Garrett and Mike return from spring break to discuss Chapter 5 of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. The lesson from this episode: Watch the movie Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.

Garrett and Mike discuss Chapter 4 of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. Things start to turn for Ivan. But not for anyone else.

Garrett and Mike break down Chapter 3 of the novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. In this chapter, "Everything was as it should be."

Garrett and Mike continue their discussion of the novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. Respice finem listeners.

Garrett and Mike begin their chapter by chapter discussion of the novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. They encourage you to pick up a copy and read along. It will change your life. Or your death.

Garrett talks about the different sorts of rules that our lives ask us to play by and Mike provides some wisdom.

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfN_8RVtZVY

J. Krishnamurti Essay: https://jkrishnamurti.org/content/if-i-depend-my-existence-entertainment-i’m-not-human-being-i’m-just/Entertainment%20

Garrett and Mike talk about our need for mental clarity and how true clarity comes from awareness of what is.

The Gamification of Public Discourse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LpbGW3qLVg

Chapter 27: To live with clarity is not a value

https://jkrishnamurti.org/content/chapter-27-live-clarity-not-value/Clarity

Garrett and Mike discuss their notion of freedom as they get over another crushing Buffalo Bills playoff loss.

Link to J. Krishnamurti reading:

Chapter 2 - Freedom is essential for the beauty of goodness | J. Krishnamurti

Garrett and Mike continue to try and discuss time, more specifically our experience of it. They turn to the Bible, Henri Bergson, and Dante for inspiration.

Garrett and Mike celebrate the season by discussing some of their takeaways from reading Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

Hermitix Podcast Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hermitix/id1437997652?i=1000739997500