

The Kyle Thiermann Show
Kyle Thiermann
Conversations with intellectual athletes and athletic intellectuals. If you're new here, try starting with #96 Albee Layer, #139 Matt Taibbi, #157 Peter Attia, #206 Chris Ryan, #216 Rick Hanson, #233 Steve Rinella, or #340 Mark Healey.
Kyle Thiermann is a journalist, copywriter, and sponsored surfer for Patagonia. His work spans from editorial (Men's Health, Surfer, Outside) to creative (Patagonia, Yeti, MUD\WTR). He has written billboards above LAX, viral commercials seen by over a hundred million people, and steered better-for-you brands to cultural relevance with breakthrough advertising ideas. Kyle is represented by DiFiore Literary Agency and is in the process of publishing his first book. thiermann.substack.com
Kyle Thiermann is a journalist, copywriter, and sponsored surfer for Patagonia. His work spans from editorial (Men's Health, Surfer, Outside) to creative (Patagonia, Yeti, MUD\WTR). He has written billboards above LAX, viral commercials seen by over a hundred million people, and steered better-for-you brands to cultural relevance with breakthrough advertising ideas. Kyle is represented by DiFiore Literary Agency and is in the process of publishing his first book. thiermann.substack.com
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May 10, 2019 • 1h 38min
#163 Dirt & Doctor - Simon Rex & Chris Ryan
Simon Rex also known as Dirt Nasty, is an American entertainer. Rising to fame as an MTV VJ, Rex later became an actor known for What I Like About You, Scary Movie 3, 4, and 5, and National Lampoon's Pledge This!. He later developed a rap persona, Dirt Nasty, and had several solo albums and co-founded the supergroup Three Loco. Christopher and his work have been featured just about everywhere, including: MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, The Times of London, Playboy, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Outside, El Pais, La Vanguardia, Salon, Seed, and Big Think. A featured speaker from TED in Long Beach, CA to The Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House to the Einstein Forum in Pottsdam, Germany, Chris has consulted at various hospitals in Spain, provided expert testimony in a Canadian constitutional hearing, and appeared in well over a dozen documentary films. Even before co-authoring the New York Times best-seller, Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships (translated into 15 languages), with his partner-in-crime (and wife), Cacilda Jethá, MD, Chris was on a wild ride. After receiving a BA in English and American literature in 1984 he spent the next two decades traveling around the world, pausing in unexpected places to work at decidedly odd jobs (e.g., gutting salmon in Alaska, teaching English to prostitutes in Bangkok and self-defense to land-reform activists in Mexico, managing commercial real-estate in New York’s Diamond District, helping Spanish physicians publish their research). In his mid-30s, Chris decided to pursue doctoral studies in Psychology. Drawing upon his multi-cultural experience, Chris' research focused on distinguishing the human from the cultural, first by focusing on shamanism and ethnobotony—studying how various societies interact with altered states of consciousness and the sacred plants that provoke them—and later, by looking at similarly diverse cultural perspectives on sexuality. His doctoral dissertation was a multi-disciplinary investigation of prehistoric human sexual behavior, guided by the world-renowned psychologist, Stanley Krippner, at Saybrook Graduate School, in San Francisco, CA. Chris is finishing a new book for Simon and Schuster tentatively called Civilized to Death: Why Everything's Amazing but Nobody's Happy, due out in 2017—and he puts out a weekly podcast, called Tangentially Speaking, featuring conversations with interesting people, ranging from famous comics to bank robbers to drug smugglers to porn stars to authors to plasma physicists. Listen to Sourgrass Band Buy me a coffee on Patreon Follow me on Instagram Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

May 4, 2019 • 1h 18min
#162 Ventana Surfboards - Martijn Stiphout & David Dennis
From Ventana: We incorporate historic and exotic reclaimed woods from our upcycle partners, such as guitar offcuts, boat hulls, floor boards, even wood from a redwood hot tub. We can also include abalone, jade, turquoise and other precious materials. Our methods synthesize traditional design and modern techniques. And our boards are made to surf, and surf well, even if they live out their lives adorning the walls of collectors. Music: Daniella Smith Follow Ventana on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Follow me on Instagram Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

