Mighty Pursuit Podcast

Mighty Pursuit

Most people are trying to piece their lives together in a hundred different places. A podcast for mental health. An app for fitness. A class for their soul. It’s too much—and not enough. Mighty Pursuit is where it all connects—mind, body, and spirit. We host conversations with scientists, celebrities, spiritual thinkers, and everyday people—exploring what it means to live well in a fragmented world. LINKS: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mightypursuit TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/

  1. Cancer Doctors: The New Science That Can Reverse Cancer

    16 HRS AGO

    Cancer Doctors: The New Science That Can Reverse Cancer

    Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer — a parent, a friend, a colleague. Maybe it's even you. And for most of us, the story we've inherited about cancer is this: it's an older person's disease, something that happens to people who didn't take care of themselves, something that — if you do the right things — you can largely avoid. But that story is fracturing. In November 2024, James Van Der Beek announced that he had been privately battling stage III colorectal cancer. He was forty-six when he was diagnosed. He'd been eating organic, doing cold plunges, exercising — and had no idea anything was wrong until a change in his bowel habits made him finally ask for a colonoscopy. He fought for over two years. In December 2025, he appeared on the Today show and said he felt good. Six weeks later, he was gone. And his story is not the exception. Chadwick Boseman passed away at forty-three. Kate Middleton was diagnosed at forty-two. Just a couple of months ago, Tatiana Schlossberg — JFK's granddaughter — died at thirty-five. The numbers behind these stories are staggering. From 1990 to 2019, early-onset cancer rates rose nearly eighty percent globally. One in two people will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. This isn't a distant threat — it's the most personal health reality of our time. So what is actually happening? How much of this is lifestyle, and how much is just bad luck? In this episode, we go all the way into it with two of the most respected doctors you'll find anywhere on this topic. Dr. William Li is one of the world's leading cancer researchers. He helped develop over forty treatments that are actively changing outcomes for patients right now. He has also watched someone he loves face a stage IV diagnosis and be told by her doctor there was nothing left to do. He didn't accept that. She is alive today because of it. Dr. Dawn Mussallem spent over two decades as an integrative oncologist at Mayo Clinic. She has sat with hundreds of people at every stage of this disease. She has also been one of them. In her mid-twenties, three months into medical school, she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer and given months to live. That was twenty-five years ago, and she is still here, healed. If there are two people on earth who can tell you what you actually need to know about cancer, it's the two people in this conversation. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - The Nine 3:35 - Why Young People Are Getting Cancer 11:30 - Cancer is Mostly Lifestyle (Not Genes) 1:08:01 - Stage Four Cancer Can Be Reversed 1:40:38 - Screening for Cancer Is Critical Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Dr. William Li Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drwilliamli/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drwilliamli Dr. Dawn Mussallem Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdawnmussallem/ For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    1h 57m
  2. Louise Perry: Why Casual Sex Backfires On Women

    APR 14

    Louise Perry: Why Casual Sex Backfires On Women

    We're living in the era of sexual freedom or at least, that's the story we were told. Have sex whenever you want, with whoever you want, as much as you want. As long as there's consent, you're fine. That became the new moral baseline, and many of us embraced it. We swiped, experimented and called it empowerment. But privately, the results haven't always matched the promise. If you're a woman, you may have felt that tension most clearly. Moments that were technically consensual, but left you wondering why something still felt off. Because consent was supposed to solve everything — but consent only answers one question: "Was this allowed legally?" It doesn't ask: "Was this wise? Was this safe? Was this actually good for me?" So here's the uncomfortable possibility: what if the framework we were given was incomplete? What if freedom, without a deeper ethic, leaves people navigating something far more complicated than we expected? If there's anyone who stepped into that tension early, it's Louise Perry. She was one of the first feminists to publicly ask whether the sexual revolution had actually made women happier — not from outside the movement, but from within it. Her book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, didn't just get attention. It became one of the most talked-about texts of the decade, igniting international debate and forcing a serious reconsideration of what "sexual liberation" actually means. Because it said something many women were already thinking — but weren't sure they were allowed to say out loud. Nothing is off-limits. We talk about orgasms, hookup culture, and the environments we've normalized, as well as the ones we left behind. Some of what she says may shock you. Some of it may convict you. But if we're serious about living well, this conversation is unavoidable. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 2:13 - The Nine 3:32 - Women Are Conflicted About Sex 15:29 - The Emergence of “Sexual Empowerment” 36:00 - Major Flaws in Today’s Narratives 1:02:54 - How Men & Women Are Different 1:22:09 - Grandma’s Sex Culture Wasn’t All Bad 1:33:19 - How Sexual Repression Be Empowering 1:42:27 - The Social Cost Of A Higher Standard Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Louise Perry Links: Case Against The Sexual Revolution (book): https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994 X: https://x.com/Louise_m_perry For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    2h 3m
  3. Terry Crews: What’s Actually Going Wrong With Men

