Podcast Episodes

The Way of Excellence: Inside Brad's New Book

Clay interviews Brad about his new book, The Way of Excellence, which releases January 27th and is a culmination of 15 years of research, reporting, …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Your Routine Might Be Working Against You

Routines are powerful tools for peak performance—until they become the performance itself. In this episode, we explain the important difference betwe…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

New Year, Same BS: How to Build Habits That Actually Stick

91% of New Year’s Resolutions fail. That’s because behavior change is really hard. Which means that the only real way to make new habits stick is to …

7 months ago

26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026

We're ringing in 2026 by bringing you 26 lessons that will help you achieve excellence in whatever it is you do. These are the the habits, practices,…

7 months, 1 week ago

Best Of: Courtney Dauwalter — Inside the (Joyful) Mind of an Elite Ultrarunner

Merry Christmas! We're taking a little break, so we're bringing you an episode with an all-time great athlete, Courtney Dauwalter, whose interview, t…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

How to Push Your Limits, with World-Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian

Just last month, Sasha DiGiulian completed only the fourth ever free climb (and the first by a woman) of "Platinum," a route on El Capitan—a 23-day f…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

"It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)

At some point, we're all going to suffer. So what if you treated it as a practice—something to be done skillfully? This was the question Matt posed t…

8 months ago

The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?

Today, we dive deep into the age-old debate of talent acquisition versus talent development, using the contrasting blueprints of top college basketba…

8 months, 1 week ago

Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work

As a thanks you to you on Thanksgiving week, we're answering a handful of listener questions.

1. How can I navigate periods of intense work where my l…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Mental Fitness Playbook: Resilience, Regulation, and Flexibility

Elite performers know: mental fitness needs the same intentional training as physical fitness. In this episode, we break down mental fitness into thr…

8 months, 3 weeks ago