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Editor's note: CuspAI raised a $100m Series A in September and is rumored to have reached a unicorn valuation. They have all-star advisors from Geoff Hinton to Yann Lecun and team of deep domain experts to tackle this next frontier in AI applications.In this episode, Max Welling traces the thread connecting quantum gravity, equivariant neural networks, diffusion models, and climate-focused materials discovery (yes, there is one!!!).We begin with a provocative framing: experiments as computation. Welling describes the idea of a “physics processing unit”—a world in which digital models and physical experiments work together, with nature itself acting as a kind of processor. It's a grounded but ambitious vision of AI for science: not replacing chemists, but accelerating them.Along the way, we discuss:* Why symmetry and equivariance matter in deep learning* The tradeoff between scale and inductive bias* The deep mathematical links between diffusion models and stochastic thermodynamics* Why materials—not software—may be the real bottleneck for AI and the energy transition* What it actually takes to build an AI-driven materials platformMax reflects on moving from curiosity-driven theoretical physics (including work with Gerard ‘t Hooft) toward impact-driven research in climate and energy. The result is a conversation about convergence: physics and machine learning, digital models and laboratory experiments, long-term ambition and incremental progress.Full Video EpisodeTimestamps* 00:00:00 – The Physics Processing Unit (PPU): Nature as the Ultimate Computer* Max introduces the idea of a Physics Processing Unit — using real-world experiments as computation.* 00:00:44 – From Quantum Gravity to AI for Materials* Brandon frames Max's career arc: VAE pioneer → equivariant GNNs → materials startup founder.* 00:01:34 – Curiosity vs Impact: How His Motivation Evolved* Max explains the shift from pure theoretical curiosity to climate-driven impact.* 00:02:43 – Why CaspAI Exists: Technology as Climate Strategy* Politics struggles; technology scales. Why materials innovation became the focus.* 00:03:39 – The Thread: Physics → Symmetry → Machine Learning* How gauge symmetry, group theory, and relativity informed equivariant neural networks.* 00:06:52 – AI for Science Is Exploding (Not Emerging)* The funding surge and why AI-for-Science feels like a new industrial era.* 00:07:53 – Why Now? The Two Catalysts Behind AI for Science* Protein folding, ML force fields, and the tipping point moment.* 00:10:12 – How Engineers Can Enter AI for Science* Practical pathways: curriculum, workshops, cross-disciplinary training.* 00:11:28 – Why Materials Matter More Than Software* The argument that everything—LLMs included—rests on materials innovation.* 00:13:02 – Materials as a Search Engine* The vision: automated exploration of chemical space like querying Google.* 01:14:48 – Inside CuspAI: The Platform Architecture* Generative models + multi-scale digital twin + experiment loop.* 00:21:17 – Automating Chemistry: Human-in-the-Loop First* Start manual → modular tools → agents → increasing autonomy.* 00:25:04 – Moonshots vs Incremental Wins* Balancing lighthouse materials with paid partnerships.* 00:26:22 – Why Breakthroughs Will Still Require Humans* Automation is vertical-specific and iterative.* 00:29:01 – What Is Equivariance (In Plain English)?* Symmetry in neural networks explained with the bottle example.* 00:30:01 – Why Not Just Use Data Augmentation?* The optimization trade-off between inductive bias and data scale.* 00:31:55 – Generative AI Meets Stochastic Thermodynamics* His upcoming book and the unification of diffusion models and physics.* 00:33:44 – When the Book Drops (ICLR?)TranscriptMax: I want to think of it as what I would call a physics processing unit, like a PPU, right? Which is you have digital processing units and then you have physics processing units. So it's basically nature doing computations for you. It's the fastest computer known, as possible even. It's a bit hard to program because you have to do all these experiments. Those are quite bulky, it's like a very large thing you have to do. But in a way it is a computation and that's the way I want to see it. You can do computations in a data center and then you can ask nature to do some computations. Your interface with nature is a bit more complicated. But then these things will have to seamlessly work together to get to a new material that you're interested in.[01:00:44:14 - 01:01:34:08]Brandon: Yeah, it's a pleasure to have Max Woehling as a guest today. Max has done so much over his career that I've been so excited about. If you're in the deep learning community, you probably know Max for his work on variational autocoders, which has literally stood the test of prime or officially stood the test of prime. If you are a scientist, you probably know him for his like, binary work on graph neural networks on equivariance. And if you're a material science, you probably know him about his new startup, CASPAI. Max has a long history doing lots of cool problems. You started in quantum gravity, which is I think very different than all of these other things you worked on. The first question for AI engineers and for scientists, what is the thread in how you think about problems? What is the thread in the type of things which excite you? And how do you decide what is the next big thing you want to work on?[01:01:34:08 - 01:02:41:13]Max: So it has actually evolved a lot. In my young days, let's breathe, I would just follow what I would find super interesting. I have kind of this sensor. I think many people have, but maybe not really sort of use very much, which is like, you get this feeling about getting very excited about some problem. Like it could be, what's inside of a black hole or what's at the boundary of the universe or what are quantum mechanics actually all about. And so I follow that basically throughout my career. But I have to say that as you get older, this changes a little bit in the sense that there's a new dimension coming to it and there's this impact. Going in two-dimensional quantum gravity, you pretty much guaranteed there's going to be no impact on what you do relative, maybe a few papers, but not in this world, this energy scale. As I get closer to retirement, which is fortunately still 10 years away or so, I do want to kind of make a positive impact in the world. And I got pretty worried about climate change.[01:02:43:15 - 01:03:19:11]Max: I think politics seems to have a hard time solving it, especially these days. And so I thought better work on it from the technology side. And that's why we started CaspAI. But there's also a lot of really interesting science problems in material science. And so it's kind of combining both the impact you can make with it as well as the interesting science. So it's sort of these two dimensions, like working on things which you feel there's like, well, there's something very deep going on here. And on the other hand, trying to build tools that can actually make a real impact in the world.[01:03:19:11 - 01:03:39:23]RJ: So the thread that when I look back, look at the different things that you worked out, some of them seem pretty connected, like the physics to equivariance and, yeah, and, uh, gravitational networks, maybe. And that seems to be somewhat related to Casp. Do you have a thread through there?[01:03:39:23 - 01:06:52:16]Max: Yeah. So physics is the thread. So having done, you know, spent a lot of time in theoretical physics, I think there is first very fundamental and exciting questions, like things that haven't actually been figured out in quantum gravity. So that is really the frontier. There's also a lot of mathematical tools that you can use, right? In, for instance, in particle physics, but also in general relativity, sort of symmetry space to play an enormously important role. And this goes all the way to gauge symmetries as well. And so applying these kinds of symmetries to, uh, machine learning was actually, you know, I thought of it as a very deep and interesting mathematical problem. I did this with Taco Cohen and Taco was the main driver behind this, went all the way from just simple, like rotational symmetries all the way to gauge symmetries on spheres and stuff like that. So, and, uh, Maurice Weiler, who's also here, um, when he was a PhD student, he was a very good student with me, you know, he wrote an entire book, which I can really recommend about the role of symmetries in AI and machine learning. So I find this a very deep and interesting problem. So more recently, so I've taken a sort of different path, which is the relationship between diffusion models and that field called stochastic thermodynamics. This is basically the thermodynamics, which is a theory of equilibrium. So but then formulated for out of equilibrium systems. And it turns out that the mathematics that we use for diffusion models, but even for reinforcement learning for Schrodinger bridges for MCMC sampling has the same mathematics as this theoretical, this physical theory of non-equilibrium systems. And that got me very excited. And actually, uh, when I taught a course in, um, Mauschenberg, uh, it is South Africa, close to Cape Town at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ames. And I turned that into a book site. Two years later, the book was finished. I've sent it to the publisher. And this is about the deep relationship between free energy, diffusion models, basically generative AI and stochastic thermodynamics. So it's always some kind of, I don't know, I find physics very deep. I also think a lot about quantum mechanics and it's, it's, it's a completely weird theory that actually nobody really understands. And there's a very interesting story, which is maybe good to tell to connect sort of my PZ back to where I'm now. So I did my PZ with a Nobel Laureate, Gerard the toft. He says the most brilliant man I've ever met. He was never wrong about anything as long as I've seen him. And now he says quantum mechanics is wrong and he has a new theory of quantum mechanics. Nobody understands what he's saying, even though what he's writing down is not mathematically very complex, but he's trying to address this understandability, let's say of quantum mechanics head on. And I find it very courageous and I'm completely fascinated by it. So I'm also trying to think about, okay, can I actually understand quantum mechanics in a more mundane way? So that, you know, without all the weird multiverses and collapses and stuff like that. So the physics is always been the threat and I'm trying to apply the physics to the machine learning to build better algorithms.[01:06:52:16 - 01:07:05:15]Brandon: You are still very involved in understanding and understanding physics and the worlds. Yeah. And just like applications to machine learning or introducing no formalisms. That's really cool.[01:07:05:15 - 01:07:18:02]Max: Yes, I would say I'm not contributing much to physics, but I'm contributing to the interface between physics and science. And that's called AI for science or science or AI is kind of a super, it's actually a new discipline that's emerging.[01:07:18:02 - 01:07:18:19]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:07:18:19 - 01:07:45:14]Max: And it's not just emerging, it's exploding, I would say. That's the better term because I know you go from investments into like in the hundreds of millions now in the billions. So there's now actually a startup by Jeff Bezos that is at 6.2 billion sheep round. Right. Insane. I guess it's the largest startup ever, I think. And that's in this field, AI for science. It tells you something that we are creating a new bubble here.[01:07:46:15 - 01:07:53:28]Brandon: So why do you think it is? What has changed that has motivated people to start working on AI for science type problems?[01:07:53:28 - 01:08:49:17]Max: So there's two reasons actually. One is that people have been applying sort of the new tools from AI to the sciences, which is quite natural. And there's of course, I think there's two big examples, protein folding is a big one. And the other one is machine learning forest fields or something called machine learning inter-atomic potentials. Both of them have been actually very successful. Both also had something to do with symmetries, which is a little cool. And sort of people in the AI sciences saw an opportunity to apply the tools that they had developed beyond advertised placement, right, or multimedia applications into something that could actually make a very positive impact in society like health, drug development, materials for the energy transition, carbon capture. These are all really cool, impactful applications.[01:08:50:19 - 01:09:42:14]Max: Despite that, the science and the kind of the is also very interesting. I would say the fact that these sort of these two fields are coming together and that we're now at the point that we can actually model these things effectively and move the needle on some of these sort of science sort of methodologies is also a very unique moment, I would say. People recognize that, okay, now we're at the cusp of something new, where it results whether the company is called after. We're at the cusp of something new. And of course that always creates a lot of energy. It's like, okay, there's something, it's like sort of virgin field. It's like nobody's green field. Nobody's been there. I can rush in and I can sort of start harvesting there, right? And I think that's also what's causing a lot of sort of enthusiasm in the fields.[01:09:42:14 - 01:10:12:18]RJ: If you're an AI engineer, basically if the people that listen to this podcast will be in the field, then you maybe don't have a strong science background. How does, but are excited. Most I would say most AI practitioners, BM engineers or scientists would consider themselves scientists and they have some background, a little bit of physics, a little bit of industry college, maybe even graduate school that have been working or are starting out. How does somebody who is not a scientist on a day-to-day basis, how do they get involved?[01:10:12:18 - 01:10:14:28]Max: Well, they can read my book once it's out.[01:10:16:07 - 01:11:05:24]Max: This is basically saying that there is more, we should create curricula that are on this interface. So I'm not sure there is, also we already have some universities actual courses you can take, maybe online courses you can take. These workshops where we are now are actually very good as well. And we should probably have more tutorials before the workshop starts. Actually we've, I've kind of proposed this at some point. It's like maybe first have an hour of a tutorial so that people can get new into the field. There's a lot out there. Most of it is of course inaccessible, but I would say we will create much more books and other contents that is more accessible, including this podcast I would say. So I think it will come. And these days you can watch videos and things. There's a huge amount of content you can go and see.[01:11:05:24 - 01:11:28:28]Brandon: So maybe a follow-up to that. How do people learn and get involved? But why should they get involved? I mean, we have a lot of people who are of our audience will be interested in AI engineering, but they may be looking for bigger impacts in the world. What opportunities does AI for science provide them to make an impact to change the world? That working in this the world of pure bits would not.[01:11:28:28 - 01:11:40:06]Max: So my view is that underlying almost everything is immaterial. So we are focusing a lot on LLMs now, which is kind of the software layer.[01:11:41:06 - 01:11:56:05]Max: I would say if you think very hard, underlying everything is immaterial. So underlying an LLM is a GPU, and underlying a GPU is a wafer on which we will have to deposit materials. Do we want to wait a little bit?[01:12:02:25 - 01:12:11:06]Max: Underlying everything is immaterial. So I was saying, you know, there's the LLM underlying the LLM is a GPU on which it runs. In order to make that GPU,[01:12:12:08 - 01:12:43:20]Max: you have to put materials down on a wafer and sort of shine on it with sort of EUV light in order to etch kind of the structures in. But that's now an actual material problem, because more or less we've reached the limits of scaling things down. And now we are trying to improve further by new materials. So that's a fundamental materials problem. We need to get through the energy transition fast if we don't want to kind of mess up this world. And so there is, for instance, batteries. That's a complete materials problem. There's fuel cells.[01:12:44:23 - 01:13:01:16]Max: There is solar panels. So that they can now make solar panels with new perovskite layers on top of the silicon layers that can capture, you know, theoretically up to 50% of the light, where now we're at, I don't know, maybe 22 or something. So these are huge changes all by material innovation.[01:13:02:21 - 01:13:47:15]Max: And yeah, I think wherever you go, you know, I can probably dig deep enough and then tell you, well, actually, the very foundation of what you're doing is a material problem. And so I think it's just very nice to work on this very, very foundation. And also because I think this is maybe also something that's happening now is we can start to search through this material space. This has never been the case, right? It's like scientists, the normal way of working is you read papers and then you come up with no hypothesis. You do an experiment and you learn, et cetera. So that's a very slow process. Now we can treat this as a search engine. Like we search the internet, we now search the space of all possible molecules, not just the ones that people have made or that they're in the universe, but all of them.[01:13:48:21 - 01:14:42:01]Max: And we can make this kind of fully automated. That's the hope, right? We can just type, it becomes a tool where you type what you want and something starts spinning and some experiments get going. And then, you know, outcome list of materials and then you look at it and say, maybe not. And then you refine your query a little bit. And you kind of do research with this search engine where a huge amount of computation and experimentation is happening, you know, somewhere far away in some lab or some data center or something like this. I find this a very, very promising view of how we can sort of build a much better sort of materials layer underneath almost everything. And also more sustainable materials. Our plastics are polluting the planet. If you come up with a plastic that kind of destroys itself, you know, after, I don't a few weeks, right? And actually becomes a fertilizer. These are things that are not impossible at all. These things can be done, right? And we should do it.[01:14:42:01 - 01:14:47:23]RJ: Can you tell us a little bit just generally about CUSBI and then I have a ton of questions.