Orthodox Apostasy – The Ultimate Health and Fitness Nerdout
Orthodox Apostasy - The Ultimate Health and Fitness Nerdout
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Orthodox Apostasy questions everything—except questioning. Hosted by a health and fitness thought leader and rebel, this show puts every dogma on trial—guilty until proven innocent.From the latest in evidence-based methods to raw conversations about the story behind the glory—addiction, mental illness, trauma—we explore the intersection of policy, politics, public health, and faith.This is the Exodus: a journey out of agribusiness, sick care, and wage slavery toward entrepreneurship and true freedom… and not just the happy TED-talk ending, but the cost—what the 40 years in the desert between slavery and the promised land really looks like.
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The podcast covers a wide array of topics related to health and wellness, including evidence-based fitness methods, addiction recovery, and mental health challenges. Notable episodes feature discussions on the efficacy of ancient Chinese medicine, the psychological depth of sports performance, and the biological impacts of aging and metabolism. Focus areas include the intersection of policy and personal health, as seen in conversations about GLP-1 agonists and lifestyle-driven diseases.
The Signal questions everything—except questioning.
Hosted by a health and fitness thought leader and rebel, this show puts every dogma on trial—guilty until proven innocent.
From the latest in evidence-based methods to raw conversations about the story behind the glory—addiction, mental illness, trauma—we explore the intersection of policy, politics, public health, and faith.
This is the Exodus: a journey out of agribusiness, sick care, and wage slavery toward entrepreneurship and true freedom… and not just the happy TED-talk ending, but the cost—what the 40 years in the desert between slavery and the promised land really looks like.
In this episode of The Signal, host Andy Feltovich sits down with Andrew Nevin — Research Professor and Inaugural Director of the Brainomics Venture at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas, Harvard PhD economist, Oxford Rhodes Scholar, and 36-year veteran of McKinsey, private equity, and global strategy consulting. This conversation starts where most brain health conversations are afraid to go: the flawed economic theory underlying how we think about human decisions, and what happens when neuroscience blows that model up. Nevin doesn't traffic in supplements or shortcuts. He traffics in the architecture of the brain — and the hard truth that you are the only one who can build it.
What You'll Learn:
- Why the utility theory you learned in Econ 101 is incomplete — and what neuroscience reveals about where preferences actually come from
- Why cognitive peak at 40 is a myth, what actually changes with age, and why you need t to mix up your brain training: ”rote is rot”
- The Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Deep and Wide framework — and why you don't need specialized “brain apps” or exercises, just a better way of engaging with mental challenges you already have
- Brain breaks, prioritizing (elephants vs. rabbits), and why your organization is probably scheduling meetings during your most valuable cognitive hours
- What actually moves the needle: the hierarchy of interventions from cognition training to sleep to movement to connectedness — and why there's no pill at the top of that list
- The Brain Health Index: what 22 dimensions across clarity, emotional balance, and connectedness actually measure — and why the best outcome is when you no longer need the test
- Why age-appropriate neuroscience in schools — from age three through the workforce — is the highest-ROI public policy intervention nobody is talking about
If you lead a team, manage your own performance, or have ever wondered whether the app, the nootropic, or the wearable is actually doing anything — this episode will give you the framework to answer that question yourself. Agency is the point. Your brain health is your responsibility.
Guest Links:
- Center for BrainHealth: brainhealth.utdallas.edu
- Brain Health Project (free Brain Health Index + coaching): join at brainhealth.utdallas.edu
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