Podcasts by Dam Well Better with The Iron Beaver
THE PODCAST WHERE WE CUT THROUGH THE HYPE AND TALK ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, hosted by Liz Beaver of Iron Beaver Fitness. Topics vary from health, fitness, and wellness to mental health, medicine, sexuality, sports, diet, and the politics that affect our well-being. Interview guests cover a broad range of expertise within the industry as well as the activists trying to change it. If you are sick to death of fitness culture and you like salty babes serving straight-up facts, with a side of sass - you're in the right place.
Further podcasts by Liz Beaver
Podcast on the topic Gesundheit und Fitness
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044: THE BODY/MIND DISCONNECT from 2022-02-17T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Kimberly Kaye, FMHC, FN, CPT
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I talk to Kimberly Kaye, Ehlers-Danlos patient and nutritionist/coach t...
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043: THE POLITICIANS ARE NOW DJS from 2022-01-27T15:00
WITH GUEST:
Matt Abedi, Political Science Expert
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I talk to Matt Abedi, political science major from Georgetown Universit...
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042: EDUCATION. COMMUNICATION. PERSUASION. CONSIDERATION. from 2022-01-21T14:00
WITH GUEST:
Josh Loftin, Former political reporter and current VP of Integrated Communications for Dairy West
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I talk to ...
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041: IT'S NOT ALL KOOL-AID AND NIKES from 2021-12-02T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Six anonymous guests tell tales of their involvement in cult-like groups, brushes with cults and real- life situations where being cult savvy can save you a lot of mis...
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040: LEAVING THE CULT from 2021-11-24T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Daniel Shaw, LCSW
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I talk to professional psychotherapist, Daniel Shaw about cult leader psychology and how e...
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039: THE YOGRIFT from 2021-11-18T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Bryan Wither, Movement Coach
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I interview DAM WELL BETTER alum, Bryan Wither, about his experience with an op...
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038: THE CYANIDE HANGOVER from 2021-11-11T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Jake Hutchinson, American Avalanche Institute
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I talk to Jake Hutchinson, Marine Corps Veteran, Lead Avalanch...
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037: EMPATHY AND ACCURACY from 2021-11-04T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Cathy Cassata, Freelance Health Writer
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I sit down with Cathy Cassata, freelance writer for Healthline, Very ...
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036: THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING from 2021-10-21T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Averi Clements, Jiu Jitsu Times
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I traverse time zones to talk to Averi Clements, brown belt, personal train...
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035 GET BITTER OR GET BETTER from 2021-10-14T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Heather Hamell, NP
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I sit down with Heather Hamell, a Nurse Practitioner from Chicago who specializes in pulm...
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034: PROVING GROUNDS from 2021-10-07T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Carl Sims, Co-Founder Proving Grounds Invitational Tournament
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I shoot the shit with Carl Sims about what g...
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033: KEEP SHOWING UP from 2021-08-04T00:00
WITH GUEST:
Kortney Olson, CEO GRRRL Clothing
WHAT'S THE WHAT:
On this episode, I sit down to talk to Kortney Olson of GRRRL Clothing about everything e...
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032: GOING PRO from 2021-07-21T00:00
On this episode, I talk to the owner and head coach of Unicorn Strength Training, and one of the strongest women on the planet, Liefia Ingalls about her strongwoman journey and what it really ta...
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031: BE AN AMERI-CAN from 2021-07-07T00:00
I got to sit down and talk to Torrie O'neil, founder of THE MIGHTY DAMES, about what it is like being a larger-bodied Jiu-Jitsu player and why representation matters.
It quickly t...
030: THE MEANING OF MUSCLE from 2021-06-30T00:00
On this episode, I catch up with Michael Andor Brodeur, in the middle of writing his book, SWOLE: THE MAKING OF MEN AND THE MEANING OF MUSCLE (Beacon Press 2022). We talk about men, specifically...
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029: GENDER PANIC IS NOT ORGANIC from 2021-06-25T00:00
On this episode, I talk to two sociology teachers at the University of Utah about sex, sexuality and gender.
How can we ignore the very initial categorization that shapes our entire li...
028 LET'S GET PSYCHO... LOGICAL from 2021-05-20T00:00
On this episode I talk to Jana Toppe, a psychologist that deals in systemic therapy. We go over psychology v psychiatry, the brain and the mind, whether poor mental health equates to mental illn...
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027 PAVING PATHS TO HEALING from 2021-05-12T00:00
On this episode, I sit down with Angela Rose of PAVE (Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment) to talk about thriving after trauma. We discuss how, exactly, one takes an organization around a ...
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GETTING SMART ABOUT DEFENSE from 2021-04-28T00:00
Miyo Strong is a world champion brown belt out of Unified Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Utah. She holds multiple medals across multiple belts and brackets, plus has had some fantastic wins in submissio...
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FUCK YOUR DIET CULTURE from 2021-03-31T00:00
On today's episode, I talk to Karen Preene of Deadlifts and Redlips, a non-diet personal trainer and fitness instructor from the UK. She runs online programs that explore movement and untan...
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SEX AND EMPOWERMENT from 2021-03-24T00:00
I received a DM on International Women's Day asking why women post sexualized pictures on a day that is supposed to be about respecting women. I drop a little pearl of LIZDOM all up in your...
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PERFORMANCE NUTRITION from 2021-03-17T00:00
On this episode, I talk to one of my favorite World Champions, Shannon O'Grady, Ph.D. This endurance athlete and murderous human backpack also happens to be the CPO and COO of Gnarly Nutrit...
