Best Christian Matyi Podcasts (2024)

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TBI-115 The Most Normal Story You Ever Heard About Mack Beggs And Muscles 1:06:56

5y ago1:06:56

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What is the most important meal of the day? The Big Inside’s show host Christian Matyi, a/k/a “XN,” is betting he knows what you’re gonna say. What you’re probably not expecting is how what we think we know about breakfast may not be quite what we assumed. XN dives into the background of this nostalgic meal armed with a pack of nutrition-savvy athl…

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TBI-114 Arguing With the Breakfast Sheep Over What Is Really Important 57:17

5y ago57:17

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What is the most important meal of the day? The Big Inside’s show host Christian Matyi, a/k/a “XN,” is betting he knows what you’re gonna say. What you’re probably not expecting is how what we think we know about breakfast may not be quite what we assumed. XN dives into the background of this nostalgic meal armed with a pack of nutrition-savvy athl…

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TBI-113 Doing the same thing over and over and over with violas and Drew Ricciardi 1:00:21

5y ago1:00:21

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Host Christian Matyi, aka "XN," chats with professional viola player Drew Ricciardi and uncovers some interesting theories about how we move. You’re gonna start looking at what you do every day a little differently after this episode of The Big Inside. Show host Christian Matyi, a/k/a “XN,” is joined by professional viols player Drew Ricciardi, who…

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TBI-113 Doing the same thing over and over and over with violas and Drew Ricciardi 1:00:00

5y ago1:00:00

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You’re gonna start looking at what you do every day a little differently after this episode of The Big Inside. Show host Christian Matyi, a/k/a “XN,” is joined by professional viols player Drew Ricciardi, who discusses a very different approach to crating music that also suggests we might want to reconsider how we move. Are you sure that you’re get…

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TBI-112 The Dog's Name is Crom; the director is Liam O'Donnell - Part 2of 2 44:58

5+ y ago44:58

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It’s the second part of our two-part episode with very special guest Liam O’Donnell, movie director, producer and writer who’s most known for his 2017 sci fi action flick, “Beyond Skyline.”On the previous show, host Christian Matyi (a/k/a “XN”) have us some fascinating insight into he backstory and narrative of O’Donnell, which might have a bit of …

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TBI-111 Keeping Our Good Eye On The Alien Invasion with Liam ODonnell, Part 1 of 2 58:19

5+ y ago58:19

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We’re back for our tenth (we think) season! And we are opening this run of episodes with a very special guest: Liam O’Donnell, movie director, producer and writer most known for the 2017 sci fi action flick, “Beyond Skyline.” Aliens turn on their high beams and a bunch of stuff explodes. WORTH IT. Aliens turn on their high beams and a bunch of stuf…

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TBI-112 The Dog's Name Is Crom. The Director's name is Liam O'Donnell, Part 2 of 2 44:58

5+ y ago44:58

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It’s the second part of our two-part episode with very special guest Liam O’Donnell, movie director, producer and writer who’s most known for his 2017 sci fi action flick, “Beyond Skyline.” On the previous show, host Christian Matyi (a/k/a “XN”) have us some fascinating insight into he backstory and narrative of O’Donnell, which might have a bit of…

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TBI-111 Keeping Our Good Eye On The Alien Invasion with Liam O'Donnell – Part 1 of 2 58:19

5+ y ago58:19

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We’re back for our tenth (we think) season! And we are opening this run of episodes with averyspecial guest: Liam O’Donnell, movie director, producer and writer most known for the 2017 sci fi action flick, “Beyond Skyline.” Liam gave show host Christian Matyi (a/k/a “XN”) a whole lot of interview. So much, in fact, that we are going to present our …

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TBI-110 Shoveling Snow On New Year's with French Industrialists and 974 Calories 54:30

6+ y ago54:30

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Happy 2018! To ring in the new year we wanted to try something a little different. (You know – like never do, right?) So we put together something for The Big Deal portion of the program that starts in one place and then travels you halfway around the world and back, just to get your head right for the upcoming new year. Show host Christian Matyi, …

