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Varemmike here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

So, fishing has been used as a backdrop in literature, film, about finding meaning in life,

coming of age stories, you know, river runs through it, comes to mind.

But oftentimes these fishing as life metaphors that are made aren't become tropes, they're

right, and the consequently they lose some of their significance.

My guest today wanted to write a book about fishing that's not about fishing, to suss out

different, a broad range of philosophical ideas and just life ideas without making fishing

a trite or, you know, making it a trope.

And I think he did a good job with it.

His name is Mark Keenwell, he's a professor philosophy at the University of Toronto.

And his book is called Catch and Release, Trout Fishing in the Meaning of Life.

And in this book, Mark explores or shares his growing love of trout fishing that he

developed as an adult and explores a broad range of topics including masculinity, boredom,

procrastination, the active versus the contemplative life, and, you know, what we can possibly

learn from fishing and what fishing might teach us about these sorts of things.

Anyways, we have a fascinating conversation where we discuss fishing, manliness, why

style is an important aspect of manliness, how, you know, the philosophy of boredom and

contemplation, and also the philosophy of procrastination.

So it's a really in-depth broad conversation.

I think you're going to like it.

If you are a fisherman, you will certainly like it.

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