The BrainStoke Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In a surprising turn of events, Tom and Preston are out, and the new blood is in! Mitt Niederhauser (Preston's son) and former guest Payson Norman host the BrainStoke podcast, featuring guests, fantastic mentors, and friends Roger Arnell and Danny Van Wagoner. They touch on their friendship, their amazing achievements together as a team, and their solo achievements. They talk...

Send us Fan Mail This is a special edition interview with Tom Telford and Gardner Brown. They discuss the financial steps and pathways to successful entrepreneurship. They talk about the essential steps and information to take when you are pursuing financial wellness. Learn from Gardner Brown, the leader and founder of Cornerstone Advisors, a Forbes-named Best-In-State Wealth Management Firm.  Thi...

Send us Fan Mail It is a special Valentine’s Day BrainStoke episode! We have Natalie and Liza on the show to talk about all the struggle and stoke of 50 collective years of marriage! The couples talk about their experiences as young couples learning to communicate more effectively. They touch on initiating tough conversations, like how to tell your partner you bought a new bike. Listen to how real...

Send us Fan Mail Haken Anderson is a one of a kind. After his dad bought him a bike with money Haken had saved up, Haken luckily fell in love with cycling! But he didn't stop there, his talent and ambition took him to day dream about massive goals like riding across the U.S. and Europe. After an exchange trip took him to Thailand, he was inspired to ride his bike from Morocco to Singapore ove...

Send us Fan Mail You may call him Jason, you may know him as Chunky Golfer, another description would be "authentic to the bone." Jason "Chunky," talks about his young basketball career being one of the best players in the country in junior high and high school; he speaks on his anxieties that he battled with throughout his basketball career. He speaks on his own desire to reac...

Send us Fan Mail Nathan Manwaring is considered a cycling shaman to the spandex community. He’s earned the reputation for accomplishments like being one of three cyclist to hold the LOTOJA record, as well as being a highly decorated cyclist, possibly his greatest feat could be training and coaching Preston and Tom to a podium finish at their first LOTOJA finish line. Nathan has a brilliant mind ca...

Send us Fan Mail Money stress crushes people, marriages and families. BrainStoke recently partnered with a dear friend and sponsor, Gardner Brown, Owner of Cornerstone Advisors.  “We don’t get to see people in their financial “spandex” very often but if you did, Gardner Brown is the guy you want to see. He is one of less than 5 people on my shortlist of who I trust in my head about building health...

Send us Fan Mail From a Silver medal in the 2024 Olympic Games in XC mountain biking to ripping up descents in her youth at Deer Valley, Haley Batten loves a challenge. "It is what makes us Excellent!" she would say. Tom and Preston talk with Haley about her willingness and dedication to excellence and performing at her best even when suffering is involved. She speaks on her amazing pare...

Send us Fan Mail Owner of Mi Duole  and renown podcast host Stuart Anderson sits down with Tom and Preston to talk about the importance of community and brotherhood and positive coping examples. He touches on the addictive nature of good suffer and his love for the unique sport of cycling. He speaks on his important relationship with his parents and his influential relationship with his father. He...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Lefthand joins BrainStoke a world record holder after completing his 24 hour record for static cycling. He talks nutrition, training, mental health background and his mental prep for this event and the amazing cause he did it for! He completed his goal and smashed the record riding over 1000 km in 24 hours and achieved 14 records in the process. He's a freak of nature...

Send us Fan Mail Highly Accomplished filmmaker and MTB rider. Braydon Bringhurst is an advocate for doing the unthinkable and the mental battles that come with it. Tom and Kevin talk with Braydon about his origins in cycling and athletics in track and field and what motivates his incredible active self-talk. Listen in to a master at work and a man that goes into the pain cave without a flashlight!...

Send us Fan Mail Born with Tourette's Syndrome but seeing its effect later in life, Carter Metcalf knows about adversity. With a pension for flips and wheelies, his mountain bike riding has helped him inspire others going through hardships. Carter talks about the bullying in school and online he receives and how it doesn't stop him from inspiring individuals like him! He speaks on his aw...

