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🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Michael Easter is a leading voice on how humans can integrate modern science and evolutionary wisdom for improved health, meaning, and performance in life and at work. He travels the globe to embed himself with brilliant but often overlooked scientists, thinkers, and people living at the extremes and shares the best of his findings and experiences in books, articles, and other media. Michael is also a contributing editor at Men's Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His work has appeared in more than sixty countries and can also be found in Men's Journal, New York, Vice, Scientific American, Esquire, and others.
Time Stamps:
0:07:08 Podcast begins
0:08:00 The story of Ignasi
0:15:30 We experience stress all day every day
0:16:40 The rituals of Misogi
0:19:15 The power of "right of passage"
0:22:15 The experience Michael had in Alaska
0:29:15 Why is it taboo to talk about our past as humans?
0:32:00 Humans and our addiction to constant brain-stimulation with technology
0:40:55 When people learn new things, their perception of time begins to slow down
0:42:10 Would you stay in a room for 15 minutes without your phone or choose an electric shock?
0:46:30 Alone time in offices
0:47:35 Landscapes of despair and why living in dense cities results in more mental distress
0:52:10 Every time I come back to Austin I realize new "right angles"
0:55:10 The research around the TSA
1:02:15 We might not be experiencing enough despair in our modern world
1:04:35 Death: how we obsess over increasing longevity
1:10:15 We need to live more in the present
1:11:45 Michael's meditation practices
1:13:15 We have a huge disconnect with the food we are eating, especially the mortality of the animals
1:15:00 The story of Michael's successful hunt
1:20:45 We do not face the responsibility of being a part of an ecosystem in our modern day society
1:22:55 Those who are most against eating meat are typically the most disconnected from our ecosystem
1:23:55 How Michael is incorporating more nature into his daily life
1:31:30 Closing thoughts and where to find Michael Easter
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0:00.0 | What is up you guys welcome to another edition of the fundamental health podcast. I am so glad that you are here with me for this episode of Michael Easter. It is an amazing one. |
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1:54.0 | My guess this week as I mentioned is Michael Easter. Total freaking badass man. This guy has been really curious about how humans can integrate modern science and evolutionary wisdom for improved health, meaning and performance in life and work. |
2:11.0 | He's been around the globe. He's gone to ancient monasteries in Busan. He's worked with us special forces, high tech genetic labs and Iceland fortune 500 boardrooms. The world's most remote wilderness areas. He spent 30 days in Alaska with Donnie Vincent who I also interviewed on this podcast. That show will be out soon. |
2:28.0 | We talked about his new book, which is called the comfort crisis. I really enjoy this conversation. I think you guys are going to get tons out of it. It's all about the remembering really really the concept that we have lost touch with many things that are important for us to do as humans that shape our character in positive ways. |
2:45.0 | I'll check this one out on Michael Easter. I know you will love it. If you like this podcast, please support me. Please help me spread the message to more people by leaving me a review on Apple podcast. That's the main place I ask for reviews. That's helps us reach a lot of people. And as a thank you to everyone who leaves me a review on Apple podcast. |
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