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TBI-109 Getting Totally Sold On Winning During Baby Invasions 54:30

6+ y ago54:30

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The new season of The Big Inside gathers together a cast of thousands! (Well, maybe less than that.) We're trying to figure out why we get so obsessed with winning stuff. Is it about merit? Or is it about prestige? We try to get to the heart of whether prestige-chasing is a positive motivator or just a distracting poison. The conversation is rounde…

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TBI-108 Absolutely No Stories Were Created In The Making Of This Show 33:00

7y ago33:00

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Nope. No stories here. Just Nick. On social media, people love sharing details. But how often do these details amount o stories worth telling? Sure, we are the “author” of our own life, but does that means every detail is story-worthy? What is it about the fitness, bodybuilding, and strength lifting world that so compels peopel to try and force mor…

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TBI-107 Drinking Seltzer in Cybernetic Hellscapes with Musclebound Artists 44:24

7y ago44:24

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This massive guy was programmed to draw pictures. Don't believe it? Well, we're not gonna argue with him . . . Is what you are best designed for – like, your most notable assets, attributes, and skills – necessarily the same thing as what your best career path should be? Does what you are made of determine who you are meant to be? Too often we tend…

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TBI-106 Memorizing Dinosaurs and Wolverine Leadership with Kalle Beck 43:49

7y ago43:49

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The idea of being a leader is often tossed about by self-improvement gurus and motivational speakers. But what is leadership all about? On this episode of The Big Inside, we welcome Kalle Beck, founder of the Starting Strongman project (company? entity? community? whatever it is . . .) to discuss the idea of leadership, and how it may com from far …

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TBI-105 Last-Minute Blow-Offs and The World's Most Valuable Human Commodity 22:37

7y ago22:37

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This week The Big Inside got cancellations from not one, not two, but three guests for The Big Deal segment of the show. But while we might get blown off you, our dear listeners, will not! We rooted through our audio files and found a segment that was originally part of a longer piece. We spit-polished it and have it for you as the centerpiece of t…

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TBI-104 The Tug Boat And The Room With 15 People Just Like Yourself 35:16

7y ago35:16

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XN is back from sick leave, and we have to thank you guys for being patient while he healed up from whatever black plague sinus infection was plaguing him! This week on the Big Deal we ask: what is it that makes a healthy community? We’re joined by professional StrongMan Eric Dawson to learn about his small training facility, Titan Barbell, and we …

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TBI-103 NO EPISODE THIS WEEK! We return next week. 1:42

7y ago1:42

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Unexpected illness happens to the best of us. And also, apparently, to the mediocre among us, as show host Christian Matyi, aka "XN," came down with a heinous flu. So, no episode this week. We will be back next week however! Stay tuned! And thanks for the well wishes!By Christian Matyi, aka "XN," and The Big Inside

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TBI-102 Brain Farts and The Most Important Food Questions Of Our Time 35:38

7y ago35:38

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The human brain tends to get fixated on things. And sometimes the most familiar things – like food – are a point of fixation. Which leads us to ask questions that can turn our heads around and cause our brains to totally fart. What kinds of questions? Well, in this case, some of the most important food questions ever asked! Or at least, we think so…

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TBI-101 The Home School That Bodybuiding Forgot with Silas Jackson 32:10

7y ago32:10

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Most people who love to lift weights and work out seem to have found this interest via their experiences in high school and through popular media. Well, without these influences, could a bodybuilder still evolve? On this week’s episode, show host Christian “XN” Matyi welcomes trainer and yoga instructor Silas Jackson to explore a unique way of ente…

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TBI-100 The 8-Year-Old's Guide To Avoiding Irony With Barbarians 43:39

7y ago43:39

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Not an iota of irony. Photo credit: bodybuilding.com Social media does a lot of things well. And some things it does terribly. But if you're 8-tyears old and it's 1983, it doesn't do much at all because, well, it wasn't even invented yet. And that means all your dreams and hopes don't fall subject to public scrutiny and competition. And so maybe yo…

