Most people know him as the first 6x Ironman World Champion. Dave Scott made a name for himself during the 80s and 90s as one of the best endurance athletes of all time. He completed his fastest Ironman at an 8-hour, 10-minute pace and notably competed head-to-head against Mark Allen in the 1989 Ironman World Championships known as the “Ironwar”. Mark started out as a water polo player and swimmer and quickly took to the extreme nature of triathlon. He has competed at the highest levels and coac...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 110
Danny Vega runs the blog, podcast, and YouTube channel called ‘Fat Fueled Family’. He’s a father and a husband focusing on re-writing the narrative around saturated fat and protein. Danny has an extensive background in strength and conditioning, as well as nutrition, and played college football at Columbia University before getting his Master’s in Human Performance from the University of Florida. He has relied heavily on an animal-based, ketogenic lifestyle to improve his performance in the gym,...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 109
Ben Azadi is a best selling author of the book ‘Keto Flex’, podcast host of the show ‘The Keto Kamp Podcast’, and founder of Keto Kamp. Across all of his efforts, Ben has the goal of making 1 billion people metabolically healthy. His health journey started as a 24 year old struggling to find direction in life. After a devastating break up, Ben found himself at rock bottom at 250lbs and 36% body fat. He realized the need for eminent change in his life and quickly took action. His outlook on the w...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 108
Bill Schindler may be most well-known for his role in the National Geographic series, The Great Human Race , where he and survival expert Cat Bigney lived as our most primitive ancestors did. He now owns a restaurant and store called The Modern Stone Age Kitchen , where he cooks amazing quality food and hosts events to inspire others to learn the art of cooking. He has also written a book called Eat Like a Human, which dives into our ancestral way of eating and what Bill believes to be the speci...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 107
Robin Switzer has built KetoCon into one of the most highly regarded health conferences in the United States. It takes place in Austin, Texas, every year. The event typically hosts thousands of vendors, brands, speakers, influencers, and participants over three days to engage with other health-conscious people. Some of the big speakers from last year were: * Dr. Shawn Baker * Dr. Anthony Chaffee * Cynthia Thurlow * Ben Azadi In our conversation with Robin, we discuss her journey to finding the k...
Sep 19, 2022•58 min•Ep. 106
Hayley Coates is a women’s health coach helping women achieve better health through nutrition and lifestyle changes. Her story starts with having spent many years utilizing a vegan diet. However, she recently switched to an animal-based diet, and she’s not looking back. We discussed what she noticed about her health as she transitioned from a plant-only diet to an animal-based diet and a range of other topics from women’s health to the “diet dogma” in the nutrition world. Connect with Meat Mafia...
Sep 18, 2022•50 min•Ep. 105
Krisna Hanks is a performance coach helping clients optimize their health through better nutrition and movement skills. She spent decades as a dancer and dance instructor in America and overseas in Holland. Now, she spends her time working with people to fix certain health struggles through a holistic approach centered on a low-carb, high-fat diet emphasizing animal protein and fat. Krisna is a reformed vegan and shares with us her wisdom on how she has transformed her health over the years. Enj...
Sep 17, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 104
Ariel wants to help women biohack pregnancy by assisting them with proper nutritional needs, better information, and care. She shares all sorts of amazing information on prenatal nutrition, cycling, hormonal health, and more on her Twitter and Instagram page. She also talks about more general topics around maternity such as caring for your child, infant nutrition, and schooling. In our conversation with Ariel, we touch on all of these important topics and dive into the deep end of women’s reprod...
Sep 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 103
Animal-Based Bae is an animal-based health coach who’s grown in popularity over the past several months with over 50k followers on Instagram. Her core mission is to empower women and give them the confidence they need to go live a healthy and vibrant life. She used to run a martial arts school for women after spending most of her childhood training and receiving her blackbelt. Now, she’s helping share the message of the importance of incorporating animal fats and proteins into women’s diet to im...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 102
BowTied Farmer helps people discover new skills to build their homestead just like he did. He’s passionate about people learning to grow a portion of their food, whether by keeping a small garden, beekeeping, or raising animals. Our conversation with him covered how he got interested in starting his homestead and what he’s learned along the way. Connect with Meat Mafia: Instagram - Meat Mafia Twitter - Meat Mafia YouTube - Meat Mafia Connect with Noble Protein: Website - Noble Protein Twitter - ...
