

Sapien's Playground - Medicine, Psychology, Truth Seeking and Fascinating Experiences
Maxim Pruchnewski - medical student, fitness enthusiast and coach
Follow along for a journey of meaningful and passionate exploration in sorting out between truths and untruths about achieving optimal health and psychological well-being through nutrition, exercise, sunlight, sleep, psychological development, etc.
My name is Maxim and I am a medical student who is all about exploring, seeking truth, challenging old narratives and thinking out of the box to ultimatively find out what can really make us happier, healthier and stronger as humans! Enjoy listening to all the deep, meaningful conversations and productive discussions on this trilingual show!
My name is Maxim and I am a medical student who is all about exploring, seeking truth, challenging old narratives and thinking out of the box to ultimatively find out what can really make us happier, healthier and stronger as humans! Enjoy listening to all the deep, meaningful conversations and productive discussions on this trilingual show!
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May 7, 2023 • 2h 23min
(ENG) #65 - Lorenzo Barberis Canonico, PhD - The Art of Podcasting, Speech and Debate, AI and Politics
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Thank you!
Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode on Sapien's Playground!
While travelling the US I had the great pleasure and honour to meet up twice with Lorenzo Barberis Canonico, PhD and spend several hours recording what turned out to be one podcast episode with me being the host and the second one where he was interviewing me.
Lorenzo works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford Univeristy in California where he is involved in developing applications that leverage the Wisdom of Crowds to train machine learning models in the context of biomedical data science and bioinformatics. Previously, Lorenzo as a researcher in Human-Centered Computing researching the intersection between AI and Game Theory. He wrote his dissertation on prediction markets and collective intelligence which eventually became the topic for his TedTalk.
On the podcast we spend the first half talking about the art of podcasting, as well as his participation in the speech and debate club during high school
after he had moved from Italy to the US 13 years ago. The conversation later involved into a great discussion on various political issues and Artifical Intelligence which I thoroughly enjoyed, not least because of Lorenzo's excitement but also because of the way he manages to always stay open-minded and emotionally detached even when we somewhat disagreed.
Enjoy listening to the first part of our conversation!
Check out Lorenzo's Podcast " The Swarm": https://open.spotify.com/show/0RIjvCZzMIqbVhfOGMBkzd?si=417cff4c57c84124
Find Lorenzo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-barberis-canonico-612734aa
Find Lorenzo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBarberis
You can watch his TedTalk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9aV6JZcJXk
This is where you can support the podcast:
http://paypal.me/pruchnewski
Thank you!
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Apr 21, 2023 • 26min
#64 - Bedtime Story (13) - Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets by Weston A. Price - CHAPTER 11 - Isolated and Modernized Torres Strait Islanders
In the section "Bedtime Story" I will read a chapter from a book for you which I personally found interesting and find worth sharing with you!
Please excuse if I my misspronounce some words, since English is not my first language and I could potentially make mistakes in the pronounciation.
Our first book will be "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects by Weston A. Price" and in Episode 13 of the series I immerse myself in Chapter 11 of this great piece of work. Enjoy listening!
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Apr 11, 2023 • 1h 12min
(РУС) #63 - Диета ГАПС - Интервью с доктором Наташей Кэмбелл Макбрайд - Как излечить свою психику и физиологию от хронических заболеваний
Здравствуйте друзья! Добро пожаловать на мой подкаст!
Сегодня у меня в гостях очень важный гость - доктор Наташа Кэмбелл Макбрайд. Наташа на данный момент проживает в Англии, закончила она медицинский институт в России. Cерьёзно задумываться о хронических заболеванияx она началась после того, как у её сына был поставлен диагноз аутизма. С этого момента она все эти годы пыталась разобраться в том, что же вызывает большинство психических расстройств и хронических заболеваний. В связи с этим она пришла к выводу что все эти заболевания имеют своё начало в кишечнике. В этом подкасте мы долго разбирали не только, что привело её к этим выводам, но и подробно обсудили механизмы, которые играют важную роль при возникновении заболеваний. Я уверен, что эта информация будет вам чрезвычайно полезна!
