The Meatcast by EPIC Provisions

Meatcasters!

This week we’ve got Sammy Moniz, from Feeding the Frasers.  What began as a way for Sammy to chronicle her favorite recipes, has evolved into an online brand with over 200,000 fans!  All following Sammy as she feeds herself and the fittest man on earth, fiancee and three-time CrossFit Games champion, Mat Fraser. 

And this is just her side hustle! By day, Sammy is arguably the Jerry Maguire of CrossFit, working with a team to help manage the sports top athletes.  That list of athletes includes past CrossFit champions Katrin Davidsdottir, Annie Thorsdottir and perennial contenders like Pat Vellner, Brooke Wells, Laura Horvath, and the EPIC team favorite, Brent Fikowski. Listen as Sammy and I discuss

• The genesis of Feeding The Frasers and how she actually feeds the Fittest Man on Earth
• Why the role of agents and sponsors are even more critical in CrossFit than other professional sports
• How she ended up at our founder’s ranch, holding a bloody bison heart and cleaning out bison skulls.

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, I shoutout EPIC Meatcast fan, Mad McLaughlin or @quirkyseeker. I’d love to hear you rank your meat….cast episodes. Call 512-686-MEAT and tell me what your favorite Meatcast episode was and why.  We’ll pick a couple of winners to send a gift bag too and we may publish your entry on the Meatcast!

Finally, I give you the inside scoop on how to make our finance team incredibly anxious!

I recorded the intros & outros of this episode in the back of a Lyft.  No, Lyft is not a sponsor of the Meatcast (yet?!) just a necessity to get this week’s episode out on time.  So not only do you get to meet a renowned bug scientist, you also get to meet my Lyft driver, Yancy!

Alright, we’ve covered plenty of four-legged species on the Meatcast, but what about those 6,8, or hundreds of legs?  This week we talk to bug scientist and regenerative farmer, Jonathan Lundgren. Some may recognize Jonathan from features in the Washington Post and NPR about his exile from the USDA, after his research uncovered the harmful impacts of pesticides on the bee population.  He and I touch on the impact that episode had on his life as well as….

• How insects play a critical role in the taste, color, and smell of food
• Why insects are facing a mass extinction event greater than the dinosaurs faced
• Why insects play a larger role in regenerative agriculture than cows, pigs or chickens

For this week’s Inside EPIC, in honor of Independence Day, I help you declare freedom from one of the most common tyrannies of the internet.  

You may have tried a Paleo diet, but what about a Paleo workout routine? Erwan Le Corre is the founder of MovNat, a fitness practice that asks us to get outside and reclaim much of the movements we’ve lost in modern society, movements like crawling, carrying, balancing, bounding, etc.  Erwan’s used these principles to train everyone from Navy SEALs and MMA champions to everyday folks like you and I! Listen as Erwan and I discuss….

• Why is resurrecting our human movement critical to our physical longevity and health?
• How can you incorporate MovNat into your existing workout routine?
• Using MovNat as a way to introduce movement and play with your kids

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, we answer what is probably our number one consumer complaint.  Why are EPIC bars so hard to open?!

Finally we give you another opportunity to win an EPIC prize...or lose your job?

Relevant Links

MovNat

Outside Magazine: The Workout that Time Forgot

Amazon: The Practice of Natural Movement

Meatcasters!

This week we peel back the shell on eggs!  First, I’m joined by the owner and CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs, Jesse LaFlamme. Jesse is the third generation of the family business that has turned Pete and Gerry’s into a leading organic egg producer in the US. EPIC is proud to use Pete and Gerry’s egg yolks in our new Rise & Grind bars! During our conversation, taped live at Expo West, Jerry and I discuss...

• The evolution of the egg industry in the past 40 years and why the egg aisle at your grocery store looks so different today
• The challenges of scaling a small family business and retaining your values and standards
• What should you and I be looking for when we buy eggs at our grocery store?

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, we go behind the scenes of our new Rise & Grind bars and bring back Charlie Lucas from the EPIC product development team!  Charlie shares some of the surprises he ran into working with egg yolks for this launch and he explains why some of our most critical R&D work was done on a hotel room electric stove.

Finally I share how anyone, ANYONE, can snag our new Rise & Grind bars for free for a limited time only!

Relevant Links

Pete and Gerrys

Introducing EPIC’s new Rise & Grind bars

Meatcasters!

This week I’m joined by former Navy SEAL, Micah Fink.  Micah and his organization, Heroes and Horses, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Men’s Journal, and supported by celebrities like Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, and brands like Yeti and Modern Huntsman. I’m confident this is one of the most powerful, bold, and inspiring conversations I’ve had on this podcast. During our conversation Micah and discuss...

• How Micah decided to become a Navy SEAL amid the rubble of 9-11
• What it takes to make it thru BUDS and become a Navy SEAL
• Why Micah’s using horsemanship to help veterans cope with PTSD and depression

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, I bring my mom onto the Meatcast to rank Vietnamese meats.  Yes, seriously, my mom. Why? Listen and find out! She also drops a bombshell that shatters a long standing Meatcast facade.

