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Send us Fan MailOne crash can erase months of planning, and Stage 15 of the Tour de France proves it. We walk through a mountain day that feels unreal on speed alone, then gets even more intense with a major shake-up in the overall standings. Remco Evenepoel lands a huge stage victory on a brutal summit finish, and suddenly the race feels less predictable than it did 24 hours earlier.We also wrestle with the hardest part of pro cycling to watch: Jonas Vingegaard goes down, suffers a fractured clavicle, and has to abandon. From there we unpack the tactical questions that stick in your brain as a fan. Why was his team driving the pace for kilometers? What was the plan supposed to be, and how does a single mistake on a corner change what “second place” even means going forward?Then we pivot to two controversies that spark real debate among cycling fans. First: overnight anti-doping controls, including wake-ups at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. We support clean racing, but we ask whether the timing is fair before the hardest stages in the sport. Second: Tom Pidcock's penalty for illegal assistance, what the UCI rule actually says, and how a 20-second time hit and other sanctions can ripple through a rider's goals.We close by looking ahead to the rest day and the stage 16 individual time trial, then shift gears to RAGBRAI updates where heat, crowded roads, and emergency vehicles make one thing crystal clear: communication saves people. Subscribe for daily Tour coverage, share this with a cycling friend, and leave a review. What's your take on the 2 a.m. testing and the stage 15 turning point? SupportSupport the showAdam and Michael's friendship has grown through years of shared miles, challenges, and laughter on the bike. Their passion for cycling has carried them through life's twists and turns, creating a bond full of stories, jokes, and unforgettable rides. In their podcast, they bring that same spirit to the mic—sharing adventures, trading banter, and welcoming listeners into their cycling community. Whether tackling steep climbs or cruising open roads, their conversations capture the fun, friendship, and freedom that cycling brings. Tune in for stories that celebrate the ride and the camaraderie that makes it unforgettable.and Remember,It's a Great Day for a Bike Ride!https://www.facebook.com/cyclingmenofleisurehttps://cyclingmenofleisure.com/https://www.cyclingmenofleisurepodcast.com
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Genuinely the pick of the Tour so far — a stacked breakaway attempt, a chaotic finale, and yet another sprint jury controversy. Plus, Max has done his homework and built an actual Australian/Kiwi Uno-X-style dream team, position by position.In this episode:Casper Asgreen's aero-helmet tell and Trek's full-team commitment to breaking up the sprintQuinn Simmons high-fiving his dad mid-attack — the moment of the TourThe Mads-Philipsen intermediate sprint drama, and why two penalty decisions have now been overturned in as many daysExplaining the actual UCI sprint rule — and the "one-man tribunal" myth debunkedStoyven's telepathic lead-out for Merlier, and Merlier's third win of this TourA brutal late crash — Gaviria, Wærenskjold and more all downMax's fully built-out Australian/Kiwi "Uno-X" concept team — GC leaders, classics squad, sprint train, budget and allListener voice notes continue, including a two-on-one Caleb Ewan sprint challenge proposalStage 13 preview: the longest stage of the Tour, Dole to Belfort
Bicycle Talk. Episode 491 July 15 2026. Ron's Rant: Longtime Boston Bicycle and pedestrian advocate killed on her bike. Labeled Homicide. And, my friends at the UCI are at it again. On a positive side: The TDF. What a week! An e-bike story worth hearing. Mechanical minute and cycling tips: Observations […]
Efectivamente, soy Peláez, el de los martes Peláez, como me llaman por la calle. Hoy termina para mí la temporada y, por lo tanto, terminan los martes, que ahora serán martes a secas, extrayéndome a mí de la ecuación. Y por lo tanto yo no seré Peláez, el de los martes Peláez, sino Peláez y punto.Es el poder de la radio, Carlos. Por motivos que no vienen a cuento hace unas semanas pasé varios días entrando y saliendo de una UCI para visitar a un familiar que, gracias a Dios, se recuperó adecuadamente. Una UCI es un lugar extraño, una serie de camas separadas por cortinas, llenas de aparatos, monitores y gente que sufre. También sufren sus familiares, que esperan todo el día para entrar un momento por la mañana y otro por la tarde. Hay miedo, hay dolor y hay culpa, una culpa extraña que une al que se queda, porque se queda. Y al que se va, porque se va. Y surge ahí un silencio extraño, un silencio de sala de embarque roto solo por el sonido de una radio. Eso fue lo único que me pidió la persona a la que iba a ver. Tenía un móvil, le ofrecí un iPad, pero me dijo que no, que solo quería una radio, un transistor. "Es lo único que me acompaña de verdad", me dijo, "en las larguísimas horas de soledad".La ponía bajito, para no molestar, pero pronto su vecino le dijo que la subiera un poco, así que de repente ya no estaban del todo solos porque oían lo mismo, lo que convertía de modo mágico al desconocido en vecino y al vecino en cómplice.No se me ha ido de la cabeza desde entonces. Hacemos análisis, tertulias, damos noticias, a veces influimos. Y Todo eso está bien. Pero que nunca se nos olvide que la radio es sobre todo compañía. Y que además de políticos poderosos tomándonos la matrícula, lo que hay al otro lado es gente en hospitales, gente en residencias, gente que viaja, gente que no puede dormir y gente que está sola.Carlos, ha sido un honor formar parte de este pequeño batallón de voces de compañía. Esté quien esté y suceda lo que suceda, siempre se quedará la radio.
Hőség és rövidítés, az UAE nem engedi a szökést (sem). Merlier jelenleg a világ legjobb sprintere (?), jön Bastille, az UCI megint rettentően okos, MKSZ tisztújítás.
Efectivamente, soy Peláez, el de los martes Peláez, como me llaman por la calle. Hoy termina para mí la temporada y, por lo tanto, terminan los martes, que ahora serán martes a secas, extrayéndome a mí de la ecuación. Y por lo tanto yo no seré Peláez, el de los martes Peláez, sino Peláez y punto.Es el poder de la radio, Carlos. Por motivos que no vienen a cuento hace unas semanas pasé varios días entrando y saliendo de una UCI para visitar a un familiar que, gracias a Dios, se recuperó adecuadamente. Una UCI es un lugar extraño, una serie de camas separadas por cortinas, llenas de aparatos, monitores y gente que sufre. También sufren sus familiares, que esperan todo el día para entrar un momento por la mañana y otro por la tarde. Hay miedo, hay dolor y hay culpa, una culpa extraña que une al que se queda, porque se queda. Y al que se va, porque se va. Y surge ahí un silencio extraño, un silencio de sala de embarque roto solo por el sonido de una radio. Eso fue lo único que me pidió la persona a la que iba a ver. Tenía un móvil, le ofrecí un iPad, pero me dijo que no, que solo quería una radio, un transistor. "Es lo único que me acompaña de verdad", me dijo, "en las larguísimas horas de soledad".La ponía bajito, para no molestar, pero pronto su vecino le dijo que la subiera un poco, así que de repente ya no estaban del todo solos porque oían lo mismo, lo que convertía de modo mágico al desconocido en vecino y al vecino en cómplice.No se me ha ido de la cabeza desde entonces. Hacemos análisis, tertulias, damos noticias, a veces influimos. Y Todo eso está bien. Pero que nunca se nos olvide que la radio es sobre todo compañía. Y que además de políticos poderosos tomándonos la matrícula, lo que hay al otro lado es gente en hospitales, gente en residencias, gente que viaja, gente que no puede dormir y gente que está sola.Carlos, ha sido un honor formar parte de este pequeño batallón de voces de compañía. Esté quien esté y suceda lo que suceda, siempre se quedará la radio.Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mas-noticias--4412383/support.ESCUCHAR RADIO
And we're back, everyone. Mike Levy returns from the wilderness, and Lisa Charlebois and I join him to unpack exactly where he's been. But before we get to the heartbreak of ultra-endurance racing, the Tour de France is in full swing, and we've got a wild first week to discuss. Tour de France Carnage & UCI Rulings We kick things off with the absolute chaos of the opening team time trial. Two crashes in the exact same spot on a manhole cover beg the question: is this the UCI's fault for not securing the course, or the teams' fault for not scouting a public road? Plus, we break down the Wile E. Coyote-style crash from the XDS-Astana rider, and the UCI's controversial decision to ban ice socks in the middle of a historic heatwave. Defending the Tarmac SL9 We also dive back into the Specialized Tarmac SL9 discourse. I respond to a listener who compared the SL9's iterative updates to the Porsche 911. I'm defending the bike against the "boring" allegations—everyone says they want a refined, incredible-riding bike, so why complain when a brand delivers exactly that? Not every bike needs to be the Factor One. Mike Levy's Tour Divide Reality Check The real heart of the show is Levy detailing his abbreviated Tour Divide attempt. He walks us through the sleep deprivation, the cement mud, the brutal realities of pushing a 55-pound bike for hours, and the catastrophic rock strike that ultimately ended his ride. It's a raw look at what happens when the physical matches the mental breaking point, the absolute relief of finally stopping, and why he's already thinking about trying it again next year. Episode Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:04 Tour de France discussion 00:12:04 Listener questions including about the Tarmac SL9 00:32:53 Mike Levy attempts the Tour Divide
The Tour de France has delivered its first decisive mountain showdown, and Tadej Pogačar has wasted no time putting the race on notice.The crew breaks down UAE's Tourmalet demolition, Pogačar's fearless 107km/h descent and the huge time he gained on Jonas Vingegaard. Is the Tour already over, or is there still enough road left for the race to turn?They also unpack Remco Evenepoel's public frustration with Florian Lipowitz, the emerging battle for the white jersey, Olaf Kooij's chaotic sprint victory and why Mads Pedersen may be perfectly placed to take green all the way to Paris.Plus, the heartbreak of crashing out in yellow, the UCI's latest questionable rulings and a look ahead to two sprint stages before Sunday's breakaway battle.The Domestiques is live throughout the Men's and Women's Tour de France, breaking down the stages and bringing you inside the bunch with the riders. Powered by Black Sheep.
Samuel Sánchez analiza junto a Joan Prats todo lo que ha dejado la exhibición de Tadej Pogačar en el Tourmalet y las opciones reales de Jonas Vingegaard para remontar el Tour. ¿Está pagando el danés el Giro? ¿Pudo perjudicarle el monoplato? ¿Cómo puede Visma atacar al esloveno? Además, repasamos la tensión en Red Bull entre Remco Evenepoel y Florian Lipowitz, las posibilidades de podio de Juan Ayuso y el futuro de Paul Seixas ante la multimillonaria oferta que tiene sobre la mesa. También debatimos sobre las nuevas normas de la UCI, cómo pierden peso los ciclistas sin perder potencia, la revolución del control del lactato y Nomio, y el nuevo sistema de Caja Rural para medir la hidratación mediante la orina. Cerramos con una nueva entrega de “Samu se moja”, nuestro juego de respuestas rápidas sobre la actualidad del ciclismo. Sección patrocinada por Nomio. Descubre sus productos en: www.drinknomio.com Y recuerda: tienes un 15 % de descuento usando el código ESCAPA15. Síguenos para no perderte cada nuevo episodio de Escapa Podcast.
Send us Fan MailIn episode #190 we spoke with Charlotte Backus Turner, a former professional cyclist turned endurance cyclist and coach, exploring her multifaceted experience balancing high-level biking, pregnancy, and personal growth. Discover how she navigates the physical and mental hurdles of ultra bikepacking, pregnancy, and recovery—all rooted in science, lived experience, and resilience.KEY TOPICSCharlotte's transition from road racing to ultra bikepacking and her recent races like DoomThe impact of pregnancy on endurance training, fueling strategies, and nutritional needsManaging health challenges like pneumonia, lung capacity, and recovery after injuryDietary considerations for pregnant athletes, including cravings, supplements, and gut healthPractical tips for ultra fueling, hydration strategies, and carrying essentials on long ridesInsights into postpartum mindset and balancing athletic goals with family lifePlease note that this podcast is created strictly for educational purposes and should never be used for medical diagnosis or treatment.ABOUT CHARLOTTE BACKUS TURNER:Charlotte Backus Turner is a 28-year-old former professional UCI road cyclist, accredited cycling coach, nutritionist, ultra-endurance bikepacker, and psychology-driven Scholar based in Park City, Utah. With a background in road, gravel, Mtb, Zwift racing, and self-supported ultra-distance events, Charlotte blends science, lived experience, and human emotion to help athletes build strength, confidence, and resilience from the inside out.She is also the co-founder of Uinta Bikepacking alongside her husband, Matthew Turner — a northern Utah ultra-bikepacking event created to inspire more riders, especially women, to explore hard things with confidence. Outside of coaching and endurance sport, Charlotte also works in property management, bringing the same attention to detail, care, and commitment to people that she carries into her athletic and coaching life.Charlotte and Matthew live in Park City and are expecting their first child, a baby boy, in July 2026. Through her coaching, writing, adventures, and growing family life, Charlotte continues to share a grounded perspective on endurance, nutrition, mindset, resilience, and the deeper lessons we learn on and off the bike.FREE RESOURCES:NR Recovery Protocol: https://mailchi.mp/nutritional-revolution.com/recovery-protocolCarbs for Racing Guide: https://mailchi.mp/nutritional-revolution/carbs-for-racingFOLLOW CHARLOTTE BACKUS TURNER:IG: https://www.instagram.com/charlottebackus/COACHING: https://www.exqcoaching.com/about-meMENTIONED:Prenatal Vitamin: https://nutritional-revolution.com/product/thorne-basic-prenatal/Creatine: https://nutritional-revolution.com/product/thorne-creatine/Salt Stick Chews: https://amzn.to/4vjbfVSWelch's Fruit Snacks: https://amzn.to/4vrJivbBaked Lays: https://amzn.to/4vqc5A5Katadyn Water Bottle Filter: https://amzn.to/4vqjoInSawyer Water Filter System: https://amzn.to/4gp0LR7Queen Street Bakery (Gluten Free): https://amzn.to/4wxVUliFlour Craft Bakery: https://go.shopmy.us/p-70286788SPORTLEGS: https://amzn.to/4h4EmsxBREATH by James Nestor: https://amzn.to/4yewwmnTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Introduction to Charlotte Turner, pro cyclist and ultra endurance bikepacker02:25 - Charlotte's background and journey into ultra bike packing04:21 - Pregnancy updates, upcoming races, and life changes05:36 - Transition from racing to pregnancy and mental challenges06:27 - Exploring self-supported ultra events and race strategies09:21 - Managing refueling and hydration on ultra distances10:28 - Completing Doom 100-mile race while pregnant and lessons learned11:04 - Adjustments in fueling and hydration during pregnancy12:10 - Early pregnancy challenges and managing physical symptoms13:08 - Facing food cravings and micronutrient needs during pregnancy14:36 - Physical changes like blood volume increase and lung capacity15:37 - Reflecting on racing before and during pregnancy16:24 - Overcoming injury, pneumonia, and lung capacity recovery19:37 - Transition from road to ultra bike packing and lifestyle shifts23:17 - Nutrition practices for ultra bike packing and managing dietary restrictions25:07 - The importance of mindset and nature connection in ultra endurance26:11 - Fueling strategies, food options, and managing GI issues during long rides27:13 - Favorite race snacks and planning for ultra events29:56 - Hydration tactics, bottle placement, and water sources during races33:19 - Monitoring fluid intake, fueling, and the body's response during ultra races36:55 - Managing gluten sensitivities and gluten-free foods while racing41:22 - How pregnancy altered her fueling needs and blood sugar regulation44:12 - Balancing energy output and carbohydrate intake in ultra endurance45:31 - Preferred protein sources during pregnancy for endurance athletes47:29 - Supplements, vitamins, and minerals for pregnancy and athletic performance49:56 - Upcoming races, training plans, and balancing family life57:13 - Charlotte's international bikepacking adventures and future goals57:43 - Connecting with Charlotte: social media and website linksMORE NRApply to work with Kyla → https://p.bttr.to/3ZrwzcFUse code NEWPOD10 for 10% off our meal plans → https://nutritional-revolution.com/products/CONNECT Instagram → www.instagram.com/nutritionalrevolutionSponsorship inquiries → kyla.c@nutritional-revolution.comInterested in having your biomarkers or nutrigenomics checked? 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Stage 4 was run in genuinely brutal conditions — 44 degrees on the road, no heat protocol in effect, and a peloton that paid for it. Alex and Max break down a day where the tactics mattered as much as the legs.In this episode:How hot was it really, and why there's still no UCI heat policy in playTrek's perfectly played hand — sending their lead-out men up the road instead of controlling the bunchThe GC gift that handed a brand new team their first-ever Tour de France race leadNorway's incredible week continues — on the bike and at the World CupTudor and Astana's rough day missing the moves that matteredKelland O'Brien's tough day and missing the time cutThe UCI celebration rule, sticky bidons, and where the fine pool sits so far this TourLast night's Café du Cycliste kit winner revealed
Javier del Pino y Juan José Millás conversan sobre los tutoriales en Internet. Con Paqui Ramos y Sylvia Belda visitamos la UCI pediátrica del Hospital 12 de Octubre de Madrid.