    MAR 31

    Terry Crews: What’s Actually Going Wrong With Men

    Masculinity has become radioactive. It’s one of the most polarizing forces in modern culture. Families fracture over it, politics feeds on it and entire online ecosystems monetize it. And no one seems to agree on what it is anymore. If you’re a woman, you may feel fatigue from patterns that don’t seem to change. And if you’re a man, you may feel disoriented. Pulled between two extremes. Told you’re dangerous if you’re strong. Told you’re weak if you’re sensitive. Unsure whether to soften or harden. For a moment, the phrase “toxic masculinity” felt like progress. It named real harm. But critique without construction creates a vacuum — and vacuums don’t stay empty. When masculinity was dismantled without being rebuilt, something predictable happened. The pendulum swung back. The loudest voices reclaimed the conversation — charismatic, certain, and unapologetic. Offering simple frameworks for a complicated world. And men of every age have been drawn in. Not because they’re villains, but because they’re searching for something solid. So the question isn’t whether masculinity is broken. It’s whether we can define it — and live it — in a way that strengthens men, honors women, and becomes a healing force in the world. That’s why we sat down with Terry Crews. For more than two decades, he’s been one of the most recognizable figures in Hollywood. The star of major action franchises like The Expendables. A physique synonymous with strength. By every cultural measure, he is the prototype of the strong man. But what makes Terry different is that he didn’t just perform masculinity. He lived its extremes. The rage, the control and the caricature of toughness. And then — he dismantled it. Over the last decade, he’s been confronting what masculinity actually is. Because if masculinity is going to be rebuilt, it won’t be rebuilt in theory. It will be rebuilt by men who have embodied it — and are willing to offer a better story. The cameras have followed Terry Crews for years. This conversation is about what happened when the cameras were off. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 2:11 - The Kiss That Changed Everything 13:55 - “Toxic” Masculinity Is A Polarizing Term 27:17 - The Emergence of the Manosphere 48:05 - What Men Are Wrestling With 1:11:10 - Why Men Have So Much Anger 1:26:32 - When Terry Chose Not To Fight A Man 1:36:42 - The Ultimate Definition of Masculinity 1:53:26 - How Men Treat Women 2:05:41 - A Warning To The Manosphere Order Terry's Many Hats (New Book): https://amzn.to/4v3zloD Related Episodes: https://youtu.be/yYaBv660nwE Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Terry Crews Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrycrews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@terrycrews Return to AGT on June 2: https://tinyurl.com/ye2cw5fp For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    2h 11m
  4. Bill Gurley: How The A.I. Boom Shapes The Future Of Work

    MAR 24

    Bill Gurley: How The A.I. Boom Shapes The Future Of Work

    Everywhere you turned in 2025, it was the same headline. AI will replace 50% of jobs. 70% of jobs. White-collar work won’t survive the decade. If not now, then soon. You were told your industry might disappear. Your skillset might expire. Your role might be automated. Even if you tried to brush it off, it still created a quiet kind of fear. Is my job safe? Is this overblown? Am I about to become irrelevant? So now you wait and watch, trying to figure out what’s real and what’s hype. And you’re not alone. Everyone feels like they’re in a holding pattern — caught between a technological revolution and a narrative that may be moving faster than reality itself. What most people don’t realize is that the same fears driving this conversation are also driving capital. Over the last five years, more than $1.8 trillion has flowed into AI. Which raises a deeper question: are we watching the future unfold, or are we watching the most powerful hype cycle in modern history? That’s why we sat down with Bill Gurley. For decades, he’s been at the center of the biggest shifts in Silicon Valley — not watching from the outside, but inside the rooms where they were unfolding. As an early investor in Uber and billionaire, he built a reputation not for chasing trends, but for understanding how technology reshapes markets, labor, and incentives at their core. In this conversation, he helps us separate what’s real from what’s exaggerated — and what it actually means for how we work going forward. Think of this episode as a survival guide for the coming age. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - The Manufacturing of A.I. Fear 10:57 - The Truth About How A.I. Impacts Jobs 25:59 - Breaking Down Elon Musk’s Prediction 29:52 - Protect Your Future With This Strategy 48:38 - The Illusion of Any Job Being Safe 54:34 - Don’t Look At Other People As Competition 1:04:46 - The Unique Value Of People vs. A.I. 1:24:22 - A Final Word For The Coming Age Related Episodes: https://youtu.be/Rhcp7ZUiw3g https://youtu.be/zXUpebtiLp8 Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Bill Gurley Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bgurley/ X: https://x.com/bgurley Runnin' Down A Dream (Book): https://amzn.to/4sUU6Bc For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    1h 26m
  5. World's Most Cited Psychedelic Scientist: Why One Experience Can Rewrite Your Reality

