Best Mark Twight Podcasts (2025)

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# 48 — Billy Innes (1)

6+ y ago

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In this episode Mark, Michael and Kegan speak with former professional cyclist and current artist and U.S. Junior National Team Director Billy Innes. Originally from Brooklyn, Billy now calls Menlo Park “home” - that is when he is not living in Europe for a third of the year developing the next generation of American bike racers. During the podcast…

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# 47 — Perspective

6+ y ago

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Mark, Kegan, and Michael have a rambling discussion about entitlement, equality, participation trophies and their effect on personal development, how difficult it it to establish Point A and its distance from Point B when setting objectives and planning the means of their achievement. The episode is titled Perspective but they left the rails of tha…

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# 46 — Shawn Kingrey and the Nightmare Tour

6+ y ago

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Mark recorded this episode with Shawn Kingrey five hours after Shawn won “Death By” variant of the Nightmare Tour fondo/race, which traces the perimeter of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, covering 225 miles and 22,000 feet of climbing in 14 hrs 39 min. The original, 177-mile county perimeter ride has been the standard for 25+ years, while the 225-m…

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# 45 — Collaborate Zine

6+ y ago

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Mark confesses to Ross, Nicole Morgenthau, and Joe Holmes about having left the rails to make a Zine unrelated to RAZE, which might be viewed as distraction. He insists it is an utterly necessary, and relevant contribution to the flow of energy emanating from NonProphet and the varied projects created within it, “Once it was in my head I had to des…

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# 44 — Scott Backes (1)

6+ y ago

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Mark and Michael speak to Scott Backes, with whom Mark climbed some difficult and beautiful routes back in the day, and who Mark describes as, “The wisest man I know.” Despite living in Minnesota, Scott discovered climbing in the ’70s, devoted himself to it and became one of the better, all-around climbers in the world although he would never say s…

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# 43 — George Briones

6+ y ago

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George Briones a former Recon Marine and current Head of Human Performance for Soflete, a company started by current and former SOF personnel to better train the tactical athlete. Soflete was formed to fill a specific void in the fitness industry but has developed into a broadly applicable means of helping the everyday fitness enthusiast harness th…

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# 42 — Endurance For Strength For Endurance

6+ y ago

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The night before we presented the Endurance For Strength For Endurance symposium at the NonProphet Event Center Michael, Kegan, and Mark hosted a live podcast event. We tossed around some topics beforehand with the group—about 30 people attended—before settling on “the influence of environment”. With that idea we started recording and let the conve…

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# 41 — Heber Cannon

6+ y ago

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Heber Cannon is a Director, Writer, and Cinematographer. To date, his four documentaries have captured the journey of what makes a CrossFit Games champion. Heber sat with Michael and Mark to discuss capturing physicality, PED use, and what elite athletes can teach us about capability.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 40 — D. Randall Blythe

6+ y ago

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In this episode Mark, Michael, and Kegan speak with D. Randall Blythe. He is best known as the vocalist for the American metal band, Lamb of God, and sometimes he “sings the fast stuff” for Bad Brains as well. He is an accomplished surfer, a talented (and hard-working) photographer, an ambassador for Leica, and has had gallery shows at Sacred Galle…

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# 39 — Rebecca Rusch (1)

6+ y ago

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Rebecca Rusch has a nickname: The Queen of Pain, which she earned … well, you’ll have to listen to learn that. Reba was a climber before she began adventure racing, which was before she started riding a mountain bike—something she did formally at 38 years of age. Quickly thereafter she won the Leadville 100 (and did so again three more times), then…

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# 38 — Tim Johnson and Payson McElveen

6+ y ago

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In early-September Mark and Michael sat down with Red Bull team members Tim Johnson and Payson McElveen midway through the Queen’s Stage Race put on by Rebecca Rusch. Tim is a six-time national cyclocross champion who competed in numerous UCI world championships, won the Mount Washington Hill Climb, and later rode up the same peak—known for its vic…

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# 37 — Kegan is Becoming Endurance Jesus

6+ y ago

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Mark, Michael and Kegan talk about fitness models, silly air bike challenges, supplemental oxygen, structuring training to overcome self-imposed limitations, and what happens when a 300-pound power lifter can starts doing endurance activities. Once again, despite the levity, there are some good training insights.…

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# 36 — Andy Stumpf, Cleared Hot

7y ago

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Mark, Michael and Ross speak with Andy Stumpf, a former Navy SEAL who played on the varsity squad for most of his career. He is the host of the Cleared Hot podcast, a consultant, an active BASE jumper and wing suit pilot who also flies airplanes. Joining them is Chris Pipes, also a veteran and one of the most driven and creative thinkers Mark has e…

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# 35 — How to Think

7y ago

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Michael and Mark discuss the Strength For Endurance For Strength seminar that will be offered at the NonProphet Event Center on September 15-16, 2018. Conceptually, this is a “How to Think” seminar specifically aimed at questioning biases, processes, and practice. From the millisecond contraction put into a successful Snatch to a 63-hour non-stop p…