El grupo realiza este reto tras la promesa que hicieron a uno de los integrantes mientras estaba en la cama de la UCI.
Become a member of the Real Science of Sport! You get ad-free shows, a member exclusive show every week, access to our communities and post-pod discussions, plus the chance to participate in our unique research studies. There's more too - click here to see all the benefits, and a small monthly pledge is all it takes!Oh, and play our Tour de France Fantasy League - we have one special rule - no Pogacar allowed! It's league number 90980, Science of Sport, and the password is ISMPJShow notesThis week's Spotlight checks in on our global durability study, takes another lap of the World Cup, visits the Diamond League in Paris, previews the Tour de France and its heat challenge, and ends with saltwater crocodiles.In this show:Our listener durability study is underway (members only!), and Ross and Gareth compare notes after completing the first session, a brutal five minute TT plus 20 minute FTP protocol. Ross explains why you have to drain the anaerobic battery before the 20 minute test, why pacing a time trial on your own is harder than you think, and why the biggest limitation in the study might not be physiologyThe World Cup is into the knockout rounds and listener Robert Ridley has done the maths on whether teams that go to extra time are at a disadvantage in the next game. The answer might be yes, about 1.5x more likely to lose if they play a team who hadn't had ET the game before, but we discover the confounding factor that complicates that findingA proposal resurfaced on Discourse and social media this week for a structural fix to extra time football, one that involves running the penalty shootout before the 30 minutes rather than after it. Ross explains where the idea came from, what the data says about goals in extra time, and why football fans on social media were not especially receptiveMoving onto athletics, Audrey Werro ran 1:53.80 in Paris, another personal best that edges her closer to the oldest WR in the sport, but we explain why the record attempt fell short, and what her split data tells you about the mindset that Werro and Hodgkinson need to bring to their races to really threaten the WR. Femke Bol is now in the picture too, and her progression curve is worth paying close attention toMarco Arop ran 1:41.84 in the men's 800 and declared he is going for Rudisha's world record. We discuss whether the men's record might actually fall before the women'sThe Tour de France starts this weekend in temperatures forecast to exceed 40 degrees by the end of the first week. We discuss a study documenting rising temperatures at the race over the decades, why the UCI's heat protocols are again under scrutiny, and what the Tour's own route designer says about how he is now choosing routes specifically for shadeUCI president Lappartient has floated the idea of reducing Tour de France team sizes from eight to six riders and introducing budget caps. The internet reacted badly, including a memorable contribution from Johan Bruyneel. We make the case that smaller teams might actually create more dynamic racing and more opportunities for smaller squads, with the acceptance that there are economic factors in play. But we wonder, why criticism is often so loud, but so empty?And finally, an IOC official has just discovered that the rowing venue for Brisbane 2032 is in a river that is also home to saltwater crocodiles. His suggested solution was a fence. We hope the rowers don't catch a croc... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Blood tests and other biomarkers are bringing researchers closer to detecting Alzheimer's disease before memory loss begins — a shift that could reshape prevention, treatment, and the way families think about risk.Dr. Joshua Grill, director of the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) and UCI's NIA-funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, explains how advances in amyloid PET scans, spinal fluid testing, and blood-based biomarkers are changing Alzheimer's research and care. Grill has published more than 150 articles and is nationally recognized for his work on clinical trials, recruitment and retention, and biomarker disclosure.In this conversation with Being Patient's Mark Niu, Grill discussed why these tests are useful today for people already experiencing cognitive symptoms, why they are not yet recommended as a routine risk test for people without memory problems, and how biomarkers are helping researchers design prevention trials for people at higher biological risk. He also explained the emotional, ethical, and legal questions that come with assessing Alzheimer's risk and what still needs to happen before early testing and treatment become part of routine care.---If you loved listening to this interview, visit our website to find more of our Alzheimer's coverage and subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beingpatient.com/Follow Being Patient: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Being_Patient_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingpatientvoices/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beingpatientalzheimersLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/being-patientBeing Patient is an editorially independent journalism outlet for news and reporting about brain health, cognitive science, and neurodegenerative diseases. In our Live Talk series on Facebook, former Wall Street Journal Editor and founder of Being Patient, Deborah Kan, interviews brain health experts and people living with dementia. Check out our latest Live Talks: https://beingpatient.com/live-talks/
Three YouTubers and a PowerPoint presentation. That's how Unibet Rose Rockets started in 2023 — and this year they lined up at the Giro d'Italia.Bas Tietema sits down with Max and Alex to unpack how a content-first team cracked professional cycling: signing Dylan Groenewegen, chasing UCI ranking points to guarantee a Tour de France start, why most WorldTour teams still don't understand content, and the uncomfortable truth about whether cycling teams can ever actually make money.Plus: a rapid-fire round covering dream signings, favourite races, and the one UCI rule Bas would scrap.New episodes every Monday and Wednesday, with daily coverage through the Tour de France.
Welcome to Episode 150 of ShiftLess! We made it to a major milestone, and we wouldn't have it any other way than doing what we do best: bicycles and conspiracy theories.This week, Kevin brings actual facts and market research to the table after spending a 100-degree weekend observing riders at the North Shore Trailhead during the Mountain Bike Free For All / Hell on Wheels event. We dive deep into the data to find out what the current mountain bike landscape really looks like—and the disparity between the endurance crowd and the general population might surprise you. From the exact split of flats versus clipless pedals to the surprising surge of e-bike riders looking like they're ready for a motocross rally, we break down what we saw on the dirt.Plus, we talk about the booming Hispanic mountain bike community in DFW, recap the shattered course records at the 2026 Tour Divide, and dig into the UCI's bizarre rulings on 32-inch wheels. Brad also introduces the newest member of his family (a rescue pup named Lawrence) and shares his final thoughts on the series finale of The Bear.In This Episode, We Cover:North Shore Market Research: Surprising stats on flats vs. clipless, drop bars, and helmetless riders on a 100-degree Texas day.Brand Sightings: Why Cannondale is everywhere and Trek is nowhere to be found.The E-Bike Evolution: Why are e-bike riders wearing full-face helmets and body armor for a casual trail ride?Endurance Mountain Biking: The massive growth of the Hispanic MTB community in North Texas keeping the old-school XC spirit alive.The 32-Inch Wheel Conspiracy: Canyon's new prototype, negative drop stems, and the UCI's hypocritical stances.2026 Tour Divide Records: Massive shoutouts to the new Men's, Women's, and Single Speed overall record holders.Pop Culture & Pups: A deep dive into The Bear Season 5 (Spoilers!) and the story behind Brad's new dumped puppy, Lawrence.Support the Show & Local Food!Don't miss out on Brad's upcoming Sagamore Spirits dinner on July 11th. Incredible menu, fantastic whiskey, and great times. Grab your seat at eatatfam.com."If you dedicate a calendar year to riding a rigid or hardtail mountain bike, your momentum conservation and line picking will go through the roof. You can't buy that experience for $10,000." Hit subscribe, leave us a review, and as always: Go ride your bike. Episode 150: North Shore Trailhead Survey, E-Bike Gear Culture, and Endurance MTB's Next Chapter00:00 Episode 150 Kickoff01:03 Trailhead Survey Plan02:23 Endurance Event Setup05:01 Lost Rider Story07:05 Beginner Trail Confusion10:45 Endurance Survey Results17:04 Language Shift Insight20:05 General Crowd Tick Sheet23:53 Gear Stats Helmets E Bikes37:27 Bike Brands Surprise42:13 E Bike Culture Clash46:09 Skills Over Equipment48:54 Gatekeeping vs Bashing50:35 E-Bikes and Trail Skills52:06 Motocross to MTB Pipeline53:15 Big Brands at Events55:29 Canyon 32-Inch Prototype01:00:18 Research Banter and Caleb01:01:02 New Puppy Lawrence01:05:36 Dumped Dogs and Empathy01:07:01 The Bear Final Season01:18:15 Tour de France Preview01:21:21 Tour Divide Records01:24:57 Wildfires and Saharan Dust01:26:24 Cycling News and World Cup01:29:38 32-Inch Wheels and UCI01:31:15 Endurance MTB Plans01:35:31 Wrap Up and Dinner Plug
On our episode this week Kathryn and Kristi welcome gravel new-comer Lizzie Hermolle. Hailing from the UK, Lizzie won the British gravel national championship in 2025 in just her second season racing gravel. Lizzie was a soccer player growing up. She started cycling in her late 20's during the COVID lockdown and was hooked. She raced on a continental road team in 2025, but after claiming the gravel national champion title she decided to focus on gravel for the 2026 season. Lizzie has raced a bunch of different gravel events this year to try and find when she likes best including Unbound 200, Traka 560, and some UCI events in Europe. Lizzie talks about her experience at Unbound, and what her plans are for the rest of the season.Follow Lizzie on Instagram @lizziehermolleRegister for Feisty Fest at https://feisty.co/events/Follow us on Instagram:@feistycycling@feisty_mediaGirls Gone Gravel Website:https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/Support our Partners:Wahoo: Learn about the ELEMNT ROAM 3 at https://wahoofitness.pxf.io/6kn0EbMomentous: Use code GIRLSGONEGRAVEL for up to 35% off your first order at livemomentous.comTifosi: Use the code FEISTY2026 for 20% off at tifosioptics.comRegister for Feisty Fest at https://feisty.co/events/
Going pro has nothing to do with talent — it has everything to do with removing stress from your life.Rob Foster sits down with pro triathlete Zachary Cooper for an honest, occasionally hilarious look at the long way around to the top of the sport: quitting a stable job at the UCI with no plan beyond turning pro, six months at the legendary Laidlow camp that rewired how he trains and recovers, and the swim — the one weakness that demands everything and gives nothing back.They cover the case for a daily nap, why 180g of carbs an hour is becoming the new normal on the bike, and what two collapsed races this season taught him heading into Roth.If you've ever wondered what separates the athletes who make it from the ones who don't — this is patience, process, and refusing to be defined by your weakest discipline.
