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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...
Closed Guard Strategies with Jon Thomas
In episode episode 331 of The Strenuous Life Podcast BJJ black belt competitor Jon Thomas goes deep into the strategi...
Trolling Anti-Vaxx Rallies with Walter Masterson
Walter Masterson trolls anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy rallies. He’s brave, funny and insightful, and I was honored to ...
How to Learn from BJJ Instructionals (The Strenuous Life Podcast Episode 330)
In episode 330 of The Strenuous Life Podcast we covered how to connect wrestling and leglocks, learn from instruction...
Fixing Martial Arts Back Pain, with Dr Stuart McGill
Back pain is incredibly common in sport, including all martial arts and combative sports. That’s why I was thrilled t...
How Martial Artists Can Break Into Movie and TV Stuntwork
Steve Koepfer is a Master of Sport in Russian Sambo, and has translated his skills on the mat into a busy career as a...
Combat Sambo and Russian MMA
Steve Koepfer is a Master of Sport of Russia in Combat Sambo and the head coach of New York Combat Sambo.
In episode ...
Bringing Jiu-Jitsu into Public Schools, with Dom Hoskins
Dom Hoskins is a BJJ black belt, coach and fierce competitor who is helping bring the lessons of jiu-jitsu to public ...
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...
An Evolutionary Biologist on the Best Strategies for BJJ, with Marcio Pie
Here’s the video of my conversation with Marcio Pie which blends of two of my favorite topics: the science of biology...
The Limits of Human Endurance, with Endurance Athlete Mike McCastle
Mike McCastle set a new world record on Jan 23, 2021, immersing himself in ice for 2 hours and 40 minutes and survivi...