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The Nate Peterman Show
Hosted by Nate Peterman · EN
The Nate Peterman Show is a long-form conversation podcast hosted by Nate Peterman, entrepreneur, author, and founder of multiple businesses in marketing and health.
This is not a highlight-reel success podcast.
Each episode features real, unscripted conversations with builders, creators, and thinkers about what they’re working on now, what they’re questioning, and how they actually think about success, money, health, pressure, and identity behind the scenes.
No scripts. No fake motivation.
Just honest conversations about building a life and business in real time.
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Weightlifting Is a Waste of Time - And Almost Everything You Know About Testosterone Is Wrong | Dr. John Jaquish
2w ago01:07:37Tap to summarizeWhat if the reason you're not seeing results has nothing to do with your effort, your discipline, or your diet but the actual tools you're using?Dr. John Jaquish is a PhD research professor, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and one of the most contrarian voices in health and performance today. He invented OsteoStrong — the most effective bone density building medical technology in the world, now partnered with Tony Robbins and deployed in 300 clinics across 15 countries. He invented X3, a variable resistance training system used by NBA players, NFL athletes, and Olympians that builds muscle faster than conventional weightlifting with a fraction of the joint risk. And now he's turning his attention to testosterone and hormone optimization with a completely different approach than anything mainstream medicine is offering.In this conversation, we go places most health podcasts won't.We talk about why the vast majority of people get absolutely nothing out of conventional fitness - not because they're lazy, but because the stimulus is fundamentally wrong. John breaks down the genetics of tendon layout, why 23 % of people cannot grow muscle lifting regular weights, and why the training advice most influencers are selling only works for genetic outliers who never needed it in the first place.Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation unforgettable. John opens up about rupturing a testicle during a rugby hit at 28 and how that forced him onto TRT and taught him everything mainstream medicine gets wrong about testosterone. He breaks down why stable blood levels aren't the goal, why fast acting testosterone mirrors your body's natural circadian rhythm and eliminates the side effects, and why Gen Z men in their 20s now have the testosterone levels of a 70-year-old in the 1950s. And he gets brutally honest about the supplement industry, the bulking delusion, and why your government has never had any incentive to tell you what actually builds health.This episode covers:Why most people get zero results from conventional weightlifting and the science behind whyVariable resistance training, West Side Barbell, and how X3 was builtThe genetics of tendon layout and why some people are born spring-loadedWhy cardio does not build cardiovascular health the way you think it doesThe protein problem - why 50 grams a day is destroying your results and what to actually doTestosterone, TRT, and why stable blood levels are the cause of the problems not the solutionFast acting testosterone - how mimicking your body's circadian rhythm eliminates side effectsWhy Gen Z men have the testosterone of a 70-year-old from the 1950sEssential amino acids vs. whey protein - why 82 % of whey goes straight through youThe bulking delusion and why calories don't build muscle - protein doesWhy your government has never been incentivized to tell you what actually worksThe fast comparison game - X3 or barbell, cardio or strength, carnivore or keto, fasted or fedJohn Jaquish has been called wrong by everyone. He's also been proven right by the results. This conversation will challenge everything you think you know about building muscle, optimizing hormones, and what it actually takes to perform at your highest level.Connect with Dr. John Jaquish:Website: https://www.jaquishbiomedical.comX3 Bar: https://www.x3bar.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjaquishBook: Weightlifting Is a Waste of Time: Available on AmazonConnect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Show:https://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Why Being a Good Person and Being a Good Leader Are Not the Same Thing | Haris Memisevic
3w ago01:00:53Tap to summarizeWhat if the thing holding most leaders back isn't a lack of knowledge but an environment that was never built to bring out the best in anyone?Haris Memisevic is an elite coach educator for the Football Association of Wales and Boys Technical Director at Virginia Revolution Soccer Club. He has spent his career building high-performance environments that develop technically gifted players, empower coaches, and create pathways that transform potential into performance. But what he's learned goes far beyond the soccer field - it's about human behavior, leadership identity, and what it actually takes to help people reach levels they didn't believe were possible.In this conversation, we go places most podcasts won't.And full disclosure - Haris has been my best friend since eighth grade. He's also the godfather to my son. So this one is different. It's personal, it's honest, and it goes deeper than any formal interview could.We talk about why development is not about information - it's about environment. Why most organizations get that completely wrong. And why the coaches, leaders, and parents who think they're helping are often the ones doing the most damage without realizing it.Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation stick. Haris opens up about the season that shaped him most as a leader - the one where he learned that being a good person and being a good leader are not always the same thing. He breaks down what it actually costs a team when a leader chooses comfort over clarity. And he gets surprisingly honest about authenticity, accountability, and why his three non-negotiables - authenticity, discipline in the details, and don't bullshit me - are the foundation of everything he builds.This episode covers:Why development is about environment, not information and what that means practicallyThe most dangerous type of coach: the one who hasn't killed the player in them yetBeing a good person vs. being a good leader and why you can't always be both at the same timeDaily rituals and non-negotiables that hold when everything gets tenseWhat body language tells you about a player or coach that their words never willWhy authenticity is disappearing and what we lose when people stop showing up as themselvesWhat parents consistently get wrong about their kids' developmentWhy kids are easier to teach than adults and what that reveals about ego and humilityThe fast comparison game environment or information, trust or fear, comfortable or challengedHaris is 30 years old, coaching across two continents, and still going to bed every night afraid he doesn't know enough. That's not a cliché. That's the standard. And this conversation will show you exactly what it looks like when someone lives it.Connect with Haris Memisevic:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haris-memisevic-4364b7191Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialharismemisevicConnect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Show:https://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Plastic Surgeon to Inner Healing Advocate: The Truth About Faith, Identity & Loving Yourself Without Permission | Dr. Nicholas Howland
Jun 1000:53:17Tap to summarizeWhat if the thing keeping you from loving yourself isn't a lack of effort but a belief that you have to earn something that was never actually missing?Dr. Nicholas Howland is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, author, speaker, and host of the Naked Patient podcast. He has spent his career transforming how people look on the outside - while quietly doing the deepest work of his life on the inside. Excommunicated from his faith twice. Divorced. Rebuilt from scratch. His memoir, The Atheist's Prayer, is about what happens when everything that defined you falls apart and you have to find out who you actually are without any of it.In this conversation, we go places most podcasts won't.We talk about why self-love isn't something you create through mantras and retreats - it's something you uncover, because it was never actually gone. Nicholas breaks down what it was like growing up inside the Mormon faith, what it gave him, what it cost him, and what two excommunications taught him about identity, community, and the danger of building your entire self on something outside of you.Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation unforgettable. Nicholas opens up about his divorce, the collapse of his identity, and what it actually looks like to rebuild yourself when the faith, the marriage, and the version of you that everyone knew are all gone at the same time. We dig into plastic surgery and the uncomfortable truth he tells his own patients - that no procedure will fix what's actually broken. And we get surprisingly real about what it means to stop waiting for permission to love yourself.This episode covers:Why self-love is intrinsic and why all the mantras are designed to remember it, not create itGrowing up Mormon - the community, the certainty, and what happens when it stops being enoughTwo excommunications and what they revealed about identity and belongingDivorce, collapse, and rebuilding an identity from the ground upWhat a plastic surgeon tells his patients that's terrible for business but trueThe Atheist's Prayer - writing a memoir of gratitude without a faith to lean onPermission vs. worthiness and why you don't actually need eitherThe fast comparison game - therapy or plastic surgery, perform or exist, and moreNicholas is not for everyone. But if you've been waiting for permission to feel worthy or building your identity on something outside yourself and quietly wondering what happens if it disappears - this conversation will challenge you in exactly the right way.Connect with Dr. Nicholas Howland:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnicholashowlandBook - The Atheist's Prayer: https://a.co/d/0hiaUwmqPodcast: Naked PatientConnect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Showhttps://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Gym Owner to Consciousness Educator: The Truth About Reality, Identity & Human Capacity | Ra of Earth