Make sure you’re subscribed to the Meatcast and our newsletter via epicprovisions.com.  We’re going to be launching new products in the coming weeks and you can be first to get your hands on special offers, cool swag, and life-changing prizes!

Relevant Links

Heroes and Horses

Mens Journal: Horse Power: How Wild Mustangs Are Helping Veterans Return to Civilian Life

Modern Huntsman: An Interview with Micah Fink

This week, we’re talking paleo baby food with the founders of SerenityKids, Joe and Serena.   SerenityKids was the first baby food company I had ever seen combining ethically sourced meat with the convenience of pouches.  As a new parent, I was incredibly excited about their launch and signed up for their first batch of pre-orders. But my order, and everyone else’s, were delayed for almost two years! I talk to Joe and Serenity about this two year delay during our conversation and we also discuss...

• How recently becoming parents has impacted them as entrepreneurs
• How do you develop products for babies? Taste testing? Choosing flavors?
• The trust involved with making food that parents feed their infants and toddlers

On this week’s INSIDE EPIC, I preview groundbreaking research that proves beef has the power to reduce greenhouse gases.  This news will be the focus of its own Meatcast episode, but I wanted to share the breaking news and give yall an opportunity to share this incredible research with your community! Check out the links below if you’re a conscious carnivore who wants to support the movement of better meat, rather than less meat.

Relevant Links

SerenityKids

Study: White Oak Pastures Beef Reduces Atmospheric Carbon

Infographics and Instagram-friendly assets to share the LCA research

Meatcast Episode 4: Will Harris

Meatcasters!

This week we’ve got the 2nd fittest man in 2017, elite CrossFit Games athlete, Brent Fikowski.  Brent has finished in the top four at the last three CrossFit Games and is one of the sport’s most popular athletes. That popularity, however, is credit to his personality rather than his results. As you’ll see in our interview, he’s incredibly thoughtful about his training, his life, and gives us an honest and interesting glimpse into the mind of a professional athlete. Brent and I discuss...

• The best trash talkers in CrossFit
• His disappointing performance during this year’s Open
• A typical day in his first season as a full-time athlete
• The one element he realized was missing in his training and life recently
• Canadian nude pottery (not the answer to above)

We recorded this episode live at EPIC HQ during a week where Brent spent some time with our team in Austin and also with our founders at Roam Ranch!

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, we answer our very first Meatcast Mailbag question!  Listen in and see if your question made it onto the Meatcast!

And finally, we reveal the cure for MEAT FOMO.

Relevant Links

Brent’s Instagram

BrentFikowski.com

The Professor Project

Meatcasters!

This week I talk to Dr. Michelle Thomas, the Animal Welfare Manager at Applegate Farms.  Applegate is widely recognized as a leader and pioneer in sustainably sourced meats, but most of you know them for their deli meats and bacon. During our conversation Dr. Michelle Thomas  and I discuss

• How do you keep high sourcing standards in the face of an incredibly fast growing business?
• The resources, attention and time Applegate puts into their relationship with farms and ranches
• Her career prior to agriculture, I guarantee yall could never guess it!
• I make my biggest Meatcast mistake ever

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, we unveil the MEATCAST MAILBAG.  You can now be a guest on the EPIC Meatcast by calling 512-686-MEAT.  I explain how and we share our first Meatcast Mailbag entry!

Relevant Links

Applegate Farms Making a Big Bet on Regenerative Agriculture

Applegate Farms

This week I chat with firefighter, pro snowboarder, and personal trainer, Shawna Mayo!  Shawna’s long been an EPIC ambassador, and recently, her profession as a firefighter hit close to home for the EPIC team. One of our dear friends, Chris Kerston from the Savory Institute, lost his home in the deadly Camp Fire, a fire that Shawna actually helped battle and fight.  During our conversation, Shawna and I discuss...

• Her experience fighting the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history
• A day in the life of a firefighter and the strict rules and routines she practices to ensure her and her team are ready for the unknown
• The challenges of being a female firefighter and her journey to a life lived outdoors

WARNING: This week’s episode features some graphic details of what Shawna witnessed while fighting the Camp Fire and some may find these upsetting.

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, we talk morning routines and how you can win an EPIC Rise And Grind insulated camp mug!  I also share an insider hint on an upcoming new product launch!

Relevant Links

Shawna Mayo Instagram

EPIC ambassadors share their morning routines

Adee Cazayoux’s Journaling Habit

This week I was lucky enough to chat with Amy Culp, who leads sports nutrition for the University of Texas Athletics program! Amy’s team plays a critical role in the performance of top tier college athletes and I had so many questions about how someone handles a job with such high stakes.  Amy and I cover:

• How much nutritional knowledge are many of these D1 athletes coming to school with?
• How she prescribes guidance to such a wide variety of athletes in different sports, positions, all with different goals.
• The relationship between the nutritionists and the team coaches. 
• The evolution of collegiate sports nutrition, and how she prepares Longhorn athletes for both the field of play, and the game of life

For this week’s INSIDE EPIC, I share our new major product launches coming in June!

And finally, I take a moment to share my gratitude and reflect on the two year birthday of the Meatcast!