Martí Vayreda has been a top-six UCI elite rider for the best part of five years. Last season, by his own admission, he wasn't pushing himself the way he needed to. So this year he made one change - stop playing it safe - and the results have already shown.In this episode Martí joins The Shin Dig to talk about the mental shift behind his strong start to the season, the real story of why he left Jitsi for Comas, what it's actually like riding for a two-time World Champion, and the new UCI rule change that's already splitting opinion in the paddock.We also get into Pro Trials Cards - the project behind some of the funniest content in trials right now, including AI-generated rider diss tracks — and what's coming next for the database, the cards, and a possible Shin Dig-themed rap.Follow Martí: @martivayredaFollow Pro Trials Cards: @protrialscards
The tech crew at Escape Collective have been paying close attention to the progression toward 32in wheels in gravel and mountain bike, and while the conversation has come up a few times, it felt time to dedicate some real time to the topic.This week, Escape tech staffers Dave Rome, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Alex Hunt chat about 32ers in the news, whether the UCI's potential involvement will slow things, and if a new wheel size is of positive net gain for the wider industry. In addition to big wheels, the geeks also talk about some other new products. Meanwhile, members of Escape Collective get Ask a Wrench, the weekly segment where our members' technical questions get answered.Time stamps: 00:02:15 - 32ers in the news 00:03:00 - Thömus gets the first World Cup podium 00:07:00 - Canyon's Lux Era concept 00:10:20 - A few big wheels at Spoken 00:12:30 - The UCI's involvement 00:23:00 - Brands preparing for the next big thing 00:28:30 - Complications in 32er suspension 00:36:00 - It's a high-risk time for more stock 00:39:30 - Cheaper bikes will be worse 00:42:00 - Why didn't it start with gravel bikes? 00:49:00 - Wolf Tooth's lower cost range of products 00:51:50 - Black Inc's new Hyper wheels. So many carbon spokes 00:59:00 - Ask a Wrench with Colin Williams (members only) 01:01:00 - Should you service new suspension and talking bushing clearances 01:14:24 - Fighting stuck tubeless tyres. How to deal with them on the trail? 01:26:00 - A recall-related question
How should we think about truth, misinformation, Israel, Zionism, antisemitism, academia, and social media in 2026?In this wide-ranging conversation, Rabbi Daniel Levine (The Fifth Question Podcast) sits down with Alon Burstein (@Israel-Palestine-Report) to discuss how educators, academics, journalists, and content creators navigate one of the most controversial and misunderstood topics in the world: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.To listen to our conversation about the Temple Mount see here: • Everything You Need to Know about the Temp... We explore:✅ The rise of misinformation after October 7✅ How social media changed public understanding of Israel and Gaza✅ Academia vs public education✅ The role of YouTube in combating misinformation✅ Facts vs interpretation in political discourse✅ Antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and historical context✅ Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and media narratives✅ The challenge of objective reporting in wartime✅ Why people consume information through ideology✅ Jewish perspectives on Israel and Zionism✅ The future of Israeli democracy✅ Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) politics, military service, and Israeli elections✅ The Temple Mount, religion, and Middle East conflict✅ Free speech, education, and intellectual honestyWhether you're interested in Israel, Palestine, Jewish history, Zionism, antisemitism, religion, politics, media bias, or the future of public discourse, this conversation offers a thoughtful and nuanced perspective from two educators who spend their lives engaging difficult questions.Chapters00:00 Introduction01:00 Why Start a YouTube Channel?03:00 October 7 and the Misinformation Crisis04:00 Academia and Public Education07:00 The Internet, Information, and Truth08:30 The Purpose of The Fifth Question Podcast15:30 What Counts as Misinformation?19:30 Facts vs Interpretation21:30 Ideology and Political Thinking27:00 Media Bias and Selective Reporting32:00 Antisemitism and Historical Context35:00 Facts, War Crimes, and Public Understanding39:00 Israel's Future and Internal Challenges42:00 Haredi Politics and Military Service47:00 The Future of Israeli Elections48:00 Final ThoughtsKeywordsIsrael Palestine conflict, Israel Hamas war, Israel Iran conflict, Zionism explained, antisemitism, anti Zionism, Jewish history, Daniel Levine, Alon Buren, Israel Palestine Report, The Fifth Question, Middle East politics, Gaza war, October 7, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israeli politics, Jewish identity, Judaism, Israel news, Middle East news, media bias, misinformation, academia, free speech, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israeli elections, Haredi draft, Israeli democracy, Jewish podcast, political philosophy, religion and politics, university education, UCI, Israel analysis, current events, geopoliticsHashtags#israel #palestine #zionisme #Antisemitism #middleeast #israelhamaswar #judaism #politics #geopoliticsofresources #israelnews #gaza #iran #jewishhistory #podcast #currentevents
This week Robyn and Will are joined by Ned Boulting, a man who needs no introduction but hey, here's one anyway: Ned broadcasts, commentates, pundits, orates, performs and writes about all things cycling. This year is Ned's first away from the ITV commentary box at the Tour de France (RIP), and instead he's taking his passion for two wheels on the road with his podcast For The Love Of Cycling, where this summer he's joined by friends and former pros David Millar, Pete Kennaugh and Lizzie Deignan as he follows the Tour around France, analysing the stages and telling the stories of the greatest cycling race on earth. In this episode, Ned talks us through the most important and set-to-be pivotal stages at this year's Tour, the riders to watch out for and the inevitable battle for third place, while Robyn introduces Ned to her self-styled ‘Vibes Classification', which will is surely set to get a UCI points system and jersey all of its own.Chat begins at 3.30------------------This episode is brought to you by the Hammerhead Karoo GPS bike computer. Visit hammerhead.io and use the code CYCLIST to get a free HR strap with every purchase (just be sure to add the strap to your cart then apply the code at checkout)This episode is also brought to you by the Maserati Grecale SUV car. For more information, go to maserati.com...and the Green Commute Initiative, the leading provider of the Government's Cycle to Work Scheme, which can help you save up to 47% off the cost of a new bike. See greencommuteinitiative.uk for more details------------------Did you know Cyclist is also stunning monthly print magazine?Subscribe now at store.cyclist.co.uk/cycpod and get every issue for less than in the shops, delivered straight to your doorWe're also a really lovely website about everything road cycling and gravel. Check us out at cyclist.co.uk, plus over the next few months we're running our very own Cyclist Track Days and Cycling Electric Demo days, where you can test ride the best bikes around purpose-built, closed-circuit tracks. For a full list of dates and venues across May and June, check out Cyclist Track Days and Cycling Electric Demo Days Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Become part of the Science of Sport Community, and take part in our global durability trial, plus get our free show, ad-free listening, and our world class forums! A small monthly donation is all it takes!This week's Spotlight focuses on the doping case of Marketa Vondrousova's four year ban for refusing to provide a sample during an out of competition test in 2025. We also return to the USA for some Football World Cup insights, cover some injury science with implications for Keely Hodgkinson's season, and issue a call to arms for members ahead of our durability experiment. Here's what's on the show today:A leg-breaking tackle in the Canada versus Qatar game sparked a debate among our listeners on Discourse that cuts to the heart of how sport punishes dangerous play. Should the sanction reflect what the player did, or what happened as a result? Ross draws on his rugby background to explain why outcome-based punishment is more common and more defensible than it first appears, and why intent is almost impossible to use as a standardTravel demands at the World Cup are discussed by a listener in this article - we ask whether this could be decisive to the outcome, which takes us on a journey into travel load and its implications for performanceThe momentum graphics appearing on screen during World Cup broadcasts continue to prompt discussion among our listeners. We explore how they actually work, why they might be interesting to fans but are almost certainly meaningless to coaches, and what question you would need to answer before you could trust them at all?Our main feature is former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, now banned for four years for refusing a doping test. We explain why the anti-doping system has to treat a refusal as the equivalent of a positive test, why her own social media post on the night made things worse for her, and why comparing her ban to the Sinner and Swiatek cases misses the point entirelyKeely Hodgkinson withdrew from the 400 metres at the UK Athletics Championships in tears after experiencing "hamstring tightness" before the race. We explore why, even if this turns out to be nothing, the pattern of recurring hamstring tightness is worth paying close attention to, and shares the sobering statistics on hamstring re-injury rates and risk factors that make this more than just a precautionary withdrawalWorld Rugby has permanently approved a lower tackle height for community rugby, but with a catch: different unions can choose between the waist and the sternum as their legal limit. We discuss why that flexibility exists, what it means in practice, and what would have to be agreed before any change could come to the elite gameA cyclist suffered a concussion during the Tour de Suisse and continued racing for several more stages. Gareth's initial reaction is that it's another policy failure by the UCI, but we discuss it and discover a number of scenarios that would explain how it happened without any fault from the UCIAnd finally, a call to action for members. Our Applied show this Friday will cover durability, and we are turning it into a live global experiment. Over the coming weeks we will be asking supporters to complete a set of time trials on the bike, and we will use that data to build your power duration curve, work out your W prime, and calculate your durability index. All the details will be on Discourse and Discord for membersOh, and why is Messi so comparatively poor at penalties? Our previous guest Ben Lyttleton shares a piece he wrote on why the best ever is average from the spot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Matt saw some famous bikes; the UCI is handing out fines before yellow cards and AI is taking over. Plus, we wrap a van inn our minds. This podcast is supported by the generous and amazing donors to the Wide Angle Podium Network, and by Hammerhead cycling! Visit hammerhead.io to check out the Karoo cycling computer, and use code SLOWRIDE at checkout to get a Heart Rate strap for free! Find us, and other fantastic cycling podcasts on the Wide Angle Podium Network, at wideanglepodium.com! Check out the brand new WAP app available in the Apple and Android app stores! You can email us at theslowridepodcast@gmail.com
LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA nos abre uno de sus archivos, que nos va a acercar a: "El Leviatán. Corazón de G.E.O.". Hoy en LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA tenemos el placer de contar de nuevo con Jorge Jesús García Bermúdez, Policía Nacional, que ya nos presentó en un programa anterior su trabajo sobre el que quizás es el primer asesino en serie de la historia de España. En el segundo programa nos habló de uno de los peores asesinos en serie de la historia, Andrei Chikatilo, apodado como "El Carnicero de Rostov". Y hoy vamos a hablar de historia y de muchas historias, también personales, de la mano de su novela "El Leviatán. Corazón de G.E.O". Sin más preámbulos os dejo con el programa. -Enlace a Amazon del libro "El Leviatán. Corazón de GEO": https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0G2YY1P2L Jorge Jesús García Bermúdez, es policía nacional con casi 20 años ya de carrera profesional, es abogado, máster en práctica jurídica, y como he dicho anteriormente es escritor y autor de varios libros tanto de narrativa como de poesía. Su obra "Nochebuena en la UCI" fue finalista al Premio Nacional de Relatos "Alto Policía, esto es un relato", que es un premio creado para todos esos policías (independientemente del cuerpo policial al que pertenezcan) que tienen esa chispa de creadores de relatos y ganas de contar historias. Su relato corto "Luz tras las rocas", participó en el Certamen de relato Corto "Una mirada desde el corazón de la UCI", organizado por el servicio UCI del Hospital Mancha Centro, relato que fue seleccionado y publicado. "Los Senderos del Destino" es el título de su primer libro de poesía editado en 2019 por la editorial valenciana Loto Azul y presentado en la Feria del Libro de Madrid. El segundo libro de Jorge editado en el año 2020 por la editorial valenciana Olé libros se titula "Envuelta en Azul". Un libro en que habla de la Violencia de Género desde el punto de vista de un policía y tras su experiencia de 8 años en la oficina de denuncias, donde atendió más de 100 casos. Este libro también lo presentó en la Feria del Libro de Madrid en 2021, y además con él participó además en la programación municipal del día 25 de noviembre, que es el día contra la violencia de género. Jorge participó en el libro "Ñ, Manual de Autoestima para Españoles". Editado también por Olé libros, este libro reunió a grandes personalidades de la sociedad española, como Manuel Vicent, Luis María Ansón, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, el Chef con 3 estrellas Michelin Quique Dacosta, el presidente de Cruz Roja Española, la presidenta de la organización española de donantes de órganos y una largo etc., de personalidades de todos los ámbitos de la cultura, la ciencia y la economía española, en el que remarcan las bonanzas de nuestro país y su gran futuro. En este libro Jorge realizó el prólogo de presentación. La Dirección General de la Policía editó su cuento "El portero y los Pelicanos, El sueño de ser Policía" que fue presentado con mucho éxito en la Feria del libro de Madrid. Y por último Jorge ha escrito la novela "El Leviatán. Corazón de G.E.O", novela que ha estado en varios periodos en el puesto número 1 de AMAZON en la sección de Thriller Crimen Organizado, ha sido reseñada por conocidos periodistas como Fernando Rueda y programas tan afamados como La Rosa de los Vientos de Onda Cero, Espacio en Blanco de Radio Nacional de España o La Noche de Adolfo Arjona de la Cadena COPE. Jorge fue escolta del exdirector del CNI (Centro Nacional de Inteligencia) don Alberto Saiz. -Enlace a Amazon del libro "El Leviatán. Corazón de GEO": https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0G2YY1P2L - THE OBJETIVE (artículo del prestigioso periodista Fernando Rueda): https://theobjective.com/espana/2023-12-02/policia-escolta-exdirector-cni/ - ESPACIO EN BLACO (RTVE) https://go.ivoox.com/rf/135266023 - LA NOCHE EN COPE (ADOLFO ARJONA) https://go.ivoox.com/rf/124100491 - El SEMANAL DE LA MANCHA:https://www.elsemanaldelamancha.com/articulo/alcazar-de-san-juan/escritor-policia-alcazareno-jorge-jesus-garcia-numero-amazon/20231209173606190880.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=share_button - CUARTO MILENIO https://www.cuatro.com/television/a-la-carta/20250706/cuarto-milenio-video-completo-programa-6julio_18_016063411.html - ENLACE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JGARCIABER - ENLACE X (TWITTER):: https://x.com/JorgeJessGarci1?t=PimOCGQgxqnTrLrpwPN4wg&s=09 - ENLACE INSTAGRAM:: https://instagram.com/jorge_j._garcia_bermudez40?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA== - ENLACE TIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@jorge.jesus.garci6?_t=8hZj3vTdFsO&_r=1 - Enlace a la sesión académica entorno al Bicentenario de la Policía Nacional. 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Twelve days from the Tour and the big one lands live on the pod. Luke Plapp gets the call pre-episode to confirm he's officially in the Tour de France team. We get into his week off the bike, the Girona TTT camp, and how the build's shaping up.Then the usual Monday wrap:Wout van Aert ruled OUT of the Tour — the elbow infection and the hole it leaves in VismaPogačar's monster return at the Tour de Suisse (Max does the maths on 7.2 w/kg for 25 minutes)Van der Poel's surprise time trial, his €500 "shirt off" fine, and a rough week for the UCI on safetyThe sprinters light up the Baloise Belgium Tour — Girmay's upset opener, with Merlier, Magnier, Kooij and Philipsen all grabbing a stageRed Bull bossing it in Slovenia, Pidcock taking the Andorra climbers' race, Quinn Simmons' one-man show at US nationals, and a big rap for the Giro Next GenThe LA28 Olympic course finally revealed — and who it suitsStill no reply from LeBron, MaxThen Max's Top 5 cycling formats, presented by Pillar Performance — and yes, he's got gravel at number two. Take it up with him.Coming up this week: Jimmy Whelan on the pod this arvo, and Bass from the Unibet Rockets later in the week. Missed Matt Hauser last week?
Quando criança, o futebol ocupava boa parte do seu tempo e era, de longe, sua maior paixão esportiva. O vôlei também fazia parte da rotina, até que a bicicleta apareceu e rapidamente deixou de ser apenas um momento de diversão com as irmãs e alguns amigos. Em pouco tempo, o mountain bike passou a direcionar seus objetivos e transformar sua vida. Os primeiros resultados vieram cedo. Em 2021, conquistou o título de campeã brasileira de XCO na categoria sub-17. No ano seguinte, recebeu o convite para participar de um estágio de cinco meses na sede da UCI, na Suíça. Ainda em 2022, conquistou a medalha de bronze no Campeonato Brasileiro de XCO. No ano seguinte, o ciclismo voltou a abrir portas. Conquistou uma bolsa de estudos e passou uma temporada competindo na liga universitária americana, conciliando os estudos com as competições. Em 2024, retornou ao Brasil para continuar a graduação, sem perder o foco nas duas rodas. Naquele mesmo ano, conquistou o bronze na Brasil Ride Espinhaço. Os resultados passaram a aparecer de forma cada vez mais consistente. Em 2025, estreou no Cape Epic competindo ao lado do pai, e juntos chegaram à quarta colocação. Na CIMTB de Carandaí, terminou em terceiro lugar, conquistou o título do Iron Biker e tornou-se vice-campeã brasileira sub-23. Já em 2026, viveu sua temporada mais expressiva até aqui. Foi vice-campeã do Cape Epic na categoria duplas mistas ao lado do treinador Hugo Prado Neto, vice-campeã pan-americana sub-23 de XCO e medalhista de bronze no XCC da mesma competição. Também conquistou a terceira colocação no XCC elite da Internacional MTB Series, em Lavras, venceu a maratona da CIMTB, em Conceição do Mato Dentro, e terminou o Campeonato Brasileiro de Maratona na terceira colocação da elite. Conosco aqui, a estudante de Publicidade e Propaganda, atleta de mountain bike e uma das jovens ciclistas brasileiras em ascensão no cenário internacional, que sonha alto, a belo-horizontina Gabriela Pereira Ferolla. Inspire-se! Race Smart - check your heart Este episódio é oferecido pela @z2perfomance e pela @2peaksbikes A Z2 agora está com nova embalagem dos géis: abre fácil, com melhor fluxo de sucção e bordas arredondadas pra não te machucar durante o treino ou prova. E tem mais novidade: Barz, a nova barra de energia da Z2! Disponível em Berries & Limão Siciliano e Chocolate & Amendoim, feita com ingredientes naturais para um lanche prático e nutritivo a qualquer hora. Outra novidade é o gel de 75g de carboidratos, ideal pra estratégias de alto consumo. Siga @z2performance e fique por dentro do universo da Z2. A 2 Peaks Bikes é a importadora e distribuidora oficial no Brasil da Factor Bikes, Santa Cruz Bikes e de diversas outras marcas e conta com três lojas: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Los Angeles. Lá, ninguém vende o que não conhece: todo produto é testado por quem realmente pedala. A 2 Peaks Bikes foi pensada e criada para resolver os desafios de quem leva o pedal a sério — seja no asfalto, na terra ou na trilha. Mas também acolhe o ciclista urbano, o iniciante e até a criança que está começando a brincar de pedalar. Para a 2 Peaks, todo ciclista é bem-vindo. Conheça a 2 Peaks Bikes, distribuidora oficial da Factor, da Santa Cruz e da Yeti no Brasil. @2peaksbikesla SIGA e COMPARTILHE o Endörfina no Youtube ou através do seu app preferido de podcasts. Contribua também com este projeto através do Apoia.se.
