On this week’s episode, media bias, Republican incoherence, a basket of deplorables, the eco-disaster of Project 2025, Trump the racist, Trump the felon, Trump the liar, Trump lies constantly, Trump lies every time he opens his mouth, and Trump lies because he can.

Welcome back to the Run the Riot Podcast! Today, we have an inspiring story from our very own Run the Riot athlete, Andy Becker. Just a week after conquering his first 100-miler at the Yeti 100 in Washington, Andy shares his journey from being a 220-pound smoker diagnosed with MS to becoming an accomplished ultrarunner. Tune in to hear about his tr…

In this episode of the Run the Riot Podcast, we welcome ultrarunner, Reiki master, Gut Health expert, and Nutrition, Performance, and Recovery coach, Lauren Callahan. Lauren shares her inspiring journey from overcoming personal challenges to embracing the world of ultrarunning. Despite the intense heat of the South and facing multiple obstacles, La…

Join us for an engaging conversation with Nathan Sicher, an accomplished ultrarunner from Webb City, Missouri. In this episode, Nathan shares his unique journey from being a swimmer and soccer player to discovering his passion and gift for ultrarunning. We dive into his experiences training in the Missouri heat, overcoming significant health challe…

In this episode of the Run the Riot podcast, I reconnect with my friend, Wyatt Hockmeyer, an ultrarunner known for his impressive endurance feats and unique approach to training and racing. Wyatt shares his journey back into the world of ultra running, balancing life changes, and setting new goals. From running across Oklahoma to completing six con…

Welcome to the latest episode of the Run The Riot Podcast! Today, we are excited to have ultrarunner John Calabrese joining us. John shares his journey from dealing with knee pain to balancing family life and running. We dive deep into his experiences with the military, how he got into running, and the unique challenges he faces on the trails. We a…

On this week’s episode, educator and self-proclaimed hermit who lives under a rock Athena Greene talks to Nathan about artificial intelligence, irony, artifice, thoughts, the creative process, muses, Netflix, ChatGPT, copyright infringement, electricity consumption, disturbing clichés, and so much more.…

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Claudia Shambaugh, the host of KUCI’s Ask a Leader, joins Nathan to discuss The Newport Beach Public Library board’s decision to move “Melissa” – a book about a 10-year-old transgender child — from the children’s section in a new appeal process that has been offered to reactionary patrons wanting to challenge decisions on where books should be shel…

Joining Nathan is Claudia Shambaugh of KUCI’s Ask A Leader to talk about AI generated post-death time travel, grief bots, and Laurie Anderson’s Lou Reed bot; Mike Kaspar of KUCI’s Film School discussing The Balboa Cinema, The Pussycat Theater, I am Curious Yellow, and his life as a projectionist; and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog howling about wish…

Meet Sarah Jones, a dedicated wife, mother, and ultrarunner on the latest episode of the Run the Riot Podcast! Discover how Sarah balances intense ultrarunning training with raising energetic kids. From innovative park workouts to playful races with her children, Sarah makes every step a family adventure. Tune in to learn how you can incorporate fi…

This was a fun episode with Mike and Sandra Smith on the Run the Riot Podcast. Discover what it takes to persevere in the world of ultrarunning through the experiences of Mike, who has completed over 200 hundred-mile races. We also get to talk to his wife, Sandra who has just about mastered the art of crewing and even wrote a book about it! Join us…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about crucifixion, dog language, armadillos, the Fescue Belt, left-wing stuff, dealing with cows, simpler songs, Joni Mitchell, disasters, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, engagement farming, Ronna McDaniel, strange metals, sports gambling, River Action, Martha Stewar…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about seeding the grounds, leftover pizza in a refrigerator, giant sequoias in the UK, asbestos in the US, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, outrage, Trump the Transgressive Comic, plausible deniability, malign Russian influence, waterfront property, the iPhon…

This week on Run the Riot Podcast, we're inspired by Isaac Barnoskie's ultrarunning journey—from running to walking ultramarathons and organizing community races like the Hilltop Run. His story is a testament to the power of positivity, community, and the mental strength that ultrarunning demands. Tune in to discover how Isaac embraces every step o…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about constitutional abortion, non-existing unidentified anomalous phenomena, alien technology, Amazonian drought, altered rain gauges, German Chocolate Cake, lead in drinking water, TikTok, car apps, robotaxis in L.A., Standard Daylight Savings Time, Miami in Alaska, foot…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about, 2 drugs in 1, de-extinction, lone orcas, dzuds, the Anthropocene, MethaneSat, losing trillions of gallons of drinking water, junk fees, high wealth tax cheats, Allen Weisselberg, anti-vaccination bullshit, the rotating detonation engine, lost scholarly articles, ala…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about sweating thistles, snake diversity, the National Eagle Repository, wildfires in Texas, boiling microplastic, women who are psychopaths, self-immolation, presidential immunity, the Comstock Act, GenAI political ads, mixed-reality, dead rockets, Major League Baseball’s…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, the end of all things, the truth about Luddites, Exodus, Locust, nonnative earthworms, SoCal coastal radioactive waste, Sponge City, The Election Outcome Pledge, preregistration at 16, student loan forgiveness, spies i…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about applied logic, poop on Everest, polluting fragrances, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, single-use plastic bags, the desecration of historical memory, the leading source of goods imported by the United States, the right to disconnect, women umpires, Wa…

