Today, Chris sits down with CrossFit legend, Mat Fraser.

Mat Fraser is largely considered one of the greatest CrossFit athletes of all time, having won five consecutive CrossFit Games from 2016 - 2020.

He’s also a former Olympic weightlifting champion, overcoming a broken back as a teenager. Today he is the founder and Chief Product Officer of HWPO (“Hard Work Pays Off”) — a fitness training program.

He’s also the author of the book “HWPO: Hard Work Pays Off: A Strength Training Book”

You can learn more about Mat by following him on Instagram @mathewfras or check out https://www.hwpotraining.com/

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Today, Chris talks with bestselling writer, filmmaker, and combat journalist, Sebastian Junger.

He is the bestselling author of books including Freedom, Tribe, War, A Death in Belmont, Fire and The Perfect Storm. His latest book is called In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife.

His films include Restrepo, Korengal, The Last Patrol, Which Way Is the Front Line From Here?, and Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS.

He is also the founder and director of Vets Town Halls, a series of events that allow veterans to share their experiences from serving their country. From the official website: “At a Vets Town Hall event, veterans of any era who served in any capacity have the right to stand before their community and speak for up to ten minutes about what it was like to serve their country.”

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Today, Chris sits down with Dr. Maya Shanker.

She is a cognitive scientist and the creator, executive producer, and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. Maya has a postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience from Stanford, a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and a B.A. from Yale.

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Today, Chris Irwin speaks with waterman, big-wave surfer, and wellness expert Laird Hamilton.

He’s the author of the books Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean, as well as Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing). Laird is also a founder of the food and nutrition company Laird Superfood. 

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On the debut episode of On the X, Navy SEAL veteran and Navy SEAL Foundation Communications Director Chris Irwin sits down with bestselling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell for a discussion on the power of veteran stories, rethinking the personal flaws of the founding fathers, the contagious nature of courage, and more.

Gladwell is the host of the popular podcast Revisionist History. The latest season explores “Hitler's Olympics” during the summer of 1936. He also hosts the new podcast Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage, which tells the stories of U.S. military heroes. He is the author of books including The Tipping Point, What the Dog Saw, Outliers, Blink, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, and The Bomber Mafia. His next book, Revenge of the Tipping Point, releases this fall.

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Coming July 30th ...

On the X features conversations with experts and thought-leaders including best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, legendary surfer and wellness expert Laird Hamilton, Stanford neuroscientist and award-winning podcast host Maya Shankar, CrossFit Games champion Mat Fraser, combat journalist Sebastian Junger, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and others.

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