Direct Democracy: a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives Could this ever be a thing? good idea? bad idea? pipe dream or just another crack pot idea thought up by idealists to create a perfect utopia. Oh the dreamers they must be. And of course it wouldn't be complete without Mikes crazy thoughts on "Safety Meeting" I guess. He doesn't have to say everything that pops into his head.

Great conversation Featuring Kevin Willeboordse of the 'Kevin Unscripted' podcast We take time and speak about micro-dosing, the perfect circle of friends to hang out with, why he started his podcast and what keeps him going.

Truckers from across Canada convened on Parliament Hill in Ottawa during the height of the pandemic. They travelled far, protested, got arrested, and came home. Now, what is the aftermath? Take a plea deal or fight for what feels like our last freedoms? Local trucker, Bern Bueckert, shares some of his story with us as he waits for his case to conclude and answers our question: What now? For a further in-depth look at the Convoy check out the documentary: Unacceptable?

Agree to disagree or not? This week we sit in with The Will & Dave show. This was a very fun conversation with Dave and our very good Friend Will Smith. How should we disagree and is everything Dave's fault?

Happy new year from the BCP, we  talk about so much. New Years resolutions and spending too much time with friends and family. Is there such thing as too much family? Mike might be the bad guy but he's doing his best.

This one is definitely being removed from YouTube. On this Episode, we sit down with Will Smith and Justin Butts Sit Down to discuss their disagreements and end up ganging up on BikerMic. This one was one that we've been wanting to do but uncertain if it was gonna be taking advantage of a friendly disagreement.

Things are not just things! What dangerous precedent are you setting when your property becomes an arbitrarily general good? How did we find a way to blend all these topics into an absolutely amazing podcast? You'll have to listen to find out (you just gotta get past the brotherly banter)!

Part 3 of our 100th episode extravaganza, the final word. First we have Brian Norder, this is one of our favorite guests. We're trying to convince Brian to start his podcast, we shoot some names and just generally have a great time. Finally we have Amanda, she asks the hard questions. What does the next 100 look like? Only time will tell. Thanks everyone for sharing and all your support.

Part 2 of our 100 extravaganza kicks off with Travis Lussier, hes here to fight and make Devin pay for his comments about him looking like Franklin the turtle. Next we talk with Andy about his time at the trucker protest in Ottawa and what brought him to wanna ride a motorcycle. We close out this episode with Vanilla Will Smith, he and Mike fight about a woman place in the force and how men to be more then one thing. Stay tuned for part 3

Don't be looking for deep thoughts and structure on this one. This is a look back at our first 100 episodes and the friends we've had on along the way. We start off with Justin in-studio, followed with Scott on zoom and Coyne to close out Part 1. We speak on some interesting topics like: do we actually believe what we say we do , what's it like to be small town famous, and what kind of men came out of the old school oilfield days. Enjoy the ride friends.

This is an episode we've been looking forward to recording as long as we've been doing this. We sit down with one of our brothers in theology and philosophy; and talk about where we all fall short in humility and understanding. Please listen responsibly.

Apologetics: Morality, where does the argument fall flat or does it? Will Smith joins us for a great hang and a great discussion.

Hanging out with Justin Butts and making content, we talk about many things including his disappointment with the new LowriderST. What about safe injection sites, how safe should they be?  

What does it take to make you feel uneasy and scared? We talk pop culture, video games and so many movies. Where did Halloween come from and why do we love being scared. Just a great hang with a great friend.

Another great hang with BikerMic and Kickstand. We Decide to get back to the way we roll. We talk about our week and dive into the absolute terror that is the unintended consequences of neuralink. You know there is a perfectly logical way they could brain wash you and its not like you think. Don't do it.

Jeremiah 31:15 (NASB)This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamenting and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”   This was by far our most somber episodes, not much for jokes but we wanted to share where we were at. Stay tuned, next week will make it up to you, but for now, reflect and pray.

