A Discourse on Walking. The importance of getting up off the couch. “It is easier for governments and societies to control us as long as we are sitting down,” writes Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge. The inherent value of action, movement, bodily connectivity separated from screens. Reviewing the healthy walking habits of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Kant, Schopenhauer and Thoreau. Not to mention John Adams, Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Truman. But as for Chris Christie — not a walker. Describing how our modern elites have become isolated and alienated from the soil of America. Not walking with the masses. Oddly detached endeavors, such as the failed Bud Light campaign. Notes on the nudist Forest Bathing phenomenon in Japan. A pagan sun ritual for the solstice, Viking music for the Gullfoss. Explaining why the GOP Establishment exists to keep GOP Voters planted on the couch. With Great Listener Calls.