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February 07, 2016

Episode 44: Skymind & Artificial Intelligence

Want to know about Artificial Intelligence?  In this podcast we talk with former New York Times writer Chris Nicholson about the company he helped found, Skymind, and what's going on in the fascinating world of machine learning.  Enjoy the show! View full article →
September 22, 2015

Episode 43: Going deep with Peter Defty

 

Peter Defty's biplane in Guatemala

Peter Defty from Vespa Power rejoins us and shares the life that brought him to be on the leading edge of fat burning performance.  From his early days hunting and butchering animals on the farm to flying a biplane all over Guatemala as a young man to his current day job working to bring Vespa & OFM to performance driven athletes, this is a deep dive into a fascinating life.  Enjoy!

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September 10, 2015

Episode 42: David Easton, Rammed Earth Master

 

An amazing house built of rammed earth by master David Easton.

David Easton builds "museum quality, visual masterpiece walls that happen to support the roof."  His medium is rammed earth, he's been doing this for 40 years, and if you've ever loved any kind of architecture or building you'll dig this show.

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July 27, 2015

Episode 41: Charlie Glass - Broadcaster, Journalist, Author

Charlie Glass, podcast
While you might not think a journalist has any connection to Paleo, these story tellers are vital to one of what we believe are the 7 Pillars of Paleo, and that's Community.  Without someone to tell our stories we remain individuals only aware of those we know personally; people like Charlie allow us to know and come to understand other communities living in wildly different worlds. View full article →
July 10, 2015

Episode 40: Brian Mackenzie

Brian Mackenzie
Of all the paths to excellence, perhaps the most reliable is one based on the importance of personal responsibility.  In this podcast, Brian Mackenzie from CrossFit Endurance shares with us what drove him from being a broken down ex-swimmer getting crushed on the run sections of the triathlon to one of the foremost minds in cross training for endurance. View full article →
July 02, 2015

Episode 39: Peter Defty & OFM

Peter Defty from Vespa Power
Peter Defty of VespaPower goes through the OFM (Optimized Fat Metabolism) pyramid in this fact-packed podcast.  Peter is a long time student of endurance performance and specifically the effects of nutrition and goes through the whole process of transitioning from being a carb burner to a fat burner. View full article →
June 23, 2015

Episode 38: Ian Dunican, Student of Sleep

Ian Dunican
Ian Dunican joins us today to talk about one of his favorite subjects (other than jiu-jitsu and ultra running), which is sleep.  He's currently working on a PhD at the University of Western Australia (UWA) focused on the question, "Can you use sleep as a performance enhancer?" View full article →
June 03, 2015

Episode 37: Roz Savage, Ocean Rower

Roz Savage, ocean rower
One of my favorite guests, Roz Savage combines the fierce heart of an adventurer with the ability to describe beautifully the wildest & loneliest places on the planet.

As a Guinness World Record holder (first woman to row solo across 3 oceans), Roz is a shining example of someone following her dream. View full article →
May 26, 2015

Episode 36: Greg Skomal, shark expert

Greg Skomal
Studying sharks has shaped scientist Greg Skomal's world, and in this podcast he talks about how the science has shifted dramatically from only being able to access dead sharks to now being able to track in real time the peregrinations and through that the individual personalities of one of the most well traveled species on the planet, the Great White Shark. View full article →
May 15, 2015

Episode 35: Dave Pell of NextDraft

Dave Pell
Where do you get your news every day?  If you haven't added Dave Pell's NextDraft newsletter to your daily dose you're missing out not just on some of the most fascinating stories of the day, but on a fantastic perspective from one of the most driven and focused newsmen on the net. View full article →
May 01, 2015

Episode 34: Nick Sloane, Salvage Master

Nick Sloane, Salvage Master
When Nick Sloane got the call to refloat the Costa Concordia in 2012, he was in New Zealand wrapping up another job and dreaming about playing golf back home in South Africa.  When he said "yes" to the job he couldn't know that it would take 30 months, 500 team members, 26 nationalities and 130 divers a day in the water to get the big cruise ship off the ground and towed to Genoa, where she would ultimately be dismantled for scrap. View full article →
April 23, 2015

Episode 33: Jean Donaldson unpacks the state of dog training.

Jean Donaldson
If you've paid attention to anything beyond the pages of paleo desserts on this website you won't be surprised that we've brought on another dog trainer to the Paleo Treats Podcast.  The folks who are good, really good, at communicating with dogs HAVE to be in pursuit of excellence; they've developed skills the rest of us don't even know we have! View full article →