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# 34 — Diet Conversation (Not Serious)

7y ago

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Mark, Michael, Erin and Kegan attempt to take the topic of diet seriously but realize that the knowledge, the misconceptions, the promises, and the snake oil that are prevalent keep them from actually doing so. They examine the difference between “off the couch” and “off the desk”, hypothesize different diet/exercise/sleep/stress hierarchies, how t…

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# 33 — Kristen Ulmer

7y ago

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Mark and Michael speak with Kristen Ulmer. For more than a decade she was considered the best female extreme skier in the world who also survived her participation in paragliding, ice and rock climbing, kiteboarding, and adventure mountain biking—she rode across India in 1991. After retiring from — or at least dialing back her commitment to — extre…

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# 32 — Training Camp 2018

7y ago

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After a so-called training camp in June where Joe Holmes and Shawn Kingrey tried to help Mark get back into shape they join Michael and Ross to discuss over-reaching, the allure of “The Canyon”, riding with Pro Tour competitors, and generally about how capability affects the opportunities and the people one has access to, and how the map expands co…

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# 31 — Lying Doesn't Lead to Learning

7y ago

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After too many serious episodes Mark, Michael, Kegan, and Ross take a stab at free will, waking up at dawn, obesity, the perception—and misconception—of positive body image, privilege vs. oppression, eating from the center of the grocery store, how lying doesn’t necessarily lead to learning, and that time when Mark mistook someone for Robert “Bob” …

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# 30 — Burkey (2)

7y ago

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Chris Burkeybyle recently traveled from Detroit, Michigan where he owns and operates a few businesses, including the gym: Station 515. Mark and Michael have a long history with Burkey, which allowed them the opportunity to explore the details of owning a business, the downsides to overthinking, and what nihilism really means.…

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# 29 — Burkey (1)

7y ago

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Chris Burkeybyle recently traveled from Detroit, Michigan where he owns and operates a few businesses, including the gym: Station 515. Mark and Michael have a long history with Burkey, which allowed them the opportunity to explore the details of owning a business, the downsides to overthinking, and what nihilism really means.…

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# 28 — Alex Hutchinson

7y ago

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Alex Hutchinson is a Canadian author and journalist who started out in physics—he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, ran middle-distances for the Canadian national team, and in 2011 penned the wonderfully useful book, “Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?” In the second podcast recorded outside of the Dissect studio Mark sat down wit…

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# 27 — Boone Speed

7y ago

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Mark and Michael speak with Boone Speed about his introduction to sport climbing, basically inventing it in the vacuum of the Wasatch without much exposure to early, outside developments, and that some of the hardest routes in the country developed out of that vacuum. They discuss the influence of graphic design on Boone’s photography, the gulf bet…

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# 26 — Steven Kotler and Kristen Ulmer

7y ago

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“Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist and the co-founder and director of research of the Flow Genome Project.” He sits down with Mark, Michael, and Kristen Ulmer to discuss drugs, flow states, and the ridiculous nature of coffee enemas.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 25 — Jeremy Jones and Josh Vert

7y ago

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Michael and Mark are joined by Jeremy Jones and Josh Vert to talk about Style, snowboarding, and the influence of surf and skate on snowboard culture. Jeremy recounts where and when he saw an Ollie for the first time and how that incident changed the direction of his life forever, and by extension, the course snowboarding in general. His eloquent d…

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# 24 — Andy Dorais and Brian Harder

7y ago

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Michael and Mark speak with Andy Dorais, an E.R. physician who has represented the U.S. in the Ski Mountaineering World Championships, holds the fastest known time on the White Rim Trail near Moab, and once traversed the summits of the SLC skyline: 65 miles and 30,000′ of elevation gain in a single push. Joining them is Brian Harder a physician ass…

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# 23 — Mistakes

7y ago

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Mistake—noun an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. a misunderstanding or misconception.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 22 — Margaux Alvarez

7y ago

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Margaux Alvarez is a 6-time CrossFit Games competitor and CrossFit level 1 seminar staff. Margaux and her partner/coach, Alex Cardenas sit down to discuss the fine balance required to excel at the highest level of her sport, what the harvest of running/owning a vineyard really is, and predict Margaux’s win of the South Regional on her way to the 20…

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# 21 — Ben Staley (1)

7y ago

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Ben Staley earns a living by making documentaries. He feeds his soul by shooting still pictures. The trajectory of his life took him from rural Alaska—with no electricity or running water—to the pressure cooker of Los Angeles. He came to SLC to work but added a day to discuss collaborating with Michael and Mark on RAZE 3, record a podcast, shoot so…

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# 20 — Brian Enos (1)