Episodio 39 de la temporada 5 con mucho que contar. Arrancamos con Antonio confesando que se tiró 6 horas intentando hacer el vídeo musical de la canción con inteligencia artificial y acabó sin vídeo. Un desastre de manual que cualquiera que haya peleado con herramientas de IA va a entender perfectamente.En noticias, hablamos de la regulación de la UCI sobre los ciclocomputadores, de la segunda victoria consecutiva de David Valero en el Giro Dolomaid liderando la Copa del Mundo de maratón con mucha ventaja, de la caída de Evenepoel a 4 semanas del Tour de Francia y de todo el material nuevo: el lanzamiento del nuevo Shimano Deore mecánico, el nuevo gel Prolance 60 de Nutrinovex que llevamos 2 años desarrollando junto a ellos y, sobre todo, la gran noticia de la semana: la nueva Scott Spark 2026, la bicicleta de doble suspensión más vendida de la historia, renovada de arriba a abajo. La probamos en Italia y en el podcast os contamos todo lo que no cabe en el vídeo.En nuestras mierdas, el MGT Madrid Gravel Tour by Gobik ha superado todas las expectativas. 4 etapas, 400 kilómetros por la Sierra de Madrid y zonas que ni nosotros mismos conocíamos. Antonio Ortiz nos cuenta su fin de semana en Fiñana y la sorpresa de encontrar un sendero con su nombre. Y el tocayo también estuvo en Andorra trabajando como una mula.Para terminar, charleta sobre la gravel de aluminio de BH después de 4 días con ella en el MGT: ¿merece la pena frente al carbono?Si quieres entender bien todo lo que hablamos sobre ratios en los geles, te recomendamos el episodio 43 de la temporada 3 donde lo explicamos en profundidad: https://open.spotify.com/episode/31lic6oW2vJYTuoiGg6540?si=biapjn6ASumvuOM_yUTL1wComenta, puntúa y comparte el podcast. Cada reseña y cada comentario nos ayuda enormemente a llegar a más gente.Síguenos en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bici_labSuscríbete al canal de YouTube: https://youtube.com/@bicilabÚnete al Club BCLB y a toda la comunidad en: https://www.bicilab.es/
What if tinnitus, migraines, vertigo, brain fog, and even digestive symptoms all stem from the same underlying issue? In this episode, Dr. Hamid Djalilian, one of the world's leading experts in tinnitus and sensory disorders, explains the concept of brain sensitivity and how neuroinflammation may be driving symptoms many people have been told they simply have to live with.Dr. Djalilian breaks down his treatment approach, including the powerful role of sleep, stress management, hydration, nutrition, and lifestyle changes in reducing symptoms. He also shares the latest research on tinnitus treatments, migraine prevention, supplements, medications, and why finding your personal triggers can be the key to lasting relief.Subscribe to SHE MD Podcast for expert tips on PMOS, endometriosis, fertility, hormonal balance, mental health, and more. 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Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at onepeloton.comOlly: Shop Olly Precise Probiotics with Skin, Stress Response or Metabolism Support at a Walmart near you.What You'll LearnWhy tinnitus, migraines, vertigo, brain fog, and other symptoms may share a common root cause in brain sensitivity and neuroinflammationHow stress, illness, hormonal changes, and sensory overload can trigger symptomsThe three pillars of Dr. Djalilian's protocol: sleep, diet, and stress managementWhy hydration and consistent meal timing may be more important than you thinkCommon food and beverage triggers, including alcohol, caffeine, processed foods, and fermented productsThe supplements most commonly used for migraine-related symptoms, including magnesium, riboflavin, and CoQ10How cognitive behavioral therapy, meditation, and exercise can help calm an overactive nervous systemThe latest developments in tinnitus research and future treatment optionsKey Timestamps00:00 Why You Should Never Check The Clock At Night02:01 Meet The Doctor Rethinking Tinnitus Treatment03:00 The Link Between Anxiety, Tinnitus And Brain Health04:12 Why Tinnitus, Vertigo And Migraines Are Connected06:48 Understanding Brain Sensitivity Syndrome08:45 Why Some Brains React More Strongly Than Others12:30 Everyday Habits Making Symptoms Worse16:47 The Biggest Mistake In Chronic Symptom Recovery20:08 Why Your Brain Can Get Stuck In Survival Mode23:00 The Brain Sensitivity Protocol Explained26:04 How Recovery Really Happens28:30 Sleep Strategies For Calming An Overactive Brain29:23 Migraines Are More Than Just Headaches30:19 How Stress, Diet And Sleep Affect Symptoms34:18 Foods And Triggers You Should Watch For38:25 The Most Effective Supplements For Relief47:07 When Medication May Be Necessary49:58 Finding Your Personal Triggers58:51 Can Surgery Actually Fix Migraines1:00:07 Why Surgery Often Just Shifts The Problem1:01:09 What A Migraine Actually Is1:02:52 Vertigo, Brain Fog And Hidden Symptoms1:05:27 How Hormones Trigger Tinnitus And Migraines1:07:41 Should You Consider Hormone Replacement Therapy1:10:18 What To Do When A Migraine HitsKey TakeawaysTinnitus is not always an ear problem; it may be a manifestation of a broader brain sensitivity disorder.Many conditions, including migraines, vertigo, IBS, fibromyalgia, and tinnitus, may be connected through the same neurological pathways.Consistent, uninterrupted sleep is one of the most important tools for reducing symptoms.Lifestyle changes work best when combined with a personalized understanding of your triggers.Stress management is not optional; it's a critical part of symptom control.Small daily habits can have a major impact on brain health, inflammation, and quality of life.Guest BioDr. Hamid Djalilian is a board-certified otolaryngologist, professor of otolaryngology and biomedical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the world's leading experts in tinnitus, migraine-related disorders, vertigo, and sensory conditions. He serves as Director of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery at UCI and is President of the Migraine and Otolaryngology Society.Through decades of clinical practice and research, Dr. Djalilian has pioneered a brain-based approach to understanding tinnitus, dizziness, migraine, and other sensory disorders. His work focuses on the connection between neuroinflammation, central sensitization, and chronic symptoms that are often misunderstood or misdiagnosed.He also serves as Chief Medical Advisor for the NeuroMed Tinnitus Clinic, where he helps patients around the world manage tinnitus and related conditions through evidence-based treatment protocols that combine lifestyle interventions, behavioral therapies, supplements, and medical management.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The lessons that shape us often come from the places we never planned to go and the challenges we never expected to face. In this conversation, I speak with Eric Fisher about the experiences that shaped his approach to mental wellness, resilience, grief, and personal growth. Eric shares how martial arts taught him balance, self-control, and perseverance, and how those lessons now help him guide people through addiction recovery, relationship challenges, and life's hardest moments. We explore the realities of grief, the power of trust, the difference between inpatient and outpatient counseling, and why healing often begins with self-acceptance. Eric also discusses his books, including The Martial Art of Recovery and Buried Alive, revealing how personal experiences and family stories continue to shape his work. If you've ever faced loss, adversity, addiction, or the challenge of rebuilding after setbacks, I believe you will find both practical insights and encouragement in Eric's story. Highlights: 08:10 - Eric shares lessons learned from his FBI internship experience. 18:43 - A friend's crisis leads Eric and his wife to move to New Zealand. 23:38 - Martial arts becomes a foundation for recovery and mental wellness. 37:05 - Eric reflects on grief, loss, and the importance of support. 43:12 - Self-acceptance plays a critical role in addiction recovery. 50:26 - Couples learn to face problems together instead of against each other. About the Guest: Eric Fisher, a Canadian transplant, is a counselling therapist who resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally from Tennessee, he has over 15 years of experience working outpatient and inpatient treatment settings in the US and Canada. He has two books published at this time: The Martial Art of Recovery: Self-Mastery Practices to Subdue Addiction and Achieve Mental Wellness, and Buried Alive: Four Ways to Free Yourself from the Dirt. Eric is a master practitioner of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and is also trained in EyeMovement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), both of which are evidence-based treatments for trauma. Eric's private practice, Recovery Arts Counselling, serves individuals, couples, and families both locally and remotely. In the past, Eric has supervised masters-level graduate students and counsellors early in their careers. He has won multiple awards for his screenwriting: The Departure - official finalist in biographical/historical genre - 2014 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest. Only 16 Miles - Finalist - 2014 Horror Screenplay Contest. Universal Escapade (Finalist - Top 25) - WeScreenplay International Screenplay Competition. Hipster Z (co-written) - best feature screenplay - 2017 Action On Film International Film Festival. Hipster Z - Best horror/comedy Screenplay - 2017 International Horror Hotel Film Fest. Additionally, Eric has a black belt in two martial arts styles: American Kenpo and Wadō-ryū. One interesting thing about Eric is that he had the opportunity to be an intern with the FBI -- twice. Eric enjoys hiking and riding his bike outdoors, music concerts, tasting new food dishes to keep his taste buds guessing, travelling near and far, and meeting people. . Ways to connect with Eric: Website: https://www.recoveryartscounselling.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ericfisherauthor Instagram - @recoveryartscounselling - https://www.instagram.com/recoveryartscounselling/ @ericfisherwriter - https://www.instagram.com/ericfisherwriter Linkedin - Eric Fisher - www.linkedin.com/in/eric-m-fisher-5b83724a Facebook - Recovery Arts Counselling - https://www.facebook.com/RecoveryArtsCounselling About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson 00:03 One of the biggest things holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe. Welcome to Unstoppable Mindset, where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. I'm your host, Michael Hingson, speaker, author, and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead, and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head on, and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear. Together we focus on mindset, resilience, and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Well, hello there, everyone. I am your host Michael Hinkson, and you have found the Unstoppable Mindset Podcast. Today, we get to chat with Eric Fisher, who is a rather interesting person. I believe he's a counseling therapist, he's a transplant, he now lives in Calgary, but he used to live in Tennessee, very similar. I'm sure we'll have to find out more about that, but I'm really glad that that you're here with us. Eric, welcome to Unstoppable Mindset. Eric Fisher 01:29 Yes, thank you for having me on, Michael. I appreciate it. Glad to be here. Michael Hingson 01:32 Well, I'm going to have to ask, how did you get from Tennessee to Calgary, besides by Claire? But you know, but Speaker 1 01:41 it's a bit to make a long story short. The wife, you know, yeah, she's from Calgary originally, so I surrendered up here. Michael Hingson 01:52 Yeah, well, is there a backstory that you want to tell? Speaker 1 01:57 You know, the quick version would be from Mississippi to New Zealand to Calgary, and that was over a span of, you know, two and a half years, and then finally to Calgary. After those other two places, was she Michael Hingson 02:10 with you during all of those? Mississippi, New Zealand, and then Calgary. Speaker 1 02:14 She was for the long haul. Yeah, yeah, she's experienced humidity and the dryness, all the extremes. Michael Hingson 02:24 When we moved to New Jersey in 1996 my wife didn't really want to go. She was a California native, but it was where the job had to take me, and it was either that or go find a new job, and I really didn't want to undertake a job search, because that's pretty traumatic. So, especially if you happen to be blind, because people think blind people really can't do stuff, and that's why the unemployment rate among employable blind people is in the 70% range. So the bottom line is that we moved to New Jersey, we were there for six years, and then of course the World Trade Center happened, which is kind of a dramatic way to allow us to get back to California, but it worked, so here we are. Speaker 1 03:05 Yeah, that is a lot of different places, and it's unfortunate with that percentage, right? Michael Hingson 03:10 Yeah, well, and she passed. She was in a wheelchair her whole life, and she passed in November of 2022 We were married 40 years, and I'm sure she's monitoring me from somewhere, so I work on continuing to be a good kid, because if I'm not, I'm going to hear about it somehow, Speaker 1 03:27 one way or another. There's, there's still some surveillance happening. There Michael Hingson 03:31 is, I am absolutely sure of it. Well, tell us kind of about the early era growing up, and all that. Speaker 1 03:37 Grew up in Arkansas, yeah, Newport, Arkansas, you know, grew up behind a Walmart in a small subdivision, and moved to Tennessee at an early age. I was around five years old, going over, going on six at the time, I believe, and so I understand what it means to kind of get uprooted from somewhere and place somewhere else, and my dad was in the medical profession, so that's the reason that we moved, and so that's a little bit about that. My mom's family is from Kansas City, so I really did enjoy going up to the city there and being with my mom's family during holiday seasons. That was really my only exposure to, like, a city, like an urban population, more than what I experienced anywhere else. So, and yeah, got one brother, played with him a lot, and a lot of it was being creative outside, getting outside and doing stuff, and having fun outside, you know, little bit different from a lot of kids today, perhaps. Michael Hingson 04:44 Yeah, well, it's also a lot scarier, I think, today, even though there's a lot of value in being outside. There are just so many crazy things going on. It's got to be scarier for kids, and certainly even more scary for parents, and they tend. To want to really monitor their, their children a lot more, and that's got us pluses, minuses, but it still has got to be really scary to let them just go outside. Speaker 1 05:09 Yeah, just, you know, looking at what's on the news and the possibilities of what could happen. Michael Hingson 05:16 Yeah, so where did you, or did you go to college? I assume you went to college. Speaker 1 05:22 I did. Yeah, I went to a small private Christian university in Tennessee called Freed Hardiman, and you know it was interesting because there's this whole thing about townies versus us being called freedies because of Freed Hardman. The course, the joke is, you know, free hardly because of the expense of going to the institution. Yeah. Michael Hingson 05:48 Well, with your experience and your observation in life, what do you think about going to a small college as opposed to a larger college? Speaker 1 05:55 I really enjoyed it, being from a rural area. I mean, it was a good transition for me, and just getting to know people I feel like might have been easier in a more rural setting, as opposed to urban. Michael Hingson 06:10 I went to University of California, Irvine, way back, starting in 1968 and when we started at UCI, there were like 25 2600 students, and I think when I graduated with my bachelor's, it was like a little over 3000 students, but I loved the fact that it was a smaller college. I think it was for me a lot better, and I, I really like the smaller college environment, and I understand why colleges have advantages when they're bigger, but by the same token, for students, if you want to really stand out, it's kind of harder to do with a big college. Well, and now University of California, Irvine, where I went to school, has 32,000 undergrads in it, Speaker 1 06:52 32,000 as opposed to the around, that's a huge jump from like 25 2600 yeah, Michael Hingson 07:00 yeah, and so it's, it's a huge place. I was there last a year and a half ago. I was invited to join. I couldn't do it as an as a student because the chapter was formed just as I was leaving, but Phi Beta Kappa, and they heard about me along the way, and I was invited to join as an alumni member back in 2024 So that's the last time I've been to UC Irvine. What a huge place! Speaker 1 07:29 Wow, yeah. Of course, UC Michael Hingson 07:30 Irvine, UCI really stands for Under Construction Indefinitely, so you know Speaker 1 07:38 they make that, they made that kind of humorous remark up here, with like winter and construction, that's the two seasons of Calgary. Yes, I totally get that. Michael Hingson 07:47 My brother-in-law lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, in Ketchum, and has been a skier for most of his life, and in the