Приятного прослушивания всем!
Follow Natasha Campbell McBride on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gapsyndrome
Check out her webpage: https://www.gapsdiet.com/
Become a Certified GAPS Coach or a GAPS Practitioner: https://gapstraining.com/gaps-coach-training/
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Mar 23, 2023 • 1h 34min
(ENG) #62 - David Greenwalt - The Leanness Lifestyle University and The Most Impactful Causes of Obesity
Welcome back everyone to Sapien`s Playground!
With us today is Certified Health Coach, fitness expert, and author David Greenwalt. A husband, father, former police officer, gym owner, competitive state-level body builder, and powerlifter, in 1997, at age 32 and a bodyweight of 235 pounds, David discovered an evidence-based approach for getting off his own 50 excess pounds and keeping it off for 25 years. Since 1999, through his company Leanness Lifestyle University, David has been helping student members, from every walk of life, lose excess fat, keep the muscle and manage this crazy life.
Enjoy listening to our interesting discussion where we explore David's transformation over the years, as well as his perspective with respect to the most crucial things to consider as far sustainable weight loss is concerned.
Check out the Leanness Lifestly University: https://lluniversity.com/
Find David on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/llu180/
Check out his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZBYlai7aLc42LGj5JQjEA
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 57min
(РУС) #61 - Руслан Саибов - Разговор с профессиональным атлетом - Как сила внимания, целеустремленность и освоение своих ценностей могут помочь справиться с негативными взглядами на жизнь
Привет ребята!
Рад приветствовать вас на Sapien's Playground! Сегодня очередной раз у меня на канале Руслан Саибов. На этот раз мы решили записать подкаст на русском языке и глубоко и подробно обсудили много разных важных тем, которые в первую очередь касаются нашего внутреннего настроя по отношению к внешнему миру. Мне было очень интересно услышать, как его взгляды на жизнь изменились в течение прошлых лет и даже сам Руслан признался в том, что наш с ним разговор был ему тоже по душе.
Обязательно делитесь этой информацией, если это вам показалось интересным и информативным.
Желаю душевного прослушивания!
Find Ruslan Saibov on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saibov/ (Lots of free workouts!)
Check out Saibov's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_j9ZurIIPkSKPNxKf1lpQ (Awesome tutorials!)
Saibov's Website: https://www.ruslansaibov.com/ (Amazing programs!)
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Feb 20, 2023 • 1h 28min
(ENG) #60 – Aaron Braun – How Hypnotherapy, Spirituality, Gratitude and Exercise Have Saved and Transformed His Life
Dear listener!
Today I would like to take you with me on a journey through Aaron's life and transformation. His story is truly moving, inspiring, breathtaking, heartbreaking and at the same time unbelievably encouraging and empowering. Aaron describes himself as someone who practices the development of the Drengr Discipline Mindset, as an MMA-enthusiast a Pagan practicioner and a proud dad. I am convinced that listening to our conversation you will be able to extract some truly valuable and priceless insight which might be of tremendous benefit for many people who currently live through some rough times or just seek to appreciate the lessons that you learn from hearing about terrible experiences and the transformation associated with it without having to live through that themselves, thankfully. We get to discuss his experience with hypnotherapy, his first encounter with spirituality and how Aaron contrasts that to the idea of religion. Furthermore, we explore how focusing on attention and gratitude changed his life and the role exercise has played in that whole process.
A truly inspiring story and not something you should miss out on! Enjoy listening!
Check him out on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brainsandbraun.86/
Dremgr Discipline on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drengrdiscipline/
Support Aaron on Venmo: https://linktr.ee/brainsandbraun
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Feb 9, 2023 • 1h 24min
(РУС) - #59 - Анастасия про свою страсть в спорте - По пути, чтобы стать самой сильной женщиной в сфере калистеники
Здравствуйте всем!
