26 – Daniele Bolelli and Southpaw Explain Everything PLUS American Plains Tribes

We initially met up with historian and philosopher Daniele Bolelli to discuss the Lakota people and other Plains tribes, but naturally our conversation expanded into modern individualism, practical intellect, disdain for variety, narrative thinking & bad mental health, happiness, community, what constitutes a tribe, nationalism, conservative post-modern utopian thinking, morality & religion expressed through politics, lose-lose situations (screwing over the world and still being unhappy), living on autopilot, lazy thinking, centrism, sh*tposting, social media toxicity creating addiction, Taoism & thinking in percentages (Bayesian reasoning), game theory, absolute thinking IS dogma (even when you think splitting it down the middle is always the right answer), the mixed mental arts of mixed martial arts, podcasts & continued education, and then more about American Plains tribes.

It's a long podcast but we sincerely feel like not one second was wasted. And though we veered into nearly everything, we believe what we ended up recording will go down in podcasting history as pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Books mentioned:

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging: https://amzn.to/2V6MOyO
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey: https://amzn.to/2Wknoua
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson: https://amzn.to/2V9cs5P

You can follow Daniele on Twitter @DBolelli, on Instagram @daniele_bolelli, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielebolelli1

Find more on History on Fire here: http://historyonfirepodcast.com and The Drunken Taoist here: http://thedrunkentaoist.com

And buy some of Daniele's books:

On the Warrior’s Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology: https://amzn.to/2DI02Hn
Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting: https://amzn.to/2Vz8tiF
Create Your Own Religion: A How To Book Without Instructions: https://amzn.to/2Wd4eGt
50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know: Religion: https://amzn.to/2XVdQ96

Support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod

You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod

You can also find Sam on Twitter and Instagram: @StuffFromSam