summer he's a master cabinet maker. Now he's a general contractor, but he's thinking about retiring, but in the winter everything goes by the wayside for skiing, Speaker 1 08:10 everyone's out on the slopes, you know. Well, and what he did Michael Hingson 08:12 to even make it more fun is he got his professional ski guide status in Europe and became a professional ski guide, taking people to do off-piece skiing in the French Alps, which is, Speaker 1 08:25 that's really nice, awesome. Michael Hingson 08:28 I love to, I love to say that I'm not gonna go skiing, because I know those trees are out to try to get me. Speaker 1 08:35 They start to grow their branches, you know? They just spring Michael Hingson 08:38 out at you when you're not looking. Speaker 1 08:40 Yes, I just.. Michael Hingson 08:42 I've never skied. I don't have anything against it. It's just not one of those things that I've done, but he enjoys it, and I'm sure it's a lot of fun to do. Speaker 1 08:51 Yeah, I can appreciate people that do. Michael Hingson 08:53 Yeah. Well, what did you do after college? Well, you got your undergrad, then you went on. Speaker 1 08:58 Yeah, so after my undergrad, I stayed at the university, and you know, I had a bachelor's in psych, and I was like, well, what do I do with this degree? And so I decided to move forward, since I didn't see too much availability, and did a master's in clinical mental health counseling, and during that time of my master's, I was able to intern with the FBI, which was a great opportunity. Michael Hingson 09:25 What caused you to do that? Speaker 1 09:28 I found, I mean, part of it was just a lot of curiosity, and of course, watching a lot of media and the work that they do. Yet I also found the possibility of implementing the psychology from a law enforcement angle on a federal level with this, so I did interning in my bachelor's FBI, that was really nice at a local office, and then later on in my master's at the FBI headquarters in DC, and just really interested in just the field and this the different. Psychological opportunities, Michael Hingson 10:02 you didn't stick with it, though. Or Speaker 1 10:05 I did the internships, I did the agent exam, and failed. Oh boy, just kind of had my time with it, and then moved on. It was a great experience. Michael Hingson 10:16 What you learned from it, the Speaker 1 10:19 importance of teamwork, the importance of community, the importance of intention to detail, and I can't say how I came to those, because then I have to bring up certain things that I can't talk about, but yeah, just the importance of being able to work with other people from other walks of life, and just seeing everyone's different perspectives is something that I learned, coming from, you know, small town, quite homogeneous, small university, and then being able to meet people from different parts of the country, even different territories, like Wall, it was, it was amazing to branch out and just have that life experience, Michael Hingson 11:06 get a lot of different experiences, and you saw how people in other parts of the world live, which obviously has to be an interesting perspective. Speaker 1 11:18 Yes, yes, it was really interesting, and just seeing how they think and their outlook on the world, and I had to take a polygraph examination for both internships, so the importance of honesty, and not that I didn't think honesty was important before, but definitely when you're under the microscope of being asked yes or no questions, it's an interesting experience. Michael Hingson 11:40 Yeah, well, I guess you must have passed the lie detector test. They didn't throw you away or put you in jail. Speaker 1 11:48 That's right. Neither of those happened. I did have one question asked of me that was a little bit ambiguous. It was coming up that I deceived. It's something that happened earlier in the day, and then they asked me about it, and then I said something that was not the truth, and then I explained the reasoning as to why. And then the agent was like, okay, thanks for letting me know, it's all good. It's like, okay, that's good. Michael Hingson 12:21 Yeah, they have to be pretty skilled interrogators to really be able to do that, and, and ask questions, and I, and I know no matter what's going on with the lie detector technology, they're observing you as well, so they're looking for things, and I suppose it's possible to fool the lie detector technology, but I know that it continues to get better too. Speaker 1 12:45 Yeah, and wondering if that's because, like, people are sociopaths, or they don't have any - they actually believe what they're saying. Yeah, yeah, Michael Hingson 12:54 I've never taken lie detector tests, but I know that for me, I'm not a good fibber, so I've got to tell the truth, and like I said, my wife's watching anyway, so I gotta always be a good kid. Speaker 1 13:06 If you were taking a lie detector test knuckle and you said something, you might get an invisible slap, like, oh, Michael Hingson 13:12 exactly, Speaker 2 13:13 okay, I get it, or Michael Hingson 13:16 a poke or something. Yeah, yeah, no. So, better, better to just be honest about it, but yeah, I understand what you're saying, but it is, it is fascinating. I'd love to experience taking a test sometime, but because I only understand all about it intellectually, having never seen it on television or anything like that, but by the same token, I'm glad that the technology exists, and I'm glad that the people do what they do, and I, I too very much believe in law enforcement. I believe in the value of the FBI and police, and so on. I took a couple of police-oriented courses when I was at UC Irvine. We had an engineering professor who was a reserve deputy sheriff, so we, we got to do ride-alongs, and even went down and visited the Orange County Jail once, and you know, because he, he said it all, so it's kind of fun to be able to do it, and I learned a lot and value that. Speaker 1 14:19 That's awesome. I'm glad you had that experience. Michael Hingson 14:21 Yeah, I think it's kind of cool to be able to have had that. So, you got a master's degree? Did you get a PhD? Speaker 1 14:29 No, you know, I was encouraged to do so, to pilot higher and deeper, as the PhD acronym goes. Yeah, and I just, I decided to not go that route. Michael Hingson 14:40 So, what did you do after you got your master's? Speaker 1 14:43 After the master's, I started to do well. I was doing my practicum during the master's, yet after the master's, I started to work primarily where I did my practicum in Mississippi and started actually doing counseling work. So I was doing what's called a mobile therapist. For this organization, where I would go to people's houses and speak with people, do counseling work, which was pretty cool. I got to be out in the community, meet a lot of folks, made confidentiality sometimes a little bit of a challenge, small town. And then two days a week I was in the office, doing whoever came in through the clinic, so I was in the, I was in the work, I was in the grind, just doing what I had been trained to do. Definitely learning on the job, though, for sure. Michael Hingson 15:27 Where in Mississippi, Speaker 1 15:29 Corinth, Mississippi, which is like right at the state line. Yeah, they actually have a road called State Line Road, where houses on one side, North or Tennessee houses on the other side have Mississippi license plates. Michael Hingson 15:45 That's pretty funny. In New Jersey, when we lived there, there were a number of streets in towns that had a very interesting environment, and that is that every town had its own tax base. There wasn't a statewide thing for property taxes and everything else, or for a lot of taxes, so every town had its own, and you could be on a street where someone may pay 1213, $14,000 a year in taxes, and if you lived on the other side of the street, you were in a different town, and your taxes were like 4800 $5,000 Speaker 1 16:24 Whoa, no, Michael Hingson 16:26 it's crazy. Speaker 1 16:27 That is a sheer difference. Michael Hingson 16:30 It is a huge difference, and the other thing that that we experienced is that a lot of the the work is done by lawyers when you're closing a house, for example. Back there, they didn't really have escrow, was all done through attorneys, and so on. And some of those people were involved in the tax stuff as well. It's kind of a very fascinating and interesting place to be, certainly different than what we experienced in California. Speaker 1 16:57 Yes, that sounds like a very, very different type of experience, for sure. Wow, wow. Okay, Michael Hingson 17:04 but you know things happen. Well, so you, you started doing counseling and therapy, and as you said, and I can appreciate how it must have been difficult sometimes from a confidentiality standpoint, because it is a small town and people overhear or talk about, and that's not always a good thing. Speaker 1 17:24 Yeah, you know, things like that come up. You know, you hear the whispers, and one time I was actually trying to find a place in a lower-income part of town, and I was doing circles in the neighborhood, and a police cruiser started to follow me, and so I stopped my car, got out with my credentials, towed the towed the police officer who I worked for, and then he was just kind of like, oh, okay, carry on. So, did Michael Hingson 17:46 you ask him for directions? Speaker 1 17:49 You know what, I did not know, like that would have made sense. I'm trying to look at find this house, never. Oh, over there, sir? Okay, but no, I did not. Michael Hingson 18:05 So, how long were you in Mississippi? Then Speaker 1 18:09 I was in Mississippi from around 2009 to 2013 I want to say, we left. We left for New Zealand for the whole year 2013 so no, 2012 sorry, the end of 2012 so about three and a half, three or so years. Okay, yeah. How did you Michael Hingson 18:33 meet your wife in all this Speaker 1 18:34 online? Yeah, back when it was clandestine, like you met somebody online, are they an ax murderer? Can you trust them? Do you need to get references, which she did. Yeah, yeah. And we checked you out, huh? She checked me out for sure. She even called people that I gave references for. And then we courted for two and a half years. And then after that, tied the knot in Tennessee, moved to Mississippi. Well, she moved to Mississippi, where I was already living, and yeah, we were there until we went to New Zealand about 10 months later. Michael Hingson 19:06 So she was living in Tennessee at the time, Speaker 1 19:09 she was up here in Calgary, or she was in Calgary. Michael Hingson 19:12 Okay, Speaker 1 19:12 we, we got married in Tennessee, Michael Hingson 19:14 okay. Well, that's that's cool though. What, what prompted the trip and moving to New Zealand for a year, I've been there, and I actually spent three weeks there, and very much enjoy it. Speaker 1 19:28 Whereabouts? Well, I wanted to ask, all over New Michael Hingson 19:30 Zealand, I mean, I was there with the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. They asked me to come and speak in 2003 talk about September 11, and so on, and they were trying to raise funds, so we helped them raise something like over $375,000 in a three week period, and literally I had 21 speaking events in 13 days all over both islands. Speaker 1 19:55 Wow, that's that's a, that's a lot of speaking events, and a certain amount of days. Days you've been, you probably been close more than I've been, more places than I've been. So, what, what prompted the move was a friend of mine I had made previously being there. He reached out to me through just electronic media. He was having a spiritual emergency, and he asked me, he asked me to come to come help him, and so I just said, "Sure, let's do it. My wife and I left the rental unit, the rental house where we were staying, and left furniture behind, two cars behind, appliances, and we just, just left him, or there for 13 months, didn't look, didn't look back. Michael Hingson 20:45 Did you spend any time in Dunedin while you were there? Speaker 1 20:49 We didn't spend any time in Dunedin. We weren't only there for like a week when we did some vacation time. Michael Hingson 20:57 Yeah, I, they gave me literally a half, three quarters of a day off from speaking. In fact, they said you can play in Dunedin, and so we were there, and it was one, I guess, was a one full day. They had some unique toys to play with in New Zealand. They had a thing called a bungee rocket. Have you ever heard of that? Speaker 1 21:22 A bungee rocket. No. So, Michael Hingson 21:24 you know what bungee cords are, and you stretch them out and all that. Well, the bungee rocket, you attach bungee cords to this platform, this cage, but the bungee cords are attached to a device way up high, and then they're also attached to this plat, this cage, then they pull the cage down, and they fasten it, so the bungee cords are very stretched, and then people get in, and they sit down, and they fasten seat belts, and then when everybody's all secure, they loose the platform, and the bungee cords pull this thing up like a rocket. Speaker 1 22:01 Whoa, yeah. I wasn't about to do that. I was with someone who Michael Hingson 22:05 did, and he came off apparently as white as a sheet. He said, "I'm never gonna do that. Speaker 1 22:10 It was a one and done experience for him. It was Michael Hingson 22:16 for me. It was, "I'm not gonna do that, brother. And I had my guide dog, and somebody would have held the dog, but I wouldn't do that. I have other memories, which are more fun, I think, and probably for me more pleasurable. Speaker 1 22:31 Yeah, one of the things we did down on the South Island was some knife making, and it was really.. it was something I surprised my family with. They didn't know we were doing that day, and this guy was hilarious. I mean, something straight out of a documentary about New Zealand, as far as, like, locals, you would see he had a witty sense of humor, and he would, he would like, finish off the knives for us after we did the preliminary steps, just to make them look nice. Yeah, that was one of my favorite memories down there. Michael Hingson 23:00 Wow, yeah, I've, I've got a lot of memories, even though it was back in 2003 so 22 years, 22 and a half years, but I love the memories, and love being down there was a wonderful place, Speaker 1 23:13 awesome, so that was pretty cool. Well, so you, you came back, and, and you eventually ended up in, in Calgary, which is, which is great. So, what do you do now? Got a few hands in a few honey jars. I have a private practice for the counseling. I work for a retreat center company out of a place called Brad Creek, called Vita Wellness. I work for a nonprofit up in a place called Erdrie as a consultant. I work for a clinic remotely that's in the city as an associate. Am I forgetting anything? I think that's the main ones right now. Also, work doing like couples therapy for a relationship-based app. Yeah, so that's a lot of people that are in the States, there. So, it's yeah, few things to keep me busy. Speaker 3 24:13 If you enjoy Unstoppable Mindset and would like to help us continue bringing these conversations to you each week, we've created a way for you to support the show. Your contribution helps us cover production costs and continue sharing stories, insights, and ideas that inspire people to live with purpose and possibility. If supporting the podcast feels right for you, you'll find the link in the show notes. Thank you for being part of the unstoppable mindset community, Michael Hingson 24:47 they do well. You also write Speaker 1 24:50 that as well. Yeah, Michael Hingson 24:52 you've written a couple of books, and I guess you've also done some screenwriting and all that, and love to hear more about all that. Tell. You bought your books. Speaker 1 25:01 Yeah, the first book that I published, self-published, and that was two years ago now. That was called, that is called The Martial Art of Recovery: Self Mastery Practices to Subdue Addiction and Achieve Mental Wellness. Say three times real fast. So, yeah, that book is all about the intersection of martial arts concepts with addiction and mental health treatment, so that has personal experiences, and my times in the martial arts, and also I just bring in like holistic health techniques, and also I get some interviews, some of them are a little bit shorter than others, but at least some some chunks from people that I know in different disciplines, different fields, like an old martial arts teacher, a medicine family medicine doctor here in the Calgary area, people like that. So that was that was about a 14 month writing experience before it was published. Michael Hingson 25:57 When was it published? Speaker 1 26:00 Back in March of 2023 Michael Hingson 26:05 Okay, not your first book. Speaker 1 26:07 Not that's my first book. Yes, Michael Hingson 26:09 yeah, Speaker 2 26:10 yeah. Michael Hingson 26:12 What do you, what do you think of being an author and the whole experience of writing? Speaker 1 26:19 There was not. there was a lack of faith, for sure. I had a really difficult time, even acknowledging, "Hey, this is something I could do. Had a lot of self-doubt, and so even the process I found pretty daunting, pretty, like pretty challenging, for sure. And I do enjoy the process. It's like a double helix, though. I, I enjoy it, yet it kind of puts the screws to me, as far as enjoyment, but also challenge, yet I do enjoy the