Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Invisible Heart of BJJ (w/ Valerie Worthington)
In this episode of the Fighting Matters podcast, host Steve Kwan sits down with Valerie Worthington: BJJ black belt, professor of educational psychol…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
How MAGA is Using Religion to Go to War
Stephan Kesting and Jeff Shaw explore the terrifying consequences of MAGA coopting Christianity and using misinterpretations of biblical ideas like t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman)
School violence researcher and Homeland Security expert David Riedman joins Steve and Jesse to break down the radicalization pipeline feeding modern …
6 months ago
Gordon Ryan & The Epstein Fallout
In this Presidents Day episode, Fighting Matters connects two explosive stories: Gordon Ryan’s inappropriate DMs and the growing fallout from the Eps…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Martial Artists Should Get Political
In this episode of the Fighting Matters podcast, hosts Steve Kwan and Jesse Walker are joined by Joshua Peters: martial arts instructor, former schoo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How the USA is Trying to Steal Canada's Oil
In this episode of Fighting Matters, hosts Stephan Kesting and Jeff Shaw are joined by Tyson LaRone (The Warrior Philosopher) to unpack the renewed p…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
How Hate Found a Home in Jiu-Jitsu & MMA
This interview is an excerpt from Dark Martial Arts History, an 8-part audio documentary chronicling the history and rise of extremism in martial art…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The collapse of Atos (and what comes next)
The allegations against Andre Galvao, and subsequent collapse of Atos, have sent shockwaves through the Jiu-Jitsu world. In this episode, Steve Kwan …
7 months ago
You Can’t "Keep Politics Out" Anymore
The idea of “keeping politics out” is no longer tenable, especially in Jiu-Jitsu and martial arts communities. Against the backdrop of escalating pol…
7 months ago
The Minnesota Shootings and What Comes Next
Mother, poet, and US citizen Renée Good was shot by ICE on January 7, closely followed by the shooting of ICU Nurse and US citizen Alex Pretti on Jan…
7 months, 1 week ago