The Primalosophy Podcast

Nick Holderbaum
  • 4.9 (27)
  • HEALTH & FITNESS

Where genuine curiosity meets genuine guests. The Primalosophy Podcast features genuine questions from writer, firefighter, and interviewer Nick Holderbaum and genuine guests on all things health, longevity, and philosophy. Shikoba. Podcast music by Dirty Art Club - https://dirtyartclub.bandcamp.co

  1. #135: Henry Shukman — Finding Zen in Chaos, Discovering Infinite Support, and Tuning into the Stillness of Nature

    10/26/2021

    #135: Henry Shukman — Finding Zen in Chaos, Discovering Infinite Support, and Tuning into the Stillness of Nature

    Henry Shukman (@mountaincloudzencenter) is an appointed teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and is the Guiding Teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center. He has an MA from Cambridge and an MLitt from St Andrews and has written several award-winning books of poetry and fiction. His essays have been published in The New York Times, Outside, and Tricycle, and his poems have been published in The New Republic, The Guardian, The Sunday Times (UK), and London Review of Books. He has taught meditation at Google, Harvard Business School, UBS, Esalen Institute, Colorado College, United World College, and many other venues. He has written of his own journey in his memoir One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir. Connect with Henry Shukman: https://www.mountaincloud.org/ https://www.instagram.com/mountaincloudzencenter/ http://originallove.org/ https://www.amazon.com/One-Blade-Grass-Finding-Memoir/dp/1640092625/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20 Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    49 min
  2. #134: Kim Scott on Creating B******t-Free Zones at Work, the Art of Listening, Rockstars and Superstars, and the Beauty of Bookclubs

    10/19/2021

    #134: Kim Scott on Creating B******t-Free Zones at Work, the Art of Listening, Rockstars and Superstars, and the Beauty of Bookclubs

    Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair as well as Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. She co-founded two companies that help organizations put the ideas in her books into practice. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. Kim previously held leadership roles at Apple and Google. Earlier in her career Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. Connect with Kim Scott: Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity https://kimmalonescott.com/ https://twitter.com/kimballscott Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    56 min
  3. #133: Suzanne O’Sullivan - A Neurologist on Mystery Illnesses

    10/12/2021

    #133: Suzanne O’Sullivan - A Neurologist on Mystery Illnesses

    Suzanne O'Sullivan is an Irish neurologist working in Britain who is the winner of the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize. She won for her first book, It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness, published by Chatto & Windus in 2015. The book also won the Royal Society of Biology General Book Prize. In her latest book, The Sleeping Beauties, Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan investigates psychosomatic disorders, traveling the world to visit communi­ties suffering from so-called mystery illnesses.  Connect with Suzanne O'Sullivan: https://twitter.com/suz_osullivan https://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauties-Stories-Mystery-Illness/dp/1524748374 Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    41 min

  4. 09/08/2021

    #132: Catherine Gildiner — A Therapist on Her Most Heroic Patients, the Hierarchy of Suffering, and the Indomitable Human Spirit

    Catherine Gildiner is a American-born and Toronto-based memoirist, novelist, and former psychologist. In her latest book Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients who overcame their personal trauma, a process Gildiner defines as being heroic. Connect with Catherine Gildiner: http://www.gildiner.com/ Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Monster-Therapist-Emotional-ebook/dp/B084M1M1DZ Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    43 min
  5. #131: Christie Aschwanden on the Science and Pseudoscience of Sports Recovery

    07/08/2021

    #131: Christie Aschwanden on the Science and Pseudoscience of Sports Recovery

    Christie Aschwanden is an award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times best-seller Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery. She’s producer and co-host of “Emerging Form,” a podcast about the creative process. Previously the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight, she’s an Ideal columnist at Wired and a regular contributor to The Washington Post and The New York Times. Her work also appears in publications including Discover, Popular Science, Slate, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, Men’s Journal, Runner’s World, NPR, Smithsonian, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Aschwanden is a lifelong endurance athlete, having been a high school track star, collegiate cycling champion, and elite Nordic skier. Connect with Christie Aschwanden: https://www.goodtogobook.com/ https://christieaschwanden.com/ @CragCrest LastWordOnNothing.com https://emergingform.substack.com/ Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    39 min
  6. #130: Luke Burgis on How to Stop Imitating, Mastering Our Desires, the Power of Paying it Forward, and More

    06/28/2021

    #130: Luke Burgis on How to Stop Imitating, Mastering Our Desires, the Power of Paying it Forward, and More

    Luke Burgis (@lukeburgis) has co-created and led companies in wellness, consumer products, and technology. He’s currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and also teaches business at The Catholic University of America and is author of a new book, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life, the philosophy of French polymath René Girard Connect with Luke Burgis: https://lukeburgis.com/ https://twitter.com/lukeburgis https://www.instagram.com/lukeburgis/ https://www.facebook.com/LukeBurgis/ https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Power-Mimetic-Desire-Everyday/dp/1250262488/ Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    48 min
  7. #129: Pete Davis - The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing

    06/20/2021

    #129: Pete Davis - The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing

    Pete Davis is a civic advocate from Falls Church, Virginia. He works on projects aimed at deepening American democracy and solidarity. Pete is the cofounder of the Democracy Policy Network, a state policy organization focused on raising up ideas that deepen democracy. In 2015, he cofounded Getaway, a company that provides simple, unplugged escapes to tiny cabins outside of major cities. His Harvard Law School graduation speech, “A Counterculture of Commitment,” has been viewed more than 30 million times. Connect with Pete Davis: https://petedavis.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ThePeteDavisDispatch http://twitter.com/peteddavis https://www.instagram.com/peteddavis/?hl=en Get the book - https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140909 Podcast Info: https://www.nickholderbaum.com/ Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods Twitter: @primalosophy Instagram: @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    43 min
  8. #128: Doug Brignole - The 20 Best Resistance Exercises for Physique Development

    05/31/2021

    #128: Doug Brignole - The 20 Best Resistance Exercises for Physique Development

    Doug Brignole is a former winner of Mr. America and Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition, with a 43-year trajectory in the sport. He is also an expert in BIOMECHANICS, and the author of a ground-breaking new book called "The Physics of Resistance Exercise", which is turning the traditional weight training paradigm upside. Doug is the first person in the history of the fitness industry to outline the 16 biomechanical factors which determine the value of an exercise -- allowing us to evaluate the productivity, efficiency, and safety of each exercise. This allows us to select only the best exercises, and skip the exercises that have low value. Episode Links: Doug's website: https://dougbrignole.com/ Doug's book: https://dougbrignolebook.com/product/the-physics-of-resistance-exercise-print-book-non-autographed/ Doug's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougbrignole/?hl=en Doug's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DougBrignole/ Podcast Info: Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods (T): @primalosophy (IG): @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    1h 3m
  9. #127: Kate Leaver - The Dog-Human Bond, Eradicating Loneliness, and Why We Need Friendship

    05/25/2021

    #127: Kate Leaver - The Dog-Human Bond, Eradicating Loneliness, and Why We Need Friendship

    Kate Leaver is a journalist, editor and author of Good Dog: Celebrating the dogs who change and sometimes even save our lives, published by HarperCollins. She researches, writes and speaks about her dog, a rescue Shih Tzu called Bert, and the health benefits of having a pet. Her first book, The Friendship Cure, was about connection and loneliness. Kate previously worked as a senior editor for Cosmo, Pottermore and Australia’s biggest women’s website. Her work has been published by The Guardian, British Vogue, Glamour Magazine, The Telegraph and The Independent. She also works in editorial strategy and media relations for brands like Bumble, Peanut and SnapChat. Her favorite interviews include Nicole Kidman, Eddie Redmayne, Jon Ronson, Susie Orbach, Roxane Gay and Andrew Solomon. Her first ever job was as a professional fairy and she once won a poetry competition judged by Les Murray with a three-course limerick about MasterChef.  Connect with Kate Leaver: https://kateleaver.com/gooddog https://kateleaver.com/ https://twitter.com/kateileaver http://instagram.com/kateileaver Connect with Nick Holderbaum: Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods (T): @primalosophy (IG): @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

    54 min
  10. #15 - Nancy Sherman

    08/15/2019

    #15 - Nancy Sherman

    Nancy Sherman is not only a professor of Stoicism but specifically an expert on Stoicism in the military, writing the book Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind. She is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in philosophy, where she received Harvard’s George Plympton Adam’s Prize for the most distinguished doctoral dissertation in the area of history of philosophy. She is the author of several other books, including Afterwar, The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Soldiers. Connect with Nancy Sherman: http://www.nancysherman.com/ http://www.nancysherman.com/books_stoicwarriors.html https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Warriors-Ancient-Philosophy-Military/dp/019531591X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 Connect with Nick Holderbaum: www.primalosophy.com @primalosophy Subscribe on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-primalosophy-podcast/id1462578947

    1 hr
  11. #14 - Michael Grandner

    08/10/2019

    #14 - Michael Grandner

    Dr. Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UA College of Medicine. His research focuses on how sleep and sleep-related behaviors are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neurocognitive functioning, mental health, and longevity. His new book - Sleep and Health provides an accessible yet comprehensive overview of the relationship between sleep and health at the individual, community and population levels, as well as a discussion of the implications for public health, public policy and interventions. Based on a firm foundation in many areas of sleep health research, this text further provides introductions to each sub-area of the field and a summary of the current research for each area. http://www.michaelgrandner.com/about.html Sleep and Health

    1h 26m
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Where genuine curiosity meets genuine guests. The Primalosophy Podcast features genuine questions from writer, firefighter, and interviewer Nick Holderbaum and genuine guests on all things health, longevity, and philosophy. Shikoba. Podcast music by Dirty Art Club - https://dirtyartclub.bandcamp.co

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  • Creator
    Nick Holderbaum
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    135
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nick Holderbaum
  • Show Website
    The Primalosophy Podcast