Сегодня вы услышите, что такое настоящая страсть в спорте. Вы услышите человека, который горит тем, чем занимается и упорно движется по направлению к целям. Мне было искренне приятно поговорить сегодня с Анастасией, услышать её историю, исследовать причины, которые её вдохновили заниматься калистеникой и которые продолжает её вдохновлять. Мы побеседовали о женских атлетах в сфере калистеники, о диспицлине, о её питании, травмах и дальнейших целях.
Уверен, что вам будет полезно послушать!
Подписывайтесь к Анастасии на Инстаграм: https://www.instagram.com/anastasia__calisthenics/
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Jan 31, 2023 • 49min
#58 - Bedtime Story (12) - Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets by Weston A. Price - CHAPTER 10 - Isolated and Modernized Australian Aborigines
In the section "Bedtime Story" I will read a chapter from a book for you which I personally found interesting and find worth sharing with you!
Please excuse if I my misspronounce some words, since English is not my first language and I could potentially make mistakes in the pronounciation.
Our first book will be "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects by Weston A. Price" and in Episode 12 of the series I immerse myself in Chapter 10 of this great piece of work. Enjoy listening!
Find me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (including a free PDF-version of this book): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Jan 20, 2023 • 1h 31min
(ENG) #57 - Nick Capolino - Masculinity and Femininity, Family, Realtionships and Love, Discovering Our Deepest Values and Dealing With Suffering In Life
Dear all, welcome back to this episode on Sapien's Playground.
This episode is a special one, not just because I have my friend Nick Capolino on the show but because we get to delve into some crucial issues that concern every single one of us on a daily basis and on several layers of analysis. We had a fascinating discussion about the interplay and relationship between masculinity and femininity, the journey towards the discovery of our most profound core values, that certainly include the desire to build and maintain great relationships within the family. Neither last, not least, we gave some actionable advice on how to confront difficult situations in life, exchanged some thoughts on the proper way to conduct oneself in the face of suffering and came to conclusions that might be of interest and value to everyone who is listening!
Enjoy listening to my conversation with Nick!
Find Nick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickcapolino/
Nick is also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Nick-capolino
Check out more on Nick's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/nventra09?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e8d8c0f8-f7d7-4cd0-934b-350148270195
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (books, videos and PDFs): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.

Jan 10, 2023 • 1h 49min
(ENG) #56 - Nicolas Verhoeven from Physionic - The Underlying Biochemistry of Type 2 Diabetes, NAFLD Fatty Liver Disease and Fatty Acid Consumption (SFAs, PUFAs, MUFAs)
Hello everyone and a happy new year! Welcome back to my podcast Sapien's Playground!
I am really excited today to have Nicolas Verhoeven from Physionic on the show and to get really granular and technical while discussing the biochemical and physiological pathways that underly Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Fatty Liver Disease, as well as the effect of dietary fatty acid composition on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular health.
Nick is a Doctorate Student in Molecular Medicine / Cell & Molecular Physiology and has been interested in Cell & Molecular Biology Research for over 6 years. Moreover, he owns a Master in Exercise Physiology and is a ACSM Certified Personal Trainer. You can find more information about him and his work on his webpage, as well as on his YouTube Channel which I would highly recommend checking out, if you are willing and ready to upgrade your level of understanding and nuance in the realm of science and the comprehension of scientific papers.
Enjoy listening to our conversation and share this, if you found it useful and interesting!
Nick's webpage: https://www.physionic.org/about
Physionic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj3p_1jOCJXB_L_we-DjLbA
Physionic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physionic_phd/
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maximpruchnewski/
Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPruchnewski
More free stuff (books, videos and PDFs): https://linktr.ee/sapien_health
Sapiens Playground on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNDo81K7jX7Thk0_NF_xng
Listen to Sapiens Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IcilHhRDVTiVxGO5uuYlp?si=ab520e5d7fc24a3a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sapiens-playground-a-place-for-true-health-unbiased/id1534777361
You can text me at sapiens.playground@web.de for podcast inquiries or any questions you have.