This was a great hang with an old friend. I've known Scott for 16 years and he was free for a call and we needed content. We also talked about music, music is so weird to me. Learn a bit more about biker mike and where he comes from.

Welcome newcomers from the Shaun Newman Podcast listeners. This week we look at what the Bible intended to say about becoming like children. Matthew 18:1-5 We find ourselves down a rabbit trail but rest assured we catch a rabbit.

Lets try this again. Ecumenicism, What is it? Is it a good thing? should it be pursued or rejected completely? We answer all these questions, including, should Joe Rogan be permitted to play a midget on film due to his height?

Kickstand is back and we talk about dwindling intellectual thought when you're not being challenged. Bit of a catch up on what's going on in the summer.

Travis got married and there was so much left unsaid that we needed to make a episode about it. What is marriage about for Travis and what changes over the years? Most of all, this is just a great hang and you all got to come along for the ride.

Will and Mike sit down and talk about their read on Friedrich Nietzsche's book Beyond Good and Evil. What were their takeaways and how do you cope with the generational gap between his read on culture and the read we have today? We also talk about things going on in our society and calling out our own sides. Another great sit down with a great brother, look forward to having him on again.

This was just a great hang and I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed doing it.

How`s this world going and what can we do about it? We can protest, but is it doing anything? Brian sits in for Devin for a great conversation and some great laughs. Listen for details on our giveaway.

"Conservatism retains the ossified forms of the past, estranged from life while tradition, having life and experiencing it, conveys it in forms of the present." Kickstand On this episode we talk about some great traditions that have come and gone, sometimes tragically.  This episode also features a new face to all of you and we look forward to having Coyne back on soon.  

What does it mean to become Orthodox? Well Devin knows everything in be rest assured he will tell everything in this tell all episode. lol enjoy

Patriotism, nationalism and the pride of a nation. Why are we patriotic? Is it good to be patriotic? If not, what's the alternative? If the government goes against your values, how can you remain patriotic? All this and more. 

This weeks co-host is Will Smith and we talk about a ton of cultural issues and the problem with submersibles (not submersion) we talk about so many things but we have a ton of content for everyone on every side. We disagree on so much but we have such a good time that we don't care. Thanks again Will for coming on and we look forward to having you back on.

Devin and Mike go to Mighty Peace Harley-Davidson and test ride all the bikes that tickle our fancy. This one starts very sad and than we review the bikes and than we rip on Harley owners. This was a great episode for everyone thinking about buying a new bike and want an outsiders opinion.

Kanya is back!!! lol just kidding, Travis fills in for Devin to Co host this weeks episode. He attempts to clear up some misunderstandings from last time we were together on the show and have a great conversation. Travis tells some stories from his past that gives insight into what makes him the man that he is.

We sit down to process an interview a couple friends that came back from a missions trip to Zambia that we recorded for the Amateur Christian Podcast. I did not feel the interview suited what we are doing here but perhaps the debrief does. We did a sit down interview with a couple Friends that just came back from  Zambia and saw some extraordinary things, demonic warfare, healing and genuine God encounters, Now we talk about it. Amanda joins to hopefully keep us on track and ask some questions that we may not have thought of.   Listen to that interview in the links below or wherever you get your podcasts https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dixD8i5V4Lm9ZTdccfNkn?si=RfVz0THuQrGnxolggYrtUg https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-dg644-142a381

This is part 1 of a conversation we had to talk about an interview we had with a couple brothers that went to Zambia. We just never quite got around to releasing it yet but it's coming. there is some great stuff, stay tuned for a great interview about our interview.

As we endure a very warm spring and abnormally dry winter and legislative banning of planned burns we look at the consequences of many missteps. The fire felt like it was on our doorstep and everyone realizes how unprepared we all are. What brings us to panic when we all know better, logic takes a back seat to social contagion.

