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Evan Cudworth is the World's First, Party Coach. Evan teaches people how they can enjoy party culture more, gain better social skills and let go of their ego. Evan joins me today to explain why Gen-Z are struggling socially so much. We are all deeply connected to our phones but what if the problem was a lot deeper? Chapters; 00:00 - Who is Evan and How Does He Party? 02:08 - Losing Parties = Losin...

Gregg Owen served as a Prosecutor in Chicago for over 10 years. He went to Trial 66 times in his career, with a 64 Convictions. Gregg has investigated some of the worst humans on the planet. He has seen how evil people can be and he has seen the other side of these crimes we read about on TV. Gregg has joined the show today to give his insights into the less glamorous side of human behaviour. Expe...

In 2018, the Seattle Seahawks did something that would be spoken about for years to come. They drafted the first ever One-Handed player in NFL history. Today, that player tell his story. Shaquem Griffin was born with a condition that ultimately led to his left hand being amputated. Despite the obvious doubts, Shaquem was determine to do 2 things. - Become the first One-Handed player to receive a f...

Joel Honigford is a Metal Strength & Conditioning Coach who spent 6 years playing D1 football for Michigan and was Signed as an Undrafted Free Agent to the Arizona Cardinals. What Separates the Average From The Elite Performer? Joel has been around some the best in the game and he has watched exactly how they operate daily to make those big plays on a Sunday. He has studied the concept of ment...

A New York Times article on a young man who spent 17 hours of his day eating junk food, watching "content" and playing league of legends took the internet by storm in 2023. That young man was my guest today, Logan Visser. Logan, like many other young men spent his teenage life addicted to decimating his dopamine. In a world where we have so many options to do so, Logan found it difficult to escape...

Clinton Lewis is one of biggest personal trainers in the UK. He coaches and mentors business owners to not only achieve the physique of their dreams but the mind also. We live in a world of optimization, biohacking and shortcuts. Somewhere along the way we've abandoned the basics. - Eating Clean - Training Hard - Speaking positive - Looking after our habits This week we are discussing the importan...

Michael Lukich is an expert in the teachings of Stoicism and Ancient Philosophy. Today's world is plagued with suffocating problems that seem simple in concept but complex is resolution. We've all heard of the lessons embedded in Stoicism and Philosophy but we mistake it for a How To be cold and Emotionless guide. In this episode, you will learn that those very teachings we mislabeled could solve...

Going Alone has been ruining Careers and Lives for Decades. Mentors are going extinct and that's the real problem in 2026. Dennis Quinn is a Veteran in the Big Brother Program and Junior Rehab Programs. Dennis has filled the mentor role for lost children for 30+ years. He has seen everything for the positive mentoring effects, the damage a bad environment does to someone and the impact a bad mento...

Kirk Kappelhoff is the Host of Loaded Chats. A Podcast where he discusses the topic we need but avoid. Kirk joins me today to discuss this supposed "Male Crisis". After some numbers are presented and we find the root cause of the problems I let Kirk run an absolute masterclass on how we can truly take back control of what seems our very fleeting lives. One of the more difficult conversations I've...

We associate marketers with Creativity and Out of the box thinking. However, What If They are actually... Masters of Psychology? Dr. Chris Gray is a Psychological Expert who has devoted his expertise to understanding the crazy world of marketing and consumerism as a whole. This week I quizzed him on some of the biggest brands in the world to better understand why we fall for big brands consistentl...

Dom Brightmon is an author who has been labelled as A Positive Thought Catalyst. This week we discussed how we can be more positive but in a realistic sense. We somehow stumbled how a very odd topic.. Is there such a thing as too much positivity? If your feed has been plagued by influencers claiming to be positive 24/7, you might want to hear this. ASG; https://www.instagram.com/asg_simple https:/...

Trey Tucker is One of The Biggest Voices in the Men's Mental Health Space and A Licensed Therapist. Over the past 12 months, I have received countless messages from people pin pointing specific areas around the concern of - "I don't feel like I'm enough". Understanding that Therapy is such a difficult door to walk through, I'm bringing Therapy to you. All these questions are based on common issues...