In this conversation, Alex Larson, a registered dietitian and founder of Alex Larson Nutrition, discusses the importance of nutrition in endurance sports. She shares her background and how her own experience as an athlete led her to specialize in sports nutrition. Alex emphasizes the need for proper fueling during training and races, including the …

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about profane parrots, wind turbine installation vessels, the Right to Mine law, high-risk A.I. systems, veterinary cannabis, stoned empathy, Russia’s accidental bombings, Takata air bags, Martian gridlock, public tippling, no parking zones, Dorothy’s ruby slippers, and so…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about reusing graves, Uno, gas station heroin, cancer immunization, Sports Illustrated's troubles, The Baltimore Sun's troubles, Los Angeles Times' troubles, Pitchfork's troubles, machine-translated garbage, the human behavioral crisis, parking lots, student debt cancellat…

EP148 - Sid Garza-Hillman: Ultra Running for Normal People In this episode, David interviews Sid Garza-Hillman, a musician, author, endurance runner, and wellness coach. They discuss the sport of ultra-running and how it's more accessible than some may think, with Sid providing practical advice from his own experiences. Sid talks about his journey …

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about ashes to ashes, the world's five richest men, Eastern monarch butterflies, illegal sand mining, Greenland’s ice sheet, the blood brain barrier, death in the Rio Grande, exorbitant overdraft fees, the right to vote for 16 year-olds, a primordial galaxy, a cloned rhesu…

Catching up with Chase and Casey Hammond In this podcast, I catch up with Chase and Casey Hammond, founders of Ultraverse Supplements. We discuss their move to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, their experiences participating in races, their race directing, their supplement line, and all kinds of things in between! They provide details about the NEW Summ…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about the American Dialect Society Word of the Year, effective altruism, our growing country, feral peacocks, bad dogs, a whale Fibonacci, orange rivers, bottled water nanoplastics, internal displacements, the sacredness of the Moon, lightless craters, replacing lithium, b…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about the state bat, field pansies, aloe vera, powder power, marine mass extinction, wastewater heating in False Creek, Chief Justice John Roberts year-end report, a virtual sexual assault, TOI-1853 b, Mickey Ears, the Russian Federal Security Service 2024 calendar, and so…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about Tigger, Call of Cthulhu, venomous snakebites, raiding aquifers, wooden wind turbines, euthanasia, ChatGPT plagiarism, covert space missions, overmassive black hole galaxies, AI insider training, baseball rule changes, an “item of concern,” and so on.…

On this week’s episode, Mike, Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog, and I talk about an Orca Update, tears, the air travel tax, hurricane microplastics, a repugnant ruling, a plutonium pit, the measles, money well spent, the Vatican’s plan for ending homelessness, pretextual stops, prescription meth, the emerging Coronal Mass Ejection, Commercial Lunar Pa…

On this week’s episode, special guest co-host Claudia Shambaugh, Nathan, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about the Word of the Year Part 2, pure carnivores, Canadian tropical fish, the wet-bulb global temperature, COP28, La Posada at the U.S./Mexico Border, Pompeii’s bakery prison, Mississippi’s religious vaccination exemption, Americans’ prescri…

On this week’s episode, special guest co-host Claudia Shambaugh, Nathan, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about the word of the year, chinstrap penguin microsleeping, better coffee, methane digesters, net metering 3.0, rescuing the Marshall Islands, Cop28, nuclear energy, hydrogen from plastic waste, the LA to Vegas bullet train, old organs, anthr…

On this week’s episode, special guest host Claudia Shambaugh, Nathan, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about a life-extension drug for big dogs, the Principal Odor Map, nanoplastics, the Crunch factor, the most invasive animal on the planet, flying disabled, a one-time stunt, a legal right to housing, reptile feed, Friends of Attention, CRISPR, Sp…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about canine infectious respiratory disease, coffee ground quantum dots, death metal orcas, Bolsa Chica Mesa, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the Fifth National Climate Assessment, not screaming into the void anymore, Section 3 of the 14th Amendme…

This week we get to sit down and chat with Chad Hetrick. Chad just placed 2nd at the Arkansas Traveller 100 in a really tough field of runners! I have the privilege of coaching Chad and have loved his work ethic! It was no small feat juggling early morning training sessions, family life, and work but Chad handled it like a champ. We delve into what…

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about unpopular science, pet vaccines, the world’s largest insect farm, a flesh-eating fungus, the carrot boycott, Southern California Edison, the Supreme Court's Code of Ethics, hallucinations, Iceland’s volcano, gamma ray bursts, AI hyper-realism, tree theft, a dog named Simo…

In this episode, we catch up with Nicole Laughton! Nicole takes us on a journey through some of her races since our last visit - from 'Never Summer 100K' to the muddy 'Lake Murray', the famously challenging 'Outlaw 100’ and the Sweat Hot Summer Trails'. She discusses her training approach, having a coach, and the importance of setting her own goals…