[01:14:47:23 - 01:14:48:15]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:14:48:15 - 01:17:49:10]Max: So CUSBI started about 20 months ago and it was because I was worried about I'm still worried about climate change. And so I realized that in order to get, you know, to stay within two degrees, let's say, we would not only have to reduce our emissions to zero by 2050, but then, you know, another half century or even a century of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, not by reducing your emissions, but actually removing it at a rate that's about half the rate that we now emit it. And that is a unsolved problem. But if we don't solve it, two degrees is not going to happen, right? It's going to be much more. And I don't think people quite understand how bad that can be, like four degrees, like very bad. So this technology needs to be developed. And so this was my and my co-founder, Chet Edwards, motivation to start this startup. And also because, you know, we saw the technology was ready, which is also very good. So if you're, you know, the time is right to do it. And yeah, so we now in the meanwhile, we've grown to about 40 people. We've kind of collected 130 million investment into the company, which is for a European company is quite a lot. I would say it's interesting that right after that, you know, other startups got even more. So that's kind of tells you how fast this is growing. But yeah, we are we are now at the we've built the platform, of course, but it's for a series of material classes and it needs to be constantly expanded to new material classes. And it can be more automated because, you know, we know putting LLMs in as the whole thing gets more and more automated. And now we're moving to sort of high throughput experimentation. So connecting the actual platform, which is computational, to the experiments so that you can get also get fast feedback from experiments. And I kind of think of experiments as something you do at the end, although that's what we've been doing so far. I want to think of it as what I would call a sort of a physics processing unit, like a PPU, right, which is you have digital processing units and then you have physics processing units. So it's basically nature doing computations for you. It's the fastest computer known as possible, even. It's a bit hard to program because you have to do all these experiments. Those are quite, quite bulky. It's like a very large thing you have to do. But in a way, it is a computation. And that's the way I want to see it. So I want to you can do computations in a data center and then you can ask nature to do some computations. Your interface with nature is a bit more complicated. But then these things will have to seamlessly work together to get to a new material that you're interested in. And that's the vision we have. We don't say super intelligence because I don't quite know what it means and I don't want to oversell it. But I do want to automate this process and give a very powerful tool in the hands of the chemists and the material scientists.[01:17:49:10 - 01:18:01:02]Brandon: That actually brings up a question I wanted to ask you. First of all, can you talk about your platform to like whatever degree, like explain kind of how it works and like what you your thought processes was in developing it?[01:18:01:02 - 01:20:47:22]Max: Yeah, I think it's been surprisingly, it's not rocket science, I would say. It's not rocket science in the sense of the design and basically the design that, you know, I wrote down at the very beginning. It's still more or less the design, although you add things like I wasn't thinking very much about multi-scale models and as the common are rated that actually multi-scale is very important. And the beginning, I wasn't thinking very much about self-driving labs. But now I think, you know, we are now at the stage we should be adding that. And so there is sort of bits and details that we're adding. But more or less, it's what you see in the slide decks here as well, which is there is a generative component that you have to train to generate candidates. And then there is a digital twin, multi-scale, multi-fidelity digital twin, which you walk through the steps of the ladder, you know, they do the cheap things first, you weed out everything that's obviously unuseful, and then you go to more and more expensive things later. And so you narrow things down to a small number. Those go into an experiment, you know, do the experiment, get feedback, etc. Now, things that also have been more recently added is sort of more agentic sort of parts. You know, we have agents that search the literature and come up with, you know, actually the chemical literature and come up with, you know, chemical suggestions for doing experiments. We have agents which sort of autonomously orchestrate all of the computations and the experiments that need to be done. You know, they're in various stages of maturity and they can be continuously improved, I would say. And so that's basically I don't think that part. There's rocket science, but, you know, the design of that thing is not like surprising. What is it's surprising hard to actually build it. Right. So that's that's the thing that is where the moat is in the data that you can get your hands on and the and actually building the platform. And I would say there's two people in particular I want to call out, which is Felix Hunker, who is actually, you know, building the scientific part of the platform and Sandra de Maria, who is building the sort of the skate that is kind of this the MLOps part of the platform. Yeah. And so and recently we also added sort of Aaron Walsh to our team, who is a very accomplished scientist from Imperial College. We're very happy about that. He's going to be a chief science officer. And we also have a partnerships team that sort of seeks out all the customers because I think this is one thing I find very important. In print, it's so complex to do to actually bring a material to the real world that you must do this, you know, in collaboration with sort of the domain experts, which are the companies typically. So we always we only start to invest in the direction if we find a good industrial partner to go on that journey with us.[01:20:47:22 - 01:20:55:12]Brandon: Makes a lot of sense. Over the evolution of the platform, did you find that you that human intervention, human,[01:20:56:18 - 01:21:17:01]Brandon: I guess you could start out with a pure, you could imagine two directions when you start up making everything purely automatic, automated, agentic, so on. And then later on, you like find that you need to have more human input and feedback different steps. Or maybe did you start out with having human feedback? You have lots of steps and then like kind of, yeah, figure out ways to remove, you know,[01:21:17:01 - 01:22:39:18]Max: that is the second one. So you build tools for you. So it's much more modular than you think. But it's like, we need these tools for this application. We need these tools. So you build all these tools, and then you go through a workflow actually in the beginning just manually. So you put them in a first this tool, then run this to them or this with sithery. So you put them in a workflow and then you figure out, oh, actually, you know, this this porous material that we are trying to make actually collapses if you shake it a bit. Okay, then you add a new tool that says test for stability. Right. Yeah. And so there's more and more tools. And then you build the agent, which could be a Bayesian optimizer, or it could be an actual other them, you know, maybe trained to be a good chemist that will then start to use all these tools in the right way in the right order. Yeah. Right. But in the beginning, it's like you as a chemist are putting the workflow together. And then you think about, okay, how am I going to automate this? Right. For one very easy question you can ask yourself is, you know, every time somebody who is not a super expert in DFT, yeah, and he wants to do a calculation has to go to somebody who knows DFT. And so could you start to automate that away, which is like, okay, make it so user friendly, so that you actually do the right DFT for the right problem and for the right length of time, and you can actually assess whether it's a good outcome, etc. So you start to automate smaller small pieces and bigger pieces, etc. And in the end, the whole thing is automated.[01:22:39:18 - 01:22:53:25]Brandon: So your philosophy is you want to provide a set of specific tools that make it so that the scientists making decisions are better informed and less so trying to create an automated process.[01:22:53:25 - 01:23:22:01]Max: I think it's this is sort of the same where you're saying because, yes, we want to automate, yeah, but we don't see something very soon where the chemists and the domain expert is out of the loop. Yeah, but it but it's a retreat, right? It's like, okay, so first, you need an expert to tell you precisely how to set the parameters of the DFT calculation. Okay, maybe we can take that out. We can maybe automate that, right? And so increasingly, more of these things are going to be removed.[01:23:22:01 - 01:23:22:19]Speaker 5: Yeah.[01:23:22:19 - 01:24:33:25]Max: In the end, the vision is it will be a search engine where you where somebody, a chemist will type things and we'll get candidates, but the chemist will still decide what is a good material and what is not a good material out of that list, right? And so the vision of a completely dark lab, where you can close the door and you just say, just, you know, find something interesting and then it will it will just figure out what's interesting and we'll figure out, you know, it's like, oh, I found this new material to blah, blah, blah, blah, right? That's not the vision I have. He's not for, you know, a long time. So for me, it's really empowering the domain experts that are sitting in the companies and in universities to be much faster in developing their materials. And I should say, it's also good to be a little humble at times, because it is very complicated, you know, to bring it to make it and to bring it into the real world. And there are people that are doing this for the entire lives. Yeah. Right. And it's like, I wonder if they scratch their head and say, well, you know, how are you going to completely automate that away, like in the next five years? I don't think that's going to happen at all.[01:24:35:01 - 01:24:39:24]Max: Yeah. So to me, it's an increasingly powerful tool in the hands of the chemists.[01:24:39:24 - 01:25:04:02]RJ: I have a question. You've talked before about getting people interested based on having, you know, sort of a big breakthrough in materials, incremental change. I'm curious what you think about the platform you have now in are sort of stepping towards and how are you chasing the big change or is this like incremental or is there they're not mutually exclusive, obviously, but what do you think about that?[01:25:04:02 - 01:26:04:27]Max: We follow a mixed strategy. So we are definitely going after a big material. Again, we do this with a partner. I'm not going to disclose precisely what it is, but we have our own kind of long term goal. You could call it lighthouse or, you know, sort of moonshot or whatever, but it is going to be a really impactful material that we want to develop as a proof point that it can be done and that it will make it into the into the real world and that AI was essential in actually making it happen. At the same time, we also are quite happy to work with companies that have more modest goals. Like I would say one is a very deep partnership where you go on a journey with a company and that's a long term commitment together. And the other one is like somebody says, I knew I need a force field. Can you help me train this force field and then maybe analyze this particular problem for me? And I'll pay you a bunch of money for that. And then maybe after that we'll see. And that's fine too. Right. But we prefer, you know, the deep partnerships where we can really change something for the good.[01:26:04:27 - 01:26:22:02]RJ: Yeah. And do you feel like from a platform standpoint you're ready for that or what are the things that and again, not asking you to disclose proprietary secret sauce, but what are the things generally speaking that need to happen from where we are to where to get those big breakthroughs?[01:26:22:02 - 01:28:40:01]Max: What I find interesting about this field is that every time you build something, it's actually immediately useful. Right. And so unlike quantum computing, which or nuclear fusion, so you work for 20, 30, 40 years and nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. And then it has to happen. Right. And when it happens, it's huge. So it's quite different here because every time you introduce, so you go to a customer and you say, so what do you need? Right. So we work, let's say, on a problem like a water filtration. We want to remove PFAS from water. Right. So we do this with a company, Camira. So they are a deep partner for us. Right. So we on a journey together. I think that the breakthrough will happen with a lot of human in the loop because there is the chemists who have a whole lot more knowledge of their field and it's us who will help them with training, having a new message. And in that kind of interface, these interactions, something beautiful will happen and that will have to happen first before this field will really take off, I think. And so in the sense that it's not a bubble, let's put it that way. So that's people see that as actual real what's happening. So in the beginning, it will be very, you know, with a lot of humans in the loop, I would say, and I would I would hope we will have this new sort of breakthrough material before, you know, everything is completely automated because that will take a while. And also it is very vertical specific. So it's like completely automating something for problem A, you know, you can probably achieve it, but then you'll sort of have to start over again for problem B because, you know, your experimental setup looks very different in the machines that you characterize your materials look very different. Even the models in your platform will have to be retrained and fine tuned to the new class. So every time, you know, you have a lot of learnings to transfer, but also, you know, the problems are actually different. And so, yes, I would want that breakthrough material before it's completely automated, which I think is kind of a long term vision. And I would say every time you move to something new, you'll have to start retraining and humans will have to come in again and say, okay, so what does this problem look like? And now sort of, you know, point the the machine again, you know, in the new direction and then and then use it again.[01:28:40:01 - 01:28:47:17]RJ: For the non-scientists among us, me included a bit of a scientist. There's a lot of terminology. You mentioned DFT,[01:28:49:00 - 01:29:01:11]RJ: you equivariance we've talked about. Can you sort of explain in engineering terms or the level of sophistication and engineering? Well, how what is equivariance?[01:29:01:11 - 01:29:55:01]Max: So equivariance is the infusion of symmetry in neural networks. So if I build a neural network, let's say that needs to recognize this bottle, right, and then I rotate the bottle, it will then actually have to completely start again because it has no idea that the rotated bottle. Well, actually, the input that represents a rotated bottle is actually rotated bottle. It just doesn't understand that. Right. If you build equivariance in basically once you've trained it in one orientation, it will understand it in any other orientation. So that means you need a lot less data to train these models. And these are constraints on the weights of the model. So so basically you have to constrain the way such data to understand it. And you can build it in, you can hard code it in. And yeah, this the symmetry groups can be, you know, translations, rotations, but also permutations. I can graph neural network, their permutations and then physics, of course, as many more of these groups.[01:29:55:01 - 01:30:01:08]RJ: To pray devil's advocate, why not just use data augmentation by your bottle is in all the different orientations?[01:30:01:08 - 01:30:58:23]Max: As an option, it's just not exact. It's like, why would you go through the work of doing all that? Where you would really need an infinite number of augmentations to get it completely right. Where you can also hard code it in. Now, I have to say sometimes actually data augmentation works even better than hard coding the equivariance in. And this is something to do with the fact that if you constrain the optimization, the weights before the optimization starts, the optimization surface or objective becomes more complicated. And so it's harder to find good minima. So there is also a complicated interplay, I think, between the optimization process and these constraints you put in your network. And so, yeah, you'll hear kind of contradicting claims in this field. Like some people and for certain applications, it works just better than not doing it. And sometimes you hear other people, if you have a lot of data and you can do data augmentation, then actually it's easier to optimize them and it actually works better than putting the equivariance in.[01:30:58:23 - 01:31:07:16]Brandon: Do you think there's kind of a bitter lesson for mathematically founded models and strategies for doing deep learning?[01:31:07:16 - 01:31:46:06]Max: Yeah, ultimately it's a trade-off between data and inductive bias. So if your inductive bias is not perfectly correct, you have to be careful because you put a ceiling to what you can do. But if you know the symmetry is there, it's hard to imagine there isn't a way to actually leverage it. But yeah, so there is a bitter lesson. And one of the bitter lessons is you should always make sure your architecture is scale, unless you have a tiny data set, in which case it doesn't matter. But if you, you know, the same bitter lessons or lessons that you can draw in LLM space are eventually going to be true in this space as well, I think.[01:31:47:10 - 01:31:55:01]RJ: Can you talk a little bit about your upcoming book and tell the listeners, like, what's exciting about it? Yeah, I should read it.[01:31:55:01 - 01:33:42:20]Max: So this book is about, it's called Generative AI and Stochastic Thermodynamics. It basically lays bare the fact that the mathematics that goes into both generative AI, which is the technology to generate images and videos, and this field of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, which are systems of molecules that are just moving around and relaxing to the ground state, or that you can control to have certain, you know, be in a certain state, the mathematics of these two is actually identical. And so that's fascinating. And in fact, what's interesting is that Jeff Hinton and Radford Neal already wrote down the variational free energy for machine learning a long time ago. And there's also Carl Friston's work on free energy principle and active entrance. But now we've related it to this very new field in physics, which is called stochastic thermodynamics or non-equilibrium thermodynamics, which has its own very interesting theorems, like fluctuation theorems, which we don't typically talk about, but we can learn a lot from. And I think it's just it can sort of now start to cross fertilize. When we see that these things are actually the same, we can, like we did for symmetries, we can now look at this new theory that's out there, developed by these very smart physicists, and say, okay, what can we take from here that will make our algorithms better? At the same time, we can use our models to now help the scientists do better science. And so it becomes a beautiful cross-fertilization between these two fields. The book is rather technical, I would say. And it takes all sorts of things that have been done as stochastic thermodynamics, and all sorts of models that have been done in the machine learning literature, and it basically equates them to each other. And I think hopefully that sense of unification will be revealing to people.[01:33:42:20 - 01:33:44:05]RJ: Wait, and when is it out?[01:33:44:05 - 01:33:56:09]Max: Well, it depends on the publisher now. But I hope in April, I'm going to give a keynote at ICLR. And it would be very nice if they have this book in my hand. But you know, it's hard to control these kind of timelines.[01:33:56:09 - 01:33:58:19]RJ: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Great.[01:33:58:19 - 01:33:59:25]Max: Thank you very much. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.latent.space/subscribe

