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#160: A Bold Return to Giving a Damn featuring Will Harris Mar 13, 2023

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Will Harris owns White Oak Pastures and is a transformative thinker in the world of agriculture. In the 1990s, Will took his father's farming practices and began evolving them toward a input, closed-loop system (often referred to as Regenerative Agriculture today). At the time, Will didn't think much about the changes he was making on the farm. That is not to say no thought was put into the changes he was making, but Will felt that the changes he was making were intuitive as opposed to innovative. His suspicions and struggles on the farm led him to experiment with raising his animals as nature intended: in line with nature. The changes he has seen on his farm since then have been nothing short of amazing. Will has returned nutrients back to the soil and enriched the life on his land by eliminating harmful chemicals, and relying on multi-speciation and systems that support natural dependencies.

In 2019, White Oak Pastures partnered with General Mills to create a Life Cycle Analysis of the amount of carbon his farm put back into the soil compared to conventional practices. This is a profound piece of research that contradicts what many people believe about agriculture and its potential impact on climate.

In our conversation with Will, we discussed:

- How did White Oak Pastures come to be?
- Building a legacy on the land
- Welfare farming & its effect on our health
- A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: Changing Our Culture
- Carbon sequestration, the water cycle, and returning life back to the land

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Pluck Seasoning - 10% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor!
Fond Bone Broth - 15% OFF - REAL bone broth with HIGH-QUALITY ingredients! It’s a daily product for us!

TIME STAMPS

1:04- History of White Oak Pastures
5:00- Starting to change agricultural practices
7:35- Discovering other farms for inspiration
9:25- How do you know you’re making the correct change?
21:26- His friendship with Gabe Brown
22:50- CFAR: Center for Agricultural Resilience
24:20- Future evolutions for White Oak
29:30- Building Community in Bluffton
36:30- Rail against the empire of Big Ag & Big food
38:30- The concentration of power in Agriculture & beyond
44:30- Marketing the product
50:40- Decline of quality at Whole Foods
53:20- Fix the labeling laws
56:00- Pride in efficiency
58:00- Supply chains
01:00- Experience through Covid
01:04- The carbon argument
01:14- Externalized cost & outsourcing
01:16- Climate Smart Commodity grant
01:20- Perspective on the USDA
01:27- Subsidies in agriculture
01:32- Growing cow feed: Truly closed systems
01:33- Pork & Poultry: Is it as bad as people say?
01:40- Baring the cost of Big Ag
01:43- Are you encouraged by where we’re heading?
01:48- Building a Legacy at White Oak
01:51- Taking care of yourself
01:54- What is Will Harris proud of?

#159: Finding Alignment featuring Aaron Alexander Mar 10, 2023

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Aaron Alexander is the author of the Aligned Method and host of the Aligned Podcast. Aaron is best known for his fresh perspective on movement & lifestyle as it relates to overall health. He has worked with professional athletes, celebrities, and everyone in between to help find healing in their bodies and build true health. In our conversation with Aaron we discussed:

- Masculinity: Are we missing a right of passage?
- Creating a more playful and limitless lifestyle
- Waking up to problems with conventional health advice
- Nutrition: Is it really that important or that challenging?
- The Body: How to heal it and overcome years of chronic stress?

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SUPPORTING THE SHOW

Sponsors
1. The Carnivore Bar - 10% OFF - Delicious & convenient Pemmican Bar
2. Holy Cow Beef - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from Texas
3. Optimal Carnivore - 10% OFF - Replace your daily vitamin with on the road, easy nutrition
4. Perennial Pastures - 10% OFF - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from California & Montana
Affiliates
1. LMNT - Electrolyte salts to supplement minerals on low-carb diet
2. Heart & Soil - CODE ‘MEATMAFIA10’ for 10% OFF - enhanced nutrition to replace daily vitamins!
3. Carnivore Crisps - 10% OFF - Carnivore / Animal-based snacks for eating healthy on the go!
4. Pluck Seasoning - 10% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor!
5. Fond Bone Broth - 15% OFF - REAL bone broth with HIGH-QUALITY ingredients! It’s a daily product for us!

