Ari in the Air

Some people I know threw some pistachio shells on the ground at my local paragliding site. It really pissed me off and sent me down the philosophical rabbit hole of what my relation to the commons should be. Where is an appropriate place to throw a pistachio shell? What is 'litter'? Why are people still throwing their trash on the ground? What can I do to convince them to stop doing that? Pistachi...

The Agricultural Crisis - Shane Ward by Ari in the Air

Sage is one of the greatest big mountain skiers of all time. He's also a great friend of mine and we've been lucky to ski and bike together at home and abroad. In this episode we talk about the 'season that never happened' where all ski resorts were forced to close amidst pandemic. We also talk about mountain biking, our trip to Oaxaca, our mutual friend Adam Craig, our shared multi-sport lifestyl...

In our current culture, we are addicted to calling out what is wrong, but with a very narrow, shallow view of what is actually going on; why are these problems manifesting? What are the conditions that are contributing? What are the emotional, experiential and cognitive processes that are creating it? We tend to just point a finger, rah rah rah, and then go back to what we were doing. The fucks we...

Do you remember the myth of King Midas? Everything he touched turned to gold! How awesome! Wait, fuck. How do I eat now??!? This myth has a really important warning for us, and I don't think we've headed yet. In this episode, I dive deep into what that lesson was and how we might take it's advice. Please support this podcast by donating! www.paypal.me/ariintheair According to Aristotle, legend hel...

Spencer is a highliner, one of the best in the world. He's a freesoloist, walking across 1'' webbing thousands of feet in the air without a tether. He's also incredibly handy, building, modifying, engineering nearly anything with whatever is available. He's been telling us to 'get involved' for every second of 6 years. And this really is the secret that we need right now, to get involved in our ow...

What YOU Can Do, NOW by Ari in the Air

Have we overreacted to Covid? Have we given our power away to coronavirus? This is a genuine inquiry that I'm in. This episode I talk about what its like to use a tool like world governments to address social issues and our pandemic, I talk about the fact that where I live, there is no pandemic, and that what NYC needs to do to control their outbreak is very different than what we need to be doing...

Dr. Zak is a fucking saint. He's one of my biggest influences right now, which makes this episode truly special for me. He's an educational philosopher and author of ‘Education in a Time Between Worlds’ - a book that lays out how our education system went wrong, what wrong looks like today, what right might look like in the future and how we go about getting it right. It's an incredible book that...

Shane is a permaculturalist and agriculture consultant, and talking with him changed some of my perspectives on some big topics. In this episode he outlines that without a permanent system of agriculture, one that is truly sustainable, permanent civilization is impossible. We also talk about human nature and how it is typically misconstrued and weaponized against us. We talk about politicized scie...

Terry Patten is a lifelong anti-war and civil rights activist, turned spiritual teacher and philosopher. He's the co-author of Integral Life Practice and the author of A New Republic of the Heart. He's been a devotee, he's been a teacher. He's been an leader of peace movements and human potential movements. He's an OG, a legend, a wise mentor for a lot of us. This conversation is one of, if not th...

Rich, co-founder of The Hum (a non-heirarchical business consultancy), is back to talk about the differences, both positive and negative, with virtual and physical relationships. We talk about how geographical location affects his work at Enspiral and how a 'home base' can alter our feelings. We talk about a ton of stuff in this episode, so tune in and enjoy. Here’s some of Rich's articles that we...

There is a reality rarely seen, that shows the limits of our ability to understand the complexities that we live in. This concept, coined Hyperobjects by Timothy Morton, is a humble way of placing our own ability to understand complexity. This is coupled with the increasingly obvious reality that our old systems are simply not fit to address the problems and meet the needs of our global community,...

Howard wrote his first article studying virtual communities 1987. Yes, 1987. That's before the official internet and long before anything that resembled what we know of today as social media. In 2012 he authored the book, Net Smart; How to Thrive Online, which laid out 5 essential literacies for users of digital communication and networks. He’s got a ton of great insights and perspectives on our c...

Peter is a philosopher and steward at The Stoa. He's got some really useful ideas about how we should be thinking right now, and more importantly, how we should be embodying our philosophies. We discuss stoicism, method acting, the memetic war, the culture war, his ideas about culture war 2.0, the difference between truth and truthfulness and why truthfulness is our only way to get through our cur...

Sara founded Authentic Revolution, an organization spreading authentic relating toolkits (games, structures, ideas), to individuals, companies and groups. They also teach authentic leadership, which is a huge topic that we cover amidst coronavirus. She starts by sharing an authentic relating game with me, that we play together, that cuts straight into what we're both feeling. It was a vulnerable m...

Carl is a pro mountain bike racer, rally racecar driver and a tinkerer. He is very smart, has a quick wit and a dry sense of humor. In this episode we talk about his career (and his hilarious self-assesment of his place in biking), he tells an awesome story of racing rally cars in the Xgames(replacing Travis Pastrana!), racing his bike against Ebikes at the Seaotter Classic, and other hilarious ti...

Matt is a BASE jumper, Burning Man facilitator and stuntman. We talk about radical self reliance as it pertains to base jumping as well as emotional resilience and group dynamics. We also talk about mourning and death, we talk about considering all the possible outcomes, no matter how dark, as a means of preparation and protection. We also mention Sketchy Andy Lewis, GGBY, Turkey Boogie, Anson Fog...

Charles Post is an ecologist, a scientist and a storyteller. He joins me to talk about the ecological impacts of the Coronavirus lockdown, the dynamics and challenges of the climate change conversation and so much more. Ecology to psychology, this episode has a lot in it, thanks Charles! Follow Charles on Instagram @Charles_Post and find him on the web at www.charlespost.com Please support this sh...

We need a collective action on Covid, but we're also afraid that what happened in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia could happen here in America. We're afraid that the government will use this thing as a means to increase their power, to overreach into our lives and our liberties. We're afraid at the mere possibility that they created this entire fucking thing themselves. That they engineered the viru...

In this episode, Rich, the co-creator of Enspiral and Loomio(complex collaborative systems) and I talk about about why people have such a hard time working together, from how we were raised, our cultures, our biases, all the way to how we think of ourselves. We talk about how systems change, from the individual then outward. We talk about non-hierarchical organizations, non-violence, small groups...

In this podcast episode with Dr. Annie, we talk about mental health, meditation and why it works, how our brains make meaning, how our brains make resilience, the importance of having space for sadness right now, anticipatory grief, some germ theory about covid-19, how a big bike crash cracked her open, curiosity and how it creates resilience, the unique vulnerabilities of a schizophrenic populati...

Matt is an experienced meditator and philanthropist. In this episode he gives some very unique perspectives from a decade of meditation and a life fully lived. Support the show by donating www.paypal.me/ariintheair Matt's NPO http://www.karmaflights.org "KarmaFlights is a Nepal-based non-profit organization. We strongly believe in each child’s immutable right to a safe and secure learning environm...

Jeff Shapiro has been obsessed with birds and flight for his entire life. This obsession has manifested itself in many ways in his life. He started hanggliding in late adolescence, traveling the world competing and putting thousands of flight hours under his glider. But that was only the beginning, since then he’s become a falconer, training birds to hunt with him, a wingsuit base jumper, flying f...

Welcome Daniel Staudigel to the podcast! Daniel is a physicist, computer programmer and adventure racer. He's also one of my closest friends. We talk about collective sense making, humanity's motivations and better ways to think of this whole coronavirus thing. Support the show by subscribing, sharing, reviewing and donating at www.paypal.me/ariintheair