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#414 Jackson Mitchell: Redefining Success After Sports Jul 21, 2025

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Jackson Mitchell is a former SMU football walk-on turned team captain and medical device sales rep, known for his “No Limits” mindset. He’s the creator of The Walk-On Mentality Podcast, where he interviews individuals who bet on themselves. Jackson embodies discipline, intentional living, and authenticity—pushing his physical and mental boundaries through elite fitness and deep personal growth.

In this episode with Jackson Mitchell, we explore what it truly means to bet on yourself. From walking on at SMU and becoming team captain, to launching a podcast and pushing the boundaries of fitness and faith, Jackson shares how discipline, confidence, and intentional living have shaped his life. Whether it's building mirror-like friendships, managing dopamine, or training solo at 4 a.m., this episode is packed with reflections on the internal game of self-mastery.

What we cover:
- Walk-on mentality and underdog grit
- Living with a “No Limits” mindset
- Navigating life after college sports
- Authenticity in business and life
- Managing dopamine and distractions

Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(08:00) Walking on at SMU
(14:00) Struggling with identity after sports
(20:00) Trusting the process in sales and life
(26:00) Morning discipline and intentional living
(32:00) Managing dopamine and digital distractions
(38:00) Inner healing and self-image work
(44:00) Confidence through risk and repetition
(50:00) Fitness as worship and creative outlet
(56:00) The power of mirrors and community

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#413 Harry Gray: The Over-Intellectualization of Health Jul 14, 2025

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In this solo episode of the Meat Mafia Podcast, Harry explores the growing disconnect between the rise in health research and the decline in real-world health outcomes. He breaks down a simple, actionable framework to reclaim your health—built around rest, real food, movement, community, and purpose. This episode is a challenge to stop waiting for perfect answers and start making meaningful changes, one step at a time.

Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:00) Health is simple: rest, real food, clean environment, purpose
(04:45) Six pillars of health explained
(07:00) Overview of a key obesity study and global trends
(10:00) Obesity projections for 2030 and academic disconnect
(12:30) Introduction of the SOAR ratio and its meaning
(16:00) The health theater and Big Food’s role
(19:00) Marketing, lobbying, and the cost of inaction
(22:00) The 3-phase framework: foundation, refinement, mastery
(31:00) Call to action: stop spectating, start living with purpose

Check out the original article on Substack where I discuss the idea that we're studying the obesity problem, but not fixing it.

1. The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture
2. The Overintellectualization of Health
3. The 6 Pillars to Reclaiming Your Health

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#412 Chad Marx: You Can Just Do Things Jul 07, 2025

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Chad Marx is a former Army Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer who made a bold transition from military life to entrepreneurship, podcasting, and community building. Since moving to Austin, he’s become deeply embedded in the city’s fitness and startup culture—working across content, operations, and brand building for Noble Origins and the Meat Mafia Podcast. Chad’s story is a blueprint for anyone looking to reinvent themselves, build real community, and find purpose through action.

In this episode, Chad returns to share the full story—from military life to startup life, and how moving to Austin, plugging into the fitness scene, and saying yes to opportunity changed everything. Whether you're entering a new city, career, or season of life, this conversation is a tactical guide for building community, embracing the beginner mindset, and creating momentum through action.

What we cover:
- How to Build Community in a New City
- Why Austin Is a Fitness & Culture Magnet
- The Role of Beginner Mentality in Career Development
- Health as a Catalyst for Purpose

Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:00) Moving to Austin without knowing anyone
(04:30) Using fitness to build instant community
(07:00) Why Austin’s culture is different from other cities
(10:00) Showing up and talking to strangers changes everything
(13:30) Saying yes to events and watching doors open
(18:00) Starting monthly wine & card game nights
(26:00) Transitioning from marketing to operations
(30:00) How fixing health unlocked creativity and energy
(44:00) The ripple effect of purpose-driven work and community

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#411 Joel Runyon: How Endurance Prepared Him to Fight a Billion Dollar Company Jun 30, 2025

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Joel Runyon is the founder of Impossible, a performance brand built around pushing physical and mental limits through endurance, entrepreneurship, and mindset. From running ultra-marathons on every continent to building tools that help others tackle the "impossible," Joel embodies high-agency living. He’s also the underdog in a multi-year legal battle with Impossible Foods over trademark rights—one that’s testing everything he’s built.