On this episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast, Aaron Walsh, a labor recovery specialist with Laborers Escaping Adversity Now St. Louis (LEAN STL), joined the podcast to discuss the ongoing battle against anti-union policies in Missouri, the importance of mental health and addiction recovery in the trades and the strides made to expand peer support initiatives for union workers. In this episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast, the Suntrapp Workers Unite organizing campaign in Salt Lake City was discussed with Natalie Jankowski, lead bartender; Derek Peterson, administrative assistant to the owner; and Yara Albadri, marketing and events coordinator. The discussion centered on the closure of the Suntrapp Bar after workers initiated an organizing drive, the complexities of management-worker relations and the broader significance of their union effort within the local community.

Thinking about becoming a mental skills coach or wondering what it's like to work with one? This episode is your backstage pass.Elite Mental Skills Coaches Aaron Walsh and Andrew May aren't just talking theory. They're unpacking the exact frameworks they use with world-class teams and athletes - showing how to flip pressure into performance gold.No fluff. No clichés. Just raw insights and practical tools you can use straight away.In this episode, Andrew and Aaron discuss:2:00 Aaron's relationship with Owen Eastwood, why New Zealand produces many mental skills coaches, and why mental skills training doesn't have to be feast or famine. 7:00 What performing under pressure means and Aaron's mental skills coaching framework. 11:10 Tailoring to each individual: teaching a basketballer to shoot differently vs. changing mental models, which can take up to 3 years to see real change. 15:50 The five types of mental skills programs and how each can provide some benefit. 27:10 “Blank canvas” programs: hierarchy of needs in sports, and why mental skills isn't always the priority. 33:20 Challenges when coaches resist mental skills programs; mental skills aren't just for underperforming teams, illustrated with deficit program examples. 38:05 Light-touch programs: pacing, avoiding burnout, and treating mental skills like gradual weight loss. 43:00 Skill-based programs: examples, transitioning to embedded programs, and the importance of environment and culture. 54:25 Talking to coaches about expectations, aligning with them, and navigating resistance. 56:35 The difficulty of head coaching and the distinction between alignment and safety. 1:01:50 Embedded programs: moving from reactive to strategic, involving all coaching staff, and maximizing 1:1 player interaction with assistants. 1:13:15 Summary: embedded program insights, Andrew and Aaron's program capacity, and why teams struggle without mental skills training.Take a look at the mental skills program model: https://performanceintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-Types-of-Mental-Skills-Programs-7_Page_1.png See Andrew's model of a mental skills coach here: https://performanceintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Embedding-Mental-Skills.pdfYou can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/xoz5e Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Wallabies flanker Carlo Tizzano has been overlooked for the final test against the British and Irish Lions. Coach Joe Schmidt has revealed Tizzano has been the victim of online abuse following the controversial end to the second test, in which he's been accused of diving. Mental skills coach Aaron Walsh joined Piney to discuss what should be done in these situations, and how players can be looked after. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when elite athletes need elite mental skills? Enter Dr Scott Goldman - sports psychologist to some of the world's top teams including the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.Andrew and Scott explore what it takes to shape a winning mindset, how team culture is re-built every season, and the lessons learned from locker rooms that don't lie. From overcoming fear conditioning to coaching through chaos, Dr Scott unpacks the psychology behind performance under pressure, why social media doesn't serve him, and how “every team, every year, is a new team.”In this episode, Andrew and Dr Scott talk about:00:30 Is Dr Scott elusive on social media by design, not having to apply to work with sports teams because they come looking for him and being part of the Golden State Warriors NBA championship winning team.6:05 Embracing cool moments like his first time on a stadium pitch, Dr Scott's friendship and connection to Michael Gervais and Michael Gervais is on a quest to change the world whereas Dr Scott is more focused on the individual.11:55 The first moment Dr Scott realised what he wanted to do, culture is a state of being, not a state of doing and how Dr Scott is able to work with so many teams at one time.19:55 Leveraging his work with multiple teams to cross-pollinate skills across different sports, what Dr Scott does when he first enters a new teams environment, and the idea that every team every year, is a new team.29:30 Teams can be brutal and the locker room doesn't lie. Does Dr Scott have a big elaborate plan or does he just wing it in his programs and what makes coach Steve Kerr such an amazing coach from Dr Scott's perspective?40:05 How Dr Scott teaches people to deal with their fears, fear and phobias can be imprinted in our DNA and how we can overcome our fear conditioning.51:05 Post-traumatic stress can come in different forms and at different levels, not being involved in social media because it doesn't give him enough space to talk about what he wants and preparing athletes to accept the outcomes of a game whether they are positive or negative.1:02:30 Preparing to accept uncertainty, no athlete wants to get screwed and no coach wants to screw over an athlete and using AIQ to successfully measure the athletic intelligence of people across the world.1:15:10 Andrew and mental skills coach Aaron Walsh's reflections on the podcast.Find out more about AIQ: https://aiq.team/Connect with Dr Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgoldmanphd/Listen to the episode with Michael Gervais: https://performanceintelligence.transistor.fm/episodes/140-dr-michael-gervais Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Aaron Walsh is mental skills coach who works with the Chiefs Super 15 Team in NZ, Scotland Rugby, Harlequins, Texas Rangers and the Newcastle Knights. We talk about what sales teams can learn from high performance sports teams he has coached and trained over the decades. He shares his framework of: Grow yourself - Grow your mindset - Grow under pressure. We also talk about the importance of belief, accountability and ownership and how this leads to sustained success. We also discuss how to “manage the moments”. To connect with Aaron connect with him here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-walsh-561690b0/ +++ Want to make more rural sales? Get your FREE copy of “How To Succeed In Rural Sales” Ebook here: www.ruralsalessuccess1.com/ebook Connect with or Follow me on LinkedIn: nz.linkedin.com/in/stjohncraner Subscribe to my weekly rural sales email (which goes out to 3500+ rural sales professionals worldwide) here: bit.ly/3voaPS7 To join our private Facebook Group where we share a ton of free rural sales and lead generation tools almost daily join here: www.facebook.com/groups/285326399207141/ For details on our training programmes you can check out what we do for sales teams with our Rural Sales Success™ programme here (www.ruralsalessuccess1.com/programme-invitation) or for managers with our Rural Sales Manager Mastery™ programme here (www.ruralsalessuccess1.com/programme-invitation) For more on us, what we do and who we work with: www.ruralsalessuccess.com / www.agrarian.co.nz