Sep 14, 2022•49 min•Ep. 101
🥩⚡️ THE CENTENNIAL EPISODE 🥩⚡️ We are officially 100 episodes into The Meat Mafia Podcast - what a ride it has been! We have had on some amazing guests, many of them truly idols of ours, and we want to thank you for joining us along for this journey! In this episode, we talk about how we got to where we are, what we are learning, & we talk about some of our plans for the future. We talked about: * Favorite Episodes * Most Underrated Episode * Most Surprising Thing We’ve Learned * Dream Upc...
Sep 14, 2022•54 min•Ep. 100
Acorn Bluff Farms is based out of Columbus Junction, Iowa. It’s a first-generation pig farm started by two brothers who were looking for something to pour their hearts into. Seth and Keenan Todd, the founders of Acorn Bluff Farms, raise Mangalitsa pigs, which derive from the Hungarian Empire and were often fed to the Hapsburg Dynasty as part of the royal family’s cuisine. The special breed of pigs only recently made its way to the United States in the last 15 years. The breed is fattier, richer ...
Sep 11, 2022•51 min•Ep. 99
Matt Odell is an OG in the Bitcoin space. He’s been teaching people about the importance of the technological revolution that Bitcoin enables for years through his podcasts and writings . Now, he’s getting increasingly interested in the applications of bitcoin on the food system. Matt shared his original bitcoin story with us, how he helps people understand bitcoin, the importance of building bridges with bitcoin into other systems like food and healthcare, and his dedication to sharing the impo...
Sep 10, 2022•58 min•Ep. 98
Texas Slim , the Founder of The Beef Initiative , joined us on the podcast to talk about the food summit he hosted back in July in Crawford, Colorado, on Jason Wrich’s Ranch. Now, he’s getting ready to host his next summit in Bluffton, Georgia at White Oak Pastures. The event includes speakers like Will Harris, Econoalchemist, Charles Mayfield, and many more. Check out the link below to grab your ticker or to find out more information: ✅ https://beefinitiative.com/ ✅ Connect with Meat Mafia: Ins...
Sep 09, 2022•49 min•Ep. 97
Robert Breedlove is a Freedom Maximalist who has contributed to bitcoin through his writings, and educational podcasts via the “What is Money?” podcast. He’s had a profound effect in helping people understand the importance of sound money in society throughout history. He did an amazing podcast series called the “Saylor Series” with Michael Saylor, the former CEO of Microstrategy. Besides his work on Bitcoin, Robert founded a hedge fund and previously worked as an accountant and CFO. He also has...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 96
Jimmy Song is a bitcoin educator and coder who has written 4 books on bitcoin and contributed to Bitcoin Magazine. He’s also a proponent of the Carnivore Diet and has been eating a meat-only diet for years now. In our conversation with Jimmy, we dive deep into his perspective on life, entrepreneurship, taking risks, challenging yourself, following Christ, and becoming a positive influence for the people around him. Jimmy has helped thousands of people understand bitcoin, and we provide a unique ...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 95
Parker Lewis is the Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, a bitcoin-only financial services company. He famously wrote the blog post series Gradually Then Suddenly , and he’s helped many people understand the genius behind bitcoin. He’s recently become more vocal about how the food system and the monetary system (and energy sector) play a critical function in the base layers of our society. In our conversation with Parker, we discuss: * Finding bitcoin * Explaining bitcoin to anybod...
Sep 06, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 94
We met Econoalchemist in a small town in western Colorado back in July. Econo, as we call him, studies bitcoin and its applications in society, but he also helps explain how people can start using the groundbreaking technology today. His experience in bitcoin reflects his philosophies around sovereignty, personal responsibility, and freedoms. In Colorado, Econo spoke about the ethos of bitcoin and how it relates to the struggles ranchers confront daily. His ‘why bitcoin matters?’ presentation qu...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 93
In the winter of 2022, I had the pleasure of visiting Roam Ranch to attend a Bison Harvest. On that day, I met Taylor and Katie, and quickly became intrigued by their story of what brought them to Fredericksburg, Texas, to start (of all things) a Bison Ranch. The story begins with Taylor and Katie competing as competitive vegan endurance athletes and evolves from there. Within a short period, Taylor and Katie ran into serious health concerns and, based on a recommendation from a doctor, started ...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 92
**SFuels saved us during this race and single-handedly got us to the finish line on Saturday. We’re looking forward to continuing to experiment with low-carb endurance with a 70.3 Ironman in Waco in October. Last Saturday, August 22nd, The Meat Mafia drove to Houston to test our meaty willpower and physical limits. And boy, did we get more than we asked for. We ran the Habanero 100k Race, appropriately named since it starts at noon in Houston (about 100 degrees at the start). As you’ll hear us d...
