November 9

Ep. 0085: Daniele Bolelli on Taoism, History, & other cool stuff

Daniele Bolelli is a writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He was born in Italy and currently lives in Los Angeles. His podcasts are The Drunken Taoist Podcast and History on Fire. His books include On the Warrior’s Path, 50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know: Religion, Create Your Own Religion, and a new one coming out in December of 2015 entitled Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting.

Join CJ & Daniele as they discuss a wide range of topics, including:

Being versatile
The limitations of conventional academia
Why history, especially in a conventional institutional setting, can be so boring
Taoism & Zen Buddhism
The joys of history podcasting
Daniele’s history podcast, History on Fire
Some thoughts on Hollywood’s “historical” films
The Roman slave rebellions that Daniele covered in his first two History on Fire episodes
Daniele’s upcoming book, Not Afraid, due out December 2015