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# The Boxing Philosopher
- URL: https://ironicsans.ghost.io/39-the-boxing-philosopher/
- Published: 2024-01-03T22:03:44.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-03T22:03:44.000Z
- Description: A tiny teacher by day. A badass boxer by night.
- Author: David Friedman
- Tags: #beehiiv, #david-friedman, #beehiiv-visibility-all-free-subscribers-all-paid-subscribers, #Import 2025-03-30 17:49

*I know, I said I was going biweekly but here I am just one week after my last newsletter. Today a new video is releasing that’s my favorite profile mini-doc that I’ve made in a while so I wanted to share it while it’s fresh.*

[Quill Kukla](https://www.quillrkukla.xyz/?ref=ironicsans.ghost.io) is a philosophy professor by day — a small, petite person who you’d never guess has such an exciting double life. You see, during their off hours, Quill is a competitive powerlifter and boxer. And they didn’t start doing either activity until they were in their forties. Now over 50, Quill isn’t planning on stopping any time soon.

I was interested in learning why a philosophy professor was attracted to these sports, and what a philosopher has to say about the intersection of boxing, weightlifting, and aging.

Badass Boxer Is Also a College Professor

I shot this video for [AARP](https://www.aarp.org/home-family/voices/lgbt-pride/?ref=ironicsans.ghost.io) right before the pandemic, and edited it in the first week of lockdown. But it was pretty clear that the timing was wrong to put out a video featuring unmasked crowds in small places, so we held on to it until now.

Enjoy! And share!

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Short and sweet this week. See you next time. As always, thanks for reading.

David