This is one of the best we've done, in my humble opinion. We sit down and talk with Nigel Drapeau, long time friend and brother from another mother. He's got a past that he is willing and open to share  with people, not to brag about his past but to show the transforming power of God in his life. Nigel has walked where I have never walked and lived in a way I have never lived but has a remarkable change that nearly has no explanation. Come hear his story and enjoy our banter.

Devin is out on this one and podcasting is hard, I really don't know how some people do it. What bike is best for a big guy to learn on and what are some of mikes favorite guns and why. What does mike see as the best way to live life. You know, the easy stuff.

"We're just asking questions." -Jesse Ventura On this weeks episode, we do a little catch up on all things going on in the BCP brothers lives. We allow our conversation to go where it goes and it ends up taking a very introspective understandings of Mikes short comings and an opportunity to better himself. We also take on a atheistic argument against religion and the pursuit of truth. Last but not least, What is a Cockhold and is Joe Rogan one. not gonna answer that one here, you gotta listen for the answer.

On this episode of the BCP we do a Bourbon taste comparison with a couple of our favorite Bourbons and a wild card. After that's done we do take on the idea of outrage culture, who does it better and is it worth your energy and attention. This episode also features one of my top four brother-in-laws, Nathan V.

This is a great podcast that everyone who rides a motorcycle should listen to. Share it with everyone you know who rides.   Every spring Bikers gather for Christians to pray over and bless their motorcycles.  Whats the deal with that and why are we so excited for it?!?

Devin and Mike take a bunch of suggestion topics that have been sent if from our tens of fans and we put them in hat. We put them all in a hat and answer them one at a time. Here are a few of the topics:Favorite beers, Angelic Numbers, What does it mean to be woke? Can Guys and girls be just friends? Sexual preferences, What does it mean to be a man? Judge not...   If you wanna support and help make us better, here's a link to our wishlist on amazon https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/W75WBCPJO12V?ref_=wl_share

Prophets... the fortune tellers of  religious circles. They have predicted the end of the world, future world leaders and who I was supposed to be. What do we do when they are wrong and how do we address their failures? I have great respect for the legit prophets that are out there, but, there are a ton of people out there saying they speak on behalf of God who take it a little to lightly.

After the release of "Getting to know Mike" Amanda learned a few things and had some questions and we really felt like we could make some good content. Really we could call this one "Getting to know mike Better" but this was decided early.

Getting to know a little bit about where Biker Mike comes from, both geographically and spiritually. Mike has some views that seem to be a little off but when you let him make his case, he seems a little less crazy, still crazy but at least you know how he got there. At one point in the conversation he defends Martha, who Jesus rebuked, pointing out that too many Christian use this as an excuse to be task lazy and spiritually pretentious. It really is quite the little conversation. Please excuse the glitch 2/3rds into the episode.

As fans of metal music, we've found ourselves under a certain level of disregard and at time ridiculed for our choice of musical preference. But, where does Metal music fall in the hierarchy of art? Some people say it takes no talent, like abstract art, upon further study, there is far more to it than it's initial impression. So we break it down and make a case for metal.

What is it about sports that people love so much? Not just the Big 4(MLB,NHL,NFL&NBA) but all sports. There is a strong bond between geographical unity and sport. The Olympics is one of the greatest examples of tribalism, we may hate everything about the athlete themself, but if they represent out country, we cheer as though it may help. If our team win, we win, if our team lost, they lost.

Biker Mike doesn't like angels, they confuse him and make him angry and uncomfortable with his materialistic understanding of the world. That does not take them out of the Biblical accounts and the human experiences of those that encounter them. Where do they fit and how can we accept that they are part of our liturgy? If they are really, what would be their understanding of God and do they have free will? These are frustrating questions for Mike.

What does it mean when we try to be "good"? What is good? What is acceptable and unacceptable language and action? We also enjoy some great conversation with our good friend Brian who is always a hoot.