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TBI-099 Car Crashes, Big Skies and Bloodletting with Scott Bottorff 32:00

7y ago32:00

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Another solo flight for show host Christian Matyi, aka "XN." Today he presents similar to last week, a story about what can be learned from the patterns of recovery. At the center of the tale is show regular Scott Bottorff. (So even though Scott isn't in the Sidecar this week, he's still all over this episode!) Scott brings us through a journey of …

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TBI-098 Special Episode: Getting Jacked and Inventing Words in 1869 33:42

7y ago33:42

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This young buck joins us on the show today. Okay, we're psyched to get this special episode to you guys! In a feature we call "The Ballad Of R.J.," we take you back into history to the late 1800s. We follow the story of a guy named R.J. whose experiences gave us a word so common that many of our listeners use it every day! This was a super fun (and…

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TBI-097 Silent Judgements and Former Teen Bodybuilders with Dr. Mike Cavaliere, DPT 1:11:33

7y ago1:11:33

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Almost ten years ago on The Big Inside, we did an episode with a teenager named Mike Cavaliere who was a competitive bodybuilder. Now it's nearly a decade later and mike comes back to the show to discuss how that experience influenced and informed his career as he became an adult. Now, we know the first thing your probably thinking is: "Wait – The …

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TBI-096 The Sport That Doesn't Matter But Everyone Should Care About with Adam McVey 1:21:12

7y ago1:21:12

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Adam McVey knows what's up. Or at least we hope does. But seriously, who cares that a bunch of dudes take tons of steroids and give each other prizes? It’s hard to pin down whether or not the extremes of bodybuilding competition, epitomized in the IFBB (International Federation of Body Builders) has any cultural or social relevance. Yet, at the hea…

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TBI-095 Cultural Hegemony and The Other F-Bomb, With Author Megan Dietz 55:52:00

7y ago55:52:00

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Intelligent people discussing complex ideas with patience and bravery is not how we usually describe The Big Inside. But when author Megan Dietz joins us for a compelling and challenging discussion on how the feminine body ideal is the result of anything but feminism, the investment in the topic rose sky high. With the recently renewed wave of femi…

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TBI-094 The Death Of Intuition and Rise Of The Super Race with Dr. Mike Israetel

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Science will one day teach us how to engineer a super race of Mike Israetels. This one is just the prototype. Do we over-rely on science in our culture? Is the rise of scientific "proofs" making the humanities less useful? Believe it or not, this debate that is highly relevant to how we understand our modern culture has been at the core of the stre…

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TBI-093 Pro Cards For Everyone And Sometimes Not, Too! 58:07

7+ y ago58:07

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Jonathan Lavoie (right) is a pro bodybuilder. But maybe isn't. But still could be, we're not sure. Which is why he's got such a cool perspective for the show. What if you woke up tomorrow and whatever you accomplished today somehow didn’t matter any more? This is often literally what occurs in amateur competitive sports like competitive bodybuildin…

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TBI-092 Ethical Rollercoasters, God's Crack, and Preworkout Moguls 1:03:58

7+ y ago1:03:58

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Diving straight from their living room into a huge industry, Elias, Nick and Mike are the founders of Saisei Sports, and join us this week to discuss what it's all about. The Big Inside rides ethical rollercoasters as we have on our show one of our own sponsors. What does it take to start up a small business in an industry known for its intense com…

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TBI-091 Mail-Order Sandow Trophies, Gummy Whores, and New Year's Resolutions. 45:53

7+ y ago45:53

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Every third podcast is talking about 2017 New Year’s resolutions right now, so The Big Inside’s host Christian Matyi, aka “XN,” and show regular Scott Bottorff cave in to convention and have their own contemplation on what resolutions might all be about. Fitness marketing conspiracy, or meaningful inspiration for progress? We bat around the topic f…

