Twenty Below

The September Island boys kick off a new version of the podcast and misattribute a few quotes from Dead Poets Society along the way. "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion." — Henry David Thoreau "I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." — Walt Whitman

The Ember Island boys reminisce over stories both new and old. Prepare to learn all about the difference between baking powder and baking soda, how to balance showmanship and musicianship as a performing artist, and why you should never play the cowbell after eating tortellini.

The Ember Island boys discuss Ryan's rules for living well.

  Isaac, Patrick, Paul, and Ryan test their knowledge of the world and challenge each other to improve life in various ways. Other topics include: winning arguments, conversations, taking friendships for granted, busyness versus flow, inside jokes, and aesthetics.