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How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant, with Amitabha Palmer

Amitabha Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and teaches at ethics at Texas University. His research topics include how wid...

Please Call Me Stephan, not ‘Professor’ or ‘Sifu’ or ‘Sensei’ or ‘Guru’ or ‘Master’ or ‘Shihan’ or ‘Kru’ or ‘Sabom’ Or ‘Kwisatz Haderach’

People mean well when they address me with an honorific but please call me Stephan, and not ‘Professor’ or ‘Sifu’ or ...

Why Are Some Groups and Individuals More Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories than Others?

Let’s be honest… The BJJ and MMA communities are a mess right now.  Major influencers in the sport are busy using the...

Rescuing People Trapped in Cults, with Joseph Szimhart”

In episode 335 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk to cult expert, cult survivor and cult deprogrammer Joeseph Szimh...

10 Red Flags That You Might Be Following a Guru

In episode 334 of Stephan Kesting versus the world (aka The Strenuous Life Podcast) I talk with Oxford trained evolut...

Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Amitabha Palmer

Amitabha Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and an adjunct professor of philosophy at Ohio Northern University.  The topic...

Are You in a Jiu-Jitsu Cult?

I’ve wanted to talk with Matt Kirtley for a LONG time because of his BJJ background, but it just so happens that he’s...

Cults, Prophecies, and Deprogramming Your Friends, with Matthew Remski from the Conspirituality Podcast

On episode 297 of my podcast I was thrilled to talk to Matthew Remski. Matthew is a cult researcher, cult survivor, a...

Cults and Conspiracies in the Yoga, Wellness, and BJJ Communities, a Podcast with Derek Beres

I’ve been a fan of Yoga for a long time, starting in the late 90’s as I started doing it to get an edge over my oppon...

BJJ Cults and Conspiracy Theories

Steve Kwan, a BJJ black belt known for cohosting the most excellent BJJ Mental Models podcast, joins me to discuss cu...
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