Take It Uneasy
A podcast about challenging yourself on and off the mat.
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34: Rafe Kelley on Parkour, Nature, Play, and Evolution
Rafe Kelley is a movement teacher, one of the top ...
Rafe Kelley is a movement teacher, one of the top parkour coaches in the world, creator of the Evolve Move Play method; we talked about the origins of parkour, fear of injury, what is "fun", the monkey dance, lifting heavy rocks for building grips,
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33: Marco Perazzo and Tim Carpenter on the Ideal Life, Loss, Expansion of the Universe, Gambling, and the 48 Laws of Power
Marco and Tim return to talk about the ideal life, ...
Marco and Tim return to talk about the ideal life, challenging yourself, philosophy of Thor, competition, retirement, dealing with loss, fatherhood, battleline strategy game, Philip K. Dick, accelerating expansion of the universe,
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32: Ido Portal on Movement, Improvisation, Practice, and Cultivating the Weird
Ido Portal is a movement artist, researcher, and teacher; we ...
Ido Portal is a movement artist, researcher, and teacher; we talked about specialization, his journey in becoming a movement generalist, the sacrifice of specialists, improvisation, coaching, criticism, dealing with complainers,
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31: Kyle Cerminara and Tim Carpenter on Wrestling, Fighting, Relationships, Honesty, and Selfies
In episode 31, Tim and I talk with Kyle Cerminara, ...
In episode 31, Tim and I talk with Kyle Cerminara, NCAA All-American wrestler, former wrestling coach at Edinboro University and University of Pennsylvania, professional MMA fighter about training at the Olympic Training Center, Steve Mocco, MySpace,
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30: Brad Court and Tim Carpenter on the Big Bang Theory, Mental Toughness, Steroids, Injury and Health Insurance
In episode 30, I talk with Brad Court and Tim ...
In episode 30, I talk with Brad Court and Tim Carpenter about injury, surgery, health insurance, steroids in combat sports, witch burning, a one-legged wrestler, science, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Big Bang theory, evolution, Louis CK, God, Kron Gracie,
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29: AnnMaria De Mars on Raising Ronda Rousey, Aggressive Judo, Math Education, and the Value of Hard Work
In episode 29, I talk with AnnMaria De Mars about ...
In episode 29, I talk with AnnMaria De Mars about being the first American to win the Judo World Championship, raising four kids one of whom is Ronda Rousey the current UFC champion, getting four degrees including a PhD in applied statistics,
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28: Kayla Harrison on Winning Olympic Gold and Overcoming Trauma
In episode 28, I talk with Kayla Harrison, first American ...
In episode 28, I talk with Kayla Harrison, first American to win Olympic gold in judo, about her training methods, visualization, competition mindset, Olympic final experience, warm-routine, Eminem and country music, overcoming a past of sexual abuse,
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27: Chris Round on Climate Change Science and Policy, Balancing Sport and Study
In episode 27, I talk with Chris Round about judo, ...
In episode 27, I talk with Chris Round about judo, balancing sport and study, the science and policy of climate change, his work at the School for Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, growing up with asperger syndrome,
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26: Fred Turoff on Saving Temple University Men’s Gymnastics
In episode 26, I talk with Fred Turoff, head coach ...
In episode 26, I talk with Fred Turoff, head coach of men’s gymnastics at Temple University, one of 16 D1 college gymnastics programs. He is in the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a coach. He is now coaching his 38th season,
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25: Christine and Drew Vogel on Visiting Japan
In episode 25, I talk with Drew and Christine Vogel, ...
In episode 25, I talk with Drew and Christine Vogel, husband and wife, jiu jitsu black belt and blue belt respectively, about their recent 10 day journey to Japan. We talk about Tokyo, Osaka, David Sedaris, bowing, politeness, drinking with the bosses,