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Old School with Shilo Brooks

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Wolf
Jim Harrison
The Old Man and the Sea
Steven Pinker
Old School
Ernest Hemingway
Leadership
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Cormac Mccarthy
Larry Mcmurtry
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Fewer of us than ever are reading books for pleasure. Shilo Brooks is on a mission to change that. Old School is a new podcast from The Free Press about great books and how reading them can make us stronger, better men. The show features intimate conversations with fascinating men—from fitness gurus to philosophers—about the books that shaped their lives. New episodes out every Thursday. Read with... more

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What is justice? And why should we live justly? These questions lie at the heart of Plato’s Republic, the foundational text of Western philosophy. In building his utopian city, Plato reveals how the quest for perfect justice can slip into tyranny. Ye... more

Dr. Mike Israetel is a bodybuilder and scientist who believes reading is as important as a gym session. Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate changed his life. In this episode, Israetel joins Shilo Brooks to discuss how this explosive book on genetics, hum... more

Few people have turned a love of the wild into a cultural force quite like Steve Rinella, the outdoorsman and author behind the MeatEater empire. Jim Harrison’s Wolf, published in 1971, changed Rinella’s life. In this episode, Rinella sits down with ... more

Admiral James Stavridis once commanded fleets as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Now he commands a collection of 5,000 rare books. Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea changed Stavridis’ life. In this episode, the admiral sits down with Shilo... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Mike Israetel
Co-founder of Renaissance Periodization, coaching company; competitive bodybuilder, Brazilian jujitsu black belt, author
Renaissance Periodization
Episode: What Steven Pinker Taught this Pro Bodybuilder about Genetics
Steven Rinella
Founder of MeatEater, outdoor lifestyle expert, and author.
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Episode: MeatEater’s Steven Rinella on Lessons from the Wilderness
James Stavridis
Retired four-star US Navy Admiral and best-selling author
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Episode: The Old Man and the Sea with Admiral James Stavridis

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 60 ratings
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    Or just read. Love the conversations and perspective. Being female, contrary to my book club’s viewpoint, I am tired of such far left, far female centric books (mostly made for tv services drivel) being published and given stellar reviews. So glad to have these voices. Thank you.

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  • Love it!

    I’m a huge Steve Rinella fan. I watch meateater with my son daily. Glad to find this podcast and see that Steve is one of the guests. Love that people are talking about old books.

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    Markuswallus15
    United States19 days ago

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What Steven Pinker Taught this Pro Bodybuilder about Genetics
Q: What are two things people should do for recovery?
Sleep is huge. And the other one is total amount of stress in your life. You have to realize that you can't actually do all the work that is available.
What Steven Pinker Taught this Pro Bodybuilder about Genetics
Q: How has The Blank Slate and the claims that Pinker makes about human nature shaped your approach as a coach, as a scientist, as an educator?
I realized like, man, sometimes people just like to go out Friday night and have a lot of drinks...and while I have aims, I have to recognize where people are at.
What Steven Pinker Taught this Pro Bodybuilder about Genetics
Q: How did you find this book? How did you find Steven Pinker?
I was going through a bit of a phase of acquiring internet knowledge about the types of political insights that I thought were kind of rather bereft for my formal education at the time, so high school.
MeatEater’s Steven Rinella on Lessons from the Wilderness
Q: How can a relationship with the natural world provide some kind of healing?
Being in the wilderness creates simplicity, focus, and an arena of consequence which clears the mind and provides purposeful living.
MeatEater’s Steven Rinella on Lessons from the Wilderness
Q: What is this book about?
It's about a guy struggling with his identity, coming from hardship, and his quest to see a wolf in the wilderness.

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