Josh Reynolds, Wade Graham & Anthony Maroon are in to recap all the action from week 2 of finals! We talk the impact of Jared Warea-Hargreaves, where to now for Manly & why Nathan Cleary could consider moving to England!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A BIG ONE BACK! This week the boys deep dive into WHEATUS! Spencer recently attended a concert at Modern Love and got an interview with Brendan Brown post-show. Brendan gave an incredible interview and was so gracious with his time. He talked about Wheatus' unique way of managing a setlist and what the fans mean to him. The fellas discuss the crazy backstory for the band's first album and how they self-produced it IN BBB's mother's house. They discuss how the band blew up in other countries before the US, AND finally debate whether the album still holds up 24 years later.The fellas also recap Spencer's Special taping at Ranchmans (which he is excited to release in the fall) and he gives praise to the other comics and the crew that helped put the show together. They then go into a deep discussion about a friend of the show Noeline Hofmanns AMAZING performance opening for Charley Crockett at the Grey Eagle, and shout-out another amazing Albertan Cindy Lees incredible double Album “Diamond Jubilee”.Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #Wheatus #TeenageDirtbag #PopPunk #Ska #BrendanBrown #2000s #Interview #ModernLove #Concert #CharleyCrockett #NoelineHofmann #PurpleGas #CindyLee #Woman #DiamondJubilee #SpencerStreichert #Cowboy2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the fellas got silly with Smash Thompson, the Bassist of the Doom Metal band "Father Moon". Smash talks about the band's recent project "Resurgence", the songwriting process in an instrumental group, and how the group has found its sound and evolved over the years. We also ask important questions like "If the Titanic was sinking and your mom was a rippr' would it be uncomfortable if the band was playing your song and she gave someone a lap dance?", and the boys play a trick on Aaron. Father Moon Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/fathermoonofficial/Father Moon on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/7LabSletx1mUBk9m1HqLBTSmash Thompson on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/smash.thompson/?hl=enWelcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shaun Lane's newly released full-length documentary, 'Out of My Lane', follows his off-season journey of discovery and reflection on the other side of the world. Shaun is an Australian professional rugby league footballer playing for the Parramatta Eels.Over nine years, Shaun has navigated the highs and lows of elite sport, drawing strength from personal adversity including his father's battle with depression. Combining his on-field experiences with studies in psychology (Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology), Shaun is on a mission to inspire others through the power of mindset, training mental skills, and enhancing psychological wellbeing'Maysie' invited 'Laney' into the Performance Intelligence Podcast studio to do a deep dive on all things high performance, mental skills, life, love. “Some boys just really love that revved up, energetic feeling like they can run through a brick wall or something. But for me getting my performance right is about learning patience and learning when to insert myself into the game correctly.”In this episode Andrew and Shaun discuss:3:00 Shaun started working with Andrew when he first came to the Parramatta Eels.6:00 Being nervous in new environments.10:00 Shaun's pre-performance routines and how he overcame doubts to become the player he is today.17:30 How to break the cycle of self-destruction, and performing week in and week out.21:00 The clear 3 distinct stages of an athletes career, and putting mental skills into practice.23:00 Using all of your senses (multisensory approach) when preparing for a game and visualisation to overcome mistakes during a game.29:30 Staying curious and the benefits of having hobbies and other interests outside of your main job.35:30 Shaun's belief that there is a massive gap in the NRL when it comes to mental skills, and what he wants to do in the future. 41:15 Realising footy players live in a bubble.43:30 Why Shaun was able to make his documentary.45:15 Shaun realising what his purpose is, and finding it easier talking about his father's depression.55:45 Why Shaun's parents are so important to him.58:00 What stood out to Shaun during his interview with Matty Ryan.1:02:00 What stood out to Shaun during his interview with Jeremy Snape.1:04:15 What stood out to Shaun during his interview with Aaron Walsh.1:07:30 Owen Eastwood challenging Shaun's concept of culture and belonging.1:13:30 Shaun's Vision Board and the importance it has to him.1:16:50 The leaps and bounds he has made in the last 3 years.1:20:50 Not being motivated by money or fame, and choosing a career in dancing 1:24:35 Shaun's newly minted speaking career.You can find the resources mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.andrewmay.com/all-episodes/You can find Shaun at his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slane_94/?hl=enOr send him an email at: Slane_1994@hotmail.comWatch the Out Of My Lane Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5MIhqGRbYo&t=1447s Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: www.andrewmay.com Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Two episodes in one week? Gee-Golly! This week, the fellas are joined by stand-up comedian & best-selling author Brad Gosse! You may have seen Brad reading one of his hilarious children's books to strangers on Omegle, but now he's on Misfits on Vinyl! We start the episode off by learning about Brad's comedy journey, from public speaking to the second city, his previous book success, being a road comic vs. being an author, and awful headliners.Brad chose the EPIC 2013 hip-hop BANGER Stay Trippy by Juicy J for the episode, and the fellas dive into the hilarious lyrics, insane production team, Juicy Js hip hop evolution, and the lost art of funny rap. Check out all of Brads information below!Website:https://bradgosse.com/Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brad-Gosse/author/B007XVPS88?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1713937118&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/bradgosse/?hl=enTikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@bradgosse?lang=enYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/bradgosseWelcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #BradGosse #MikeHunt #JuicyJ #StayTrippy #TaylorGang #Three6Mafia #WizKhalifa #hiphop #Author #Childrensbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, Well, Well, 2 Canadian albums BACK to BACK? YES! This time its the WICKED indie rockers from Toronto, The Beaches! Aaron researched this episode (and has sources to cite!), and the fellas discuss their new album "Blame it on my Ex" which BLEW UP on TikTok, giving them a MASSIVE new audience after being dropped from their label and American representation, and now they are JUNO winners! Lots of fun in this one. #thebeaches #Blamemyex #junoawards #altrock #canadianrock #canadianmusic Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the fellas dive deep into William Prince's 2020 modern folk classic, "Reliever", It comes out just as Prince has won the recent Juno for Roots and Folk album with his newest work "Stand in the Joy". They discuss his upbringing traveling with his father and performing, his unique pressance in the Canadian music scene, and Spencer talks about the recent William Prince Concert he attended. Its a great time!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #WilliamPrince #Misfitsonvinyl #Spencerstreichert #Reliever #Standinthejoy#Folkmusic #Podcast #2024 #Junoaward Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron is an experienced Performance Coach. Currently working with Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting to a number of teams as they build their mental skills programs. Have worked in MLB, NRL and with various national teams. Currently coaching multiple corporate leadership teams in creating and maintaining a high performance working environment. This is not an episode you want to miss!Find us here:https://nextadvisory.nz/#book-onlinehttps://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/Cheers,L&P