7y ago

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In the first mobile recording of the Dissect podcast, Mark sits down with friend and mentor, Brian Enos, to talk about shooting, Zen, temperament, road tripping, psychedelics and thinking about how to think. Brian is the author of “Practical Shooting — Beyond Fundamentals”. It is considered one of the best books on the subject, and certainly the de…

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# 19 — Chris Worden

7y ago

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Chris Worden is a photo journalist, motorcycle enthusiast, and student of physical fitness. He sat down with Michael and Mark to talk about their auspicious friendship, the importance of being a “thinking man”, and they answer what would happen if you found yourself with a camera in the middle of a riot.…

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# 18 — Josh Vandenbrink

7y ago

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Josh Vandenbrink is the owner, operator, and artist at Iron Mountain Designs, where he has built a company from the ground up. He sat down with Mark, Michael, and Kegan to talk about his time as a PJ, patriotism, and the topic of freedom.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 17 — Jeremy Jones

7y ago

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Jeremy Jones is one of the most recognizable names in professional snowboarding. Mark, Michael, and Paul sit down with him to discuss his 20-year influence on a marginal sport, dysfunctional fitness, why fixing imbalances can kill performance, and how breaking and entering and breaking bones led to breaking psychological barriers.…

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# 16 — Nicole Morgenthau (1)

7y ago

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Mark and Michael speak with photographer and jeweler Nicole Morgenthau about road trips, grimy hotels, car camping, living in the dirt, the Wild West, moving from film to digital, drop-down menus, dogs, climbing, and the ever-important quest for authentic experience.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 15 — Feedback

7y ago

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Mark, Michael and Paul sit down to discuss feedback; the positive, the negative, purposeful cheerleading, pain-compliance, silence, and the ear-piercing feedback pioneered by Wayne Kramer.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 14 — Matthew Weatherly-White

7y ago

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In the longest conversation they have recorded so far Michael and Mark sit down with Matthew Weatherly-White to discuss recovery, athletic longevity, endurance, desiccants, exercising for an audience, intelligent self-awareness, transubstantiation, personal reinvention, the evolution of capitalism, impact investing, the discipline to do less than y…

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# 13 — Greg Walsh

7y ago

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Greg Walsh insists that he is, “0% fun”. He is confrontational, isolationist, shaped by hardcore music, BMX, and the early days of Crossfit. Greg has carved his own path through the fitness and philosophical wilderness. He recognizes that a lack of critical thinking is responsible for most of the lazy/awful outcomes we witness around us daily and i…

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# 12 — Gurus

7y ago

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Mark, Michael and Kegan Dillon tackle the subject of fitness gurus, jargon, nose breathing, how to set up tests to confirm the biased appreciation of one’s own fitness, endurance training, grammar, Paleo, and that—even if the earth is flat—the sun still rises.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 11 — Vance Jacobs

7y ago

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Mark and Michael sit down with coach, trainer and athlete Kegan Dillon to speak with photographer Vance Jacobs whose work has taken him to over 40 countries, and whose physical capabilities have allowed him to participate in many of the stories he shoots, from a 14-day survival school to hiking 100 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, to shooting …

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# 10 — Motivation

7y ago

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Mark, Michael, Paul and Ross discuss the positive aspects of negative thinking, their contempt for motivational posters and postings (on social media), the true meaning of the term “Die Trying”, and the difference between real family and #family.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 9 — Shawn Kingrey on Endurance Cycling

7y ago

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Michael and Mark speak with Shawn Kingrey (introduced in Episode 8) about the psychological demands of endurance bike racing. Specifically, he talks about the Four Horsemen, which he won in 2014 in 18hrs 21min, the 2015 Hoodoo 500 stage race which he won 30hrs 2min, and the Tour de Mont Blanc.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 8 — Value

7y ago

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Mark, Michael, Paul and Shawn Kingrey discuss Value: what they value and what has value, and how perspective changes it. Michael defends his title as the King of Tangents.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 7 — Wasting Time on Social Media

7y ago

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The guys discuss the place of social media in society, the lack of real conversation and filters …By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 6 — Metrics

7y ago

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As ridiculous as it sounds, in this episode Michael and Mark discuss what to count, how to count it and when to pay attention …By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 5 — Transformation

7+ y ago

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Mark, Michael and Ross discuss (physical) transformation and the preconceived notions that some have about the process.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 4 — Brian Harder (1)

7+ y ago

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Mark, Michael, Paul and Brian Harder talk about alpine climbing, bike racing, ski mountaineering racing, a ketogenic diet vs. high carb diet for endurance performance, and they get lost down a few rabbit holes along the way.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 3 — Competition and Testing

7+ y ago

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The importance of competition and testing.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight

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# 2 — The origin of RAZE

7+ y ago

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A conversation about how the RAZE Zine came to be, along with Michael's run-in with a ’95 Honda driver on his way into the studio.By Michael Blevins, Mark Twight