TIME STAMPS

2:06- Backstory and align method
6:22- Where to start?
9:40- "Waking up"
13:12- Extremism vs. Alignment
18:04- Cultivating interest in different physical pursuits
22:44- Thoughts on learning and slowing down over time
38:23- Work vs. play
43:06- Things can just be normal
44:00- The reason we do things
46:00- Finding purpose
50:19- Male relationships
51:00- Finding role models
58:00- The Body seeks to heal
60:00- Experience in isolation
1:01:53- Acute and Chronic stressors
1:15:20- Stress control
1:19:50- Find a professional or coach
1:27:43- Having a right of passage
1:36:10- Give yourself the right of passage
1:40:29- Spiritualness

#158: Mastery featuring Zack Moore Mar 08, 2023

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People often speak in regard to Mastery as if it's a simple formula. It's not. It takes relentless dedication, persistence, and above all else an insatiable love for the craft. Eddie Bravo, the subject of Zack Moore's new book Mastering the Metal: The Story of James Watson and Eddie Bravo. In our conversation with Zack, we discuss:

- Growing through writing
- Leaning into his artistic talent
- His relationship and admiration for Eddie Bravo
- What it takes to become a master?
- The importance of surrounding yourself with greatness

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#157: Growing Redmond Real Salt featuring Darryl Bosshardt Mar 06, 2023

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Darryl Bosshardt provides one of the most critical and important perspectives on health we have had on the show. Darryl talks in-depth about the history of salt from preserving food (specifically meat) and the importance of salt in the diet. He dives deep into the history of salt from wars being fought over the resource to changing nutritional narratives around this vital compound. In our conversation with Darryl, we discuss:

- The critical role of salt in the body
- Misleading studies ruined salts reputation
- What did we get wrong about salt in the 1950s?
- Wars being fought over salt
- How Redmond Real Salt came to be?
- Why do animals not overdose on salt?

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#156: Designing a Radically Healthy Life featuring Eric Hinman Mar 03, 2023

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Eric is an Endurance Athlete (5x Ironman), content creator and social media influencer, sponsored by dozens of consumer brands. Some of Eric’s partners include Vital Proteins, GNC, Ten Thousand, Beam, Lane Eight, Chipotle, and Whole Foods. Eric is also a health + wellness, tech, and hospitality entrepreneur / angel investor. Eric is the co-founder of Original Grain, a multi-unit, healthy-fast-casual restaurant, and XO Taco, a trendy-Mexican restaurant in Syracuse, NY. Championing innovative disruptors in the fitness/wellness space, Eric’s portfolio of angel investments include brands such as Ten Thousand, WellWell, and Swerve Fitness. In our conversation with Eric, we discussed his journey through Ironman, and how it propelled him to start taking his life more seriously. We also dove into his interest in helping brands grow and working with early-stage start-ups where he can make an impact on the company. Eric is an amazing guy and we know you will enjoy this interview!

TIME STAMPS
2:30- Becoming an Ironman
3:40- Eric’s epic fitness journey
8:00- Investing in a personal trainer
20:20- Triathlon community
20:50- Saying dialed in and focused
22:34- New ways of challenging himself
24:00- Balance and lifestyle
26.30- Design your environment to thrive
28:10- Activities that move the needle
29:58- The health and social benefits of Sauna
32:00- Being a mentor
37:14- What do you look for in brands?
39:00- Advice on staying genuine
43:00- Stories of bad brand deals
45.00- Providing value
50:00- Being competitive
53:49- Approach to Nutrition
57:25- Approach to recovery
58:50- Block out time slots
60:25- Sauna stories
63:10- People to draw inspiration from

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Holy Cow Beef - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from Texas
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Pluck Seasoning - 10% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor!
Fond Bone Broth - 15% OFF - REAL bone broth with HIGH-QUALITY ingredients! It’s a daily product for us!

#155: From Unemployed to Partnering with Odell Beckham Jr. featuring Devon Levesque Mar 01, 2023

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Devon Levesque is not your average 30-year-old. At 23, and after 5 years of working in the hospitality sector, he began coaching clients on positive energy and his unique health practices, which quickly led him to start his first company. He is the founder of two companies; The DML Group, which invests in growth-stage health and wellness companies and Creator & Company, a digital marketing agency helping brands partner with the right influencers in the space. Devon and his team have invested and spearheaded marketing initiatives for some of the largest companies in the industry including Super Coffee, Playbook, Promix, ARENA, Gymshark, and more.

