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🗓️ 25 July 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Scott Carney has spent much of his career debunking health and spiritual gurus, and writing about them for national publications and books. When he set out to do the same thing with Wim Hof, something different happened. He ended up spending a lot of time with Wim and using his methods. Scott wrote a best-seller about it called What Doesn’t Kill Us that explores the science behind it and also explains how environmental conditioning can help us renew our lost evolutionary strength.

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0:00.0	Today's guest is investigative journalist, author, and anthropologist Scott Carney.
0:05.2	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living, an adventure podcast presented by REI Coop,
0:12.4	the brand who helps get you outside through gear,
0:14.9	classes, and adventures. We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a
0:20.2	reality so you can too. From people who have climbed the tallest peaks,
0:24.0	started thriving businesses, and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead
0:29.2	to the most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:35.0	Last week we brought on the Iceman in record breaker Wim Hof. So this week I've brought on
0:46.1	author Scott Carney, who studied the Wim Hof method deeply and wrote a book about it.
0:50.4	Scott's a journalist who set out to debunk gurus for much of his career, but when he set out to debunk
0:56.4	Wim Hof, something different happened. He wrote about it in the New York Times bestseller,
1:01.0	what doesn't Kill Us?
1:02.8	On this episode, we talk about the Wimhoff method
1:05.1	and how and why it works, and Scott explains it very well.
1:08.2	We also talk about other ways to challenge yourself
1:10.5	to achieve better performance by putting yourself in uncomfortable situations.
1:15.5	Scott loves to immerse himself in his work. With whim he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro without
1:20.7	much clothes in record time and he loves putting himself in his
1:23.8	situations where he has to test his body. We also dive deep into writing and how to
1:29.0	make it especially as a freelance writer today. It's a fun podcast full of info you can start using today.
1:36.2	Editorial disclosure, this podcast is for information purposes only.
1:39.9	I'm not a doctor, neither is Scott.
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