In this episode on everyday food choices, we’ll discuss beef jerky.

What’s its origin?

What’s actually in it?

And how do you avoid buying the stuff that’s more sugar and sodium than meat?

We’ll cover a quick history of jerky, explain how to shop smart for beef sticks at the store, and walk through the basics of making your own at home.

It’s practical, a little salty, and—hopefully—useful the next time you’re hungry on the road.

Email me at pneuma.finneran@gmail.com to get in touch.

"Your intellect–which has come to you as an emanation from God–is the bond that exists between you and Him.

The choice is yours:

If you wish, you can strengthen and broaden this bond.

Or, if you so desire, you can weaken it and make it gradually thinner until you cut it off altogether".

This short meditation is inspired by the philosopher, Maimonides.

Send your comments, critiques, and suggestions to pneuma.finneran@gmail.com

Thank you.

“All things happen to oneself, and happen precisely, precisely now”.

These words, written by the great Argentine author, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), appear in his short story, The Garden of Forking Paths.

Labyrinthine, dense, esoteric, and yet, at all times, wonderfully eloquent and readable, Borges gives us a lot to think about.

This episode addresses two themes–both vital to our everyday life–around which many of his fantastic stories revolve:

Identity and time.

I’m curious to know…

Does this episode resonate with you?

Is it too academic?

Too arcane?

Not practical enough?

In what ways can it be improved?

Please let me know by commenting or sending me a message: pneuma.finneran@gmail.com.

I’m eager to read your thoughts.

As always, thanks for listening!

Post cibum, ambulandum est

“After eating, one must walk”

Apply this ancient wisdom to your post-meal ritual, and your health will improve immensely.

What do you like to do after a meal?

Walk?

Dance?

Watch TV?

I’m curious to know!

Send me a message at pneuma.finneran@gmail.com.

Is it your duty to be happy?

Immanuel Kant, the great German philosopher of the late 18th century, argues that it is.

“To secure one’s own happiness is a duty…because discontent with one’s condition, under the pressure of many anxieties and amid unsatisfied wants, might easily become a great temptation to transgress one’s duties.”

What do you think?

Is Kant’s argument convincing?

Are you any happier now that you know it is your duty to be so?

Or, will you defy Kant and continue to be unhappy?

Tell me in the comments or send an email to pneuma.finneran@gmail.com and we’ll discuss on a future episode.

How seldom we look toward the horizon,

Toward the distance,

Toward the heavens.

Instead, we’re focused unblinkingly on the luminous little boxes perched six inches away from our noses!

(Yes--the fancy phone on which you're reading these words. That box!)

Unsurprisingly, this has caused our eyesight to suffer.

In this episode, we’ll work to undo this harm. We’ll work to strengthen our eyes (and, as always, our minds!)

An unnamed friend of the show suggested the topic for this episode.

For having reached out to me, and for being so delightful a human being, I want to thank her.

If you’d like to suggest a topic to explore on this channel, please send an email to pneuma.finneran@gmail.com.

The 30-30-30 Protocol—developed by Tim Ferriss and popularized by Gary Brecka—is an approach to nutrition that requires you to:

1. Consume 30 grams of protein

2. Within 30 minutes of waking

3. After which you perform 30 minutes of exercise

This method is starkly different from intermittent fasting, in which you to abstain (typically during the morning hours) from eating anything at all.

Which method is better?

With which have you had more success?

In this episode, a very shiny and muscular James Flood and I offer our two cents.

Email me and let me know which works better for you

pneuma.finneran@gmail.com

YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/WjdO6DdZfkk

A sauna can be immensely beneficial to your overall wellbeing:

It boosts cardiovascular health, enhances recovery, deepens sleep, and supports detoxification.

But there’s a common misunderstanding about its power to help you lose WEIGHT, of which you should be disabused.

Does sweating in the sauna = weight loss?

Have you implemented regular sauna use into your regimen?

What impact has it had on you?

I'd love to hear about your experience!

Send a note to pneuma.finneran@gmail.com and we can discuss it on a future episode.