    MAR 17

    World's Most Cited Psychedelic Scientist: Why One Experience Can Rewrite Your Reality

    For the last sixty years, psychedelics have been in exile. After the cultural fallout of the 1960s, serious research shut down. Funding evaporated, careers were quietly derailed and what had once been a legitimate scientific inquiry was pushed to the margins. Labeled reckless, irresponsible, even dangerous. And most of us inherited that conclusion without ever examining it. Psychedelics were party drugs— nothing more than a hallucination. A cultural mistake we took care of decades ago. But over the last thirteen years, something shifted. Labs reopened, clinical trials restarted and peer-reviewed journals filled with data no one could ignore. Every substance went back under the microscope — psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, LSD, Ayahuasca and more. And what researchers have found is seismic. In the coming decades, this will become one of the defining frontiers of science with implications that reach far beyond the lab. At the center of this resurgence is Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris. Film has the Oscars, music has the Grammys and sports has the Hall of Fame. However imperfect the comparison, in science, the closest equivalent is something called an h-index — a measure of how often a researcher’s work is cited by other scientists. Robin’s is 95. For context: 20 is good, 40 is outstanding, and anything above 60 is typically reserved for Nobel-level scientists. Most researchers would dream to reach 95 by the end of a long career. Robin reached it at forty-five years old. One of the fastest rises in modern scientific history. So when it comes to the revival of psychedelic science, he hasn’t just participated— he has defined it. And for that reason, TIME named him among the people most poised to shape the future. In today's episode, he’s here to lay out the truth, revealing why psychedelics have already changed millions of lives. Because the fallout from this research is massive. People diagnosed with severe trauma suddenly breaking free. Treatment-resistant depression reversing course. Conditions once described as chronic, incurable and lifelong. And that’s not the only disruptive part. In controlled studies, self-identified atheists are reporting experiences powerful enough to completely change their worldview — at rates that far exceed what we typically see inside traditional religious settings. It’s clear something big is happening, so it's time to get into it. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 3:12 - Patient Zero 12:40 - The Explosion of Psychedelic Research 28:57 - Why Psychedelics Got A Bad Reputation 54:44 - How Psychedelics Transform The Brain 1:07:06 - Mystical Experiences & Other Dimensions 1:48:43 - The Differences Between Each Psychedelic 2:06:15 - Psychedelics On Cusp of Legalization 2:15:52 - Major Risks of Psychedelics Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robincarhartharris/ Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/47mar2cm For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    2h 29m
  6. Body Keeps The Score Author: We Got Trauma All Wrong

    MAR 10

    Body Keeps The Score Author: We Got Trauma All Wrong

    The Body Keeps the Score. The book was published twelve years ago. And yet here we are — it’s 2026, and it’s still sitting on bestseller lists week after week. Not just in psychology. Across all categories. It has become one of the bestselling books of the modern era. And it didn’t just contribute to the trauma conversation — it defined how an entire generation understands it. Chances are, you’ve encountered it. Maybe you’ve read it. Maybe someone sent you a quote from it. Maybe its language changed how you understand your own story. Even if you’ve never opened the book, you’ve felt its impact. Trauma is no longer a clinical term. It’s part of everyday conversation. But something happened along the way. As trauma entered the mainstream, nuance didn’t always come with it. Complex biology got reduced to slogans. Healing became aesthetic. Language spread faster than understanding. Truth mixed with myth — and for some people, that confusion has kept them stuck. Which raises a bigger question: what did we get right? What did we get wrong? And what has the science uncovered since the book was first written? The man behind the book, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, joins us to revisit these questions. And he’s not alone. With him is Dr. Frank Anderson. For two decades, Frank worked inside Bessel’s trauma center — learning, practicing, and refining the science at its source. In many ways, he represents the next chapter of this work. In recent years, his rise has been dramatic, helping bring trauma research into a new generation and a new cultural moment. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is not at the beginning of his career. He’s in its final chapter. As his public appearances have become more selective, conversations like this have become rare. It’s one of the last opportunities to hear him step back and reflect — not just on what trauma is, but where this work must go next. Alongside Dr. Anderson, they lay out what may amount to a blueprint for the coming age of trauma healing. And some of what they say may surprise you. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:22 - Sign Up For The Nine 3:37 - A Typical Story of Trauma 15:04 - Reducing Trauma To Slogans & Myths 26:32 - How Trauma Changes The Brain 40:48 - Trauma Leads To Physical Illness 55:03 - Survival Strategies 1:15:15 - New 2026 Breakthroughs 1:30:55 - Psychedelics 1:38:14 - EMDR 1:42:58 - Why Talk Therapy Can Fail 1:53:26 - Trauma Caused By Parents & Family 2:06:03 - Bessel’s Final Word on Trauma Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    2h 15m
  7. How Science (Finally) Proved The Afterlife