Devon's success at an early age did not happen overnight, although it may seem that way. His history as an athlete has played an instrumental role in his ability to navigate the world of business, take more risks, and keep a level head in the face of challenging times. Aside from making investments in brands and growing companies in the health and wellness space, Devon is also known as the first person to ever bear crawl a marathon. Now, Devon is focused on building out the All Day Running Company with Jesse Itzler. Our conversation with Devon is the exact conversation we wish we had heard when we were 22 years old. If you enjoy this conversation, please share and leave a review!

TIME STAMPS

0:34 - How the Meat Mafia met Devon
03:13 - Building Cedar Trunk Ranch
16:48 - Surround yourself with the right people
20:39 - Devon’s story of grinding and hustling
32:40 - Creating the next big health brands
38:24 - Investing in the best people
40:10 - Framework for partnering with brands
41:00 - The Importance of Philanthropy
44:47 - Inspiring other people
46:00 - Building a "Board of Directors" for life
48:05 - All-Day Running Co.
51:50 - People getting healthier together
56:02 - Defining risk
58:51 - Measuring success in life
61:01 - Overcoming imposter syndrome
63:22 - How do you think about legacy?

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#154: Mastering the Restaurant Business featuring Matt Schweitzer from Hopdoddy Feb 27, 2023

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Matt Schweitzer has spent his entire career working in the restaurant business. His most recent concept, HopDoddy, takes the classic American Burger joint and turns it up a notch. It's a clean, comfortable vibe with friendly staff and amazing food. They source locally from organic and regenerative farms doing things the right way. Matt got into the restaurant industry after graduating college, moving to a ski town, and finding work as staff at a local mountain restaurant. Since then, he has opened several restaurant concepts of his own and learned the ins and outs of the industry. In our conversation with Matt, we discuss:

- The origin story of HopDoddy
- Making it in the restaurant industry
- Removing seed oils: Is it feasible at scale?
- Learning to hunt & valuing the sacred ritual
- Matt's athletic achievements trying to break records

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#153: Optimizing Testosterone featuring Dr. Jacey Folkers and Josh Whalen from Blokes Feb 24, 2023

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Dr. Jacey Folkers and Josh Whalen formed Blokes, a men's health and hormone optimization company, after seeing firsthand the side effects of hormone imbalance. Before founding Blokes, Josh struggled with his health - putting on weight, low energy, brain fog, and low sex drive. After doing some bloodwork, it became apparent he was struggling with what more and more men are struggling with today - low testosterone and poor hormone health. Josh made diet and lifestyle changes and started working with a specialist to improve his health. In our conversation with Dr. Folkers and Josh, we discuss:

- Identifying hormone imbalances
- The benefits of getting blood work done regularly
- Making diet and lifestyle changes to fix hormonal health
- The best habits you can form to improve your overall well-being

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#152: Becoming an All-Star featuring Joe Mantiply Feb 22, 2023

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Making it to the professional ranks in any sport is against all odds. You battle the risk of injury, the consistent competitive grind, overcoming self-doubt, and much more. Baseball in particular presents an even greater number of factors working against each athlete in order to make the professional ranks. It's an amazing accomplishment to even make the major leagues, but to become an all-star is an even more remarkable accomplishment. Enter Joe Mantiply. Joe has played 9 years of professional baseball, and at 31 years old he finally had his break-out season, leading to the first all-star appearance of his professional career. Joe credits his success to his attention to detail and consistent approach to improving through intentional and focused practice each day. Joe's story is amazing and as two ex-baseball players, we enjoyed every minute of our conversation with him dissecting his mindset on becoming an All-Star.

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#151: Take Control of Your Health featuring Dr. Brooke Miller Feb 20, 2023

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Dr. Brooke Miller owns Ginger Hill Angus and is a practicing physician. He's also the author of The Rancher Doctor Newsletter, where he shares his perspective on the medical and food system. In our conversation with Dr. Brooke, we dove deep into taking control of your health and prioritizing personal responsibility for understanding your body. His perspective on health is invaluable as he treated thousands of patients during the pandemic, and did so in the face of criticism for the methods in which he treated people. He has appeared on media appearances with Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Peter McCullough.

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