The BCP podcast makes it one full year and over 52 episodes. We really knock this one out of the park. We bring on 2 great guests and Devin does the one chip challenge(look that one up if you've never heard of it) and mike pitches a super TV show that could totally be great. Somehow we kick this one off with severely juvenile d*ck jokes and it kinda just goes down hill from there. I know I've said it before but this really is one of the best episodes we've ever done. Thank Mike and Brian for coming on and thank you all for listening, some people say "we couldn't do this without you" that doesn't apply here, we do it without you all the time.

With the rise in Medical Assistance in Death, the bar is getting lower and lower to qualify and now being recommended to people not even seeking it out. Our friend Ben comes on because its something he really cares about and he shares his story and maybe a better way. For help, reach out https://talksuicide.ca/ or 18334564566

(ACAB) All Cops Are Bastards! or are they? This was an interesting conversation to have. In light of recent events we talk about our own experiences with the police within the MC life. We try not to do a 'hot' topic and wait for there to be no external social influence, but if we waited for cops to stop assaulting people, it would never get recorded or released. Not sure we came to any conclusion on this one but we will tell you one thing for certain: COPS LIE and that you can take to the bank. Curious? take a listen.

Special announcement. We are very excited to introduce to you a new podcast made by Devin Braun. Amateur Christian podcast. This is going to be a podcast that you can listen to and not worry about your kids hearing "bad words" or dirty jokes or Travis screaming across the room at Mike. We very much look forward to its release in early March.

We have on our very good friend Bam. We talk about what we've been up to, things we grew with that made us what we are and we hope you all enjoy it.

We had people requesting that we have an atheist on and I didn't know if I knew one that would come on and be interesting. Little did i know, our reoccurring guest Vanilla Will went through a an apostasy and may be considered an agnostic if you pushed him but its easier to just say atheist. We discuss movies, apostasy and philosophy. Again, Will is a great guest and these are always very fun.

This is by far the most click bait title we've ever done but we made you look, why not give us a listen. On this installment of the BCP podcast we do a sacred slaughterhouse, Celebrity Christians, they're not you but we claim them as our own without question. There seems to be an interesting level of celebrity worship within Christian circles. It lacks discretion that should go along with new Christians and puts these people on a pedestal that they really should not be on. What is the solution to helping these people grow and curb their charismatic personality type.

Happy 2023 Everyone! Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. Back to work, yes, for all of us. On this episode we talk about our time with family and friends, foods and gifts.  We can never just stop there, we take on the concept of holidays and how ridiculous and essential to social unity. Is there such thing as moral dilemmas? Or is there just right and wrong? Whats happened so far and whats next for us at the blue collar philosophers podcast. Happy new year and God bless.

Amanda comes back on and this time we let her talk. There is no real agenda for this one, no topic and Amanda makes fun of us as we make fun of ourselves. We do drop in what makes a good gift and a bad gift. Hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

What is the Santa Dilemma? Does lying to your kids make you a bad parent? Yes, unless you're talking about a fat mythical person that takes credit for giving your kids gifts that you paid for and committing a BnE to boot. not even to mention spying on your kids and forcing them to be paranoid about being good so they can get gifts at Christmas if they're good. What if they're little shits? Gifts anyways? Affirming that they obviously haven't been bad enough so they can push the limit of how bad they can be and still get gifts. Maybe, just maybe giving them the back drop of spiritual insecurity to question their faith in God. Maybe its not that simple?

The man behind The Blue Collar Philosophers Podcast Intro Music, Kirk "The Riffer" Wells of Liquid State Audio, Guitarist, producer and mixing engineer. This one goes a full Rogan(3.5hrs) We talk about nearly everything and Dig into Kirks past and his journey through and out of addiction. What does it mean to sell out.

An inside look into a hyper conservative northern home that allowed biblical legalism to get out of hand, at least in our view. We sit down with a good friend and listener Jesse, he listened to our cults episode and saw some correlation between our stories and his own. What did getting out of this life do to Jesse? How did he engage with family after choosing to walk away from their ideals? Take a listen to his story and hopefully learn something new.

