Ari in the Air

Modern Addiction w/ Alex Olshonsky

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex is a writer, executive coach, practitioner of somatic psychotherapy, and entrepreneur. He's the co-founder of Natura Care, a non-profit addiction...

KINGDOM w/ Lubomir Arsov

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, so in this episode, Lubo and I delved deep into the heart of his newest film, Kingdom. We explored the symbolism and meaning behind the imagery ...

Stephen Jenkinson - Dancing with Death

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Jenkinson is a Canadian writer, teacher and grief literacy advocate. He's the author of Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul. He is one o...

Alex Ebert - A.I. David Guetta and Unactualized Passion

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Ebert is the front man of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. He's also a writer and philosopher. We're becoming friends. After this recording...

Marc Gafni - Redignifying Human Need

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings”. He is the author of ten boo...

Alexander Bard - Controversial Relationship Advice

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Bard, Swedish rockstar philosopher is back for the 4th time, and this time I dig deep to synthesize his relationship advice with my own. It ...

Bonnita Roy - Identity, Animals and Embodiment

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bonnitta is an award-winning author, philosopher and insight guide. She is a life coach for individuals entering post-formal levels of consciousness. ...

Alexander Bard on Polyamory and Relationships

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Bard, Scandinavian rockstar philosopher, is back to swing for the fences once again. Another bold episode about sex, relationships, polyamor...

Between Stimulus and Response - Rob Scott & Daniel Kazandjian

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Scott is a life coach, Daniel Kazandjian a productivity coach. Both these men have unique ideas and systems for how we can change ourselves for th...

Lessons from Death Sports - Jill Nephew

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jill is a former competition paraglide pilot and now is helping people unlock the power of inquiry at Inqwire.io . In this conversation we cover a lot...

Alexander Bard on Sex, Orgy and Male Relationships

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Bard is a Swedish philosopher and rockstar. It's an awesome combination. He co-authored the book Netocracy: The New Power Elite and Life Aft...

Love and Relationships w/ Dr. Gregg Henriques

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg is a psychologist at James Madison University in Virginia. He's a friend, and has spoken on this show 6 times now - mostly because he's incredib...

Principles of Evolutionary Relationships w/ James Schmachtenberger at The Stoa

12 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a presentation that I did with James Schmachtenberger at The Stoa. We wanted to present this under-discussed topic because we truly believe th...

Zak Stein - Cosmo Erotic Humanism

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Zak is a writer, philosopher and futurist. He's the author of Education in a Time Between Worlds, a fantastic book on the reality that all of our exis...

John Vervaeke - Movement, Grief & Flow

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Vervaeke is a professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto and has been the prophet of 'the meaning crisis'. Vervaeke lays out...

Latest Relationship Lessons

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I share with you some lessons that I've gleaned lately from my relationships. From discipline to authenticity, these are some great t...

Alexander Bard - Free Speech and Cancel Culture

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Bard is a Swedish philosopher. He was a successful rockstar (you'll hear some of that in here) and has since lectured and written widely abo...

Enlightened Productivity - Daniel Kazandjian

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel is a philosopher and productivity coach from Toronto. He swears that there is a form of productivity that isn't completely captured by capitali...

America's Toughest Race - Expedition Oregon

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I entered a race that nearly killed me. It broke my body and my spirit. It broke my team. But it also blew my mind. It taught me things. I am so stron...

Max King - The Fastest Guy Around

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Max King - The Fastest Guy Around by Ari in the Air

Being Wrong

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like for us to be wrong? And how does that experience how desperately we cling onto being right? And what are the implications of that and ...

The Pitfalls of Chasing Flow State - Mountain Whispers Podcast

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an interview that I did with Tim Stewart, for his "Mountain Whispers Podcast - Conversations on the deeper lessons we learn from the outdoors"...

Alex Ebert & Daniel Thorson - Shadows of Western Spirituality

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alex is the lead of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Daniel is the Head of Curriculum at the Monastic Academy in Vermont. I got these two together ...

Fuck Finding Your Passion

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a recording from an interview I did with Eliot Marshall, host of The Gospel of Fire Podcast. It was super fun to be on his show and we talked ...

Empathy w/ David Sauvage

05 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David is an empath, an expert on empathy, and a teacher of empathy and emotional intelligence. He is best known for his performance art, doing intuiti...

Reclaiming Your Attention w/ Welf Von Hören

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welf is the founder and CEO of Potential, an app that helps you be intentional with your phone. To quote their team "Technology can be designed to c...

Pathways to Embodiment w/ Schuyler Brown

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Schuyler is an embodiment coach and a deep feeler. She's back on the podcast to talk about ways back to embodiment, from where we, and our world, is c...

Inspiration & Storytelling w/ Jacob Kishere

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob is the host of the SenseSpace Podcast, and we met at The Stoa. In this episode, which was recorded for his show, I get to rant about a bunch of ...

Jayson Gaddis - Getting To Zero

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jayson Gaddis is a global leader in relationship education. He is the founder of The Relationship School and the author of the new book Getting To Zer...