experience and being able to get my voice out there, yet I listen to someone else talk about publishing, and the person said, you know what, when you publish it, now it's that person's turn to take it on and they can make it their own, Michael Hingson 27:04 yeah. Speaker 1 27:04 So I found that to be a really cool way to look at it. So yeah, and I enjoy it. It's been, it's been good, it's been fun. Michael Hingson 27:13 And then you wrote a second book, Speaker 1 27:15 I did. Yeah, that one's called Buried Alive: Four Ways to Free Yourself from the Dirt. It's a lot more personal, I think, because it is about a true story that happened to my dad, and something that was quite harrowing for him, which, yes, as the book title suggests, is what happened, and part of the book is about the interviews I did with the three men involved with this very scary incident back in February of 2000 so 25 years now, and talks about their different perspectives on what happened that day when they were digging for Native American artifacts, arrowheads, and I bring in some self-help concepts that apply to what happened that day, and also just for anyone that's looking to bring those into their own lives, Michael Hingson 28:03 what happened? Speaker 1 28:05 Yeah, so they were digging at what's called an overhang, which is like a cliff face that shuts out small little, I don't know if you would even call it a cave, but there was a place underneath the overhang that kind of came in anyway, when Native Americans would come to an area, they wouldn't ever bring dirt out, they would always bring dirt in, and so there was so much dirt that was piled up over the years that my dad and the people that were digging with him, I was there six months to the day before this incident happened, we would, we would have to dig, they would dig to get to their arrowheads that were quite far down underneath the dirt, Michael Hingson 28:46 yeah, Speaker 1 28:47 yeah, yeah, and so this unfortunate day, my dad was in a hole, probably I don't know, eight or nine feet, and a little dirt fell on him, and you know, he kind of joked with his friend Jason, who was further up this hall, and a few seconds later all that dirt just came in, just, just quickly, automatically. He was vanished without a trace, and then a big rock came down on that dirt. If it wasn't for that third person that decided to come that very morning, they did not come before. His name's Jerry. Then I'm sure that my dad would have died, Michael Hingson 29:25 because Speaker 1 29:25 there was no way that Jason, who also was stuck up to like his knee in dirt, could have got out in time to get the rock and then to unearth my dad. So, Michael Hingson 29:39 yeah, a fascinating book. Now, you, you self-published that one as well. Speaker 1 29:43 I did, didn't wait around, just went ahead, and yeah. Michael Hingson 29:49 Do you have other books in you? Speaker 1 29:51 I have one done. I needed to get it edited, and editorial reviews, and get my book cover designer over in Italy to do her magic. She did on the last two books, so yeah, I do have one in the, in the oven. Michael Hingson 30:05 Can you tell us a little about what it will be about, or what it's called, or anything? Speaker 1 30:08 Sure, the book right now is called I'm Listening, and it's all about my experiences, my pitfalls, my learnings as a therapist, and so it's a bit of a memoir of my professional work in the field, and some, some personal experiences. Michael Hingson 30:25 I think one of the most powerful things about books, especially when you're, when you're dealing with more nonfiction, because fiction books usually have stories with them, but a lot of nonfiction books don't really provide enough, I think, of a personal inroad to the individual who wrote the book. One of my big beliefs, one of my pet peeves, is I think textbooks are so boring, like physics. My master's degree is in physics, and I maintain that the big problem is that none of the physics professors who are writing all these books ever put anything in about their own personal experiences to really get people excited because of of their their stories and what they can teach through their stories. It's just all math and equations and and words, just about the physics, but never the other part. I think that textbooks would be better if they put some stories in them, Speaker 1 31:22 I think. So, too, I think people's eyes wouldn't come out of their sockets, and they wouldn't, you know, be comatose. You know, they can actually keep up, and they can be engaged and involved with the material. Yeah, Michael Hingson 31:35 I had a colleague when we were at UC Irvine. We were in the same physics class together, and he had this one book, and he noticed that there didn't seem to really be any typos or whatever in it, and he meticulously, through the whole quarter, went through that whole book, and I think he finally found one misspelled word, and he was so proud of both that there were there were no others other than the one, but that he found one misspelled word we do with our lives. Speaker 1 32:07 What people do sometimes for kicks. Well, I'm glad. I wonder where that word was. Like, did he go through the whole book, and it's like on the last page, or you know, where is that at? It was Michael Hingson 32:22 near the end, but it wasn't on the last page, but it was.. it was.. it took him a long time to find it. Speaker 1 32:29 I wanted to do that with my first book. I could have easily done a book about the intersection of martial arts themes with, you know, mental wellness, but I mean, why not? I mean, I had that experience for over four years in the martial arts. Why not do that? Michael Hingson 32:48 So, tell me about that. You've mentioned martial arts several times, so obviously you've had some involvement with martial arts. Speaker 1 32:54 I have. Yeah, so when I was a preteen, I got a black belt in what's called a Water Rule Karate, so it's like W A D O R Y U, and when I was a teenager, like 16 to 18, I was doing what's called American Campo, and that did have a little bit of Jiu Jitsu thrown into the mix, Michael Hingson 33:16 so what prompted the interest in doing that Speaker 1 33:20 first was my dad, you know, part of my family was interested, so the guy, why not? And I don't know at that time whether I was experiencing bullying. Unfortunately, I experienced bullying like going to church before church started, which was unfortunate, say. So I mean, I think it was just a really good experience for me, looking back for balance and discipline in that way, and getting to meet people in the community. I can't, I can't initially remember what prompted that. My dad was interested, my brother was too, so was I. And then when I was 16, I was like, let's pick it up, let's do something different, let's try something new, and so we were able to go to this really small outfit, which was called the Snake Pit at the time, very different from the more like larger dojo in the community from my early years. Michael Hingson 34:14 What has being involved with the martial arts done to help you or to you or for you in dealing with mental wellness and the whole issue of what you do today. How is martial arts affecting all of that? Speaker 1 34:35 Yeah, it's a really good question. Martial arts showed me the importance of balance when we're doing sparring, when we're doing more, so when we're doing training on techniques, I can't be too far away when I'm sparring someone, because then it's not natural, it's not organic, nor, but I can be so close that I might hit them, so there needs to be some type of balance and self control, and that's. Something else, as well as being out of some self control. Yeah, Michael Hingson 35:05 well, martial arts is, I understand, it seems to me, as much about your mental being as learning physical techniques, because there is a whole lot that really comes down to how you approach it mentally. Am I correct? Speaker 1 35:24 Yeah, there's a big piece when it comes to stamina. When I was doing sparring, I actually had to find a place between being so passive, but also not being super aggressive. Like, how do I get that mental, emotional stamina to do this powering, you know, in a way that was quite balanced. Yes, but there is a lot when it comes to being in touch with my body, being in touch with where my mind is, with focus, with being not beating myself up, not really being perfect, or trying to achieve perfection. Yet, there's a certain vulnerability that comes with that in the mind, and also when it comes to the body, Michael Hingson 36:06 how so Speaker 1 36:10 well, there's vulnerability just simply with doing different techniques, because if you don't, if you don't like being touched, then it's going to be really difficult, because there's often a lot of touch happening, and and when it comes to the mind, it's there's vulnerability with putting myself out there and being seen by others, because we're often watching one another with training, and so there is this piece around vulnerability around, hey, you know what, whatever they think, okay, they can think I'm still working on this technique, Michael Hingson 36:40 mm and it, and it does, as you grow mentally with, with martial arts, I'm sure that it also helps in terms of your resilience. Speaker 1 36:55 Resilience plays a key factor, indeed, because you know, when it comes to even with sparring, you know, getting hit, I can't just kind of, oh, I got hit and I want to go back and I want to go in the corner. Well, no, I've got to keep going. Yeah, gotta keep moving, gotta keep walking and deflecting, and you know, going with the punches. And I, there was one experience with a young man, at least two years younger than me, he was a silver glove boxer, like a champion silver glove, and there had to be some resilience for me there, because I was getting clobbered, I was getting, I was getting hit over and over, because he was using a boxing type of, you know, boxing moves I wasn't used to defending against, and he was quick, and there comes a certain level of humility when it comes to being in the martial arts as well, because there's going to be experiences like that. Michael Hingson 37:49 Well, did you eventually get to the point where you could defend yourself against him? Speaker 1 37:55 He wasn't there for too long. Yeah, the more yet, the more that I was able to work with him, the more I was able to, you know, understand a little bit more where he was coming from with the moves, Michael Hingson 38:05 right. Well, in your life and all the things that you've done, have you experienced grief in any way? And kind of, what was that? Speaker 1 38:14 Yeah, there was a moment, there wasn't an issue when it came to a disenfranchised loss. My wife had a silent miscarriage, and so that was pretty brutal. How that turned out for her, and vicariously for me, and seeing her go through that really difficult, emotionally painful situation was hard. And so I mean, I've sure I've lost all but one grandparent at this point, and I did lose some child, like one childhood friend, when I was 16 to a car accident that was pretty brutal. Yet this loss was, yeah, was really difficult, because it's something that a lot of people don't understand, they don't want to talk about, they don't know what to say, or it's really difficult just to listen, and that was hard. Michael Hingson 39:09 Yeah, but at the same time, as you well know, from all that you've experienced, God doesn't give us things that we can't handle, and we have to learn to move forward Speaker 1 39:22 with resilience, with God's help. Michael Hingson 39:24 Yeah, Speaker 1 39:24 yeah, with prayer, perseverance. Yeah, Michael Hingson 39:27 I lost my father, actually, on November 1 of 1984 and my mother in May of 1987 and then my brother actually developed breast cancer in 2011 and they, they dealt with it, and he went into remission, but it came back, and he didn't take care of himself very well, as I understand it, because he lived in Florida, and we were in California, but anyway, it came back, and it metastasized, and so we lost him in 2015 so at the same time. Yeah, there were relatives on my wife's side that we lost a couple very unexpectedly, and yeah, you do learn to deal with grief, but you learn that you got to go forward, and so when Karen passed in 2022 at least it wasn't totally all of a sudden, so I had some time to prepare, but you know, I still miss her, and I wouldn't want it any other way. Speaker 1 40:23 Yeah, for sure. I, and I mean, losing your parents around two and a half or so years apart, and with your brother, and then with your wife, that's a lot. That's a lot. Yet I hear that even though there was some preparation time for you, it can still be, it can still be difficult, it can still hit the nail, you know. I was doing some grief work, a grief course, and they showed us this poem called Whose Whose Grief Is Worse, basically. And there were these two experiences of someone that lost someone suddenly and someone that knew, and at the end of the poem. Basically, it's both are painful. There is no worse grief. Michael Hingson 41:05 There's no, there's no wrong or right answer to all of that. It's, it's different, but we all can learn to deal with it. I know when the events of September 11 happened, for me, ironically, the greatest blessing I had was that the media got my story and we started getting a lot of requests for interviews and my wife and I decided we would accept them and I got asked so many questions by so many different reporters, some dumb questions were absolutely stupid, idiotic questions, but some that were very insightful, and so I probably was able to move on from that day much more because of all of the questions and getting used to dealing with those questions than anything else that could have come along. It Speaker 1 41:58 was a choice, and you probably appreciated those reporters that took the time to ask those carefully planned questions. Michael Hingson 42:06 I've had some people, no matter how many times the story gets repeated, who still say, "What were you doing in the World Trade Center, anyway? And I'm sitting there going, "Have you read Thunderdog? Have you read any of the stories in the press? What do you mean, what was I doing in the World Trade Center? Speaker 1 42:23 It's not like, you know, it's out there, you know, it's been published, you can read it. Yeah, Michael Hingson 42:30 I wasn't a spy for the terrorists, I can tell you that. Speaker 1 42:36 I wouldn't, I wouldn't have thought that for a second, Michael Hingson 42:41 but but, but you know, things happen, and you never know where you're going to be, you never know what might come up, and it's just one of those things that we, we all really need to deal with in one way or another, and that's just what's so important. Speaker 1 42:56 Absolutely, you know, one of the quotes I heard from my training was, and I take it with me, and I, I definitely relate to it personally. Is joy shared is joy doubled, and grief shared is grief halved, and the stuff we're doing, even today, and even those listening that might have been through grief, is as long as we're able to talk about it, and just talk about something that does not make any sense whatsoever to us, that's part of the healing process. Michael Hingson 43:23 Yeah, it's important to talk about it. It's important to share, and I understand you want to be careful. You don't want to just talk necessarily about it with anyone, but you do need to find people that you can share with and that you can talk to about Speaker 1 43:39 it. Totally, yeah, the grocery store clerk, you know, that I'm getting my bread and butter from, maybe they're not ready for that, that particular topic, Michael Hingson 43:48 yeah, Speaker 1 43:48 yeah, Michael Hingson 43:50 and and the thing that we all need to do is to really, I think, do a lot more to listen to our inner voice, it'll tell us what we need to do if we listen, Speaker 1 43:58 yes, I believe that for sure, I've seen, I've seen that. Yeah, Michael Hingson 44:03 so you've dealt with all the, this, the psychological work that you do. You dealt with addiction, and so on. How does martial arts play into that? What have you learned from martial arts that helps you in dealing with recovery from addiction? Speaker 1 44:16 Oh, well, where to start. I think that one piece to really focus on is this concept of self love, and I don't mean self love like I'm better than other people out there, but just being okay with where I'm at for myself, but still pushing myself to learn new things, so some acceptance about where I'm at when it comes to martial arts, that has to be there. I might not be doing the technique perfectly, and I, there was times where I could really easily beat myself up mentally, like, "Oh, why can't I get this? Yet it's just trying to take a step back and see that I'm worthy enough to make the. Approach to make these changes when it comes to addiction. I'm worthy enough to seek out help. These feelings I have that they're okay to feel, and I don't have to beat myself up for this. Michael Hingson 45:11 Yeah, because addiction is is a disease, and I think anyone who condemns somebody just because, for example, they use drugs, and, well, they shouldn't do that. They're dumb for doing it. They really miss assess what's going on. Speaker 1 45:28 People that have that mindset that it's more of a mere choice, they don't understand that if you put, you know, a shot of alcohol in