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Conversations on humans' pursuit of meaning, through the consideration of four broad archetypal categories: Warrior (encountering/overcoming hardships), Poet (recognizing, giving appropriate due to wonder and beauty), Hero (dealing with the questions of finitude and death), and Sage (the pursuit of useful wisdom, rather than simply the accumulation of knowledge).
Episodes
Friday Jan 31, 2020
The Stag Room: Episode One Full Episode Part Two
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
In part two of our introductory episode, we discuss the "Hero" and "Sage" archetypes, as we intend to define and discuss them. The idea of the “Sage” is that knowledge is important in certain ways, but ultimately it is the ability to make wise use of what we know that is actually desired when pursuing meaning.
The “hero” archetype encapsulates and permeates the entire life project of reaching for and creating a meaningful life; it relates to the ways in which we face our finite time in life. It speaks to what we do with the question “How to face death”? Time is our most precious resource, and facing our demise, and that of the ones we love, gives rise to all sorts of psychological difficulties. How to deal with this?
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
The Stag Room: Lt. Col. Beau Stricklin Full Episode Pt. Two
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Second section of our conversation with Lt. Col. Beau Stricklin, where we touch on Military Leadership, fun stories and lessons from Basic training, mentoring youth who have gotten in trouble with the law, and other general life topics.
Monday Jan 20, 2020
The Stag Room: Episode One-Full Episode
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Introducing the first two archetypes (Warrior & Poet), along with a cursory definition a couple of initial ideas related to each.
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
The Stag Room: Emile Phaneuf Full Episode Pt. One
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
In this episode we sit down with Emile Phaneuf for a discussion that covers a few economics topics, some current events, BJJ/MMA ideas, leadership topics, and a smattering of skydiving and bungee jumping stories from New Zealand!
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
The Stag Room: Matt Larsen
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
In this episode, we talk with the current Director of Combatives at West Point, former Army Ranger and founder of the Modern Army Combatives Program, Matt Larsen. We discuss unique benefits and challenges of martial arts training, specifically related to implementing Combatives programs on a large scale, and, since Matt is currently working on his PhD in Psychology, we also cover a number of areas related to this field, ranging from the psychomotor learning process to population dynamics to mate selection strategies and how they relate to conflict.