Joel Runyon joins the show to unpack how he built the Impossible brand from scratch—starting in his parents’ basement with nothing but a list of goals that felt out of reach. He shares how endurance sports shaped his mindset, how he turned a blog into a movement, and what it's been like facing off in court against a $2 billion food tech company. This is a deep dive into high-agency thinking, resilience in the face of adversity, and the mindset it takes to defend what you’ve built when the stakes are high.

What we cover:
- Starting Impossible from his parents' basement
- Turning a blog into a global brand
- Being sued by Impossible Foods
- Lessons from endurance applied to business
- Managing stress while building under pressure

Go check out what Joel is building at his websites:

Impossible.co and Impossible.org

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#410 Salim Najjar: What Your HRV Score Is Really Telling You Jun 23, 2025

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Salim Najjar is a former nuclear engineer turned wellness entrepreneur and HRV educator. After co-founding Sound, a pioneering unsweetened sparkling tea brand, he spent years biohacking his way through performance culture—until his body forced him to listen. Now, Salim is on a mission to teach people how to regulate their nervous systems, master their stress, and reconnect with their bodies through the lens of HRV (Heart Rate Variability). His work bridges engineering, spirituality, and somatic awareness to help high-performers access true resilience from within.

In this episode, Salim Najjar returns to go deep on the one metric he believes can change your health and your life: HRV. After burning out while building his beverage company, Salim discovered that high performance without recovery leads to breakdown. This conversation unpacks his six-year deep dive into nervous system regulation—from biohacking and Bikram yoga to trauma processing, spiritual surrender, and living nomadically. If you want to understand stress at its root and build lasting resilience in a chaotic world, this episode is your blueprint.

What we cover:
- What HRV actually measures
- The difference between stress and chronic stress
- How your thoughts and emotional stories affect your HRV in real time.
- HRV as a language of the nervous system

Timestamps:
(1:00) Intro
(4:00) Discovering baking soda protocols and mistrusting the mainstream
(7:00) The origin story of Sound and biohacking in NYC
(10:00) Breaking down from burnout and discovering Bikram yoga
(12:00) What HRV actually measures and why it matters
(19:00) HRV as a language—why you can’t compare your score to others
(26:00) How trauma gets stuck in the body and lowers HRV
(35:00) Limbic brain shutdown and losing access to your performance
(43:00) Why stress is necessary—chronic stress is the problem
(1:00:15) Tripling HRV in 24 hours by surrendering and going nomadic

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#409 Jacob Donahue & Trip Ison: Building a Life You Don’t Want to Escape From Jun 18, 2025

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Trip Ison is the Host of the Ain’t Dead Yet podcast, Trip is a deeply reflective and purpose-driven leader. Known for his raw honesty, physical intensity, and commitment to service, he speaks directly to men navigating internal battles, offering a blueprint for rebuilding through consistency, discipline, and community.

Jacob Donahue is the Founder of Muse and a high-performing operator, Jacob represents what it looks like to live with quiet discipline. He’s built a life around intentionality, simplicity, and constant personal refinement, often leading by example in community, faith, and physical pursuit.

In this powerful roundtable, Harry sits down with Trip and Jacob—two high-integrity men redefining masculinity through purpose, self-discipline, and pain-forged wisdom. The conversation cuts deep on topics like self-love, sobriety, modern dating, and mental health, offering a refreshing and unfiltered take on what it means to show up fully in life. If you're a man in transition, building something bigger than yourself, or battling inner darkness—this one's for you.

What we cover:
- Building self-love through boundaries
- The power of consistency
- Crafting a meaningful daily routine
- Dating vs. idolizing a relationship

Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro: Meet Trip and Jacob
(01:30) Responsibility reveals who you really are
(03:45) Stewarding your current gifts before receiving more
(06:30) Learning self-love through boundaries
(10:00) Why men in their 20s shouldn’t date
(14:30) Real relationships come from aligned environments
(20:00) Daily routines that build discipline
(29:00) Who they’re speaking to with Muse and Ain’t Dead Yet
(40:45) Mental health, suicidal thoughts, and pushing through
(47:00) “Just keep going”—the mindset that saves lives

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#408 Brett & Harry: Building Noble Origins from the Ground Up Jun 11, 2025

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In this milestone episode, Brett and Harry sit down for a raw, behind-the-scenes conversation on building Noble Origins—two years after its founding. With weddings on the horizon and major growth underway, they reflect on the personal transformation, lessons learned, and pivotal moments that have shaped their journey. From early doubts to hard-won clarity, this is the most transparent look yet into what it really takes to build a brand from scratch with your best friend by your side.

Whether you're a founder, a future entrepreneur, or a loyal customer, this episode is a powerful time capsule on friendship, faith, risk-taking, and the messy beauty of going all in.