Aug 29, 2022•56 min•Ep. 91
On Episode #90 of The Meat Mafia Podcast, we were joined by the founder of the Weston A Price Foundation , Sally Fallon Morrell. Sally is the author of the book Nourishing Traditions and became inspired by Weston A Price’s work on her quest for better health. For those of you wondering, “who the hell is Weston A Price?”, check out this video on his work by one of our podcast guests (and favorite people) Dr. Kevin Stock: In our conversation with Sally, we discussed: * Animal foods in the human di...
Aug 27, 2022•43 min•Ep. 90
BowTied Octopod is a trained chef passionate about sharing his experience in the kitchen with his audience in the BowTied community. In our conversation with him, we discuss: * Cooking more of your meals * Discovering a passion for cooking * Traveling and eating exceptional cuisine * Fundamental skills for improving in the kitchen Connect with Meat Mafia: Instagram - Meat Mafia Twitter - Meat Mafia YouTube - Meat Mafia Connect with Noble Protein: Website - Noble Protein Twitter - Noble Protein I...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 89
Frederic Leroy is a researcher and professor at the University of Brussels. Frederic has spent much of his academic career doing research in the field of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology as a post-doctoral fellow. His studies and writings have focused on the nutritional significance of animal foods in the human diet. He’s appeared in several books on food, most recently the “The Great Plant-Based Con” by Jayne Buxton , and documentaries like Sacred Cow , Beyond Impossible , and mor...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 88
Belinda Fettke challenges plant-biased narratives with her research into the world of health and nutrition. She has exposed several connections within the food system and the dietary guidelines being pressed on people, shedding light on corporate interests and ideologies. Her husband, Dr. Gary Fettke, faced persecution from the Australian Medical Boards after treating his patients diabetes through diet, instead of surgery. In our conversation with Belinda, we discuss:' * The 7th Day Adventist nu...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 87
Philip Meece is the founder of The Carnivore Bar, a simple beef bar inspired by the original pemmican recipes used by Native Americans with only 3 simple ingredients: beef, tallow, and salt. **USE PROMO CODE “MAFIA” at checkout to get 10% off!** Philip realized the need for The Carnivore Bar, while he was deployed overseas in the Army. He joined the military the healthiest he’d ever been and returned home sick and out of shape, largely due to the nutrient lacking diets and lifestyle of the armed...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 86
Subscribe to The Meat Mafia Podcast to stay up to date with daily articles and weekly podcasts. Consider a paid subscription for additional content and exclusive material. Dr. Stephan Van Vliet is a researcher out of Utah State who studies human physiology and the effects food and physical activity have on human health. He earned his PhD in Kinesiology and Community Health, received post-doctoral training from Washington University in St. Louis, and then joined a research team at Duke to study p...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 85
Kate Kavanaugh grew up eating a plant-based diet but turned to an animal-based diet to remedy her health problems. Now, Kate owns Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe in Denver, Colorado, and operates a regenerative farm in New York. Her butcher shop opened in 2013 and it’s a whole-animal butcher shop that sources 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb from regenerative farms and pasture-raised pork and chicken. She’s using her farm in New York to experiment with raising low-PUFA pork and c...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 84
We had the pleasure to go speak with Kyle Kingsbury out at the Ranch he’s building outside of Austin and let me tell you - this was a treat. Kyle is an incredible guy - ex-college football player, UFC fighter, and Director of Human Performance at Onnit Gym in Austin. He now works as a part of the team at Fit For Service as he also works to build a regenerative farm outside of Austin. In our conversation with Kyle we discussed: * Building momentum to create change * Forging strong bonds amongst y...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 83
Alexander Cortes is an online health coach with decades of knowledge on performance in the gym. He recently dove into the world of Muay Thai in 2020 and spent a year training in Thailand before returning back to the US. His background provides a unique lens into the world of health and wellness, but he also frequently writes about life more generally, specifically about masculinity, building confidence, and living a fulfilling life. In our conversation with Alexander, we discussed: Traveling as ...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 82
Ede Fox is a health coach and has been a carnivore since 2017. She had struggled with her health all of her life and became serious about her weight loss journey in 2015. In desperation, she attempted Weight Watchers, and she quickly realized the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet when her energy and vitality returned to her life. Within two weeks, her health complications began to resolve themselves. She successfully lost 80 pounds over a year and has not looked back. In our conversation with ...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 81