This week's podcast is a special one to me —it's about a group of Aussie underdogs, achieving the seemingly impossible. Picture this: my phone rings and it's one of my best mates from school, Deano, who is president of Moonee Valley Bowls Club (MVBC). Deano explains for the last 7 years his top team has struggled to break through to the Premier Division. Despite their efforts, they just couldn't perform under pressure and continually choked in the finals. Deano asked if I could come to talk to the boys about my "mental skills stuff".Enter the players who are committed to their bowling careers, refining their skills, and nurturing a culture of belonging and excellence. Then there's me—a mental skills and leadership coach eager to see if my strategies, effective with professional teams, could help a bowling team in the suburbs of Melbourne. With a resounding "YES" to Deano's invite, I flew to meet the boys...“...We've got this edge over every other team now from what [Andrew] taught us and that just empowered a lot of players and just made us a lot stronger as a team. It was something when things weren't going right we could fall back on and...it's worked so far!"In this episode find:3:40 What had been happening to MVBC the past 7 years, having a problem with the mental side of your game and gaining the chokers tag.7:35 President Dean brings Andrew in to talk to the boys, being skeptical of Andrew's methods and how it all went down in the Division 1 finals.13:15 How it feels to finally be in the premier league, expecting to lose and the skills Andrew taught the team.25:45 Andrew's coaching session, how the culture of the team was built and an example of the team's pre game strategy session.34:20 Why MVBC is able to attract so many young players and the secret to the team keeping close to each other.37:20 Andrew and Aaron Walsh's reflections on the podcast.www.andrewmay.com Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In episode #224 of Demystifying Mental Toughness, I share part of a conversation with Aaron Walsh a Mental Performance Coach with many Elite Professional Rugby Players.   We discuss whether elite professional rugby union players view mental toughness as something that they can develop, our role as Sports Psychology practitioners in measuring performance as well as coaches influence in the development of psychological characteristics and skills. Key Learning Points: Educating people in sport on the integration of Sports Psychology and Mental Skills is very important. Creativity is essential to thrive as a Sports Psychology Practitioner or Mental Performance Coach. Measuring the impact of our work as a practitioner is vital when working in a team setting. Many players hate Mondays after a poor performance where they are often shamed in front of others or video footage is taken and critiqued in an unhelpful manner. Connect with Aaron Walsh LinkedIn Connect with David Charlton Sign Up to The Mental Edge Join David @ The Sports Psychology Hub Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn To Listen to Rugby Orientated Podcast Episodes Ep039: John Fletcher – How to Develop Fearless Athletes Ep104: Seb De Chaves - The Psychological Demands of Elite Professional Rugby Ep127: Paul Trainor - The Application of Mental Toughness Training in Elite Professional Rugby League EP147: Aaron Walsh – The Application of Mental Performance Coaching in Elite Professional Rugby Ep161: Paul Phillips – How to Create a Culture of High Performance in Professional Rugby Union Helpful Rugby Orientated Resources Blog - Overthinking on the Rugby Pitch Blog - Are you a Rugby Player who Focuses Too Much on the Opposition Blog - Helping Young Rugby Players Mentally Prepare Before Matches Blog - Playing Rugby at Your Best Under Pressure Blog – 5 Ways to Create a Psychological Safe Sporting Environment Rugby Psychology | Mental Skills for Rugby Resources

