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Decoding Looksmaxxing: The Crisis Consuming Young Men & The Real Path To Self-Worth Feb 26, 2026

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Bone smashing. Steroids. Crystal meth. 13-year-olds letting AI judge their faces. It's called looksmaxxing – and it presents as self-improvement.

Underneath, it's a deftly weaponized pipeline to nihilism, misogyny, and self-destruction, consuming millions of young men right now.

Adam Skolnick and I sit with all of it this week – what it is, why it's spreading, and what the real antidote looks like.

If you have a young man in your life – or you are one – sit with this.

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Walk With Weight: Michael Easter On The Evolutionary Case For Rucking, Building Real Resilience & How To Stay Adventure-Ready For Life Feb 23, 2026

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Michael Easter is a New York Times bestselling author, UNLV professor, and the mind behind “Walk With Weight.”

This conversation explores rucking, the evolutionary movement pattern humans are built for that modern fitness has largely overlooked. We discuss why it affects body composition differently, how GPS navigation impacts cognition, and why optimization culture can undermine resilience.

Plus, he challenges my assumptions about comfort zones.

Michael's insights are practical, contrarian, and rooted in science and experience. Enjoy!

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From Death To Life: Dr. Dawn Mussallem On Surviving Cancer Twice, Running A Marathon Post Heart Transplant, & Why Mindset Matters More Than Medicine Feb 16, 2026

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Dr. Dawn Mussallem is a Mayo Clinic oncologist who survived stage 4 cancer at 26, heart failure, and a heart transplant—then became the first person to run a marathon within a year of receiving a new heart.

This conversation explores the integrative approach to cancer treatment, why exercise might be as powerful as chemotherapy, the self-flagellation patients feel despite doing everything right, and the profound role of mindset in survival.

Typically, my guests fall into two buckets—incredible story or incredible expertise. I don't know that I've ever had a guest who inhabits both worlds the way Dawn does. Her story is super inspirational, and the information is equally impactful.

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AMA: Alex Pretti, Alex Honnold, Peter Attia, & Finding Hope In Dark Times Feb 12, 2026

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Roll On is here—and this one has teeth.

Adam and I unpack the tale of two Alexes—Honnold and Pretti—and what that juxtaposition reveals about the best and worst of human nature.

From there: a 9-month surgery milestone (30 lbs down, joy levels up), the Attia-Epstein fallout and the allure of proximity to power, and ICE's authoritarian overreach.

Listener questions round us out: finding hope, perfectionism, escaping burnout, and the sacred practice of showing up for someone else. Enjoy!

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RRP LIVE: Alex Honnold On Climbing the Taipei 101 Skyscraper Feb 09, 2026

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Alex Honnold, the world's most accomplished free solo climber and subject of Oscar-winning Free Solo, just climbed Taipei 101 live on Netflix.

In this special live podcast event—our first with a studio audience—we go behind the spectacle to explore what really happened on that building: the unexpected challenges and the mental shift that transformed pressure into joy. We discuss his training philosophy at 40, his evolving relationship with risk and mortality as a father, and why he challenges our arbitrary definitions of what's "dangerous" vs. "normal."

Along the way, he makes us examine our own relationship with fear, discomfort, and living in alignment with our values.

Alex unites and inspires us all. This conversation illustrates why. Enjoy!

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The New Science Of Breath: James Nestor On Why Most People Are Breathing Wrong Feb 02, 2026

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James Nestor is an acclaimed science journalist and author of the international bestseller "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art."

This conversation explores why so many of us breathe dysfunctionally—and how it may be connected to chronic ailments. We discuss breathing biomechanics, CO2 tolerance, the link between sleep-disordered breathing and ADHD in children, and practical techniques to optimize how you breathe.

James also walks us through his Stanford experiment, where breathing only through his mouth precipitated sleep apnea within ten days, which completely reversed in 48 hours with nasal breathing.

This one is packed with actionable tools you can implement immediately. Enjoy!

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Bruce Wagner Writes Transgressive Novels About Tragedy & Transcendence Jan 29, 2026

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Bruce Wagner is a novelist, former student of Carlos Castaneda, and author of fifteen books, including his latest, "Amputation."

This conversation explores his use of Hollywood as a laboratory for human behavior, crafting transgressive fiction that skewers the desperate while searching for transcendence. We discuss his decade with Castaneda, writing "Amputation" after the LA fires, the relationship between suffering and art, Buddhist and Sufi wisdom, and why fiction is our most potent vehicle to truth.

He describes inhabiting his most malevolent characters with the same proximity as his saintly ones—because we're all interchangeable, all searching for transcendence.

Bruce is infinitely fascinating, one of the most interesting people I've ever met. Enjoy!

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Decoding Women's Health: Dr. Elizabeth Poynor On Midlife Hormonal Changes, Interventions That Actually Work, & Why Medicine Left Women Behind Jan 26, 2026

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Dr. Elizabeth Poynor is a gynecologic oncologist, Chair of Women's Health at Atria Health Institute, and host of the podcast “Decoding Women's Health.”

This conversation explores why women's health has been siloed for centuries, modern hormone therapy, the estrogen-brain connection, metabolic shifts, GLP-1s, and what partners need to understand about this transition.

Underneath it all: generations of women have known what the medical literature is only now catching up to.

Elizabeth is a vital voice. I hope this discussion reaches those who need it. Enjoy!

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Reclaim Your Excellence: The Path To A Meaningful & Joyous Life w/ Brad Stulberg Jan 19, 2026

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Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author, executive coach, and one of my favorite thinkers on sustainable high performance.

This conversation explores the dualities in personal development, discipline and self-compassion, striving and surrender, intensity and joy. We discuss the "humble badass" archetype, building resilient identities, why curiosity is the skeleton key, and excellence as an antidote to alienation.

Along the way, Brad gets vulnerable about the childhood wounds that still drive his ambition—and I share my own.

Amidst the chaos of self-help, Brad remains a principled voice of reason. Enjoy!

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Cognitive Scientist Maya Shankar On Navigating Unexpected Life Changes, The Neuroscience Of Identity, & How To Unlock Your Next Self Jan 15, 2026

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Dr. Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist, host of the podcast “A Slight Change of Plans,” and author of “The Other Side of Change.”

This conversation explores the challenge of navigating involuntary change, whether it's injury, loss, or a future that suddenly collapses. We discuss identity and attachment, the illusion of control, why our brains resist uncertainty, the end of history illusion, rumination, and practical tools to help us see change not as a burden—but as a revelation.

Maya also opens up about her own identity crises, a career-ending injury at 15, and later pregnancy losses that forced her to confront who she was beyond her deepest aspirations.

Change is coming for all of us, whether we like it or not. Maya's goal is to give you the companion you need along the way. Enjoy!

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