It's been a while but its back to just Devin and Mike shooting the shit. On this episode we talk about the "Erfurt Latrine Disaster" What went wrong and what went right? are they bad people or forward thinking geniuses that live in misunderstood history books. Doesn't matter what we write here,  because no one reads this far.

This episode features brothers of both Mike &Devin, they are Steven and Nigel. we love these guys, really enjoyed hanging with them and talking about everything we could on here and we hope you enjoy it as well. you may recognize one of the voices from an earlier our first building brotherhood show. Enjoy responsibly.

This week we sit down with one of our long time brothers Bam. This guy has some unbelievable stories that should get you to laugh at least a little. Enjoy the show. https://www.facebook.com/saltyhammersmithing

Special Remembrance Day episode featuring our close brother Grant. We talk about what remembrance day means to us, the cultural shifts away from honoring it and movies/TV that got things right and got things wrong. This is just the best we knew to honor those who served our counrty. God bless

This was a very fun experiment in reviewing an album of a band we really like. Please check them out and check out some of their other albums. We also had on our friend Dustin Limoges join us as someone who's never listened to Demon Hunter.

Here it is: we talk about hell with someone much smarter than us. Chris Date ,author of Rethinking Hell, and host of the Rethinking Hell Podcast, has also been featured on the debate stage against many well read theologians. He sits down with a couple blue collar guys to share his work and answer a few questions we might have. This was a great conversation and a ton of fun, please check out his work and support him any way you can. https://rethinkinghell.com/

In this episode we have a sit down with Biker Mikes father Rev. Levis. After enjoying the baptism of his oldest grandchild, we take time and talk about what baptism is and so much more. This is a family safe episode so feel free to share.

Special Guest Announcement: Chris Date. Chris Date is Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary and co-editor of Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism and A Consuming Passion . A full-time software engineer, Chris believes theology and apologetics are for every average joe in the pews, and not just for pastors, philosophers, PhD’s and the erudite in ivory towers. Formerly a traditionalist, he became convinced of the biblical view of final punishment over the course of a process which began when he interviewed Edward Fudge, and he has since defended the view in several debates and on Justin Brierley's Unbelievable? radio program on Premier Christian Radio UK. Chris is also a steward of the Rethinking Hell project. Yeah, that's off his website. We look forward to releasing it.

Devin is back and all he wants to do is brag about what a great time he had in the land of the free.

On this episode we feature long time friend of Mike and Devin. Travis Lussier, Former MMA champion, biker, Oilfield everything, father and so many other thinks that we really cant mention them all. We do a ton of MMA talk in this one, Enjoy.

How does art become valuable? What makes it worth anything at all and what does it take to make bad art?  

This episode features Devin and Dustin talking about metal and we take on the idea of false pride.

On this show we have a very special guest, my (Mike's) beautiful wife, Amanda. We talk about our recent trip down south on the motorcycle, what it's like to take a trip like that together and be married to a man that rides. We touch on self-censorship and the guys' plan to do the One Chip Challenge.

This our first tribute episode. Today we will be talking about the great Ted Kirkpatick, drummer, song writer and the brain behind one of the greatest bands that Devin and Mike both admire. We hope we can make you aware of how much this man did for Christian music and animal rights. Much love and respect to Ted Kirkpatrick as we mourn and celebrate the death of a great man who did so much good, you will be missed.

 "Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make." – Douglas Adams. Time travel, where would you go? What would you see? What may be some of the unintended Consequences of it? This is a thought experiment, not a scientific discussion. This was fun but completely unnecessary, still learned more about ourselves and one another, more than we thought we would.

