That One Time with Adam Metwally

Eddy Buckingham is an Australian hospitality entrepreneur behind New York City venues like Chinese Tuxedo, The Tyger, Soso’s, and Old Mates Pub. In this episode, Eddy breaks down what makes Australian hospitality travel so well, why “generosity” is not soft but strategic, and how to build a team culture that actually sticks. We also get into the realities of making money in hospitality, why viral...

Introducing Eddy Buckingham... Full episode out 12/09/25 Eddy Buckingham is an Australian hospitality entrepreneur who helped shape New York City’s modern dining and bar scene. He is the co-creator of venues like Chinese Tuxedo, Soso's, The Tyger, Peachy’s and Old Mates Pub, known for blending high quality food, design, and a warm Aussie service style. He started in Melbourne pubs, moved to NYC in...

In this episode, yoga teacher and breathwork educator Ben Kalra breaks down how a 2,000-year-old practice still makes perfect sense in the chaos of 2025. With over 4,000 classes taught and 1,500 hours of formal training, Ben blends ancient yoga philosophy with honest, modern insight. From the real meaning of presence and discipline to simple breathwork tools that calm anxiety, this conversation is...

Introducing Ben Kalra... Full episode out 12/2/2025 Ben Kalra is a yoga teacher, Katonah Yoga® specialist, and breathwork educator based in New York. He’s taught over 4,000 classes and holds the highest teaching certification (E-RYT 500), blending ancient yoga philosophy with modern teaching methods. Known for making complex ideas from the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita feel clear and usable, Ben f...

Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired and one of the most influential thinkers on how technology shapes culture, progress and everyday life. He’s the author of landmark ideas like “1,000 True Fans,” the books The Inevitable and Excellent Advice for Living , and is widely regarded as a leading voice on optimism, long-term thinking, and the future of human creativity. In this episode...

Chuck Nice is a stand-up comedian, longtime StarTalk co-host and one of the sharpest minds at the intersection of humour, science and culture. In this episode, he opens up about his week-long ayahuasca experience in Costa Rica, how it ended his depression, shifted his bipolar symptoms and forced him to confront the parts of himself he “absolutely abhorred”. We dive into ego death, the “beings betw...

Introducing Chuck Nice... Full episode out 11/18/2025 Chuck Nice is a Philadelphia-born comedian and media host who has carved a niche at the intersection of humour and science. Starting in stand-up and radio, he evolved into co-hosting StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson—translating astrophysics and scientific curiosity for mainstream audiences—and later fronting Brain Games: On The Road for Nat Ge...

Your posture isn’t the problem — it’s everything else you’re ignoring. In this episode, Adam sits down with New York physiotherapist and strength coach Dr Andy Fata-Chan , founder of Moment Physical Therapy & Performance , to debunk the myths around “good” and “bad” posture and explain what really causes pain, fatigue, and stress. From movement and strength training to mindset, rest, and emoti...

Introducing Dr Andy Fata-Chan... Full episode out 11/11/2025 Dr. Andy Fata-Chan is a New York-based physiotherapist, strength coach, and founder of Moment Physical Therapy & Performance , known for helping clients go from chronic pain and poor posture to peak performance. A former powerlifter who overcame his own serious back injury, Andy blends evidence-based rehabilitation with functional st...

Former lawyer turned burnout coach Charlène Gisèle joins Adam Metwally to expose the dark side of hustle culture. Charlène realised how ambition can quietly become addiction. In this episode, she explains how burnout rewires your brain, why rest is the real productivity hack, and how to biohack recovery through sleep, breathwork, and sustainable success habits. 🔗 FOLLOW CHARLÈNE: ⁠ Website⁠ ⁠ Ins...

Introducing Charlène Gisèle... Full episode out 11/04/2025 Charlène Gisèle is a former London litigator turned high-performance coach and clinical hypnotherapist. After burning out in Big Law, she left corporate life, retrained in biohacking, yoga and ancestral health, and now helps entrepreneurs and executives beat burnout through science-based recovery habits like breathwork, sleep rewiring and...

What happens when you dedicate your life to talking with strangers? Filmmaker and street interviewer Eric Jeng has held more than 2,000 conversations on the streets of New York — with everyone from the homeless and porn-industry workers to Wall Street traders and even the Taliban. In this conversation, Eric and Adam explore what those encounters reveal about empathy, faith, judgment, and what it r...

