Garrett and Mike discuss Marshall McLuhan and his concept of "The Medium is the Message." They explore how the mediums and technologies that make up our environment change our perceptions and modes of being even more than the actual content of those mediums and technologies.

Garrett and Mike discuss minimalism and some of their takeaways from the book Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki.

Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Things-New-Japanese-Minimalism/dp/0393609030

Garrett has recently started practicing Muay Thai and it has got him thinking about stuff like commitment, time, and grabbing onto things. He and Mike discuss some of their ideas around these topics and how some principles of combat sports extend into everyday life.

Garrett and Mike return to the topic of hospitality to discuss how Eckhart Tolle's thoughts on talking to flowers can help teach us about the relationship between attention and hospitality.

Peace Lily: Spathiphyllum wallisii

50th episode celebration! If this is the first episode you're listening to or if it's your 50th, thank you! To celebrate the occasion, Garrett and Mike discuss the virtue of hospitality while sitting on the front porch for the first time in 2025.

Mike airs his grievances about Daylight Saving Time and he and Garrett talk about how setting our clocks forward an hour presents a great opportunity to reexaime our relationship to time.

Inspired once again by the show Severance, Garrett and Mike discuss "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", a novella by Leo Tolstoy, and how it shows us what it means to live a full life.

Mike asks Garrett a few questions about technology today, the nature of time, and what love might be.

Garrett and Mike discuss the hit Apple TV show Severance and some of the philosophical questions that it raises about the Self.

Today, Garrett and Mike drink some new whiskey and think about the impact that the idea of becoming has on their previous discussion of Be, Do, Have.