We are reaching out to you to get a little bit of content, if you are not to shay and open to sharing, please reach out. We want to hear your stories about times that people in your life have said "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed" funny stories, serious stories and maybe life changing stories. email us at bluecollarphilosophers@gmail.com or on our facebook page

I know sometimes it feels like we are trying to get cancelled but we're not. Abigail Thorn is a Youtube content creator with a show called Philosophy Tube. we did our best to watch and respond the a video she did about Dr. JBP's latest book and where he fell short according to them. Mike is quite the JBP apologist and will go to great length to defend him. With that, we found ourselves diving into the pool of the transgender discussion. This episode features our dear liberal friend 'Vanilla' Will smith and it was a great conversation that I am proud to share with you. https://youtu.be/m81q-ZkfBm0

How do you think the world is going to end? Natural disasters? Decease? Nuclear war? Alien invasion? Climate change? There are so many things that could take us out. Find out the list of things that we think could actually take us out.

Grab your Kool-Aid and get ready to dive into who what why of cults and don't forget the "WTF?"s. Who are you in a cults? What are some of the signs that you might be in one? Why do people join cults? WTF? How did things go so crazy, so insane and the members not realize what was happening when shit went crazy? This was a very fun discussion and if anyone tells you not to listen, that's a very good sign that you should.

What is it about camping that we love so much? There's bugs, bears, no pluming, bad food and did I mention bears? We rate camping on a scale of 1 to 10, where are you gonna land on the chart?

The Philosophers talk about the detrimental affects of assuming that if you are depressed all you need is more Jesus. Is there ground under this idea or is it bull shit?

We break down our week and then we discuss Cain and Abel, their sacrifice, murder and what sacrifice takes, more than action but also the heart. I still cant believe how much there is to such a short story that more often than not gets skimmed over.

The boys hop on the mic just to shoot the shit and talk about our week. Devin tries to help someone pass their skills test and recognizes, this dudes not gonna pass. What are the mental triggers that make us decide that we know more the the person who does know and is trying to help us? Stay humble Friends.

Devin listened and now he has something to say about Mike's meta breakdown of Gen 3. Did mike go deep enough or just completely miss the mark. Take listen and see what comes.

WARNING: THIS EPISODE MAY GIVE YOU A STRONG DESIRE TO BUY A MOTORCYCLE OR GO ON A ROAD TRIP IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE. This one was a bit more of a catch up episode. We talk a lot of motorcycles and life. I intentionally went out of my way not to talk to Devin about his trip so we could all enjoy this together and I could share it with you, I hope you all appreciate that. please Enjoy this conversation because ext eek e tears down my meta analysis of Gen 3.

Moral ambiguity Where is your line? What brought you to that conclusion and do you stand by it? On this one we talk movies, music, culture, sin and religious conviction.

Biker Mike takes a meta approach to Genesis 3 and tries to figure out if there is a deeper metaphorical way to tackle it as you may have never heard before. Was Adam running from God or his own contentiousness? Enjoy.

There is abbreviation to the Bible as stated in the title. We really don't feel as it is appropriate description for the most Holy inspired hyper linked book ever created. Why do Christians continue push the idea that the Bible is a Basic book? Anyways, take a listen and share with a Friend... maybe stop calling the Bible basic.

So this is a continuation to the 3 hr one we just released last week. We really did have more to say because we had more to think. We are also well aware that this discussion may never be over. This one dives a bit more into the pro free will argument, faith and how we(BCP) understand God. please enjoy and share with a friend.

We discuss free will. Do we have it? Can we prove that we do or do not? How does the concept of free will play into the how we frame our lives and who we are? Have you ever thought to consider that Free Will was a lie we tell ourselves so that we have control of our destiny? This was a long one so buckle up.

Welcome, one and all, to a new segment we are doing, building brotherhood. These installments might be very bike heavy but will still feature everything you love and have come to expect from the BCP. This installment features our good friend, Nigel Drapeau, this man has plenty of life experience and is always fun to talk to, that's why we had him on. We talk about regrettable kitchen tattoos, horrible motorcycles experiences and something called "Christian Anarchy" I still don't completely understand it but it was fun to discuss in part. Please enjoy and God Bless, Don't Be a Dick.