front of someone and you tell them not to drink it, and you put a gun on them, they're going to be wondering, maybe he'll slip his hand off the trigger, you know, that kind of thinking, that's that's the disease aspect. And I recommend anybody that wants to know more about addiction being a disease, check out Kevin McCauley's documentary, Pleasure Unwoven. It's a really good documentary that shows the different aspects of the disease. Yeah, Michael Hingson 46:08 I have never taken drugs in that way, and don't want to, but again, that's my choice, and I've learned enough from other people that I know that if, if I'm having a problem, taking drugs isn't going to help me solve the problem, and it isn't going to even really help me hide from it, but I guess that's just my makeup that I know that I have to face whatever comes along head on. Speaker 1 46:33 Yes, the resilience piece, Michael Hingson 46:36 the resilience piece, and I've wanted to do that. Speaker 1 46:39 Awesome, I can see with everything you've been through, Michael, you've definitely lent in, you've leaned in, you've pushed forward. Michael Hingson 46:47 Well, I think that part of the issue is as a, as a blind person who's faced a lot of challenges and seen things, what I choose to do whenever anything happens to me is I want to learn from it, so I don't want to ignore it, even if it's something that's totally not related to me in any way. I want to learn from it, if I'm involved, because I think that's the only way I'm going to be able to make sure that I deal with anything like that, any kind of surprise. The next time I talk about a lot when I am talking to people about blindness, about surprises, and I talk about the fact that I could be crossing a street, I could get to the corner and listen to the traffic, and when I hear the traffic going the way I want to go, then I'll cross the street. So I start crossing a street, and all of a sudden I hear a car from behind me, and it's not going the way I want to go, suddenly it's, it's turning, or there's somebody that is is across the street from me, not the way I'm going, and I start to cross the street when it's supposed to be my turn, and they decide they're going to go, and so I am, I've learned to constantly be alert, but at the same time, what I have to do is figure out very quickly, do I want to go forward or do I want to go backwards to have the best chance of getting away from this, Speaker 1 48:11 which way do I move in my direction with my spatial awareness with your spatial awareness, and that, and that brings me to another, I think, actually, another piece with martial arts and how it intersects is treating the addiction like an opponent that may be sauntering around that corner at any moment in time, and being able to see that I need to be on the alert, I need to know more than one direction, as you mentioned a moment ago, more than one direction that I could go, rather than just the free, the ability to have choice. Yeah, Michael Hingson 48:51 can addiction truly be cured? Not the reason I asked the question is I know so often I hear when I hear people talking about alcoholism, you can't really cure alcoholism, and maybe that's true. I don't know, Speaker 1 49:10 you know, it depends on how you ask, from a medical standpoint, from a disease standpoint, since we see it as a chronic progressive primary condition, which means nothing necessarily causes it every time. The answer would be no, because of its progression. However, can it can addiction, whether it's alcoholism, whatever, be stunted as far as its progression? Absolutely. Can be, can people live fulfilling lives? Absolutely. Can there be reversal of certain symptoms and signs. Yes, however, just I think that to say, you know, one day someone's gonna wake up and they no longer have cravings or the warning signs or the the neurobiology. Logical strings, it's tough to say that's a no. Michael Hingson 50:04 Yeah, thanks. That's the makeup of the individual that brings that about. I, I have.. I take an occasional drink. In fact, Karen and I used to have a drink on Friday night, one drink, and I kind of honor her by having a bourbon and seven every Friday night when I make, when I cook dinner, but one, because I've never been a great fan of the taste of alcohol, but I understand there are a lot of people who really like the taste of it, and that has led them into pretty dark places, which is unfortunate. Speaker 1 50:36 Yeah, still Michael Hingson 50:37 happens. Speaker 1 50:38 It does still happen, for sure. And I appreciate you liking bourbon. We make a bourbon walnut ice cream, and I don't ever drink the bourbon by itself. It's been in the cupboard for months now. And anyway, Michael Hingson 50:55 well, my bourbon and seven is a whole lot more seven up than bourbon. Speaker 1 50:59 Totally right, and good for you for having that ritual, you know, for you and for Michael Hingson 51:06 her. That's kind of neat to be able to do that, but I've just never felt that I need to, and I'm, and I'm glad. So it's continuing to share that. Well, you do a lot of couples therapy. How does all that go, and what kind of challenges does that make for you and for them? Speaker 1 51:29 Well, I'll give you this short story. We were eating at Denny's with this man, and just a friend of a friend, and he said to us, he asked me about my work, and I told him, yeah, I'm working with, you know, a lot of addiction, and with couples, he's like, I heard from another counselor, Eric, that if you really want to make it hard on yourself, you work in addiction, and you work with couples that always make it have a challenge, and, like, yeah, true. And so, when it comes to working with couples, it is challenging. There's something about having two people to work with, there's so many dynamics at play, different than perhaps being with just one person, you know, coming from two different histories, biographically different life upbringings, family upbringing, personalities. It can be really challenging. I do appreciate challenge. I've learned so much. I learned from each couple that I work with, and it's a whole different beast. Michael Hingson 52:29 Yeah, and, and it is. I like what you said, though. You learn from it, and that's probably the most important thing that any of us can do with anything in any endeavor that we undertake is that we learn from it. Speaker 1 52:44 If I can't learn from something, what am I, what am I doing there? And if I'm not learning from something, how can that benefit other people that I'm trying to help support? So, yeah, I tried to get the couple to start to be, you know, them versus the concern, rather than you versus me. That's a big goal of couples therapy. Michael Hingson 53:08 That's an interesting way to put it. That makes a lot of sense. I've never thought of it that way, but it's them. It does have to be them, but them versus the concern. That, that's interesting. Speaker 1 53:18 Yeah, yeah. Then they start, they start looking at how can we collaborate rather than trying to annihilate each other. Michael Hingson 53:26 Yeah, Speaker 1 53:27 metaphorically speaking, Michael Hingson 53:31 so you've talked about the work that you did when you were in Mississippi, when you worked in small towns, and so on, and you worked in probably some fairly substantive places as well. What do you find that's different about outpatient versus inpatient work, and in terms of what you do and how you approach it? Speaker 1 53:52 Well, I'll just say that doing inpatient work is kind of like raising kids, so not.. I mean, I don't have any experience, because I don't, I don't have kids, I got nieces and nephews yet. I know that feeling well. Yeah, there's just something about being around someone more than just like that hour, hour and a half, seeing them like eight or nine hours a day, you get to know them pretty well, as opposed to, you know, once an hour every one or two, three weeks, that in that comes some benefits with the inpatient work. Yet also it can be really difficult when it comes to boundaries. They feel like you can do things that maybe you're not able to do professionally with them, maybe like as far as like self-disclosure wise or things like that, and there's just there's just a thing around boundaries, and even with the inpatient work, you know, I'll have one client come and say, 'Hey, this other counselor said I could do this, and I would be like, 'Okay, and then I found out later the counselor didn't say that at all, so there's that type. The drama got to deal with, with it, with the inpatient work, Michael Hingson 55:04 but you don't find that as much without patient, because you tend to be able to get closer to the individual, and that probably also develops a higher trust level. Speaker 1 55:14 There is a higher trust level if you mean, like, doing outpatient work, or outpatient, but we have the outpatient, for sure, because I am solely with them, and they know that time is of the essence, whether it's weekly or bi-weekly, whatever, and I'm being able to focus on them, for sure, yeah, Michael Hingson 55:35 and it's a lot harder to do that when it's an impatient kind of situation Speaker 1 55:40 in my two experiences, both up in Calgary and also Mississippi, with inpatient, there's so many other things in the inner workings of doing inpatient going on that sure I can still add that time with somebody, yet I'm also thinking about, you know, the next class and next group offering other logistical duties, it's a little bit easier to do that one on one. Yeah, indeed, indeed. Michael Hingson 56:10 Do you think that you can develop? I assume the answer is yes, but I'll ask, do you think that it's possible to develop the same level of trust in doing inpatient work, or it may be harder, but can you do it? Speaker 1 56:28 That can happen on a case by case basis, depending on my relationship with someone. Yes, I can get there, and you know, just.. and sometimes, paradoxically, it can happen even quicker than outpatient, depending on the situation, because I am with them. There is a positive with that. Yes, Michael Hingson 56:48 it's.. it's a matter of working to build it, you know. And, unfortunately, human beings, especially nowadays, are so mistrustful of so many things, we've learned not to trust, and so in my latest book, Live Like a Guide Dog, I talk about that a lot, because while I think dogs love unconditionally, they don't trust unconditionally, but they're open to trust, they want to develop trusting relationships, and we just assume everyone has their own hidden agendas, and it's so hard to develop trusting relationships, Speaker 1 57:24 very hard, very difficult. It takes time and effort and patience, tolerance for myself, the other person, and that makes sense with dogs, because I mean, enough's, you know, when a dog's been abused, they don't want to trust right away, no, for sure. Michael Hingson 57:38 Well, but even even dogs that aren't abused, like I believe it takes for me, and I think if you really analyze it, for most people with a guide dog, I think it takes a good year to develop such a working relationship that you develop such a trust that essentially you each know what the other is thinking and you really know how to work it. It's not that they're not mistrustful, but they're open. They're open to trust, but you've got to, you've got to gain their trust, and that's my job as the team leader. And I'm supposed to be the team leader, but it also means that I have to agree, well, earn or gain their trust. The neat thing, and what makes it possible to do that, assuming that you approach it the right way and don't assume a dog is just a dumb animal, which they're not, is that in fact working with a dog, you know that they're more likely to be open to trust, and that makes it a little bit easier than our prejudice that says everybody's got a hidden agenda that we got to focus on, Speaker 1 58:47 yeah. And appreciate you sharing that, and it shows just the amount of work that comes into play with trust. Michael Hingson 58:54 Yeah, it's it's a challenge, but it is doable. Well, so what's next for you? Speaker 1 59:01 Yeah, just doing some work after this with the work that I do, and yeah, it's starting to get that book into the place of having editorial reviews and starting to get that edited professionally. Michael Hingson 59:14 Have either of your books been converted to audio? Speaker 1 59:17 The second one has. Yes. Michael Hingson 59:22 Is it? Where is it available? Audible, or how is it available? Speaker 1 59:25 It's my own special design. It's actually got a, it's got a Texan man, a doing it. He's got a nice voice, pretty soothing. Yet it's through what's called the Hero app, H I R O. And I can send you the link if you're interested. For that, Michael Hingson 59:40 love to, yeah, Speaker 1 59:42 yeah. Michael Hingson 59:44 Well, this has been enjoyable, certainly by any standard. If people want to reach out to you, maybe use your services or talk with you. How do they do that? Speaker 1 59:53 They can find me, Michael, through Recovery Arts counseling.com and that's Counseling with 2l's since I'm up here in Canada. You can find me through Instagram at Eric Fisher Writer or Recovery Arts Counseling. You can find me Facebook the same way on LinkedIn, just type in my name. You can look for, like, Calgary, like counselor recovery counseling. What do else? That's right, everybody learned something new today, if they did not, if they didn't already. So, those are a few Michael Hingson 1:00:25 ways. Well, that's great. Well, I really appreciate you taking the time to be here, and I value greatly your insights. I've learned things, and I always enjoy doing that. And I hope all of you out there listening have as well. Love to get your thoughts, so I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to email me at Michael M I C H A E L H I at Accessi B A C C E S S I B e.com Wherever you're listening or watching, or both, this podcast, please give us a five star review. But even more important than a review, a rating, five star rating, give us a review. We really value reviews and people who might be interested in listening to our podcasts, are going to read those reviews. I can tell you for sure that people love to know what others think. So, we value your reviews a great deal. And if any of you, including you, Eric, know of anyone else who ought to be a guest on Unstoppable Mindset, we'd love an introduction, because we're always looking for people who want to come on and tell their stories, so I hope that that we'll find ways to do that, and definitely value you being here, Eric, and doing all this, and I want to thank you again for being here. This has been a lot of fun. Speaker 1 1:01:37 Thank you, Michael. Happy to be on you. thank Michael Hingson 1:01:43 you for being here with me on Unstoppable Mindset. I hope today's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about. If you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others. I have a free gift for you. Head over to Michael hingson.com and download my free ebook, Blinded by Fear. It explores the invisible beliefs that hold us back and shows you how to reframe them, so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. 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wash lines, and why the UCI is suddenly policing your jersey pockets and screen size. This week on the Velo Podcast, it's lonely! I was away doing an interview, and Mike Levy is out in the wilderness doing a big ride. That left just Logan Jones-Wilkins and Lisa Charlebois to cover the week's topics. Episode Breakdown: 00:00 - Unbound Aftermath & Press Camp Prep: The pair starts off discussing Charlebois getting ready for her first press camp. She has questions about how to handle it, but she also asks Jones-Wilkins if he has recovered from Unbound and what happens after the finish line when the cameras stop. He details the reality of the endless queues for the Muc-Off bike wash, the decompression in the pro tent, and the sheer volume of mud that riders had to scrape off just to feel human again. 05:27 - Shimano GRX Long-Term Review: Gravel continues to be the focal point of the episode. If you've been following the drivetrain wars, you know SRAM has seemingly cornered the gravel market. Jones-Wilkins decides to zig when others zag, breaking down his custom mashup—pairing an XTR rear mech with GRX levers—and explaining why Shimano is actually winning the gravel race when it comes to raw shifting speed, cassette range, and the long-term cost of consumable parts. It is a deep dive into why 12 speeds might just beat 13, and why a brand doesn't always need to reinvent the wheel to stay on top. 40:34 - The UCI's New Tech Regulations: The gravel wars are free from the UCI, but once again, the team had to talk about another head-shaking UCI decision. The UCI recently rolled out new tech regulations, including a cap on computer screen sizes, conveniently set exactly 1mm larger than the massive Wahoo Ace. They also introduced a ban on carrying nutrition in front jersey pockets. Logan and Lisa debate whether this is a genuine safety measure to reduce cognitive load or just another instance of the UCI over-regulating tech while ignoring course safety. 51:30 - Ultra-Racing Updates: Finally, the duo wraps up with a nod to the ultra-endurance world, dot-watching Lael Wilcox as she sets off on her Around the World Record attempt, and tracking Dr. Sarah Ruggins on her massive push across the European divide.
