▶Apr 7, 2026 · 6 key moments
How AI Is Already Changing Medicine
Dr. Peter Weir is a family physician and population health officer at the University of Utah who has been actively using AI in…
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Health & Performance
The science of sleep, fitness, longevity, cold exposure, and elite performance — practical conversations with doctors, coaches, and record-holders.
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▶Jan 15, 2026 · 8 key moments
The Single Mindset Shift That Unlocks Mastery
Dr. Michael Gervais — the high-performance psychologist who has coached Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists…
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▶Oct 30, 2025 · 6 key moments
“10,000 Hours is a Myth”
NFL and NBA performance psychologist Dr. Alex Auerbach joins Nick Standlea to challenge the assumptions most people carry about…
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▶Oct 22, 2025 · 6 key moments
Dr. Michael Osterholm: “The Pandemic Clock Is Ticking”
Dr. Michael Osterholm — director of CIDRAP at the University of Minnesota and advisor to every U.S. president since Reagan…
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▶Sep 30, 2025 · 6 key moments
Is Emotional Intelligence the Competitive Edge in the Age of AI? Therapist Hannah Lord
Therapist and coach Hannah Lord joins Nick to make the case that emotional intelligence—not data or code—is the defining human…
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▶Jul 23, 2025 · 8 key moments
Science of Sleep: Think Sharper, Age Slower, and Feel Better - Dr Paul Returns
Dr. Paul Rodenberg — an ER physician who went from sleeping four or five hours a night to treating sleep as non-negotiable…
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▶Jul 5, 2025 · 4 key moments
A Defense of the Fixed Mindset: Why It’s Not Always a Bad Thing
Growth mindset gets a lot of praise — and rightly so. But Nick argues that in our rush to celebrate it, we've overlooked…
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▶May 14, 2025 · 7 key moments
The Cold Truth: Ice Baths, Brown Fat, and Professor Seager
Nick sits down with Professor Thomas Seager, co-founder of Morozko Forge — fresh out of his own cold plunge — to unpack the…
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▶Feb 13, 2025 · 8 key moments
Mindfulness and Coaching Mental Skills with Micha Shaw
Micha Shaw is a mindfulness coach and former elite athlete who competed in open water swimming, winning the US Olympic Trials in…
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▶Dec 15, 2024 · 6 key moments
"Ketamine therapy saves lives!"
Nick Standlea sits down with Sam Mandel, co-founder and CEO of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles, to unpack the truth behind ketamine…
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▶Nov 17, 2024 · 6 key moments
How Social Media Hijacks Your Time and What You Can Do About It
Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, shares how a spiral of chronic stress and phone dependency during his freshman year at…
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▶Sep 24, 2024 · 4 key moments
How to Find Flow and Unlock Creativity
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — known to Nick as simply "Mike" during their six years working together — traces his lifelong quest…
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▶Sep 4, 2024 · 1 hr 0 min
The Weight of Depression: Jason Magee’s Story of Struggle and Hope
In today's episode, I sit down with Jason Magee, who shares his 15-year struggle with depression and weight loss, and then takes…
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▶Jul 10, 2024 · 2 hr 44 min
Dr Paul: "Health Influencers are Liars"
Nick sits down with Dr. Paul Rodenberg, an ER physician, to call out health influencer misinformation. Dr. Paul names the…
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▶Apr 23, 2024 · 50 min
Losing a Body Part: Hank Wise
In this episode of The Nick Standlea Show, Olympic swimmer Hank Wise, a world-record holder, takes us on an emotional journey…
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▶Mar 25, 2024 · 6 key moments
Brad Burge: Psychedelic Therapy
Brad Burge — former communications director at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and founder of…
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▶Dec 1, 2023 · 1 hr 57 min
Leo Vieira: Lessons from Jiu-Jitsu for Life
Leo Vieira grew up between two worlds in Rio de Janeiro — too “playboy” for the favela kids at his school, too working-class for…
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▶Nov 6, 2023 · 1 hr 45 min
Dr. Paul: Fat loss drugs, fitness, nutrition, & longevity.
Dr. Paul Rodenberg — ER doctor and former 340-pound college football player — joins Nick to cut through the hype on fat-loss…
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▶Oct 30, 2023 · 0 min
The Nick Standlea Show Trailer
The trailer for The Nick Standlea Show — long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, scientists, athletes, and other…
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▶Oct 3, 2023 · 1 hr 9 min
Jim O’Brien: Design Your Life
Jim O'Brien—pro surfer, Cleo Bella co-founder, and world traveler—joins Nick to explore what designing your own life actually…
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▶Aug 30, 2023 · 1 hr 25 min
Hank Wise: Open ocean swimming world record holder
Hank Wise holds the fastest male Catalina Channel crossing (7:55:06) and has made the 20-mile open-ocean swim more times than…
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