Send us Fan Mail We at BrainStoke pride ourselves on high quality content and amazing guests from many diverse backgrounds. This may not be one of those kinds of episodes. This is an impromptu recording we have from our BrainStoke Team Camp that Tom, Preston, Blair, and Mitt talk about their riding, goals for the year and many sorts of Tom-foolery. Enjoy it cause we sure did!

Send us Fan Mail An Emmy award winner, professional drummer, author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, wrestler, and pilot walk into a bar...oh wait that's just Clint Pulver. From drumming on his mother's couch to flying helicopters Clint Pulver is a lover of running to stand still. He finds his struggle and stoke in his family and the things he enjoys. His determination to fulfill his...

Send us Fan Mail The Harwards know a little bit about cycling. With numerous years in the professional cycling space between working on the Tour of Utah to owning and running Utah Gravel Series, Dave and Breanne Harward have been at the forefront of cycling in Utah and bringing their outstanding events to life. They sit down with Tom and Preston to talk gravel, positive coping through bikes and be...

Send us Fan Mail Woah slow down! What's the Rusch? Rebecca Rusch joins the crew and talks about her mental health journey and amazing accomplishments in the world of cycling and media. She touches on her life changing concussion and her struggle with identity and re-evaluation of pain! We touch on her Emmy award winning film: Blood Road and the inspiration and awareness it brought about. The...

Send us Fan Mail Tom and Preston talk with Cimarron Chacon a highly decorated trail racer, designer and visionary to some of Utah's most famous trails. She touches on her first beginnings in the outdoors and her love for trail synergy and systems that flow with the land and work with the environment around them. She praises the people that have inspired and helped her amazing work in creating...

Send us Fan Mail Our 2025 kicks off with professional cyclist Zach Calton! He is an highly decorated man of the gravel and mountain. Coming off his win a P2P this year in unreal fashion. He talks with Tom and Preston about what it takes to dig deep and the tactical moves needed in the hardest of times. He speaks on his family and supportive upbringing and his decision to go full-time in the cyclin...

Send us Fan Mail Tom and Preston talk with Jason Bond, friend and fellow ADHD learner. Jason tell his story of learning and school difficulties and his misunderstanding of his ADHD advantages. He touches on the role of his amazing parents in his journey of self-actualization and acceptance of himself. He also talks about his work with ENVE and his savant like intelligence when it comes to systems...

Send us Fan Mail The guys from Bikes Change Lives sit down with Preston and Tom to talk about their story. They talk about growing up as best friends and partners in crime. CJ touches on his collegiate soccer career and how it shaped his leadership mentality. Jackson touches on his young married life and his connection with his brother. They talk about CJ's life threatening accident and the h...

Send us Fan Mail Tara Warren knows how to suffer. After completing the Rocky Mountain Slam this year in honor of her late mother's battle with ALS. She sits down with Tom and Preston to talk about her love for running and her connection and love for nature. She touches on her amazing mom and feeling close to her when she runs and especially during the slam. Her story is truly one of strife, s...

Send us Fan Mail Tom, Preston, Matthew Lefthand, and Mitt and Major Niederhauser are together talking about their individual struggles and stoke of this year's LOTOJA. It's a tale of anguish, triumph, brotherly love, and questionable tactics when it comes to bathroom breaks! Enjoy this awesome D.O.S.E. of Stoke and Storytelling.

Send us Fan Mail #1 International best-selling author of “Warrior In The Garden”, Rob Eastman hosted BrainStoke in his “Chapel” to record this episode.  Rob, aka; The Tattooed Life Coach has carried the weight of bullying and ADHD at a young age, suicide  ideation, addiction, sexual assault victim and divorce. Rob had several relapses with addiction that led to a low point. A defining moment: “Is...

Send us Fan Mail Tyler Servoss became a father at 17 years old. While other junior cyclists were at the Olympic Training Center focused solely on their future, Tyler was supporting his wife and children doing landscape work on the side, all while still getting in his training reps.  Tyler is no stranger to struggle and grief. He’s faced serious cycling accidents including a broken neck that he eve...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Telford joins Andrew Eubanks from the Leadership & Mindset podcast. Listen to their conversation about financial sector success and becoming a passionate advocate for mental health. They discuss the subtle yet powerful links between military service and business acumen, and how both realms demand resilience and strategic thinking. Tom opens up about how his discovery of AD...