What we cover:
- Going from roommates to business partners
- The early vision for Noble and how it’s evolved
- The power of organic growth and customer-led momentum
- Faith, brotherhood, and building something that matters
- Operational breakthroughs and building the right team

Timestamps:
(00:00) – Life updates and big transitions
(01:20) – Reflecting on the past three years
(03:45) – How Noble started
(06:10) – Simplicity in nutrition
(10:55) – Building a bridge product
(14:30) – Entering a crowded market
(16:45) – Bringing on the right operator
(22:10) – Lessons from doing it all
(29:15) – When it felt real
(47:55) – How to support Noble

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#407 Ben Azadi: Breaking Free From Metabolic Prison Jun 02, 2025

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Ben Azadi is a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Keto Kamp. After overcoming obesity, depression, and pre-diabetes, Ben has dedicated his life to helping others achieve “metabolic freedom” through nutrition, mindset, and faith. With a background in personal training and years of content creation via podcasting, YouTube, and books, his latest work, Metabolic Freedom, blends actionable dietary advice with spiritual and psychological tools for true transformation.

Ben Azadi joins the show to unpack his new book Metabolic Freedom, a blueprint for reclaiming your health through ancestral eating, fasting, and radical responsibility. From his personal transformation—losing 80 pounds and reversing pre-diabetes—to helping millions ditch metabolic dysfunction, Ben shares practical strategies for fat loss, healing, and mental clarity. This episode goes beyond macros and protocols—it’s about removing interference, building intuition, and stepping into the healthiest version of yourself.

What we cover:
- The meaning of “metabolic freedom” and why most are in a metabolic prison
- The problem with modern healthcare
- The power of single-ingredient foods and low-carb nutrition
- The impact of thoughts and mindset on metabolism

Timestamps:
(00:00) — Introduction
(01:30) — Why Ben wrote Metabolic Freedom
(03:45) — Books vs. fleeting content
(06:20) — Simplifying health for the masses
(08:15) — America’s broken healthcare system
(10:00) — Ben’s 80-pound weight loss journey
(14:40) — Mindset and self-image matter most
(20:00) — What metabolic freedom really means
(29:00) — Three nutrition steps to start today
(39:15) — Vitamin G: the power of gratitude

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#406 Ben Greenfield: Daily Habits That Shape Generations May 29, 2025

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In this conversation, we sit down with Ben Greenfield- biohacker, entrepreneur, father, and follower of Christ- for his most raw and revealing interview to date. We dive deep into the evolution of Ben’s life philosophy: from chasing peak performance to building a legacy rooted in faith, family, and simplicity. If you’ve followed Ben for his cutting-edge health protocols, this episode will show you the man behind the metrics- and how he’s choosing the narrow road. This is a conversation about realignment, redemption, and what it means to live a truly optimized life- not just in body, but in soul.

Ben Greenfield is a world-renowned health expert, New York Times bestselling author, and host of the Ben Greenfield Life podcast. Known for his pioneering work in biohacking and performance optimization, Ben has more recently become a voice for spiritual realignment and intentional fatherhood. He’s the founder of Kion, a dedicated husband and father of twin boys, and a man on a mission to live—and leave—a legacy that goes far beyond fitness.

What we cover:
- The Dark Side of Optimization
- Faith Over Metrics
- Rebuilding the Family Home
- Creative work as spiritual discipline
- Raising children with purpose

Timestamps:
(00:00) Legacy and fatherhood shift
(08:42) Family crest and constitution
(14:15) Optimization leads to burnout
(21:30) Morning routine and scripture
(29:06) Idolatry of hustle culture
(37:18) Rites of passage for sons
(45:02) Marriage conflict and prayer
(53:40) Faith over data obsession
(01:05:50) Letting go of metrics
(01:14:33) Living liturgically for legacy

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Heart & Soil - CODE ‘MEATMAFIA’ for 10% OFF - enhanced nutrition to replace daily vitamins!
Carnivore Snax - Use CODE 'MEATMAFIA' Crispy, airy meat chips that melt in your mouth. Regeneratively raised in the USA.
Pluck Seasoning - 15% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor! Use CODE: MEATMAFIA
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#405 Gerry DeFilippo: Strength Training and Building Muscle May 26, 2025

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On this week's episode of the podcast, the Mafia sits down with Gerry DeFilippo to discuss strength training and building muscle. Gerry is a world-class strength and performance coach who has helped hundreds of athletes reach their athletic potential.

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