May 2902:08:19Tap to summarizeWhat if reality isn't something that happens to you - but something that forms around you?Ra of Earth - performance and consciousness educator, former gym owner, and human capacity expansion coach - has spent two decades going deeper into human psychology and consciousness than most people are willing to go. From playing hockey in Detroit, to building multiple gyms in Los Angeles, to guiding ambitious leaders through nervous system regulation, breath, movement, and conscious awareness - Ra has lived the full arc: physical mastery, inner collapse, and conscious rebuilding.In this conversation, we go places most podcasts won't.We talk about why most people aren't actually in control of their lives - they're just running on conditioning they've never questioned. Ra breaks down how to gamify your psychology as a skill set, how emotions like anger and shame are directional signals rather than problems to suppress, and why the physical body is the doorway to everything deeper - not the other way around.Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation unforgettable. Ra opens up about his week-long meditation retreat at Mount Shasta - no psychedelics - and what he encountered when he astral projected into the earth. We dig into the Mandela effect, 9-11, the manufactured nature of history, and why pattern recognition matters more than having the right answers. And we get surprisingly real about fatherhood - the identity loss, the triggers it surfaces, co-sleeping, circumcision, and what both Nate and Ra discovered about themselves in those first raw months of being a dad.This episode covers:Whether the average person is truly in control - or just conditionedEmotional transmutation - turning anger, shame, and grief into directional signalsThe meditation practice Ra started at 19 and how it rewired his realityMount Shasta: the week-long retreat and what he encountered inside the earthThe Mandela effect, 9-11, and why history is told by the winnersFatherhood - identity loss, patience, co-sleeping, and the transformation nobody warns you aboutDeath, heaven, hell, and what happens when we leave this dimensionThe fast comparison game - gym floor vs. meditation room, logic vs. intuition, and moreRa is not for everyone. But if you've been chasing external success while quietly sensing that something deeper is missing - this conversation will challenge you in exactly the right way.Connect with Ra of Earth:Website: raofearth.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ra_of_earthConnect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Showhttps://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Versace Model to Medicine Hunter: The Truth About Yin, Urine & Plant Medicine | Troy Casey (Certified Health Nut)
May 1401:14:30Tap to summarizeWhat if everything you're doing to get healthy is actually making you sicker?Troy Casey - known as the Certified Health Nut - has spent 30 years going deeper into human health than almost anyone in the wellness space. From modeling for Versace in Milan, to living with Indigenous tribes in the Amazon as a medicine hunter, to burning himself out building a 1.9 million-follower platform, Troy has lived the full arc: peak performance, collapse, and conscious rebuilding.In this conversation, we go places most health podcasts won't.We talk about why hustle culture and biohacking are just Yang dressed up as self-improvement and why the most rebellious health move you can make right now is to slow down. Troy opens up about his own burnout after six years of grinding, what brought him back to a 10-day Vipassana silence retreat, and why he believes the practice of receiving is more powerful than any protocol.Then we get into the stuff that goes viral for a reason. Troy breaks down urine therapy - what it actually is, where it comes from, and why the people most repulsed by it will swallow a pharmaceutical with 30 side effects without flinching. We also dig into plant medicines: ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine — the difference between ceremonial use and trend-chasing, and what Indigenous traditions understand about consciousness that the Western world is only beginning to grasp.This episode covers:Yin vs. Yang - and what a "yanged out" person looks like in real lifeWhy the wellness industry is one of the biggest Yang offendersTroy's burnout story and the return to VipassanaUrine therapy: the history, the case for it, and the real question it raises about health conditioningPsychedelics: intentional use vs. trauma tourismClean air, clean water, clean soil — and where to actually startFlow over force as a daily practice, not just a philosophyTroy is not for everyone. But if you've been optimizing yourself into exhaustion and wondering why you still feel like something's missing - this conversation will challenge you in the right way.Connect with Troy:Website: certifiedhealthnut.comCommunity: certifiedhealthnut.com/the-real-ones (7 days free)Book: #RippedAt50: A Journey to Self LoveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/certifiedhealthnut/Connect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Showhttps://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Your Nervous System Is Lying to You - Here's How to Fix It | Miguel Batista