Become a supporter of The Real Science of Sport, and get ad free shows, exclusive Applied Science shows, and access to our Forums and chat rooms. Plus, you can join our growing Zwift racing community and take on Gareth and Ross in a weekly TT! A monthly pledge is all it takes!In this show:Switzerland's Audrey Werro delivered a stunning plot twist in the women's 800m, running the third fastest time in history (1:53.98) in Stockholm to beat a personal best from Keely Hodgkinson. Suddenly the world record conversation has two names in it. We discuss Werro's emergence and potential, the tactical error that may have cost Hodgkinson slightly, and what this means for the possibilities that the oldest world record in the sport falls this yearWhere does Femke Bol fit into all this? The Dutch 400m hurdles star changed events in search of new challenges, but the event is evolving so fast that the challenge looks significantly greater and she's not even raced outdoors yet! We discuss whether her 400 meter speed is a genuine weapon or whether the 400-800 double is as rare as it is for good reasonCooper Lutkenhaus is the most exciting teenager in track and field, already a world indoor champion, and now a Diamond League winner. We talk about his pedigree and potential, with Gareth nothing a multi-sport background that augurs well for his longevity. Challenges and 'road bumps' await, but he has a ceiling that may lie beyond the current world recordKirsty Coventry said she doesn't believe in paying Olympic athletes, and it has not landed well. Global Athlete has responded with a proposal for interim payments and a breakdown of the IOC's finances that is staggering. The IOC is sitting on nearly five billion dollars in reserves, and Global Athlete are asking for eight percent of the Paris broadcasting revenue. We ponder why Coventry made that statement knowing it would invite significant blowback, and what it reveals about the pressure she is under from inside the IOC. We also speculate on whether there are any good reasons to avoid paying Olympic athletesAnna van der Breggen lost the women's Giro on the final day from the pink jersey, her second Grand Tour lead lost this year. We explore why smaller team sizes in the women's peloton make tactical racing both more unpredictable and more compelling, and why the women's Tour de France is shaping up to be exceptionalThe UCI's weekly rule update: no more front jersey pockets, bike computers limited in size, finishing straights must now be at least 200 meters, and an appeal against the Belgian court ruling on gear ratios. We work through each one, pick out the ones that make sense and the ones that really don't, and ask again why the SAFER data hasn't been made public to respond some of the criticisms the UCI are receivingChristian Eriksen collapsed again during an international friendly, this time saved by his implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Ross explains what the device actually does, how often it fires appropriately versus inappropriately, and why Erikison's second event raises serious questions about whether continuing to play is tenableAnd finally, a listener on Discourse solved the mystery of why Shohei Ohtani's baseball salary looked so low on the Forbes rich list. The answer involves 68 million dollars per year deferred over a decade, void years, ghost contracts, and some of the most creative accounting in professional sport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Celebrate our 700th episode as we dive into Lael Wilcox's incredible around-the-world record attempt and the latest "hot tech" spotted at the Critérium du Dauphiné. We break down the UCI's newest equipment bans—including restrictions on head unit sizes and aerodynamic jersey pockets—and explore the controversial "altitude bed" performance hack. Plus, we check out a new 18+ LEGO cycling set and the usual Hack or Bodge!Become a member
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Fresh off an eight-point King's Birthday win over Collingwood at a packed MCG, Max Gawn and Ed Langdon join Alex.We map out our daily TDF coverage plan, break down the big four (and why there's no head-to-head showdown before Paris this year), and dig into a chaotic stage at the Dauphiné where Plappy snuck into the move and finished seventh. Plus: the latest batch of UCI rule changes that have Max fired up again, Arnaud De Lie's thousand-watt heroics at Wallonie, the Lidl-Trek shake-up, transfer whispers, and Max's Top Five one-week stage races.
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¿Cómo se aprende a vivir después de perder a quien más amas?En este episodio, María Claudia Tarazona comparte, con mucha profundidad, la historia de amor que construyó junto a Miguel Uribe, los días que siguieron a esa experiencia tan dolorosa que cambió sus vidas para siempre y el difícil camino de aprender a vivir después de una pérdida inimaginable.Hablamos sobre el amor, el duelo, la maternidad, la fe y la capacidad humana de encontrar luz en medio de la oscuridad.María Claudia nos abre las puertas de uno de los momentos más duros de su vida: las semanas en la UCI, las conversaciones con sus hijos, la despedida de Miguel y la decisión de no quedarse atrapada en el odio, el resentimiento o la venganza.Una historia sobre el dolor, pero también sobre la esperanza. Sobre lo que significa perder a quien más amaba y, aun así, elegir seguir viviendo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Geek Warning gets a new voice as Escape's new US tech editor - Jack Duncan - joins the motley crew. Together with Dave Rome and Ronan Mc Laughlin, the geeks cover a broad range of topics from Unbound tech, UCI doing UCI things, Ronan's custom inner sole journey, and hubs that allow cassettes to fall off. Of course, members of Escape Collective also get Ask a Wrench. This week, Dave is joined by Jack Duncan to answer a number of questions from our members. Also, Dave sends his apologies to members listening to Ask a Wrench as his mic settings had changed without warning. Time stamps: 00:00:00 - An introduction to Jack Duncan 00:04:30 - Unbound tech wrap 00:16:25 - Disqualification over 20 grams 00:28:00 - Cassettes that fall off and Dave's Public Rambling Rant 00:33:00 - Carbon inner soles are on Ronan's mind 00:49:30 - Ask a Wrench (members only) 00:51:00 - Running a 12-speed chain on a 11-speed cassette 00:57:45 - battery drain issues in an AXS shifter 1:04:00 - How to add grip to a slippery brake lever
Mike had to make a trip back to Mexico to help his 97-year-old Mom move, and amidst spider bites, broken windows, explosive dog diarrhea, and the usual technical issues (he needs his own full-time tech support department), he miraculously joined Simon to go over a very busy month — from racing to the courtroom, they have a lot to get through. Paragon Machine Works' reopening is the best news, and looks poised to keep frame builders stocked with crucial parts. Niner Bikes has been “paused”, whatever that means. Kona has a new boss (Mike is skeptical). The Loudenvielle DH World Cup was a crash-fest, but Luca Shaw emerged from the carnage on the top step, and Vali Holl continued her dominance on the notoriously tricky track. SRAM's legal win against the UCI sets a precedent, and tons more. Note: We Want to Hear From You!Please let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover or a guest you'd like us to have on Bikes and Big Ideas. Email us at info@blisterreview.com to weigh in.RELATED LINKS:Blister Mountain Bike Buyer's GuideGet Our Free Newsletter & Gear GiveawaysBLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredMike's The Grimy Handshake SubstackManitou on the New Mezzer & Mezzer LT (Ep.328)TOPICS & TIMES:Mike's Dumpster FireLoudenville World Cup HighlightsLuca Shaw Finally Gets a WinVali Holl DominatesNova Mesto XC World Cup Insights Tom Pidcock Owns the Nova Mesto CourseGiro D'Italia Recap & Durango's Sepp Kuss' Stage Win SRAM's Precedent-Setting Legal Victory Leadership Changes at KonaIndustry News: Company Closures and ReopeningsNew Products: Manitou's New Mezzer Upcoming RockShox Flight Attendant Video TeaserCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDGEAR:30Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join The Real Science of Sport Supporters club for ad-free listening and our exclusive weekly Applied Science show! A monthly donation is all takes!This week's Spotlight opens in Paris, where Roland Garros has delivered one of the most chaotic and compelling Grand Slams in recent memory, and ends on a Las Vegas track with a promise of $10 million unlikely to be fulfilled. Along the way, we explore retirements and comebacks, bike weight scandals, regulatory issues and a surprising way to boost your red blood cells.In today's Show:For the first time in the Open era, not a single former Grand Slam champion reached the men's round of 16. Ross and Gareth try to make sense of a tournament turned on its head by epically long five-set matches, multiple two-set-up defeats, and the emergence of potential new stars to challenge the duopoly atop men's tennisSinner is gone, Djokovic is gone, and the heat played a starring role. We revisit our applied show on heat adaptation to explain exactly why Sinner's implosion was both predictable physiologically, but surprising in its speed and persistenceSerena Williams has accepted a wildcard to play doubles at Queen's at 44. We explore the motivations for her return, and discuss why elite athletes retire in the first place? A thread on Discourse sparked by James gets us exploring the psychology and physiology of retirement, and why the grind we don't see is often the causeIn cycling, Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the women's Giro after her bike allegedly weighed in 20 grams under the UCI's 6.8kg minimum. Was the punishment proportionate? Is the UCI's measurement process up to the required standard? Are SD Worx guilty of playing it too close to the limit? We discuss.A Belgian court has ruled against the UCI's attempt to impose gear ratio limits on the sport, finding the regulation neither necessary nor proportionate. We explore the implications well beyond cycling, and ponder how the UCI's failure to present a clear justification for the regulation was ultimately its undoingTilting your bed by six degrees could raise your EPO levels by 13% and increase hemoglobin mass by nearly 5%. Ross unpacks a genuinely fascinating new study, explaining why the mechanism is the same as altitude and heat training, whether the effect will be additive in athletes, and whether elite athletes are already quietly propping up their headboardsA carbohydrate question from supporter Tony ahead of his national canoe championships: does glycogen depletion in one muscle group affect availability elsewhere? Ross explains the elegant logic of local storage and use, the lactate shuttle, and why liver is the unsung hero of endurance fuellingAnd Finally, the Enhanced Games have announced a $10 million bonus for anyone who breaks Usain Bolt's 100m world record at their 2027 event. We discuss whether that will be enough to entice the truly fast man to race, doped or clean, and what it might mean for athlete's participation in the Olympics following an Enhanced Games Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Si and Dan are diving into the controversy surrounding the UCI's strict 6.8kg minimum bike weight rule after one rider was disqualified for being just 20 grams underneath it! They're also wrapping up the biggest tech talking points and wild tactics from Unbound Gravel, looking at the rise of the massive 32-inch wheel standard (?!), and debate night-time cycling visibility. PLUS a really quite exceptional Super Nugget for the 16 who make it there!
Today on the show: There's pee in the bottles, the UCI loses in court, and we have a pros in media vs bike teams brouhaha brewing.
Mike Levy, Lisa Charleboise, and Logan Jones-Wilkins hold down the fort talking about pee, ultra-racing, and Strava feuds. First, Levy tries to pry embargoed information out of Jones-Wilkins before Charleboise recaps another massive weekend ride. From there, it's on to the main topics: Urine Intel from the Giro d'Italia The trio tackles the recent UCI warnings at the Giro d'Italia. Racers have been put on notice for urinating into their water bottles and tossing them to the roadside. Levy attempts to defend the logistical efficiency of the "bottle pee," while Logan and Lisa outline the absolute horror for roadside fans hoping to snag a souvenir bidon. Strava Feuds and Indoor Aerobars Addressing reader questions, the team discusses the mental health aspects of chasing Strava KOMs in highly saturated areas. Logan shares his philosophy on defending niche segments against World Tour riders, and Levy confesses to running a high aerobar setup on his indoor Zwift bike strictly for comfort during three-hour sessions. The Traka 560 Controversy & Ultra-Racing Ethics The crew dives deep into the messy world of ultra-distance racing. Logan breaks down why Victor Bosoni's victory at the Traka 560km Adventure event sparked intense debate after he cut approximately 400 meters off the official GPS track. This leads to a fiery debate: Lisa firmly believes missing that much of the course is grounds for immediate disqualification, while Levy and Logan argue for a bit more nuance in self-supported "adventure" events. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:52 - Peeing in water bottles 00:14:14 - Reader Questions 00:23:37 - The Traka 560 Controversy & Ultra-Racing Ethics
From wild TT bikes spotted at China Cycle to the real reason behind the Jan-Willem van Schip DQ, we break down the week's biggest tech news. Plus, I talk about sitting down with Chris Froome in China to talk bikes Episode Notes: Once again I hit the podcast mic completely jet-lagged and out of my mind to talk about the trip I'd just returned from. This time I was back in Asia, specifically China, at China Cycle to see all the craziest tech from brands that people are absolutely eating up right now. No doubt about it, Chinese bikes are having a moment right now, but what did I actually see in China? Turns out one thing I saw was Chris Froome so, obviously, we talked about how I had the chance to sit down with one of the most famous roadies of recent memory and talk about gravel racing. I also chatted with Froome about his involvement in Factor Bikes and which Factor model he actually prefers. Outside of Chris Froome, we also talk about aerodynamics a lot in this podcast. It's what happens when Logan Jones-Wilkins is away, probably riding a gravel bike in another country. This time, though, we took it about as extreme as it gets. At China Cycle, I spotted a couple of wild TT bikes that take completely different approaches to cutting through the wind. Before we get into that discussion, though, first we talk about disqualifications in a UCI race. Why did Jan-Willem van Schip get disqualified after the fact for a setup that was approved ahead of the race? If you don't know the answer, don't worry; lots of people don't seem to understand and I take a shot at explaining it a bit more. All that discussion doesn't get rolling right away, though. First we talk a little bit about where the riding is best between Europe and Asia and we give some notes for a brand manager who wants to see the product they launch put to the test in better situations. Lisa Charlebois thinks she's missing out on spending four days traveling for two days in Europe, so Mike Levy and I give her a healthy warning. We also spend some time answering listener questions and we talk about segments on local roads. Levy claims he's not fast enough and Charlebois pretends not to care. I don't believe them, though—what do you think? And how do you treat local segments?
Yuri Hauswald is a former 24 Hour Solo mountain bike racer who won the Unbound Gravel 200 in 2015 at age 45. In 2023, he was inducted into the Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame, and this year, he's hoping to raise $50K to support cycling in Emporia, Kansas through a unique fundraiser.You didn't turn pro until you were 36 years old. How did you get into cycling?What attracted you to gravel racing after all those years of mountain bike racing?Tell us about your Unbound 200 win in 2015. How did that unfold?How did the Bantam Classic gravel race in Petaluma, CA get started? How does the event compare to Unbound or, say a UCI gravel race? Do you think gravel racing has changed over the years, particularly since 2022 when the UCI added gravel events?Do you think there's an opportunity to young riders into gravel riding in the same way NICA has introduced them to mountain biking?How have gravel bikes changed since you started riding? Is the line between gravel bikes and drop bar road bikes becoming blurred? What do you think about 32" gravel wheels?Tell us about the Life Time Foundation's “Chase the Race” initiative. How many riders do you hope to pass? What will the funds support?Outside of racing, what does a fun ride look like for you? What are some places you've visited that are worth going back and riding again?Can you ever really retire from bike racing?You've reinvented yourself several times over your career. What's next?Fundraiser link: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/yurichasetherace/yuri-hauswaldAn automated transcript will be available at Singletracks.com later today.This episode is sponsored by Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce.If you're looking for your next mountain bike destination that offers just about everything, put Sandpoint, Idaho at the top of your list! The Lower Basin trail system serves up world-class riding through towering timber and across massive granite rock slabs, with trails for every rider — from technical black diamond descents to fast, flowy cross-country loops.For excellent park-style riding, head up to Schweitzer Mountain Resort with dedicated downhill trails and e-bike access to more than two dozen trails. Or pedal from town to the Pine Street Woods trail system where the trails range from flowy to technical.When you're ready to take a break from the trails, Lake Pend Oreille is right there for camping, boating, swimming, or even standup paddleboarding. And after a big day outdoors, head into the town of Sandpoint where you'll find a great selection of bars and restaurants to relax and refuel. Get all the details to plan your perfect getaway at visitsandpoint.com. The trails and the good times are waiting for you when you Visit Idaho!
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