In this episode the fellas go deep into one of the quintessential east-coast hip hop albums, Nas's debut "Illmatic". Discussing the lyrical poignancy and the unique sound that emerged from this album that shaped an era. We also discuss the critiques who critiqued this album, local radio, and more!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #Nas #illmatic #Hiphop #radio #Podcast #canadian #calgary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

METRIC! SHAWN DESMAN! What do they have in common? They are both Canadian. That's about it. OH! And they were the fella's picks for this very special Rec-isode! The fellas get up to good old-fashioned shenanigans in this episode, with each of them taking the audience on an audio journey into their youth, Spencer mispronounces more words, and Aaron gets disgusted with Spencer's grotesque language. PLUS we chat about Shawn Desman's debut Album and the plethora of producers who worked on it, and his recent comeback in the music industry. We then get into the sleeper hit indie rock album Fantasies, which continued to grow in popularity, was co-produced by a Canadian music icon, and how the album was leaked. Tune In or Tune out!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #Shawndesman #Metric #Fantasies #Shook #GiveSympathy #Getready #spreadmywings #indierock #Pop #StadiumLove #Helpimalive #frontrow #goldgunsgirls #SickMuse #bow #misfitsonvinyl #canadian #podcast #Musichistory #2024 #Drake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the fellas' deep dive into LCD Sound Systems This is Happening and since Aaron did all the research this episode, Spencer is about as useful as tits on a bull and adds a spoonful of stupidity to the mix. We learn about how the album was recorded at the mansion in LA, how James Murphy almost wrote on Seinfeld, and how committing to music ended up paying off for James Murphy even though he had several failed projects and bands leading to this. We also learn that LCD stands for something dumb, they talk about Taylor Swift's AI situation, and Ben Shapiros Cringey Raps. Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #LCDSoundsystem #2024 #2010 #TalkingHeads #music #Musicpodcast #albumreview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is our NEWEST review we've done yet! As in, within a year of the album coming out. This week we deep dive into Tate McRaes Smash hit sophomore album, “Think Later”! We talk about the Number 1 streamed artist's meteoric rise over the past few years, her past as an award winning dancer, and some of the wild producers on this album. We also talk about how Spencer and Tate were on the same Break Out Stars of 2020 list, and how their careers are EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE. It's fun! Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Were BACK! New Year, New Band! This episode we chat with Dan & Tanner from the Calgary-based rock band Waterfront! In to discuss their upcoming EP "Sleep in the Cold" (Out January 26th), we talk about the groups beginning in Lethbridge Alberta when the fellas were music students, the two best Lethbridge venues, and their collaboration with The Faceplants during the pandemic to release their first two EPs. We chat about the fellas sharing a studio with Peach Pit in Vancouver, their musical influence, and spicy milk! Tune in, and go listen to their album!*Audio issues again for Aaron, He was speaking normally and we double-checked the sound before recording, not sure why this keeps happening at KAKS*Waterfront:Websitehttps://waterfrontofficial.com/Sleep in the Coldhttps://found.ee/sleepinthecoldInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/waterfrontofficial/Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #calgarymusic #hardrock #calgary #poppunk #rockmusic #podcast #newmusic #misfitsonvinyl #waterfront Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's that time of the year again! THE 12 SONGS OF MISFITS (Xmas)! The fellas are back in Spencer's apartment for this one and nestled by the fire warmly illuminating the TV, they go through 12 more Christmas tracks, or 13. Is it a dozen or a baker's dozen? Find out! They also chat about Spencers time at the Los Angeles comedy festival. Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Its our last episode at KAKS so we went out with a BANG, with our special guest; Cowboi Cole Robertson! You may know Cowboi Cole from his ultra viral tiktoks and reels, his professional rodeo career, his work on the Cowboy Channel, or his standup, as this guy is constantly busy! The episode starts with the Fellas giving a rodeo lesson to Aaron, and Cole and Spencer bonding over their lack of respect for can chasers!The album this week is the 1980 sleeper hit and heavy metal classic, Animal Magnetism by the German hard rock band Scorpions. They get into the Canadian ties to the album, the producers etcentric behavior, the bands song Wind of Change being the highest selling single of all time, and we somehow talk darts. Tune in!Cowboi Cole:Intsagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cowboi_cole/?hl=enYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZqDUrOdBwp2LWJ8I58d0ATikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cowboi_coleWebsitehttps://www.cowboicole.com/Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Apologies: Brett's Microphone broke and we didn't realize it. It's fine for the song and Spencer did all he could in post to balance him for the interview*Wow, Guests GALORE! This week the fellas are joined by the unstoppable force that is Brett Cassidy. Brett is an absolute powerhouse in the Calgary music scene who has been in the Ashley Hundred since 2011 and recently became a solo singer/songwriter. Brett is unbelievably talented (Playing the Guitar, Banjo, singing, piano, and a plethora of other things), one of the kindest people we know, and has an intrinsic knowledge of the Alberta music scene. THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE TO MISS!Follow Brett and the Ashley Hundred here:Brett:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/brettcassidymusic/Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtd1EPGgsBlLleM4wlWcQMwBand Camp:https://brettcassidymusic.bandcamp.com/track/sittin-in-demoAshley Hundredhttps://www.theashleyhundred.com/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/theashleyhundred/Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Week, New location, New Album!In this episode, the boys re-record a lost episode and for the first time are in Aarons's place! Aarons Cats go crazy, and one of their tails hits a candle, it's hectic. BUT they jump in discussing the Amazon Music Indie Podcast Amplifier, Spencer's upcoming acting role with Jon Hamm, and the plan moving forward. This week, they cover the HIT debut album from your favorite yacht rockers' favorite yacht rocker, Steely Dan! Diving into the album's production, changing lead singers, Chevy Chase, and more!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fellas are joined this week by up-and-coming Singer/Songwriter, and the pride of Bow Island, Alberta, Noeline Hofmann! Noeline performs an original song off the hop, and then we get to know her better by discussing her songwriting process, her rural prairie roots and having committed to music full time in the past year, and the National Music Centres Artist Entrepreneur West Program which she is currently taking part in. We also discuss her recent virality and the opportunities that brought her, Calgary's distinct sound, and we dive back into the Outlaw Country Extended Universe! Check Noeline out below:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/noelinehofmann/Website:https://noelinehofmann.com/ Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #CountryMusic #MusicHistory #Alberta #MusicPodcast #Interview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast features Aaron Walsh, a mental skills performance expert, discussing the importance and integration of mental skills in sports performance. Aaron, with a background in sports and a passion for understanding performance, delves into the mental aspects that differentiate successful athletes from others. His journey, which includes experiences in the US and New Zealand, highlights the significance of mental skills in sports, particularly in high-pressure situations. Walsh emphasizes that while physical and technical skills are crucial, the mental aspect often becomes the differentiating factor at the highest levels of sport. He categorizes sports into those where athletes initiate movement and those where they respond to it, noting that sports requiring initiation of movement, like golf or penalty kicks in football, have a higher mental demand. Walsh argues that mental skills should be treated like any other skill, with a focus on knowledge, tools, and support for development. He also touches on the role of mental skills in team environments, stressing the importance of integrating mental skills into coaching, recruitment, and training decisions. Walsh criticizes the common approach of only addressing mental skills when athletes underperform, advocating instead for a proactive and integrated approach. If you're someone who wants to develop a rounded programme that involves more than just sets and reps, this episode is for you. Main talking points: The role of mental skills in differentiating athlete performance. Categorization of sports based on mental demands. The importance of treating mental skills as a fundamental skill set. Integration of mental skills in team environments and decision-making. Critique of common approaches to mental skills in sports and advocating for proactive strategies. Strategies for developing mental resilience in athletes. The role of mental skills in managing pressure and expectations.

