Ethan Lee McCarthy (Primitive Man | Many Blessings)
Todd Nief
September 8, 2020
It doesn’t always work well to try to corner artists who you like and make them explain how they do the thing that you enjoy
Todd Nief’s Show
Todd Nief is the owner of downtown Chicago’s #1 CrossFit gym and the coach to multiple CrossFit Games athletes. He has been featured by Men’s Fitness, WGN Radio, and NBC Chicago among others. His background in chemical engineering and as a musician in multiple death metal bands gives him a unique lens with which to unpack the models that people use to solve problems in complex areas like fitness, business, nutrition, music, economics and psychology.
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John Murphy (Young Horses Games) on influences and innovation in video game design
Todd Nief
August 24, 2020
As I mention in the intro to this podcast, I know John Murphy as the pilot of a 90s era Pontiac Trans Sport — aka
Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth | Bent Sea)
Todd Nief
August 10, 2020
Photo (c) Hannah Verbeuren – www.hannahvphotography.com Dirk Verbeuren has played drums on more extreme metal releases than is reasonable or appropriate for any single human.
Courtney Kelly (Strength Ratio | Ethos Alchemy) on optimality theory, trade-offs in fitness, and copywriting
Todd Nief
July 27, 2020
Figuring out how to prioritize in any sort of complex system is really, really difficult. We see this all the time in working with athletes.
Todd Jones (Nails)
Todd Nief
July 13, 2020
In this episode of “Between Two Todds,” Todd Jones discusses his songwriting process for Nails and why he thinks of himself more as a “music
Sarah Sentes (Manager Tools) on managing in industries that resist management
Todd Nief
June 29, 2020
Every small business that has any level of success hits a tipping point where the fact that business is going “kind of well” becomes the
Wayne Banks (KIPP Academy) on remote learning, protests, and race in CrossFit
Todd Nief
June 15, 2020
Wayne is the principal in residence at KIPP Team Academy in Newark, New Jersey. I’ve wanted to have Wayne on the show for awhile to
John Wooley (Make WODs Great Again) on the essentialness of CrossFit gyms
Todd Nief
May 28, 2020
I recently wrote a controversial oped for the Morning Chalk Up on why my CrossFit gym isn’t an essential business. John Wooley, from the regularly hysterical
Jeff Wang (Modern Asian Kitchen | Yum Dum Truck) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants
Todd Nief
May 18, 2020
When people think of the culture of a country or a city, food is one of the first things that comes to mind. But, with
Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation)
Todd Nief
May 3, 2020
Brad Stulberg has a list of accomplishments that would make most authors drip with envy. Hundreds of thousands of books sold. A regular column in
Ethan Lee McCarthy (Primitive Man | Many Blessings)
Todd Nief
September 8, 2020
It doesn’t always work well to try to corner artists who you like and make them explain how they do the thing that you enjoy
John Murphy (Young Horses Games) on influences and innovation in video game design
Todd Nief
August 24, 2020
As I mention in the intro to this podcast, I know John Murphy as the pilot of a 90s era Pontiac Trans Sport — aka
Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth | Bent Sea)
Todd Nief
August 10, 2020
Photo (c) Hannah Verbeuren – www.hannahvphotography.com Dirk Verbeuren has played drums on more extreme metal releases than is reasonable or appropriate for any single human.
Courtney Kelly (Strength Ratio | Ethos Alchemy) on optimality theory, trade-offs in fitness, and copywriting
Todd Nief
July 27, 2020
Figuring out how to prioritize in any sort of complex system is really, really difficult. We see this all the time in working with athletes.
Todd Jones (Nails)
Todd Nief
July 13, 2020
In this episode of “Between Two Todds,” Todd Jones discusses his songwriting process for Nails and why he thinks of himself more as a “music
Sarah Sentes (Manager Tools) on managing in industries that resist management
Todd Nief
June 29, 2020
Every small business that has any level of success hits a tipping point where the fact that business is going “kind of well” becomes the
Wayne Banks (KIPP Academy) on remote learning, protests, and race in CrossFit
Todd Nief
June 15, 2020
Wayne is the principal in residence at KIPP Team Academy in Newark, New Jersey. I’ve wanted to have Wayne on the show for awhile to
John Wooley (Make WODs Great Again) on the essentialness of CrossFit gyms
Todd Nief
May 28, 2020
I recently wrote a controversial oped for the Morning Chalk Up on why my CrossFit gym isn’t an essential business. John Wooley, from the regularly hysterical
Jeff Wang (Modern Asian Kitchen | Yum Dum Truck) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants
Todd Nief
May 18, 2020
When people think of the culture of a country or a city, food is one of the first things that comes to mind. But, with
Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation)
Todd Nief
May 3, 2020
Brad Stulberg has a list of accomplishments that would make most authors drip with envy. Hundreds of thousands of books sold. A regular column in