May 600:45:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Nate sits down with Miguel Batista - founder of CFS Recovery and someone who went from completely bedridden and dismissed by doctors to running an international coaching company with zero symptoms.Miguel didn't learn this from a textbook. He lived it. And now he's helped hundreds of people with chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID, and fibromyalgia get their lives back using nervous system retraining - a approach the traditional medical system almost never offers.Topics include:What chronic fatigue syndrome actually is (and who it hits hardest)Why high performers are the most at riskHow the medical system consistently fails these patientsThe nervous system "glitch" behind CFS, fibromyalgia, and long COVIDVisualization, identity, and rebuilding from zeroThe one decision that made Miguel's recovery - and his mission - possibleIf you or someone you love has been told "your tests are fine" while your body tells you otherwise, this episode could change everything.Free resource for listeners: CFSrecovery.co/Nate
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Why Self-Help Is Making You Worse | Daniel Schuler on False Narratives & True Identity
Apr 2901:12:02Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Nate sits down with identity coach Daniel Schuler - a man who's worked with over 1,000 people across every walk of life, from 11-year-olds to 73-year-olds, military personnel, nine-figure executives, and professional athletes. Daniel's work is simple on the surface and devastating underneath: he breaks the false narratives keeping people stuck and rebuilds identity from the ground up.They go deep on why the self-help industry is actually making people worse, where false beliefs are born (spoiler: before age 10), and what it really takes to change - not your circumstances, but yourself.Topics include:Why your problems aren't about discipline or motivationHow false narratives form in childhoodVictim vs. victimhood - and the difference that changes everythingVerbal abuse, relationships, and the psychology of stayingIdentity in athletics, entertainment, and network marketingFaith as a framework for lasting transformationIf you've ever felt stuck, like no amount of information or coaching actually moves the needle - this episode is the one you didn't know you needed.
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Building Without Losing Your Soul | Sam Thompson
Apr 801:06:51Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Nate Peterman sits down with Sam Thompson - filmmaker, creative director, and founder of Akta Media - to explore what it really means to build a creative business without losing your soul in the process.Sam brings a Christ-centered perspective to storytelling, agency life, and the growing tension between human craft and artificial intelligence. They dig into burnout, legacy, faith-driven ambition, and what happens when you walk away from a career in the States to start over with a newborn and a renewed sense of purpose.Topics include:Building a creative agency from scratchFaith, ambition, and the tension between themAI as a tool - and the creatives who'll get left behindFatherhood, legacy, and redefining successMoving countries and what it costs you professionallyWhether you're a creator, entrepreneur, or someone navigating the gap between ambition and meaning - this one's worth your time.Connect with Sam Thompson: https://www.instagram.com/__sammythompson/sammythompson.com.auConnect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Showhttps://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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Why Modern Medicine Is Failing Chronic Illness | Dr. Torrie Thompson
Mar 1700:53:27Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Nate Peterman sits down with functional medicine practitioner Dr. Torrie Thompson to explore the deeper causes of chronic illness and Lyme disease.They discuss the differences between conventional and functional medicine, why healing often takes time, and how lifestyle, the nervous system, and prevention all play a role in long-term health.Topics include:• Lyme disease and chronic infections• Functional medicine vs modern medicine• Gut health and the nervous system• Prevention vs treatment• Longevity and true healthThis episode offers practical insight for anyone navigating chronic illness or looking to take control of their health.Connect with Dr. Torrie Thompson: https://www.drtorriethompson.com/https://www.instagram.com/drtorriethompson/Connect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Showhttps://www.instagram.com/natethegreathttps://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshowBuy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb
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The $300K–$800K Revenue Trap That Quietly Breaks Founders | Allan Miles
Feb 2601:09:30Tap to summarizeMost founders think scaling from $300K to $800K is just about working harder.It’s not.In this conversation, Allan Miles breaks down why this revenue range quietly breaks businesses, and what actually separates founders who stall from those who scale.We unpack:• The $300K–$800K revenue trap• Why hustle stops working at this stage• The systems most founders delay building• The psychology shift required to scale• What elite builders do differentlyAllan is a business growth strategist known for helping founders build scalable systems instead of chaotic growth.If you're building something real, this episode will sharpen your thinking.Follow the show and leave a review if this conversation added value.Connect with Allan Miles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanmiles/Connect with Nate Peterman https://www.instagram.com/natethegreat
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