066: Xander Van Tulleken | Living with Danger

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Xand Van Tulleken, a doctor who practices in hostile regions, had a taste of the easy life growing up, but it did not sate his appetite for adventure. He has worked in such places as Sudan, Uganda and Peru and the excitement of the challenge has made it difficult to go back to a conventional existence. He and his brother have even started a TV show in which they immerse themselves in traditional indigenous medicine with no other recourse. The takeaway? Western medicine has a lot to learn.

Lessons:
1. When things go badly wrong it's because of indecisiveness and uncertainty, therefore, be prepared.
2. People can live quite well without western medicine. It has little to offer to the indigenous way of life, for example.
3. Some of life's happiest moments are in the midst of doing difficult things.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it.
0:12.0	All right, well, guys, welcome back to Spartan Up the podcast.
0:16.4	Spartan Up Podcast.com in cold blustering beautiful Pittsfield Vermont.
0:21.3	I have Joe Descenta, Johnny,
0:23.2	and Colonel Nye.
0:24.0	Dr. Johnny.
0:25.2	Dr. The spiritual, our spiritual guru, Johnny.
0:30.4	So today with our good friend, can I say our red-headed sister of the Spartan world overseas,
0:37.0	Dell, she has met up with a brilliant doctor, Dr. Van Telekemp.
0:43.1	Thank you, Van Telekemp.
0:44.3	I can't seem to get his name right, but,
0:45.5	but anyways, we are sneaking into the Royal Society of Medicine.
0:50.6	But my big question is, what is the Royal Society of Medicine?
0:53.4	Well I'm more familiar with the Royal Society of Horticulture, the Plant Royal Society
0:59.4	over there.
1:00.4	And stay tuned for a future podcast when Sefra and someone else break in there.
1:05.3	I think real and I might be more well.
1:07.1	No, I just assume it's a bunch of good doctors doing good stuff over there.
1:12.3	Well, you know what about? I'll bet we're gonna find out.
1:14.0	We're gonna find out.
1:15.0	Everything sounds fancier.
1:17.0	With that British accent.
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