TRIBE

Seattle - Tom takes a trip back to the PNW to go bear hunting with an old friend.Sonoma - Tom meets up with another friend to partake in an obstacle course race at the Sonoma Raceway.Costa Rica - after almost a year, Tom finally quits his job and says his last hurrahs to his old firm on a farewell trip to the CR.

Are you slaving away at a job that is unfulfilling, trying to earn more money so you can buy the newest phone? Are you spending all of your time working for other people and not for yourself?Today, we reflect on the notion that our happiness is the goal in life and what we are doing to destroy that.

How often do you look at a screen during the day? Does it feel like you spend more time consuming artificial content than actually experiencing the real world?Today we think about that and wonder what life would be like with less of them.

What do you want the last thing you see before you die to be?We only have one path through this life and none of us knows exactly when the last moment is going to be. Do we live every moment of our lives as if it could be our last? Or are we putting off our lives for the sake of the obligations we let our culture place on us?If tomorrow was your last day, would you look back on the last year and be proud of it? Would it be a worthy last year? Did you do the things you wanted to do or did you let other people tell you what was important?

After a woman decides to end a friendship with him, Tom dives into his most recent long-term relationships with two women and talks about how those relationships influenced him as a man.Sometimes the pain that we experience in life plays a dramatic role in shaping the people that we will become later.

Rest in peace Dolores O'Riordan. If you have any interest in the ideas discussed in this episode and would like to know more, research fusion power, Dyson sphere and AI. Also check out BLAME! and Cowboy Bebop if you've never watched any cyberpunk anime.

The Three Pillars: Mind, Body and Soul Tom introduces his life philosophy and talks about the impact that sugar has on nutrition as a function of the diet component of the Body pillar.

To celebrate the holiday this year, Tom shares why he's turning down your invitation to join your family get together and a little bit about his past.Tom them talks about BARF World and how putting his dog on an all raw diet has improved him (www.BARFworld.com)Tom finishes with a rant on why nutrition and exercise are so important. Merry Christmas!

In the second episode of the podcast, Tom talks about a pretentious hipster at his local bar, serenading strangers in Tocumen International Airport and the culture of homelessness.

In this, the very first episode of the podcast, Tom recounts his recent travel to Cuba and discusses some of the experiences and interactions he had with locals in the neighborhood of Vedado in Havana.