Philosophical Coaching w/ Danielle LaSusa

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle holds a Phd in philosophy and is a Philosophical Coach. In this episode, we dive into what exactly that is, what it looks like in practice an...

Becoming a Super Organism w/ Malcolm Ocean

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Malcolm Ocean is a fellow Game B thinker - a title that we address right off the bat in this episode. We get into some really nice things - how much e...

All About Embodiment w/ Schuyler Brown

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Schuyler is an embodiment and empathy coach. She's a Yogini. She is very wise and is so much fun to talk to. We had an amazing time diving into what e...

Understanding Shame w/ AJ Bond

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AJ is a lighthearted shame educator and the author of Discomfortable, a book about getting more comfortable with shame and other uncomfortable emotion...

Alex Ebert & Keeping Your Instinct

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex is the lead singer of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros. He's also an outspoken thinker on philosophy, spirituality, and he's a keen cultural ...

Understanding Intimacy w/ Arran Rogerson

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Arran in a friend, and the host of The Golden Shadow Podcast. He returns to the show today to discuss everything about intimacy. What it really is, wh...

Jim Rutt - Network Wars, GameB & a case AGAINST BITCOIN

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim is back for the 3rd time. He's the host of The Jim Rutt Show, an amazing podcast, and the former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute, a complexity ...

Fundamental Shift w/ Rob Scott

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob is a coach who deals profoundly with mindfulness and identity. His personal story is powerful and inspiring and today he shares with me what he ha...

LSD and Dialogos - Jacob Kishere

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob is the host of SenseSpace, a podcast on dialogue and sensemaking. In this episode, we go on a beautiful, metaphoric walk together into a number ...

In Shadow - Lubomir Arsov

16 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lubomir's film, In Shadow here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j800SVeiS5I Watch it before listening to get the most from this talk and to witness ...

Women in Action Sports w/ Dr. Annie Pendygraft

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Annie is back - she's a psychologist and a women's mountain bike coach and today we discuss the differences in socal conditioning in men and women...

Tribal Belonging & Real Communities w/ Daniel Kazandjian

19 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel is a Toronto-based philosopher and productivity coach. He's very thoughtful and he's been on this show 3 times now; each of which are very insi...

Wisdom & Balance - Dr. Gregg Henriques

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg is a psychologist of the highest degree. He's a deep thinker and has mapped out a profound understanding of existence. Today we talk about wisdo...

Jordan Hall - Parenting, Paragliding and Pono

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan is one of the most insightful cultural observers alive. He has uniquely described to us the 'Deep Code' of our culture, in an incredibly nuance...

Fuck Greatness

21 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, that's right. Fuck greatness so that you can set yourself free to be filled up by what is right in front of you. Fuck greatness so that you can f...

How To Party

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How to Party? Strange subject, but it might be more nuanced, helpful and healing than you ever imagined. I tell my tale of how I learned how to party,...

Resources for Relationships

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I want to share the most profound resources that I've found on the path towards improving my relationships - all of them. As I gain more insight towar...

Hive Mind

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm back from a paragliding competition and my mind has been running nonstop thinking about the analogies between the gaggle of paragliders working to...

The Shared Thread

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all have a shared thread of..... trauma. It is trauma that makes us take our first breath. It is trauma that shapes our psyches, our personalities,...

These Sweet Wounds

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I have had a deeply introspective spring, and at a wedding or two, I've had seemingly strange pieces of advice arise in me. In this episode, I go thro...

Nonviolent Communication w/ Marianne from Cup of Empathy

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marianne Van Dijk from Cup of Empathy joins me to discuss Nonviolent Communication, an approach to communication based on principles of nonviolence. I...

Dr. Sean Murphy & Mixed Medical Arts

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sean is an ER Doctor practicing in Tucson Arizona. He has a very unique perspective on how the medical industry is out of whack and what it might ...

Encouraging Intentions

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm back! Thanks for being here! In this episode we go for a long wander down some concepts in relationship and worldview that have been pivotal for ...

Our Deepest Misunderstanding

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm gonna share some deeply vulnerable shit about my past, my relationships, my life and my mistakes and misunderstandings - all in hopes that it can ...

Your Life's True Purpose

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is the purpose of your life? Do you know? I've had a few insights recently that have changed how I look at my life's purpose and I want to share ...

Latest Lessons

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I've been on hiatus lately. Here's why, and here's what I've learned. Love you. Thank you so much for listening, for being a part of my life and my ...

Psychedelics w/ Tania De Jong

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tania is an inspirational speaker, opera singer, business woman and social entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia, a non-profi...

Modern Masculinity w/ Arran Rogerson

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Arran and I dive deep on the current state of gender relations, masculinity and what it is to be a man. This conversation has far reaching implication...

Gavin McClurg - Paragliding, Progression and Maturity

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin McClurg is one of the legends of American paragliding. He's been the NatGeo Adventurer of The Year, he's competed in the Redbull X-Alps 3 times,...

The Transformational Power of Risk - Dr. Gregg Henriques

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg is a professor of Psychology at James Madison University in Virginia. He's a heavy hitter in the game and is the author of 'A New Unified Theory...

