How does a person go from growing up surrounded by poverty, drug addiction, and gangs to become a professional martial artist to swinging a steel mace for 5 hours per day and traveling the country teaching Steel Mace Workshops? It’s certainly an interesting story and you can hear it on this episode of the Reality Tunnels Podcast.

This episode fits a wide variety of conversation into one hour. We talk about Flow State Summit, entrepreneurship, brotherhood, and the origin stories behind Sheath, Timewheel and Something Fiction. Reality Tunnels has inspired Matt and Bobby to buy a Sprinter of their own and travel the country.

Mark and I met at the Flow State Summit. Amongst other things, Mark teaches people how not to get hit in the face with swords. Mark is an expert in movement and is currently training actors on set for Wonderwoman. This conversation goes in-depth about what it's like to grow up in a small town and all the challenges associated with moving to a big city. 

"I’ve lost 10-15 times as many military friends to suicide than to combat.” PTSD and suicide are a silent epidemic amongst the veteran community. On this episode of the podcast, Matthew Gangloff shares his story, struggles, and the wisdom that he has gained along the way.

Ben and I connected and formed a relationship via Instagram. We had similar interests in things like swinging the steel mace and philosophy. We were both on an extended road trip and crossed paths in Boise, Idaho via episode 22 guest, Zerin Beattie.

In this episode, we chat about Ben’s peculiar spirited nature and how it lead him to become an actor, our experiences traveling the country, and we share some of our philosophical beliefs.

Zerin Beattie is the founder of Xpand - a health/movement business that it is intent on expanding consciousness. Still in his 20's, Zerin has traveled to the Amazon for plant medicine ceremonies, completed a 10-day meditation retreat in Korea, and competed in a Muay Thai fight in Las Vegas.

In this conversation, we discuss life and reality itself and bounce ideas off each other to further our own understanding.

This was a very special connection and conversation for me. Blaine and I went into this day as strangers and emerged as friends. We start with a discussion about movement that quickly dives into metaphysics, values, and the art of the middle way.

This episode consists of a lengthy dive into the story of my friend Micheal Zwack. Mike has traveled with me quite a bit over the past months. We chat about football as a rite of passage, athlete's depression, and the relationship between spirituality and egotism. This is a very playful podcast that turned out to be one of the best yet. Listen.

Ricardo Broberg is a level 3 Wim Hof Instructor and self-proclaimed bro-scientist. Ricardo and I hung out for the better part of a week doing different movement practices, Wim Hof breathing methods, and cold/heat exposure. Luis and Jason sit in on the podcast and share some tidbits.