Why More Isn't Always Better | Professor Stephen Seiler - 1041

I knew Stephen Seiler was going to be a bloody brilliant conversation, but I don't think I expected us to cover SO much ground. For those who aren't familiar, here's a bit about him... Stephen is a Professor of Sport Science whose work around endurance training and intensity distribution has infl…

Pee When You Need to Pee: The Science of Burnout | Cait Donovan - 1040

Burnout... Imagine if the fix was as simple as just pee when you need to pee. Well, Cait Donovan (who I adored chatting with) has landed on the hypothesis that it very well starts right there. Cait's spent years pulling apart the research on burnout after the seemingly unlikely reality of landing …

Beyond The Manosphere | Ben Vasiliou - 1039

Ben Vasiliou is back to chat with me today about boys, men, masculinity, algorithms and, lo 'n' behold, we even throw a lil' politics on the table... very un-Tiff-like indeed, huh! Ben's spent years working with young people and now leads The Man Cave, so he's in the thick of these conversations e…

Go the F*ck to Sleep... When Optimising Becomes Deoptimising | Dr. Chris Winter - 1038

I knew this one was going to be an absolute ripper, but I was so not prepared for just how much I'd laugh. If you've ever wanted to learn about Yucatan micro pigs... and the breast implants Dr. Chris Winter gave them in the name of groundbreaking sleep research... then, boy oh boy, you're in luck.…

The Science Behind Sleep, Food & Weight | Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD - 1037

I loved this conversation... partly because I learned a stack, and partly because it reminded me that no matter how much time you spend in health and fitness, you're never too experienced to discover you've been doing something a bit... dumb. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD has spent decades studying nu…

Biology or Ideology? What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex Differences | Steve Stewart-Williams - 1036

Ooooh look out... this one is going to make your brain itch! This week I'm joined by the incredible evolutionary psychologist Professor Steve Stewart-Williams as we dive balls deep into one of the most fascinating, misunderstood and polarising conversations out there... sex differences. What evol…

When You Lose Everything | Kel Holliday - 1035

When Kel Holliday first shared parts of his story with me, I knew he'd lived a life. I just didn't realise how many times he'd had to rebuild that bad boy from scratch. We talk about what happens when you lose almost everything (not to mention, doing so only days after reaching your life goal and …

Grief, Relief and Everything Between | Kat Rae - 1034

Ooooh buckle up kids... I knew this would be an interesting conversation, but I had no idea just how much it would stay with me. Kat Rae's story is one of those rare ones that refuses to fit into neat lil' boxes. We talk about serving in the Australian Army, what twenty years in Defence taught her…

What If Consciousness Doesn't Live In The Brain? | Dr. Eben Alexander - 1033

Grab a notebook, whipper snappers... this one goes deep. I sure hope ya'll can keep up! Dr. Eben Alexander spent years as a Harvard-trained neurosurgeon believing consciousness was created by the brain... until a near-fatal case of bacterial meningitis left him in a week-long coma and threw everyt…

The Truth About Resilience After 30 Years in the SAS | Harry Moffit - 1032

I loved this chat with Harry Moffitt. After 30 years in the SAS, losing mates in combat, surviving an IED blast, becoming a psychologist and now working with elite teams, he's got a perspective that cuts through all the usual bullshit. We talked about grief, guilt, why some teams thrive while other…