Labor recovery specialists James Pursell and Aaron Walsh join us from Lean STL to talk about their work providing resources for mental health and substance misuse for laborers. The duo describes the power of having a peer to confide in, the overlap between work and being in recovery, and the challenge of making prevention appealing to workplaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Labor recovery specialists James Pursell and Aaron Walsh join us from Lean STL to talk about their work providing resources for mental health and substance misuse for laborers. The duo describes the power of having a peer to confide in, the overlap between work and being in recovery, and the challenge of making prevention appealing to workplaces.

*Audio Apologies(technical issues), Spencer is learning how to produce*Who'd have thought that our first guest would also be our first recurring? Well, they are!Welcome back the HILARIOUS Brittany Lyseng on the show! We discuss Brittanys new album, “Break and Enter” and how its her “Pet Sounds”. As her Sophomore album, Brittany took what she learned with her first and applied it to this, while having more funin the process.Check out Brittany and her new album HERE:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/brittanythecomedian/NEW ALBUM:https://open.spotify.com/album/3V5vKXlx56C2NnuzgO9QMc?si=efibx1InQ4-MBh4pRUxiDQThen the gang jumps into the Beach Boys 1966 iconic record, “Pet Sounds”. They dive into the odd genre bending nature of the album, how this is Brian Wilsons first solo album as it was recorded while the rest of the band toured, how it inspired other acts and found success in the UK, and how it was unsuccessful in the US. Its a good old fashioned Laugh Fest folks, With learning!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is On Mental Skills and we are joined for the discussion by Aaron Walsh.Aaron a Mental Skills Coach presently working with the Chiefs Rugby and Scotland Rugby. Aaron has also worked with Hockey New Zealand and New Zealand Football. He also coaches players from the San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks and NY Mets and New Zealand All Blacks. He also coaches corporate leadership teams on creating and maintaining a High Performance working environment. You can reach him here: linkedin.com/in/aaron-walsh-561690b0 The key parts of the interview were: How a key part of developing someones mental skills is reshaping or reframing their relationship to pressure. And how he describes his job as a mental skills coach to shrink the gap between someones capability and what they deliver under pressure.How a culture is the environment that people experience everyday within the group they belong to.Have great coaches and leaders creating social belonging within the team. And to achieve this have what he calls 3C's connection, consistency and competency.If you are interested in improving your own leadership and would like to understand what Executive Coaching entails you can contact me on paul@elevatedleadership.com.au or visit our website elevatedleadership.com.au. We work with business exec's, sports coaches and do some pro bono work with emerging leaders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New week, New Episode!This week the fellas cover the work of outstanding singer/songwriter Nick Shoulders and his band the Okay Crawdads! The boys discuss how the music falls into a category separate from the Outlaw Country Extended Universe (OCEU), the serious content that can be found in his lyrics despite the never-ending sounds of joy, his unique, refreshing take on an old-style, and of course, HIS VOICE! We also included clips from Spencer's interview with a couple of the Okay Crawdads Cheech Moosekain and Grant D'Aubin from the concert at the Palomino this summer (At which Spencer was very drunk and kept referring to Nick as Nathan). Big thank you to both of them for sharing their time. The fellas also talk cults, brief life updates, and the city of New Orleans!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #music #podcast #albumreaction #albumreview #nickshoulders #countrymusic #folkmusic #arkansas #allbad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! in a new space! This week the fellas began their upcoming residency at KAKS Podcast Bar in Calgary, and give a few life updates now that Spencer is back from touring! Plus, Aaron tests Spencer's knowledge of hip hop artist names.This week the fellas deep dive into Kid Cudi's debut Album "Man on the Moon", Discussing how it changed the tone and shaped hip hop with its experimental beats and soundscape, genre-bending style, and vulnerable lyrics which have held up to this day. They also discuss his early beginings, and the commercial vs. critical reception of the album. Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband #music #podcast #kidcudi #hiphop #albumreview #albumreaction #manonthemoon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE BOYS ARE BACK! (Sorry for the Audio this week)But this time it's a virtual podcast from across the country with Aaron holding down the realm of the 7 kingdoms in Calgary, and Spencer still out in Halifax fighting lobsters, donairs and the shats b'y. The fellas give a podcast update, and a life update, and Spencer makes Aaron puke. This week the fellas talk about Billy Talent's first two albums, which helped shape the sound of Canada's youth in the Early-Mid 2000's. They discuss the dynamic style that the band came out swinging with, their former name of Pezz, Spencers traumatic event caused by not being allowed to sing Nothing to Loose in a talent contest, Video game sound tracks, Radio stations, and more!Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AHOY! We are back after a brief hiatus, and this week is a VERY special episode as Spencer is joined by Cayley Wreggitt & Sam Ketsa of Baker Miller Pink to talk about all things Swift! Its a Tayl-All episode talking about the Eras tour, Baker Miller Pinks upcoming production of Taylors Version in Calgary, and we also talk about Speak now! Plus, we all learn we are super swifties. its a hoot! Welcome to Misfits on Vinyl! A weekly comedy podcast where we review our favorite albums, and discuss the artist's history, cultural events, and everything else that influenced the album!Hosted by Comedian Spencer Streichert & his funny friend Aaron Walsh.Theme song by The VidosMisfits on Vinyl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitsonvinylpodcast/?hl=enSpencer Streichert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerstreichert/?hl=enThe Vidos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevidosband/?hl=enThe Vidos Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevidosband Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mental skills coach Aaron Walsh tells us about all the hard work that goes in to being a professional athlete and the pressures that come with that. He also talks a bit about the New Zealand All Blacks and why they have started to struggle on the international stage when compared to teams like France and how that has been an added problem for the players in their day to day lives.Aaron also shares his A.C.T. method for building confidence in players – Assess, Commit and Trust in your own skills. You can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/xoz5e Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Aaron Walsh is an experienced Performance Coach who primarily focuses on developing leadership, culture, and mental performance programs for teams. Walsh is currently working with Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting with Harlequins, Scottish Rugby, Texas Rangers, and Basketball New Zealand. He has also worked with various national teams and currently coaches multiple corporate leadership teams to create and maintain a high-performance working environment.     In this episode, expect to learn how coaches can incorporate strategies for developing mental skills in teams. We cover the role of mental toughness in elite sports, why athletes need to take ownership of their careers, and why you don't need a psychology degree to strengthen your team's mental skills.    [00:00] Introduction [02:20] Aaron's Interest in the Mental Side of Sports [06:30] When Aaron Started Working with Teams [10:22] Athletes Need a Coach Who Cares [15:32] The Benefits of Athletes Creating Identities Outside Of Sports [19:10] Why Athletes Cannot Live Normal Lives [22:00] Elite Athletes Make Sacrifices  [26:03] Aaron's Framework for Working with Athletes [27:31] Accountability and Taking Ownership of Your Career [34:33] Integration of Mental Skills into Teams [37:40] Why Mental Skills Training is Important For Athletes [39:04] High-Performance Sporting Environments   [45:17] Adding In Time For Mental Skills Training  [51:55] Moving From Theory to Practice  [56:42] How the Fear of Failure Destroys Creativity [58:35] Aaron's Go-To Resource Recommendations [01:01:34] Parting Thoughts    Links and Resources:  Aaron on Twitter  Connect with Aaron on LinkedIn Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life by James Kerr Studies mentioned: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263922656_Enhancing_Mental_Toughness_and_Performance_Under_Pressure_in_Elite_Young_Cricketers_A_2-Year_Longitudinal_Intervention https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10413200903026066 Join the MindStrong Academy (14-Day Free Trial): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindstrong.lewishatchett.com⁠⁠⁠ Get my Free Friday email 'The Game Plan': ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lewishatchett.com/the-game-plan⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Lewis at: TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@lewis_hatchett⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@lewishatchett⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠For more on the podcast visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewishatchett.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@lewishatchett.com

Piney catches up with Chiefs mental skills coach to discuss his role, what's made the Chiefs so successful, and his role with Scotland rugby. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode I'm joined by Performance Coach, Aaron Walsh. Aaron's primary focus areas are mental performance, leadership development and culture reviews. He is the current mental skills coach with Chiefs Rugby Club and Scotland Rugby, as well as helping develop mental performance programs for Harlequins and Texas Rangers. Before this, Aaron worked in MLB, NRL and with various national teams. He is also currently coaching multiple corporate leadership teams in creating and maintaining high-performance working environments. He is also a sought-after and highly regarded presenter. Aaron and I speak about mental skills and discuss his approach to incorporating mental skills into high performance environments.

