Marcus chats with viral Olympic athlete and back-to-back gold medalist Michaela Blyde of the NZ Sevens. They dive into the pressures and nerves of playing for your country, the culture and psychology of champions, meeting a childhood hero in Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce and more. Michaela is a firecracker of a human - unfiltered, hilarious, and world-class in her sport. You don’t want to miss this one!
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Hamish Kerr - Olympic Gold Medalist High Jumper
Marcus chats with 2024 Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr, who is also a World Indoor Championships gold and bronze medalist, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Oceania and New Zealand record holder, newly crowned memelord, and is otherwise known as the Flying Kiwi.Topics include what it feels like to win gold in a stadium of 80,000 people, the rarity and challenges of a gold medal jump-off, the emotional toll of the Olympics, and the harsh realities of making a living as a track & field athlete.
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Liv Boeree - Former professional poker player, science communicator and host of the Win-Win Podcast
Marcus chats with Liv Boeree, one of the most successful female poker players of all time. Liv is the only woman to have won both a European Poker Tour event and a World Series of Poker bracelet, and has amassed tournament winnings of over $3.5m dollars over her career. They talk about what makes a world-class poker player, whether poker skills are born of nature or nurture, and the experience of being a woman in a majority male-dominated game and how to exploit that fact. Liv was a cofounder of Raising for Effective Giving, which educated poker players about the ideas of giving effectively and managed to raise over $14m for top charities over its lifetime. This idea of creating win-win scenarios is a persistent theme in Liv’s life, so much so that she is now hosting her own podcast called Win-Win with Liv Boeree, and has given two TED talks on the main stage, the latest of which is specifically focused on the win-win mindset and its potential to counteract Moloch traps and races to the bottom. Follow Liv on:Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/@LivBoereeTwitter/X at: https://twitter.com/Liv_BoereeInstagram at: https://www.instagram.com/liv_boeree/
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David Nyika - Olympic Bronze Boxer
Marcus chats with David Nyika, one of New Zealand’s most successful boxers. Olympic bronze medalist, Commonwealth Games double gold medalist, undefeated as a professional: Dave is a shining talent in the ring and he’s just getting started. He also has a huge heart and is known as ‘The Nice Guy’. We get into all things boxing as well as a variety of topics outside the ring, including his Ugandan heritage, his love for animals, and ‘Dave Logic’. Follow Dave on:Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/davidnyika/Tiktok at: https://www.tiktok.com/@davidnyika1
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Fernando Martin-Gullans - Houston Ballet, Artists of Impact
Fernando is a veteran ballet dancer, having spent years at Houston Ballet after graduating from the Royal Ballet School in London. Fernando dives into the pressures and social difficulties of being a male ballet dancer as an adolescent, the struggles of constant rejection, and the power of fully expressing your feelings through dance. Fernando has a profound and pragmatic approach to the food he eats and the way he thinks about consumption, which has led to some rethinking of my own eating habits. Outside of dance, Fernando has been charitable for many years. He has taken the 10% Giving What We Can Pledge, was one of the only HIA athletes who discovered effective giving before HIA existed, and has started a sister organization called Artists of Impact, designed to be the HIA for actors, musicians, dancers, writers, all types of artists who want to use their resources to do maximum good in the world. Follow Fernando: @fernandomartingullans on Instagram
On The High Impact Athletes Podcast, Olympic Bronze Medalist Tennis Player and Founder of High Impact Athletes Marcus Daniell interviews world-class athletes from a variety of sports and backgrounds who have all chosen to make giving back a large part of their lives. Marcus and guests dive deeply into the why - and learn about how - they are doing the maximum good possible.
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