108 - Musk, Chalamet, and Real vs. Fake Greatness (with Cal Newport)
A couple of recent events—Elon Musk parading onstage with a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference and bragging about DOGE's 120-hour work weeks, and Timothée Chalamet saying he want...
6 Mar 20251h 14min
107 - Wise Words: 16 of Our Favorite Quotes to Live By
Today we're sharing our all-time favorite quotes we've collected over the years. These are words about everything from performance to spirituality to decency that we keep coming back to when we need i...
27 Feb 202532min
106 - Mastering Mental Performance with Sports Psychologist Alex Auerbach
From years of experience working with NBA players, CEOs, para jumpers, and Olympians, performance psychologist Alex Auerbach has learned about the most effective strategies for giving some of the worl...
20 Feb 202554min
105 - Building Resilience and Finding Resonance: How to Embrace Life's Chaos
Two topics for you today. On the back of the Super Bowl, Brad shares a message of resilience inspired by Eagles' quarterback Jalen Hurts. Then, a discussion, inspired in part by Hartmut Rosa's book "T...
13 Feb 202534min
104 - How to Win the Inside Game, and Move from Surviving to Thriving (with Steve Magness)
When we think of "choking," we usually think of a field goal kicker missing a clutch kick, or someone freezing up during an important speech. In those moments, the mind is overcome with fear, doubt, a...
6 Feb 202548min
103 - Steve's 5 Essential Rules for Training Physical Fitness
On today's episode, Steve breaks down his five foundational rules for building a training practice that he's used to coach world-class athletes to success. These five core principles provide a useful ...
30 Jan 202531min
102 - The Art of Attention: Breaking Free from Digital Distraction
Last week we heard the ways in which our fractured attention was keeping us from connecting and negatively impacting our society. So this week we're turning to some solutions by discussing ways to imp...
23 Jan 202536min
101 - From Solitude to Social Fitness: Rethinking Connection in the 21st Century (with Derek Thompson)
Americans are spending more time alone than we have in a long, long time. That wouldn't be such a big deal if we weren't also reporting feelings of increased anxiety and unhappiness. This is why journ...
16 Jan 202552min