He built a PR company from nothing, broke cycles that weren't meant to be broken — and then lost his younger brother Jordan to suicide at 27. That note Jordan left him said "to the father I never had." That line broke Rich Leigh completely. In this episode Rich talks about what happens when the identity you built your entire adult life around collapses overnight — grief, rock bottom, drinking to s...

Mikael Avatar didn't breathe for 45 minutes when he was born. Doctors diagnosed him with cerebral palsy and told his parents what he'd never be able to do. Then he broke a Paralympic world record in front of 68,000 people. This is one of the most extraordinary stories you'll ever hear. In this episode, you'll discover: • What it's like to be born clinically dead for 45 minutes • How his family had...

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Jeff Rasley once the lived the "good life". Sports Cars, Harley Davidson, Prestigious career and healthy family.... But it made him miserable. Today we are discussing how the pre-conceived idea of what a dream life is, might actually be your living hell. You'll hear stories about how Jeff slowly self-destructed due to unresolved feelings of living a lie. You will then learn how he took back contro...

You formed beliefs about who you are before your brain could challenge them. Those beliefs are still running your life. Brian Martin explains why childhood experiences shape adult personalities, insecurities, and problems—and why simply "being an adult" doesn't make them disappear. The CDC just published research showing 3 in 4 high school students have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (A...

Everyone thinks champions are driven by passion and love. They're wrong. Jure Koscak, professional table tennis player who's competed at the highest levels, reveals what actually fuels elite athletes. Most champions come from broken families, war zones, and dire conditions. They don't train from joy—they train from something darker. In this episode you'll discover: • Why most successful athletes f...

You think you're recovering. You're actually destroying your body. 90% of athletes never get back to 100% between workouts. They start at 90%, then 80%, then wonder why they're always injured. Dr. Tommy Rhee spent years in NFL locker rooms watching this cycle destroy careers. Olympians, WWE superstars, professional athletes all making the same fatal mistake. What you'll discover: • The "no pain, n...

Why does everything feel irritating now? In this episode, comedian Danny Johnson breaks down why people are more easily annoyed, offended, and reactive than ever before. He explores how powerlessness, constant exposure, and taking ourselves too seriously have changed the way we relate to each other — and why comedy used to relieve pressure instead of adding to it. This conversation isn’t about pol...

Living on autopilot means letting past habits decide your future — without ever consciously choosing it. In this episode, Stanley Bronstein breaks down what living on autopilot really looks like, how unconscious habits slowly take over your life, and why fear — not laziness — keeps people stuck. He shares his personal journey from weighing 367 pounds to walking half-marathons daily, and the mindse...

Looksmaxxing is everywhere in 2026. But what if you're fixing the wrong thing? Jeff Callahan, author of "ConfidenceMaxxing," reveals why social confidence matters more than physical appearance—and how to actually build it. While looksmaxxing focuses on jawlines and "hunter eyes," 47.9% of college students report social anxiety. The real problem isn't your face. It's your fear of social situations....

Most people believe elite performance comes down to motivation, talent, or intensity. It doesn’t. In this episode, Mark Bruce and Duane Gibbs break down the real patterns behind elite performance — the systems, habits, and decision frameworks that consistently separate top performers from everyone else. We explore why motivation is unreliable, how high performers remove friction, why repetition be...

Regret and guilt can quietly take over your life — not because you made bad choices, but because you don’t understand what these emotions are actually trying to do. In this conversation, Dr. Gary Sprouse breaks down the real difference between regret and guilt, why humans struggle so deeply with past decisions, and how perfectionism, fear of judgment, and identity can trap people in emotional loop...

Men are being told to open up more than ever — yet suicide rates remain devastatingly high. In this episode, we explore why “just talking” isn’t working for so many men. Jonny from Say It Lad shares his personal breakdown, his experience with medication, therapy, and clinical support systems — and why opening up can sometimes make things feel worse instead of better. We discuss why men don’t know...