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In today's episode, Jordan sits down with Laird Hamilton, the big wave surfer and tow-in surfing innovator, for a wide-ranging conversation on facing fear, finding flow state and building a life around constant pursuit. Laird explains how he learned to read the ocean, why he sees surfers as wave readers first and riders second, and how a lifetime in giant surf has shaped his relationship with risk and mortality.

Laird takes us back to his childhood in Hawaii, where he first learned about the ocean at Pipeline, one of the most dangerous beaches in the world. He describes growing up poor and feeling like an outcast on land, and why the ocean became his sanctuary. He explains how repeated brushes with death recalibrated his mind, why he believes fear of death should be respected but never allowed to control you, and how experience builds a very different kind of courage from denial or ignorance.

The conversation then moves to the moment that disrupted the surf world, when Laird rode an unrideable wave at Teahupo'o in Tahiti. He walks Jordan through the morning of the session, the technique of towing into waves too fast to paddle, and the intense moment inside the wave that left him in tears. He also opens up about the crash that follows a huge day, how he learned to recognise it and manage it, and why he believes half the solution is simply knowing the problem.

Laird also shares his thoughts on ego and approval, why the ocean keeps humbling him, and what respect really means. He talks about the injuries that come with a life in the surf, why he has never seen himself as having retired, and how hydrofoiling keeps him in the position of a beginner. He discusses raising three daughters while continuing to chase big waves, staying with his wife Gabby for around 30 years, and why he lives by the rule "Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams."
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In today's episode, Jordan sits down with Garrain Asé for a raw conversation about marriage, collapse and rebuilding from the ground up. Garrain opens up about the recent separation from his wife Blair, the four months he spent living alone in the family home, and the ego and old patterns he had to surrender to bring his marriage back. He traces his path from a twelve year prison sentence and a record deal through homelessness, near total despair and the public reckoning that first gave his story purpose. The conversation moves into the work Garrain now teaches around the world, from healing the wounded inner child to his belief that adults are simply deteriorated children still running programs installed in their first seven years. He breaks down his concept of death portals, the major collapses that precede real growth, and shares the exact words from Blair that pulled him back into the marriage. He also unpacks forgiveness as a matter of frequency rather than action, the emptiness that so often sits behind financial success, and why vulnerability rather than strength was the thing that ultimately saved his life. This is a conversation about humility, honesty and what it actually takes to become the man your family needs.
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In today's episode, Jordan sits down with Mike Ritland, a former US Navy SEAL, working dog expert and founder of the Warrior Dog Foundation, for a conversation that runs from a childhood in Iowa to twelve years in the SEAL teams and a life now dedicated to saving retired military dogs from euthanasia.

Mike traces his path from a bullied kid in a small Midwestern town, through to bootcamp at eighteen, BUD/S training and a first deployment responding to the USS Cole bombing in Yemen. He talks candidly about life as a SEAL instructor, the psychological pressure tactics used in Hell Week, and contracting Valley Fever, a fungal lung infection that permanently cost him forty per cent of his lung capacity and nearly ended his Navy career.

The conversation turns to the moment that changed everything, hearing how an explosive detection dog saved a group of Marines in Iraq, and how that led Mike to found the Warrior Dog Foundation after being asked to take in two combat dogs that nobody else could home. He discusses the ongoing fight for government funded retirement facilities for military working dogs, fatherhood, emotional self control under pressure, and what he sees as the biggest threats facing young men today.
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In today's episode, Jordan sits down with Arthur Brooks, professor at Vanderbilt University and a leading researcher into the science of happiness, to unpack why success so often fails to deliver the fulfilment it promises.

Arthur explains the arrival fallacy, the hedonic treadmill and why the brain can treat achievement much like it treats drugs, alcohol or gambling. He introduces Thomas Aquinas' four idols of money, power, pleasure and honour, and walks Jordan through identifying which one quietly drives his own decisions. The conversation moves into the dark triad personality, the real difference between kindness and niceness, and why boredom and an undistracted mind matter far more than we think in an age of constant notifications.

Jordan opens up about his pilgrimage across the Scottish Highlands, and the two discuss suffering, faith and what it actually means to live a meaningful life. Arthur closes with a message for every striver watching, that no amount of success can ever substitute for being loved.
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In today's episode, Jordan sits down with Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi for one of the most honest and revealing conversations they have had, exploring loss, ownership and the true meaning of contentment. Shi Heng Yi opens up about the most difficult period of his life, the past year and a half, which saw disciples leave, his reputation challenged and long held foundations shaken. He speaks candidly about the gap between public image and private reality, why he chose to remove the uniform for recent interviews and what it means to finally step outside the identity the world built for him.

The conversation moves through Buddhist teachings on impermanence and attachment, the Western obsession with getting versus the liberating practice of letting go, and how fatherhood has become his greatest teacher. Shi Heng Yi reflects on watching his young son live entirely in the present moment and what that timelessness reveals about the complexity adults choose to carry. Jordan and Shi Heng Yi also revisit the now famous stone carry challenge, unpacking the unexpected peace that followed and why the weight was never really about the stone.

This is a deeply philosophical and personal episode about surrendering the need to become someone, learning to own nothing and finding freedom in simplicity.
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