Am I Doing It Right? Do You Love Me?

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our identity loops - the process in which we are guided, affirmed and given feedback - are broken. They used to be closed by our parents, our families...

John Vervaeke - Coming of Age Rituals pt. 1

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. In this talk, we discuss how ancient cultures and tribes had rituals, ceremonies and i...

Parenting and Partying - Daniel Kazandjian

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel is a Stoic Philsopher and hosts a weekly 'Metagame Mastermind' at The Stoa. In this episode we talk about parenting, how our own upbringings we...

Andrew Taggart - What We've Lost

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is a REAL philosopher; this will become clear very quickly in this episode. Andrew brings us his thoughts on three things; humanism (how we pin...

Suicide and Communication - Matt Blank

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt is a BASE Jumper and deep thinker. In this episode, he proposes the unlikely position that is essentially; "If you are going to jump off the brid...

Gregg Henriques - The Tsunami of Mental Health

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg is a professor of Psychology at James Madison University in Virginia. He has done extensive work in an attempt to bring the disjointed field of ...

Jared Janes - Cancel Culture and Memetic Mediation

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jared is a podcaster, meditator and thinker. In this episode we talk about the cancel culture mob, how it feels to be chased and more. We also talk ab...

Masculinity, Gender Relations and Friendship - Daniel Kazandjian

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel hosts the "Metagame Mastermind" at The Stoa. He's a deep philosophical thinker, an authentic relater and one of the best listeners that I've ev...

Jim Rutt #2 - Complexity and Paragliding

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim is the Chairman of the Santa Fe Institute, a radiacally trans-disciplinary complexity research institute in New Mexico. So, asking him about compl...

Dr. Zak Stein - Generational Warfare & Social Media

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zak is an educational philosopher and writer. His book, Education in a Time Between Worlds is profetic and profound. In this episode, Zak lays out wha...

Latest Thoughts about Black Lives Matter and America (Livecast 6/09/2020)

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I, like most of you, have had so many thoughts and feelings surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, yet none of them are regarding the validity o...

Guy Sengstock - Circling and Stuff

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Guy is the founder of The Circling Institute. Circling is a framework for relating that focuses on authenticity, connection and transformation. Guy ha...

Dr. John Vervaeke - The Real Revolution

06 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and he heads the Cognitive Science lab there. He is one of the most important thinkers ...

Peter Limberg - Sexiness, Friendship and Virtue

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Peter is a philosopher and writer from Toronto. His daily journals on Letter.com are the most read content on the platform, and for good reason; Peter...

Jim Rutt - The Road to Game B

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Rutt is an influential thinker, writer and podcaster. He's an American businessman and entrepreneur, the former CEO of Network Solutions, and the ...

The Dog Tragedy

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I had a horrific experience the other day. Here is the story, and my thoughts around it. Support this show by donating at www.paypal.me/ariintheair

Motherfucking Pistachios

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The Agricultural Crisis - Shane Ward

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Agricultural Crisis - Shane Ward by Ari in the Air

Sage Cattabriga-Alosa | The Season That Never Happened

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

How to Give a Fuck

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Midas Warned Us - We Didn't Listen

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 imp...

How Spencer Seabrooke is Saving The World

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

What YOU Can Do, NOW

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What YOU Can Do, NOW by Ari in the Air

Have We Gone Too Far?

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 l...

Zak Stein - A Time Between Worlds

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 philosophe...

Food System Fragility and Human Nature in Crisis - Shane Ward

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shane is a permaculturalist and agriculture consultant, and talking with him changed some of my perspectives on some big topics. In this episode he ou...

Using Our Hearts - Terry Patten

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Virtual vs Physical Relationships - Rich Bartlett

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rich, co-founder of The Hum (a non-heirarchical business consultancy), is back to talk about the differences, both positive and negative, with virtual...

Are you missing the point of Coronavirus?

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

How the Web Shapes Communities - Howard Rheingold

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Howard wrote his first article studying virtual communities 1987. Yes, 1987. That's before the official internet and long before anything that resembl...

The Only Way Through This - Peter Limberg

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Authentic Relating Power - Sara Ness

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sara founded Authentic Revolution, an organization spreading authentic relating toolkits (games, structures, ideas), to individuals, companies and gro...

Bikes Everywhere - Carl Decker

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Radical Self Reliance & BASE Jumping - Matt Blank

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

Charles Post - Ecology and Climate Amidst Coronavirus

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Post is an ecologist, a scientist and a storyteller. He joins me to talk about the ecological impacts of the Coronavirus lockdown, the dynamic...

Conspiracy & Fear of Tyranny

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 af...

Courage & Cooperation - Rich Bartlett

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 wo...

Dr. Annie Pendygraft - Cognitive Resilience, Meaning Making and Coronavirus

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 res...

Meditation & Perspectives - Matt Cone

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt is an experienced meditator and philanthropist. In this episode he gives some very unique perspectives from a decade of meditation and a life ful...

Jeff Shapiro - Bushplanes, Wingsuits and Unity

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ha...

Humanity's Motivations & Sensemaking Amidst Coronavirus - Daniel Staudigel

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...