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TBI-090 Elephantitis of the kankles and other training errors 38:44

7+ y ago38:44

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So, host Christian Matyi, aka XN, has kankles. But the source is apparently not in his heel but in his butt! In other words: sometimes the source cause of a limitation is not always directly connected to the problem itself. XN and show regular Scott Bottorff discuss this phenomena, citing examples with athletes they’ve worked with as well as in the…

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TBI-089 Special Series 4: Vice.com Officially Declares Bodybuilding To Be Mainstream 28:07

7+ y ago28:07

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Christian (aka XN) and Scott discuss ideas behind a recent Vice.com piece by writer Victoria Chan which explored the influence of social media on bodybuilding’s popular appeal. The short article described how a profound wave of social media popularity should encourage us consider whether bodybuilding could now be seen as a “mainstream” pursuit. The…

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TBI-088 Special Series 3: Advanced Training Tactics and Jedi Mind Tricks 41:49

7+ y ago41:49

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This episode is the second in a special mini series from The Big Inside featuring host Christian Matyi, a/k/a XN, joined by regular show guest Scott Bottorff with a discussion of missing elements for advancing "advanced" training. it's also the episode where Scott saw the new Star Wars and XN didn't, so there is a verbal light saber dual. You juts …

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TBI-087 Special Series 2: Training Program Assembly and Lousy Sound Quality 36:03

7+ y ago36:03

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APOLOGIES: The sound quality of this episode is a little messed up. Bear with it, as there is a lot of great conversation if you can find patience with the unfortunate distortion. This episode is the second in a special mini series from The Big Inside featuring regular show guest Scott Bottorff joining Christian Matyi, a/k/a XN, with a discussion o…

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TBI-085 Special Series with Scott Bottorff, Episode 1: Motivation and Bad Spelling 33:12

7+ y ago33:12

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This episode is the first in a special mini series from The Big Inside featuring regular show guest Scott Bottorff joining Christian Matyi, a/k/a XN, on a discussion of how motivation may not be solely the result of our mindset. The upcoming episodes within this series turn the table for host XN, making him participant in the discussion rather than…

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TBI-085 Feminism & Frozen Turkey Tossing with Dr. Gina Melnik 29:57

9y ago29:57

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The Big Inside is back with it’s first episode after (yet another) hiatus! A new format, a new opening theme, and an old guest bring us back to the podcast airwaves. On the eve of the “Queen Of The Summer Solstice StrongWman contest,” an all-woman’s strength competition in nashua, NH, the event’s co-organizer Dr. Gina Melnik, PhD. is back on The Bi…

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The Mooncat & Dave Jergens (TBI-036) 50:17

15+ y ago50:17

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By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Woman's Football & Allison Cahill (TBI-035)

16y ago

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By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Oedipal Male Cheerleaders with Ethan Matyi (TBI-034)

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By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Salmonella, flat tires and American Gladiator Jenny Barry (TBI-033)

16y ago

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By Christian Matyi, a/k/a XN

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No one's in shape except John Gilson from CrossFit (TBI-032)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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FCC regulations and nutritionist Sarah Stockwell (TBI-031)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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On-time infotainment with Dr. Mike Nicolosi (TBI-030)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The Trashy Regatta with wheelchair bodybuilder Nick Scott (TBI-029)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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Soapy discharge with Navy SEAL Dave Rutherford (TBI-028)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The Bitchy Mini-Fridge vs. Scott Bottorff and Mike D'Angelo (TBI-027)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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In a broadcast sauna with steroids and Evan Centopani (TBI-026)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The 25th episode Extravaganza (TBI-025)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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Golden Justice with punk bodybuilder Troy Schoeller (TBI-021) 51:10

16y ago51:10

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Heavy tattooed punker Troy Schoeller may be the last person you'd imagine to be nutritionally pristine and a competitive bodybuilder. Shows how much you know.By Christian Matyi, aka "XN", & The Big Inside

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