Introducing Eric Jeng... Full episode out 10/28/2025 Eric Jeng is a New York-based filmmaker, street interviewer, and storyteller known for his heartfelt conversations with strangers about life, grief, purpose, and faith. After leaving a finance career, he began filming spontaneous interviews during the pandemic, which evolved into a viral YouTube channel and the Kindred newsletter, where he share...

AI is transforming marketing faster than ever, but according to Rand Fishkin — founder of Moz and SparkToro — the real advantage now lies in being more human . In this conversation with Adam Metwally , Rand explains why imperfection, emotion, and originality are what make brands memorable in the age of automation. They unpack the “zero-click” era, why traffic is dead and brand is the new goal, and...

Introducing Rand Fishkin... Full episode out 10/21/2025 Rand Fishkin is an American entrepreneur, writer, and marketing researcher best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Moz , the SEO-software company that helped mainstream modern search-engine optimisation. Today he runs SparkToro , an audience-intelligence platform that studies how and where people actually pay attention online. He’s the...

Today Adam sits down with men’s coach and Men’s Work author Connor Beaton from ManTalks to unpack why 66% of young men are single in 2025. They break down how economic pressures, education gaps, and dating apps have reshaped attraction and connection, why both genders are frustrated, and how cultural narratives have left many men feeling unwanted and checked out. Connor explains how to rebuild pur...

Introducing Connor Beaton... Full episode out 10/14/2025 Connor Beaton is a Canadian-born men’s-work coach, author, and speaker best known as the founder of ManTalks , an organisation and podcast that helps men improve mental health, relationships, and purpose. He’s the author of Men’s Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom (2023) and a regular guest on...

Economist and author David McWilliams joins Adam Metwally to break down how Gen Z and Millennials can still build wealth in a system that feels stacked against them. From mastering interest rates and understanding why “money isn’t real,” to avoiding the traps that keep poor people paying more, McWilliams shares the five rules he wishes he’d known at 20—and why the future now belongs to risk-takers...

Introducing David McWilliams... Full episode out 10/07/25 David McWilliams is an Irish economist, author and broadcaster who makes big-picture economics easy to grasp. A former Central Bank of Ireland economist who later led research at global investment banks, he hosts The David McWilliams Podcast and co-founded the Kilkenomics and Dalkey Book Festival. He’s widely credited with sounding early wa...

Today, Adam sits down with Bill Oakley , Emmy Award–winning showrunner of The Simpsons during its Golden Era, to share untold stories from inside the legendary writers’ room — including working alongside Conan O’Brien, the making of Who Shot Mr. Burns? , and how “Steamed Hams” became a global meme. He reflects on lessons in creativity, morale, and leadership from running the world’s funniest show,...

Introducing Bill Oakley... Full episode out 09/30/2025 Bill Oakley is an American television writer, producer, and food critic best known as a showrunner of The Simpsons during its celebrated seventh and eighth seasons, where he co-wrote some of the series’ most iconic episodes including Who Shot Mr. Burns? and the cult-favourite “Steamed Hams” sketch. A Harvard alum, he built his career in comedy...

Today, Adam sits down with Chris Murch aka Nigel Roxbury, a NYC content creator who went from nightlife chaos to one year sober. Chris opens up about the 72-hour bender that forced him to change, the genetic roots of his addiction, and how sobriety transformed his health, relationships, and career. He shares the good and bad sides of going sober: the freedom, the challenges, and why he believes no...

Full episode out 09/23/25 Introducing Chris Murch AKA Nigel Roxbury... Chris Murch, better known as Nigel Roxbury, is a New York–based content creator and host who first gained traction with TikToks about NYC history and culture, later building the popular NYC History Hub account and launching the viral street-interview series Dumb Hot . Once deeply tied to the downtown nightlife scene, he’s been...

Today I sit down with Campbell Walker — aka Struthless — illustrator, YouTuber and bestselling author of Your Head is a House Boat , and Doom and Bloom . We explore why life can feel like doom in a world of abundance, how social media became an outrage machine, and why creativity is the antidote. Struthless also opens up about self-help, suicide, humor as a survival tool, and how to be creative ev...

Full episode out 09/16/2025 Introducing Struthless AKA Campbell Walker... Struthless (Campbell Walker) is an Australian illustrator, YouTuber and two-time bestselling author who’s built a global following by making creativity and self-help feel funny, practical and accessible. He first broke out with irreverent cartoons and viral “life hack” videos before pivoting into deeper work around productiv...