Do you train your body and brain or do you neglect one to focus on the other?Mental skills coach Aaron Walsh joins the podcast and he and Andrew discuss how mental skills involves more than just training your brain, it also involves training your body.Aaron shares the hierarchy he uses when coaching a client. The first thing on the list is to manage yourself first before you push on to the next level of skills. He also shares a bit of how this impacted him when he was trying to sort himself out, the first thing he fixed was his physical wellbeing before moving on to the mental skills. You can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/xoz5e Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In Episode 30 of Last Call, Jamion Christian is joined by Mental Skills Coach Aaron Walsh to discuss: -Mental development in sports -Experiences in New Zealand and the US -Culture and the traits of the best players/teams And much more. Please make sure to Subscribe to Last Call, give our show a five-star rating, and follow @JamionChristian and @SpeakeasyFor on Twitter! Want exclusive access to content and direct connections with the top names in basketball? Join the Speakeasy today at speakeasyforsports.com. More ways to listen, follow, and interact with SpeakeasyForSports: linktr.ee/SpeakeasyFor ------------------------------------- This podcast is produced by Three Two Strategies.

How do you train to get better at things like public speaking and presenting?In this Bite size Mental Skills coach Aaron Walsh gives some tips on how to reduce nerves and anxiety around presentations and similar performance moments.Drawing parallels between the corporate world and the sporting world Aaron tells how he prepares athletes for similar moments and how the skills are fairly easily transferable.  Aaron is the mental skills coach for the Chiefs rugby club in New Zealand as well as the former mental skills coach for the Warriors in the NRL. Aaron also consults to athletes and professional sporting teams around the world and is passionate about seeing people grow and flourish to become the best that they can. You can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/dklpJ Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In episode #147 I chat with Aaron Walsh, a performance coach for the Chiefs rugby team in New Zealand as well as a consultant to many more elite teams including the Scottish Rugby team.  We chat about his experiences of supporting elite rugby union players, common challenges that players bring to him, perceptions from players and coaches of working on their mental game.  Performance analysis is a topic we touch on too as is culture in elite professional sport.  Key Learning Points: We have many amazing athletes who work incredibly hard, I feel it's a tragedy that they're not able to actualise that skill and potential because they don't have the ability to navigate through the emotional and mental side of performance. In my philosophy I treat the mental side as a skill that can be developed. Why hasn't mental skills been integrated into elite teams is a part of Aaron's research. The answer is people need educating on the topic. How players respond to mistakes and pressure is an integral part of mental skills training. Psychological safety and well-being need to be talked about cautiously in elite professional sport. Everybody wants to be resilient, but not many know how to build resilience. Connect with Aaron Walsh LinkedIn Twitter Connect with David Charlton Download THE FOCUSED ATHLETE CHECKLIST Join David @ The Sports Psychology Hub Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn To Listen to Rugby Orientated Podcast Episodes Ep029: Lome Faatau - How to Play Professional Rugby with Confidence  Ep038: Taz Bricknell - Playing Professional Women's Rugby Ep039: John Fletcher – How to Develop Fearless Athletes Ep104: Seb De Chaves - The Psychological Demands of Elite Professional Rugby Ep127: Paul Trainor - The Application of Mental Toughness Training in Elite Professional Rugby League Helpful Rugby Orientated Resources Blog - Overthinking on the Rugby Pitch Blog - Are you a Rugby Player who Focuses Too Much on the Opposition Blog - Helping Young Rugby Players Mentally Prepare Before Matches Blog - Playing Rugby at Your Best Under Pressure Blog – 5 Ways to Create a Psychological Safe Sporting Environment Rugby Psychology | Mental Skills for Rugby Resources

Chiefs and now also Scotland rugby mental skills coach Aaron Walsh on his career, and what he's looking to achieve in Scotland LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Book: https://www.amazon.com/Book-How-Become-Rugby-Player-ebook/dp/B0BKDSHJ2H/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QKVNTPC7HX9&keywords=the+book+on+how+you+become+a+pro+rugby&qid=1667059200&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjg2IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C191&sr=1-1For more resources visit www.offfieldrugby.com Link to get extra podcasts https://www.patreon.com/offfieldrugbyAaron Walsh is the Chiefs and Scottish Rugby's Mental Performance Coach.We chat about;Mistakes coaches make around mental skillsWhat makes a mentally strong at leastSelf talkTools to overcome adversityImportance of going into dark places in trainingGoing all inHow are you need courage as a rugby playerPersonal identity, person versus performerThe myth around not making it being a bad thing Room for individual expression within the groupBiggest challenge players come to him withHis formula for high performanceThe process he uses to help players focus and become presentThe egoHow to relieve stress while playingConor McGregor and Israel Adesanya‘s mindsetEmail - offfieldrugby@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/offfieldrugby/ Tik TokCheers for clicking in, please send the pod to some friends Get the bonus Podcasts on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you train mental skills to help perform at the next level?Aaron Walsh does a deep dive into the world of mental skills training with the ultimate goal of performing under high levels of pressure. Aaron explores how people respond differently to pressure and he opens up on how he has harnessed mental skills training to build resilience in his personal life, including how he lost half of his body weight, and he brings a tear to our eyes when discussing his wife and the struggles they have gone through after she was diagnosed with MS.Aaron is the mental skills coach for the Chiefs rugby club in New Zealand as well as the former mental skills coach for the Warriors in the NRL. Aaron also consults to athletes and professional sporting teams around the world and is passionate about seeing people grow and flourish to become the best that they can.In this episode Andrew and Aaron discuss:4:44 The evolution of Mental Skills19:32 Losing 70kg28:23 Aaron's wife Kristy's battle with MS36:05 The current state of the All Blacks50:04 Using "hacks"58:33 Why Aaron does what he does1:02:00 PQ Baker's Dozen You can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/IPZ56 Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

This weeks guest is Mr Aaron Walsh. Aarons work includes developing leadership, culture and mental performance programs for teams in sport and business. He is currently working with the Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting to Harlequins, Texas Rangers and Basketball New Zealand. His work also includes coaching multiple corporate leadership teams in creating and maintaining a high performance working environment. In addition Aaron Has worked in MLB, NRL and with with various national teams.

Jack Birtwhistle is the Mental Skills Coach at Harlequins Link to join The 1st XV Patreon & get extra podcastshttps://www.patreon.com/offfieldrugbyLink to Support the Podhttps://www.patreon.com/offfieldrugbyWe chat about;Harlequins mental performance programBut he learned from Aaron Walsh at Chiefs rugbyHow proteins use visualisation and meditationWorking with Danny Care and Joe MarlerExploring your potential as a young player Flaws with rugby development pathwaysAndy friend Hiring him at Connacht rugbyHow to deal with overthinkingHow do you stay focused throughout a game and move on from the steaksHow are you improve yourself talkHow are you become a brilliant LeaderHow to build cohesionEmail - offfieldrugby@gmail.comMy instagram is https://www.instagram.com/offfieldrugby/, any feedback you have or thoughts for the pod, please DM me there, would love to hear them.Please SHARE the podcast with some friends,please SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW the podcast wherever you're listening, & Please leave a RATING & A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, letting me know what you like about the pod. Thank you Really appreciate you clicking in, cheers! Get the bonus Podcasts on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dan sits down with Aaron Walsh, the Mental Skills Coach of the Chiefs in Super Rugby. Aaron is an experienced Performance Coach. Currently working with Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting to a number of teams as they build their mental skills programs. He's also worked in Major League Baseball, the National Rugby League and with various national teams. He also coaches multiple corporate leadership teams to enable them to create and maintain a high performance working environment. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. Don't forget you can find out more about our work and submit questions and suggestions for topics and guests for upcoming shows at: https://habitsofleadership.com And make sure to like, comment, share & subscribe!  

"Walshy" is an experienced Performance Coach. Currently working with the Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting a number of teams as they build their mental skills programs. Have worked in MLB, NRL, and with various national teams. Currently coaching multiple corporate leadership teams in creating and maintaining a high-performance working environment including Walmart and Thrifty Car Rentals. You can find Aaron on LinkedIn and Twitter. Where Others Won't is recorded in Toronto, Canada, and was created by Cody Royle and Adam Esker. Learn more about Cody at: www.codyroyle.com