full Of Shit

    On this episode Jason & Steve wade into the deep end as they reflect on how we are all full of shit & what we can do about it.

  3. Groundedness

    Your hosts reflect on the concept of groundedness & how important this concept is to all our life pursuits, especially running.

  4. The Self, Identity & Soul

    Reflections on Episode 3, The Map Is Not The Territory Jason : I reflected mostly on the map of “career”. All the beliefs that go into this map and how profoundly and insidiously it has affected my own life. Maybe we can talk about this in this fourth episode??? About a myopic focus on outcomes…

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  5. The Map Is Not The Territory

    HERE is an article to get you thinking about the concept. The term The Map is not the Territory comes from Polish-American social philosopher Alfred Korzbzyski. Two other quotes from other thinkers might be useful here for reference. “All models are wrong but some are useful” - British…

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  6. The View

    One of the critically overlooked concepts for humans in general, but runners in particular, is the position we take on reality, sometimes called A Worldview. This impacts so much of what a runner deals with in training, racing & life…yet is so rarely brought forward to examine.

  7. Introduction to arête

    Why another podcast? Conversations between two coaches, runners & friends where we explore topics & questions that might be considered “meta” or “big”. We individually spend lots of time reading, researching & contemplating these areas & realized that having a conversion partner to help bounce…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Conversations curated by Jason Brooks & Steve Sisson on topics ranging widely across the co-hosts' interests, including philosophy, psychology, psychedelics, spirituality, religion, atheism, agnosticism, etc. We'll definitely be going down strange rabbit holes but the topics will always have a tie back into exploring running as a way of life.

HOSTED BY

RunGnosis

Produced by Steve Sisson

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Conversations curated by Jason Brooks & Steve Sisson on topics ranging widely across the co-hosts' interests, including philosophy, psychology, psychedelics, spirituality, religion, atheism, agnosticism, etc. We'll definitely be going down strange rabbit holes but the topics will always have a tie...

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arête is created and hosted by RunGnosis.
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