May 1, 2019 • 1h 24min
#161 The Untold Story of Duke - Steve Hawk
Steve Hawk (@stevehawk6211) was the Editor of Surfer magazine from 1990 to 1998, and a Contributing Editor since 2004. Steve moved on to become the editorial director of Surfline/Swell.com, from 1999 to 2001, he then helped start the Tony Hawk Foundation, a charitable group co-founded by Steve's younger brother Tony. He helped write the surf-themed HBO show John From Cincinnati (2007), and since 2009 has been the Executive Editor of Sierra, the Sierra Club's bi-monthly magazine. Hawk has written surf-related freelance articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Outside, and Harper's. He is the author of Waves (2005), and helped ghostwrite Tony Hawk's How Did I Get Here: The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO (2005). Hawk won a 2012 Maggie Award for "The Cost of Coal," a Sierra magazine exposé into the coal industry. Previous podcast with Steve Hawk Music Nate Maingaurd Comment on the episode here. Buy me a coffee on Patreon Follow me on Instagram Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 25, 2019 • 27min
#160 - My Summer Travel Kit
Check all of the products here: https://www.kyle.surf/podcast/2019/4/25/160-my-summer-travel-kit Music: https://getawaydogsmusic.com/ Buy me a coffee on Patreon Follow me on Instagram Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 23, 2019 • 1h 40min
#159 Renegade Psychiatrist - Kelly Brogan & Sayer Ji
Kelly Brogan, M.D. is a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. Sayer Ji is the founder of GreenMedInfo.com, the world’s most widely referenced and trafficked natural health resource. The site’s uniquely evidence-based content has received more than 100 million page views and attracted 50 million visitors since its inception in 2008. This year alone, it has received 28 million page views and almost 6 million users. None of this is paid traffic. Sayer’s reputation as a thought leader and authority in the health and wellness education field has made him a highly sought-after speaker, adviser, consultant, and partner in various educational, activist, and business-related projects. His network of affiliates has a combined email reach of more than 10 million, and a fan reach of 25 million on Facebook. The GreenMedInfo newsletter generated over 100 million emails in the past 12 months alone. Comment on the episode here. Kelly Brogan Kelly's Instagram Sayer Ji Sayer's Instagram Listen to Oppo Buy me a coffee on Patreon Follow me on Instagram Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Apr 3, 2019 • 2h 15min
#158 Ben Greenfield, Mark Healey, & Chris Ryan
Ben Greenfield is a Coach, Author, Speaker, Ironman Triathlete, and host of the podcast Ben Greenfield Fitness. Mark Healey is a professional big wave surfer and spearfisherman. Chris Ryan is the author of Sex At Dawn and host of the podcast Tangentially Speaking. Follow Ben on Instagram Follow Mark on Instagram Follow Chris on Instagram Follow me on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 29, 2019 • 1h 35min
#157 From MDMA To Prison Reform - Peter Attia
Peter is the founder of Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice with offices in San Diego and New York City, focusing on the applied science of longevity. Peter trained for five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surgery, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including resident of the year, and the author of a comprehensive review of general surgery. He also spent two years at NIH as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute where his research focused on immune-based therapies for melanoma. He has since been mentored by some of the most experienced and innovative lipidologists, endocrinologists, gynecologists, sleep physiologists, and longevity scientists in the United States and Canada. Peter earned his M.D. from Stanford University and holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. Follow Peter on Instagram Watch David Foster-Wallace Listen to Sourgrass Band Follow me on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Box of Goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: Info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 19, 2019 • 1h 42min
#156 Chris Ryan Ph.D - The Motherfucker Awards
Follow Chris on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Kyle's Instagram kyle.surf Contact: Info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals. Christopher and his work have been featured just about everywhere, including: MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, The Times of London, Playboy, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Outside, El Pais, La Vanguardia, Salon, Seed, and Big Think. A featured speaker from TED in Long Beach, CA to The Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House to the Einstein Forum in Pottsdam, Germany, Chris has consulted at various hospitals in Spain, provided expert testimony in a Canadian constitutional hearing, and appeared in well over a dozen documentary films. Even before co-authoring the New York Times best-seller, Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships (translated into 15 languages), with his partner-in-crime (and wife), Cacilda Jethá, MD, Chris was on a wild ride. After receiving a BA in English and American literature in 1984 he spent the next two decades traveling around the world, pausing in unexpected places to work at decidedly odd jobs (e.g., gutting salmon in Alaska, teaching English to prostitutes in Bangkok and self-defense to land-reform activists in Mexico, managing commercial real-estate in New York’s Diamond District, helping Spanish physicians publish their research). In his mid-30s, Chris decided to pursue doctoral studies in Psychology. Drawing upon his multi-cultural experience, Chris' research focused on distinguishing the human from the cultural, first by focusing on shamanism and ethnobotony—studying how various societies interact with altered states of consciousness and the sacred plants that provoke them—and later, by looking at similarly diverse cultural perspectives on sexuality. His doctoral dissertation was a multi-disciplinary investigation of prehistoric human sexual behavior, guided by the world-renowned psychologist, Stanley Krippner, at Saybrook Graduate School, in San Francisco, CA. Chris is finishing a new book for Simon and Schuster tentatively called Civilized to Death: Why Everything's Amazing but Nobody's Happy, due out in late 2019—and he puts out a weekly podcast, called Tangentially Speaking, featuring conversations with interesting people, ranging from famous comics to bank robbers to drug smugglers to porn stars to authors to plasma physicists. Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 14, 2019 • 1h 32min
#155 Edible Kelp - Ian O'Hollaren & Tyler Fox
Ian O'Hollaren is the founder of Seaquoia Wild Seaweeds. Tyler Fox is a professional surfer and founder of Santa Cruz Waves Magazine. Follow Ian on Instagram Follow Tyler on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Kyle's Instagram Box of goodies The Motherfucker Awards Contact: Info@kyle.surf Mud Water SC Medicinals Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Mar 9, 2019 • 1h 47min
#154 Sex Educator - Amy Baldwin
Amy Baldwin is a Somatic Sex and Relationship Coach (trained in the Somatica® Method), Certified Sex Educator, sales trainer and educator for Uberlube, as well as co-owner of a mother-daughter owned pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop. Amy has a passion for promoting shame-free, pleasure-focused sexuality education while emphasizing the deep emotional and energetic forces behind great sex and intimate connection, offering everything from how-to workshops to erotic empowerment retreats. Amy also appears in episodes #23, #54, #86, and #114 of this podcast. Music By Nate Maingaurd Follow Amy Baldwin on Instagram Connect with me on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Box of Goodies Get full access to Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe


