Host Brad Kearns welcomes the dynamic duo of Dr. Ron Sinha and Dr. Phil Maffetone in a show representing the confluence of Dr. Sinha trying to prevent and cure metabolic disease amongst his high-tech Silicon Valley workers and Dr. Maffetone’s great work in the area of fat-adapted aerobic conditioning. The key takeaway point is that almost all exercisers, from novices with metabolic syndrome to elite performers, will do better by slowing down and emphasizing aerobic development. This is the case even if you like high-intensity workouts, because aerobic conditioning establishes a fitness base that supports performance at all higher intensities. 

Elle Russ chats with Eric Perner – a cattle rancher, a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer and a Co-Founder of REP Provisions. He uses his diverse skill sets to develop unique environmental solutions for various problems in agriculture. Eric is an educator on the topic of regenerative agriculture and good at explaining why it’s not cattle that are ruining the planet; however, it’s the improper management of cattle. Eric owns the Double P Ranch in Mounds, Oklahoma where they produce grass-fed beef and pastured pork. He operates his ranch as a Savory Global Business Hub to provide restoration grazing education and guidance for other local ranchers in the methods of holistic management to create the conditions that lead to the regeneration of our native grasslands. 

Elle Russ chats with OBGYN Dr. Kyrin Dunston – she lost a life-changing 100 lbs. and healed herself from chronic disease by addressing the root causes of her overweight and dysfunction. This personal transformation in turn caused a professional one and she left OBGYN practice in 2011 to pursue helping women heal with this revolutionary type of natural medicine after becoming fellowship trained in Anti-Aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine.

Elle Russ chats with Zach Bush MD – a physician specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care. He is an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems. Dr Zach founded *Seraphic Group and the non-profit Farmer’s Footprint to develop root-cause solutions for human and ecological health.  His passion for education reaches across many disciplines, including topics such as the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, and gut/brain health.  His education has highlighted the need for a radical departure from chemical farming and pharmacy, and his ongoing efforts are providing a path for consumers, farmers, and mega-industries to work together for a healthy future for people and planet.

Elle Russ chats with Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP  –  an integrative nutritionist, hormone expert, and best-selling author of WomanCode (Harper Collins) who teaches women how to use their hormonal and neurochemical patterns to create extraordinary lives. She is the founder of FLOliving.com, a trusted virtual destination for women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to learn how to naturally balance their hormone and reproductive issues with her proprietary, “pro-hormonal,” five-step dietary process that treats the root cause of endocrine dysfunction. She teaches women via her online program “The WomanCode System” and writes a blog on how to use food to get out of hormonal chaos and get back into hormonal “flo” which is read by thousands of women in 216 countries.

Elle Russ chats with Tara Youngblood – the co-founder and chief science officer at Kryo Inc. – the makers of chiliPAD technology sleep pads. Tara has spent over 10,000 hours studying the science of sleep and her passion is too shape the future of sleep-driven health by making sleep easy and drug-free. 

Host Brad Kearns catches up with New York Chiropractor and Functional Physician Dr. Robert Silverman, author of the upcoming book, “The Superhighway To Health.” Dr. Robert is the stat king, firing off a number of interesting and memorable stats about Covid-19 immune response and risk factors, ketogenic eating patterns, and the inner-workings of the gut microbiome and the gut-brain connection. Covid-19 symptoms take 5 days to appear, 35% of people have no symptoms, one type of antibody kicks in around day 7, another around day 14. You excrete the virus in stool after 28 days. Diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are major co-morbidity factors and the vast majority of Covid-19 victims present with co-morbidity factors. 

Elle Russ chats with her Primal Blueprint cohort Brad Kearns to the interview chair for a lively discussion on fantastic new fitness trends that will help you avoid breakdown and burnout and get more results with less stress. First, emerging research reveals that it’s more important to just move frequently throughout the day. Next, you’ll learn the proper way to conduct a high intensity workout–emphasizing repeat, high quality explosive efforts with more rest and less suffering than the widely misappropriated HIIT template. Brad also talks about his “MOFO Mission” to optimize male hormones and maintain passion and competitive intensity throughout life, including the role of healthy eating, stress-balanced living, and the supplementing with animal organs. You’ll enjoy a sneak preview of Mark Sisson and Brad’s upcoming book called Two Meals A Day. 

Host Brad Kearns welcomes popular guest Dude Spellings from his base in the cool headquarters of the world, Austin, TX. Dude has used the quarantine to implement an extremely successful micro-workout program at home where he takes a break every hour to perform a few minutes of bodyweight exercises. The show covers the emerging fitness revolution of kinder, gentler workouts that minimize muscle soreness, post-exercise fatigue, and the high risk of burnout that comes from the traditional approach of doing epic workouts in high energy group settings. 

Elle Russ chats with Ashleigh VanHouten about her new book on eating nose-to-tail called It Takes Guts: A Meat-Eater’s Guide to Eating Offal.  Ashleigh is a health and nutrition author and journalist, speaker, podcast host, certified health coach, and self-proclaimed health and fitness nerd.  She has written for Paleo Magazine for more than eight years, as well as a number of other health publications. She hosts the Muscle Maven Radio podcast, and has worked with other top-rated health-related podcasts.