John Patrick Morgan is a coach, philosopher, and host of the Gatekeepers Podcast, based in Maui.

In this conversation:

Being is primary — the claim at the center of John's work, the difference between being and doing, and being as the highest point of leverage on your action.

All having is being — why you don't actually have anything, and how creating a state of being changes the quality of what you do.

The pitfall — getting so focused on being that it becomes navel-gazing, a warm cope that avoids the hard action you actually need to take.

The collective shadow of paragliding — what the community talks about, what it refuses to, and the weight of everything left unsaid.

Calling in versus calling out — admitting your own fear, meeting reckless pilots with an arm around the shoulder instead of a judgment, and why both depend on being okay with yourself.

The mentorship gap — why mentorship is a high-level skill to give and receive, and the case that it's the missing conversation in the sport.

Ari in the Air:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ariintheair
PGMG (men's group): https://theparaglidingacademy.com/tours/mensgroup/

John Patrick Morgan:
Gatekeepers Podcast (Substack): https://jpmorganjr.substack.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpmorganjr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpmorganjr/

Alex Olshonsky is a writer, executive coach, and somatic guide, founder of Deep Fix, with words in Tablet, Tricycle, Newsweek, and Psychology Today.

In this conversation:

Why personal development requires addiction — how compulsive loops show up in everyone, not just the people in church basements.

Reciprocal narrowing — the way compulsion withers not just what you can do, but what you can enjoy and derive meaning from.

Obsession versus addiction — the role of negative consequences, and how subtle they can get before you notice them.

Addicted to thinking — how the same mechanism that drives substance use runs all the way down to rumination and catastrophic thought.

Point positive — where are you actually trying to go, and why a vision beats shame as a guide.

The trauma narrative — how therapy culture has gone off the rails, teleology versus cause, and men's work that asks what you're going to do about it.

Ari in the Air:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ariintheair
PGMG (men's group): https://theparaglidingacademy.com/tours/mensgroup/

Alex Olshonsky:
Deep Fix (Substack): https://deepfix.substack.com
Substack profile: https://substack.com/@deepfix

Alexander Bard is a philosopher, author, lecturer, and musician based in Stockholm, co-author of The Futurica Trilogy, Syntheism, and Digital Libido.

In this conversation:

Adultification — the process of becoming ready to commit, why women arrive before men, and the older version of yourself who already knows what you should do.

Marriage as a business enterprise — choosing a partner you could build a life and a family with, and the test of whether you'd still respect her as the mother of your kids.

Romantic love versus being in love — why the sensation never lasts, and what real, durable love toward someone's humanity actually looks like.

Monday morning coffee is peak marriage — the everyday life that a lasting marriage is really made of.

Seduction versus manipulation — taking responsibility for a stalled sex life and leading toward a destination she didn't know she wanted.

The shit test — Bard's provocative read on how men and women communicate, and why feelings and thoughts must stay separate for a man.

Ari in the Air:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariintheair
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ariintheair
PGMG (men's group): https://theparaglidingacademy.com/tours/mensgroup/

Alexander Bard:
X / Twitter: https://x.com/Bardissimo
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bard