Garage Philosophy: Recent Episodes
Ian Coleman
Welcome to Garage Philosophy with Ian Coleman! What’s with the name you might ask? The garage is a place to tinker-around, and find out what works and what doesn’t. In this podcast, Ian presents philosophical concepts from a grounded, everyman perspective. By doing this, he hopes to help you understand philosophy, and potentially, how you can use it to improve your daily life.
In this episode, I talk about a lacking quality in our society: Discernment. Harnassing this skill will provide balance in all areas of your life. Hope you enjoy!
On this episode of Five Minute Friday, I share my thoughts on a Polish proverb: "The farmer is a born philosopher. The aristocrat has to learn how." Find out what it means by listening to the episode!
Last episode, I equated "toxic masculinity" to the false-role of masculinity pervasive throughout our society. In this episodes, I explore the boyhood archetypes in Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette's book "King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine." I share examples and personal stories related to the boyhood, or immature, archetypes and propose a solution on how to identify them. I hope you enjoy!
In my new segment, Five Minute Friday, I share a short personal story on how philosophy relates to my life! This episode comes from a conversation I had with my dad. It changed how I see other human beings! I hope you enjoy!
In this episode, I explore "Mature Masculinity" and how it can be defined by Jungian archetypes.
In this episode, I analyze the "Man in the Arena", a exerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's "Citizenship in a Republic", and how it relates to the modern culture of "sneering cynicism".