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THE D WORD from 2021-03-10T00:00
On this episode, I talk to Nicolle Imig, a sports and nutrition coach. Nicolle is also a dietetic intern. We get in the weeds about diet culture, weight loss, and our toxic relationship with foo...
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MIDLIFE CRISIS: REDUX from 2021-03-03T00:00
On this episode, I revisit the midlife crisis I had in my mid to late 30's, and go on a ramble about balance, or something.
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TOPLESS MAN FOUND IN HEADLESS BAR from 2021-02-16T22:00
Eric "R." Olson is a 20 year veteran of the local newspaper scene in Chicago. He spent 12 years as a reporter and the remainder of his time being an award-winning editor. No longer wor...
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REAL RELATIONSHIPS from 2021-02-09T22:00
Thought I'd bring an old blog post about online relationships back to life in honor of Valentine's Day coming up and a few conversations I've had recently with people regarding on...
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TAKE UP SPACE from 2021-02-02T22:00
Heather MacDonald is not your average college English professor. She is an Elite/Pro Highland Games competitor and GRRRL Clothing sponsored athlete (size Heather!) Previous to that, she was an N...
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WASH YOUR HANDS from 2021-01-26T22:00
Welcome to my new thing, where I drop sweet pearls of LIZDOM all up in your earholes.
Today's episode: Why education is one of the most crucial factors to our collective health an...
GETTING OUT OF THE HOLE from 2021-01-19T22:00
On this episode, I talk to personal trainer and powerlifter Robert Engelman on what it takes to overcome a catastrophic injury and a opiate addiction to become a record holder and USPA referee. ...
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YOU LOOK LIKE A MAN from 2021-01-05T22:00
The first episode of 2021 is coming in hot with Jessica Fithen, World's Strongest Woman and creator of the demotivational meme page You Look Like A Man.
YLLAM was started as a jok...
INCLUSIVE GYMS from 2020-12-14T21:00
I got to talk to my friend Jessica Sunier of FitPower Gym, about what it takes to be an inclusive space for training. Hint: It's not a checklist, and it's not being too "woke&quo...
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MILITARY BRAINS from 2020-11-22T22:00
On this episode, I talk to PhD candidate and 2020 Tillman scholar, Jayme Hentig about traumatic brain injury, the type of support veterans need after the military and finding resiliency through ...
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STICK TO JIU-JITSU WITH STEPHAN KESTING from 2020-11-09T22:00
Stephan Kesting is a Canadian firefighter and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor who owns and maintains Grapplearts, one of the most prolific instructional BJJ catalogues out there (link below). ...
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY from 2020-10-26T22:00
I had a few glasses of rosé with my friend Ella Fitzmayer, an Occupational Therapist for Canyons School District in Utah. We talk about what, exactly, OT work looks like at the childhood educati...
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SEX SURVEY ANSWERS from 2020-10-16T17:00
On this "Very Special Episode" of DAM WELL BETTER, I read through all the answers you guys gave me on the sex survey I posted in my stories a few weeks ago.
I want to thank y...
UNBREAKABLE from 2020-10-11T14:00
Last week, I sat down and had a zoom chat with Annie Spence of Unbreakable Strength Co.
We talked about makes people mentally and physically strong, the future of boutique training and...
L-D-S, S-E-X, AND N-L-P from 2020-10-05T16:00
On this episode, I chat with Katie Marie, a certified NLP therapist and hypnotherapist, about de-programming repressed sexuality in women, plus looking inward to become the truest version of you...
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EXPOSING MOVEMENT CULTURE from 2020-09-23T10:00
On this episode, I chat with former movement coach, Bryan Wither, to talk about fitness culture, pseudoscience, the chicanery of the yoga industry, and the possible future of personal training. ...
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WTF IS SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY? from 2020-09-07T17:00
Epidemiology is a buzzword these days in regards to a viral outbreak... but what about the epidemic of dismal health outcomes in many American communities?
Why is the United States one...
JIU-JITSU IN THE TIME OF CORONA from 2020-08-24T18:00
On this episode, I sit on the porch of Dr. Elizabeth Nicholson, MD, MPH, to talk about her boots on the ground experience with the coronavirus pandemic, plus her feelings on how to train Jiu-Jit...
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FOUR FITPROS TALK COVID from 2020-08-09T22:00
On this episode, I sit down with four different fitness professionals to talk about the effects of COVID-19 on the fitness industry. We cover all the ways businesses had to pivot to stay afloat,...
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SERGEANT SCOTT: PART 2 from 2020-07-12T19:00
In this episode, we rejoin the conversation on police reform. We're getting a little looser and discussing police training, mental health care, racism and use of force.
The goal i...
SERGEANT SCOTT: PART ONE from 2020-07-12T13:00
In this episode, I sit down with a police officer over a whiskey on the porch to talk about why he joined the force and to discuss Campaign Zero's 10 steps for police reform.
The ...
Episode 1: Test Podcast and Q&A with the Beavers from 2020-01-15T15:00
On the first episode, Liz and Darin test out the mics and sound equipment while drinking whiskey and answering some questions from Facebook and Instagram. "This is not how it's going t...
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Episode 1: Test Podcast and Q&A with the Beavers from 2020-01-15T15:00
On the first episode, Liz and Darin test out the mics and sound equipment while drinking whiskey and answering some questions from Facebook and Instagram. "This is not how it's going t...
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Episode 1: Test Podcast and Q&A with the Beavers from 2020-01-15T15:00
On the first episode, Liz and Darin test out the mics and sound equipment while drinking whiskey and answering some questions from Facebook and Instagram. "This is not how it's going t...
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