    MAR 3

    How Science (Finally) Proved The Afterlife

    What you’re about to listen to has taken eight years to make. Research began in 2018, as we started studying disciplines that almost never speak to each other. Today, we’ll walk through eleven separate scientific fields. Collectively, they span 134 years of modern research — though the roots of their findings stretch back thousands of years. Within each field are serious scientists who have uncovered data that is, at this point, very difficult to ignore. Some researchers have connected parts of the puzzle. But to our knowledge, no one has stepped back and laid it all out in one straight line. That’s what this episode attempts to do. We will not reference religious texts or holy books. Not Christianity. Not Islam. Not Buddhism. Not any religion. That’s what makes this different from almost everything you’ve likely seen on this subject. You’re not getting pseudoscience. You’re not getting dogma. You’re not getting a single narrow perspective. You’re getting the full synthesis. And at the end, we’ll talk about what it actually means. Because if these fields are pointing where they appear to be pointing, the implications for your life are massive. Chapters: 0:00 - 11 Fields, 134 Years of Research 1:33 - Defining Terms 5:08 - Tier 1A Evidence 5:49 - Near Death Studies 17:51 - Hospice Care 24:33 - UFOs 36:05 - Tier 1B Evidence 37:30 - Psychedelics 42:44 - Science of Spirituality 47:27 - Science of Happiness 52:52 - Tier 2 Evidence 54:47 - Spontaneous Remission 1:00:28 - Precognition 1:06:02 - Telepathy 1:08:25 - ADC 1:11:18 - Non Local Memory 1:13:55 - Interpretations Related Episodes: UFOs: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-diana-walsh-pasulka-why-the-smartest-scientists/id1731757202?i=1000727574695 Hospice Care: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hospice-nurse-julie-mcfadden-ive-seen-hundreds-die/id1731757202?i=1000714248897 Near Death Studies: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-jan-holden-on-near-death-experiences-the-afterlife/id1731757202?i=1000651256257 Science of Spirituality: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ivy-league-scientist-dr-lisa-miller-consciousness-does/id1731757202?i=1000708496121 Join Our Newsletter (The Nine): https://mightypursuit.com/thenine Mighty Pursuit Links: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/ X: https://x.com/MightyPursuit For business inquiries: hello@mightypursuit.com

    1h 35m

  8. FEB 24

    An Update From Us...

    Sign up for The Nine here: https://www.mightypursuit.com/thenine The Nine is how we help you stay oriented week to week. It brings together the nine core areas of life that actually matter — across mind, body, and spirit — and keeps them in view at the same time. In a world that constantly pulls your attention everywhere at once, The Nine acts as a weekly lifeline — a way to pause, re-center, and notice what’s drifting before it quietly compounds. Every week, it does three specific things: 1) It points your attention to the part of life that matter, instead of letting stress, noise, or algorithms decide 2) It offers one evidence-based insight — drawn from science, history, spirituality, and lived experience — that brings clarity and perspective 3) It suggests one grounded action you can take that day to respond You’re not meant to master all nine areas at once. You’re meant to pay attention to them honestly, over time. If you do that — imperfectly, but consistently — you start to thrive. That’s what The Nine is for. And you'll receive it every Thursday.

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Most people are trying to piece their lives together in a hundred different places. A podcast for mental health. An app for fitness. A class for their soul. It’s too much—and not enough. Mighty Pursuit is where it all connects—mind, body, and spirit. We host conversations with scientists, celebrities, spiritual thinkers, and everyday people—exploring what it means to live well in a fragmented world. LINKS: Website: https://www.mightypursuit.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightypursuit/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mightypursuit TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mightypursuit/

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