The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Dom Hoskins is a BJJ black belt, coach and fierce competitor who is helping bring the lessons of jiu-jitsu to public schools in California's East Bay. Follow Dom Hoskins on Instagram @dominat10n Check out his school at @dominat10nma And follow the Youth Jiu-Jitsu Collective at @yjcbjj

Ami Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and an adjunct professor of philosophy at Ohio Northern University. The topics he researches include how widespread conspiracism and science denialism affect democratic policy making. I was thrilled to have him on the podcast and I think it's a very important conversation! 00:51 - Introduction 02:17 - Wrestling, judo and philosophy 11:15 - Why the BJJ community is so prone to conspiracy theories 20:17 - When is it rational to defer to an expert, and how do you know who to defer to? 32:22 - How do people discern claims from different experts 34:53 - The Great Barrington declaration 38:48 - Commonly used propaganda tools and how to recognise them 48:34 - Brandolini's bullshit asymmetry principle 57:15 - Conspiracies in social media 1:03:19 - The university environment post Covid 11:09:44 - Difference between vaccine refusers and vaccine hesitants 1:11:28 - Training pods 1:16:47 - How to get in touch with Ami

Today's conversation with Marcio Pie was a blend of two of my favorite topics: the science of biology and the science of BJJ. Marcio is a professor of zoology at UFPR and practices Jiu-Jitsu in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil 01:17 - Introduction to evolution 06:20 - Runaway selection 09:44 - Jiu-Jitsu strategies 14:28 - Evolutionary stable strategies 18:09 - The prisoner's dilemma 21:41 - Evolution applied in jiu-jitsu 25:58 - Mathematical approach to the study of memes 35:10 - How does evolution create complex things 38:46 - Religion and evolution 44:23 - Denialists of fundamental science 50:36 - Basic body types in jiu-jitsu 59:30 - How to contact Marcio

Mike McCastle set a new world record on Jan 23, 2021, immersing himself in ice for 2 hours and 40 minutes and surviving! He joined me on Episode 323 of The Strenuous Life Podcast to talk about this absolutely insane challenge including The physical preparation and mental strength required to it off, The limits of the human body, Tummo (inner fire) breathing and visualisation, How 'normal' people can use his principles to challenge themselves, How his father's struggle with Parkinson's motivates him to persist in his 12 Labors project, And much more! I'm SURE you're going to love this episode! Follow Mike on Instagram @mikemccastle For more Mike McCastle also check out our "Pain is a Universal Language" conversation, episode 240 of The Strenuous Life Podcast, also available on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYR_wHqW9w

What exactly is herd immunity? How can we be sure that the vaccine companies aren't lying to us? What is this 'R0' value and why does it matter? What are the proven methods to stop outbreaks? Are what are the reasons for hope? These are just some of the topics I cover on today's podcast with Colin Furness, PhD, a epidemiologist at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. Given the amount of deliberate disinformation and malicious misinformation going around please, please, please share this episode with someone who's on the fence about who to believe during the pandemic. Follow Colin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FurnessColin

Priit is a renowned BJJ black belt who has taught his style of defensive jiu-jitsu to thousands of people through his classes, seminars and instructionals. He is known for his unusual approach to teaching jiu-jitsu and is famous for structuring classes in such a way so that people come away from them with the techniques and concepts they can actually use right away. In addition we covered the topic of false positives in jiu-jitsu, programming a long term curriculum, and much more. Find out more about Priit on Instagram at@jitsvulcan on his site https://www.defensivebjj.com/ And if you liked this episode then a rating or a review on the podcast platform of your choice would be INSANELY useful! Thanks so much Stephan Kesting P.S. On a tangential topic, check out the upcoming Grapplearts instructional "The Arm Drag and 2 on 1 Formula" at https://www.grapplearts.com/armdrag

Today I talk with Dr Nicholas Tyau, a BJJ Black Belt and internal medicine specialist who was working in NYC hospitals during Covid Ground Zero in 2020. We discuss the 5 key factors you need to consider after you've been vaccinated but before you decide to return to normal training, including... 1) Local hospital and ICU occupancy rates 2) Test positivity rates in your community 3) Vaccination rates within your community and your training group 4) Your tolerance for taking short term and long term risk 5) Your tolerance for, and the consequences of, potentially making others sick, especially the people you live with. Please check out my previous episode (ep 285) with Dr Tyau here: https://www.grapplearts.com/doctor-covid-ground-zero/ Also episode 302 with epidemiologists Kathrine Wallace and Madeline Lewis: https://www.grapplearts.com/covid-myths-debunked-with-epidemiologists-kathrine-wallace-and-madeline-lewis/ And my series of discussions with Dr Chris Moriarty on guidelines for operating a BJJ school safely during the Covid-19 pandemic: https://www.grapplearts.com/openingupbjj Thank you, and take care of each other, Stephan Kesting

Brandon Morgan is a high level powerlifter who trains, coaches and competes out of the Kabuki Strength gym in Portland Oregon. In this episode we go deep into strength training and conditioning for combat sports drawing on his personal experience as a wrestler and training MMA athletes to be bigger, stronger, faster, and more injury resistant. Follow Brandon on Instagram at @bmorg33 and at @kabuki_virtualcoaching where he shares a ton of training tips. And please share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it. It's how this podcast grows! Thank you Stephan Kesting

Nini Munoz PhD has a very strong background in risk and failure analysis, and statistical process. She has used these skills and a background in biology to make the science around the Covid-19 pandemic easy to understand and digest on her amazing Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/niniandthebrain/ I think you'll enjoy our conversation about risk, science, and who to believe. Take care, Stephan

In this episode I'm joined by pro-wrestler Tad Murphy to talk about the legendary wrestler Karl Gotch. Karl Gotch was a German-Hungarian wrestler born in Belgium who trained at the infamous 'Snake Pit' in Wigan, England, then competed in the United States and then taught several generations of pro-wrestlers in Japan. His influence is the common link between just about every major Japanese MMA organisation including Pride, Shooto, Pancrase, Shootboxing, Rizin and more. You can check out and/or download a high res copy of the Japanese MMA and Catch Wrestling family tree we discuss in this episode at https://www.grapplearts.com/karl-gotch/ Follow Tad Murphy the wrestler on Instagram at @tadwrestler or in his customer success career at @lincolnmurphy