This was a bit of a reactionary Mini BCP. We stumbled across a social media post that kinda triggered us in a very funny way that might get us cancelled. We talked about religion, slavery and everyone's favorite topic, racism. Since this was such a short one, we really didn't go into the depth that we normally do, but, it was still a good conversation to open up further conversations.

On this installment of the BCP podcast we talk about the evolution of language and regional understanding of speech. We rip on words and phrases that adopt new meaning based on who says it and its intended audience. This one was a ton of fun and we hope you enjoy it. Again, don't listen with your kids.

The title is a little pretentious, I know. We were gonna Call it 'Sacrificing the soul for a selfie' but I thought this was a little better. Regardless. On this episode we take on the old superstitious view of having your picture taken steals your soul(or at least part of it). We know this is silly but maybe its not. Is there some truth to this idea or is it all bull shit? Is there some long lost wisdom that we neglected ignorantly? Maybe, just maybe, it's time to put down the phone and open your eyes. Enjoy

WARNING! STRONG LANGUAGE!(yeah, we set a record with this one) The BCP take on the age old question: Is Christianity Metal? What does it mean to be metal? How many times can we say the F' word and metal in one Podcast? All these questions and more, answered on this episode of the Blue Collar Philosophers Podcast.

Is this a Christian podcast? I guess we should have done this one sooner. With all the interesting conversations to be had, it really wasn't at the front of our minds. We hope you enjoy the conversation as we work out what we are doing here.

Shortly after releasing one of our Episodes, Will Smith reached out to us and wanted to talk. We brought up the slap briefly but more than anything he just wanted to come on the show and challenge some of our thoughts, not to fight but just to talk. He is as liberal as you would imagine. We talked about free speech, echo chambers and we learned just a little bit more about him as a person.

We tackle a nearly 400 Year old philosophical argument. Is it worth it? Does it hold up to BCP as we build it up and tear it down just to build it back up again.

Mike and Devin just sit and have a conversation, no agenda, no topic and no plan. This is just us having a couple drinks and enjoying each others company, nothing else. We talk about life events, motorcycles and the books we're reading/listening to.

On this mini we take on a commonly held belief, forgiveness of self.

This is a conversation Devin and I have had a dozen times with many people and they share similar outlines. This time we recorded it. We are having a conversation with a friend who is looking at getting into the drug we call motorcycles. What kind of riding do you wanna do? Whats your budget? What kind of gear do you need? What are the risks associated? Music by Kirk 'The Riffer' Wells at Liquid State Audio Guitarist Producer Mixing Engineer.

Yeah, we're gonna talk about it too. Mike and Devin address the unspoken contract between the kings court and the jester, why the kings should never execute the jesters. Music by Kirk 'The Riffer' Wells at Liquid State Audio

On this episode we talk about Devin's unintentional deconstruction of faith and his crawl back to something that resembles a faith filled world view. You wanna Hear Devin almost cry? This is the one you wanna listen to. This truly feels like Faith in a world of deconstruction. This really is a heart felt approach to something that most Christian and Secularist misunderstand and we hope it can help you rethink it and grow as you listen to it.

Quick talk on new ideas, promos and ideas to help us engage with you the listeners. We hope you like them and look forward to getting more shows out to you guys.

Can compassion go too far? The Philosophers discuss the the inevitable result of unchecked compassion, when we allow it to dictate every aspect of thought and contentious. 

Here we go; This is our first official cast. On this episode we talk about where it all began with us, how we became friends and how our friendship helped to make us who we are today. Mike speaks a little on his experience in Ukraine and the people there, Devin talks about his time as a radio producer at a Christian radio station. We do our best to recap the changes that we have seen in Canada and the world since our last show. We also teased future subjects that we are very much look forward to recording.

Welcome to the un-official first episode of the Blue Collar Philosophers Podcast. Co-hosted by Michael Gordon and Devin Braun, featuring our good friend Mike Friesen. We get our feet under us in front of the mics, we talk Canadian politics, freedom, the rubber glove treatment at airports and tip back a few drinks. We hope you have as much fun listening as we did creating this one.