
The Social Athlete
A weekly podcast exploring the upper limits of social fitness and relationship success.
Episodes
11 episodes
Blake Eastman on the Nuances of Nonverbal Communication and Decoding Human Behavior with Machine Learning
Blake Eastman is Founder and CEO of The Nonverbal Group, a behavioral research and education company founded in New York City in 2009. They conduct large scale studies on human behavior and are usin...
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Episode 11
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1:40:17

Apple's Vision Pro & The Future of Social Interactions
After two weeks of interacting with my Vision Pro, I am both excited and terrified about the future of social interactions. In this week's episode, we explore the thrilling potential the Vision Pro has to bring us closer together in vi...
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21:10

Jason Lange on Redefining Masculinity and Cultivating Authentic Male Connections
Jason is the founder of Evolutionary Men, an organization on the front lines of the men's mental health movement. This is a conversation I've been very eager to have…Frequent listeners of this podcast will know that this is one of my persis...
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Episode 9
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1:17:10

Eric Lovett on Starting Over, Finding Peace, and Ending Youth Homelessness
Eric Lovett is Founder and CEO of Urban Street Angels, an organization committed to ending youth homelessness in San Diego. Eric is one of the most socially skilled people I've ever met. As soon as y...
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1:21:14

Bulletproof Formula for Delivering an Impromptu Toast
Toasts are a very specific form of public speaking. Being able to stand up in front of a crowd, with zero preparation, and say a few words that tie the whole night together is an elite social skill–one I want to master. Based on severa...
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21:07

Matt Becker on the Art of Sober Socializing & Building Authentic Professional Networks
Matt Becker is Owner & CEO of Cement Cutting Inc., one of the top demolition contractors in California. More importantly, Matt is a true social athlete (and one of my best friends). When I met Matt in 2014, he was one of the all-ti...
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Episode 6
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54:35

The Social Support Trade Market, Addressing Social Support Deficiencies
Picking up where we left off last week...This week, we reveal how to give and receive support for each of the 7 social support types.We also explore the idea of relationships as a social support trade market. This elegant framework will...
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Episode 5
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46:51

10 New Year's Resolutions for Social Athletes, 7 Types of Social Support
As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look at 10 New Year's resolutions designed to make you more socially fit in 2024. Each resolution is super-high ROI--designed to return extraordinary benefits with only low-to-moderate effort. Ne...
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Episode 4
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36:11

Testing Your Emotional Intelligence w/ Emily Shanstrom
In this week's episode, I welcome my first guest (my fiancé Emily).To prepare for this week's episode, Emily and I both took the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), an advanced research-backed test for determining you...
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Episode 3
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56:44

A.I. Tools for Social Fitness, 17 Things We Know About Social Fitness
Our first full episode!This week, we explore two tools that leverage artificial intelligence to help us build social skills (including one I built... kinda).We'll also discuss 17 things we KNOW to be true about social fitness. Th...
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Episode 2
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30:59
