Homelessness, CrossFit, and the Search for Truth | Sevan Matossian - E402

Jun 30, 2025

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Sevan Matossian is the son of Armenian immigrants. After spending two years homeless, he filmed movies in one hundred countries, seven continents, and forty-nine American states. As the Executive Director of CrossFit Media, he was a vital part of growing CrossFit from a movement with three-hundred gyms to an organization with fifteen-thousand gyms and an international footprint. During that time, he became educated on health in the United States and now believes that added sugar and refined carbohydrates are at the center of today’s health crisis.

In this episode, Dr. Tro and Sevan talk about…

(00:00) Intro
(02:41) Getting de-platformed and shadow-banned
(07:27) How Sevan’s beliefs and values were shaped as a kid and how they changed over time
(13:53) The fundamental differences between Liberalism and Conservatism
(22:00) Capitalism
(24:54) Tolerance
(27:15) The founding of Crossfit
(30:05) Sevan’s homelessness experience and search for truth
(35:43) God, prayer, and miracles
(39:00) Rules for being homeless
(43:36) How Sevan began working for Crossfit
(51:45) Reaching people through media
(55:34) Truth and integrity
(01:01:26) Regulatory capture, authoritarianism, and free-markets
(01:12:23) Sevan’s kids and how to raise good kids
(01:17:14) Sevan’s podcast

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MetFix: https://brokenscience.org/metfix/
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Sevan Matossian:

The Sevan Podcast: https://thesevanpodcast.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/therealsevanpodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSevanPodcast/featured
X: https://x.com/sevanmatossian?lang=en

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

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