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Sam Dutney: The Truth About Fatherhood, Fear, And Quitting Your Job
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 • Duration 01:17:26
Sam Dutney is a former school director of sport and rowing coach who now runs Top Crew Academy, an online coaching service for rowers. He joins James Smith to talk about fatherhood, fear and quitting a secure school job to go full time, how a $20,000 side hustle month showed it could be a real business, and what he has learned about social media, email and sales calls while growing towards seven figures. They also compare rowing, jiu-jitsu and rugby on pacing, fitness and mindset.
A practical listen for coaches and anyone thinking about turning a side hustle into a full-time online coaching business.
In this episode:
◼️ Why he left school sport leadership to build an online coaching business around being home for his kids
◼️ How a $20,000 side hustle month, then James's gun to the head advice, took him from about $5,000 a month to seven figure pace
◼️ Why a warm-up should follow a ramp protocol and prime your VO2 kinetics so less lactate builds early
◼️ Why many mindset problems in sport are really fitness problems
◼️ How he grows on social media by answering client questions, posting seven reels a week and keeping a 10,000 person email list warm
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:17 From Rower to School Director of Sport
02:59 Why He Left School Rowing
05:18 Starting Online Coaching as a Side Hustle
07:04 Quitting the School Job
07:56 Gun to the Head and the Move to Full Time
10:42 Why Going All In Beats the Fear
13:45 Staff, Revenue and a New Kind of Stress
17:48 Online Coaching Is Closer to Business Coaching
19:02 Why a Business Network Matters
24:49 James's Rowing Story
28:51 Why Rowing Overvalues Height
32:07 Pacing Mistakes in Running and Rowing
35:04 Pacing in Jiu-Jitsu and CrossFit
37:32 Warm-Ups and VO2 Kinetics
39:54 Testing Energy Systems and Fixing Bottlenecks
45:02 Rugby in New Zealand and Why Fitness Wins
47:28 Mindset Problems That Are Really Fitness Problems
48:46 Held in Mount by a Black Belt
51:27 The Race Where the Tactics Almost Worked
55:52 What Works on Social Media
59:11 Why People Care About Your Content
1:03:43 Pro Bono Content and Repetition
1:06:58 Email as Extra Nurture
1:08:32 Growing on LinkedIn
1:11:00 Sales Calls and an 80% Close Rate
1:12:49 Email Lists and Sales Pages
1:15:31 Where to Find Sam
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Christian Ozbek: The Truth About Fighting Heavyweights, Injuries, and Money in Jiu-Jitsu
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 • Duration 01:19:49
Christian Ozbek joins James Smith to talk about the harsh realities of training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and why most grapplers struggle to earn money. They cover fighting heavyweights, judo versus jiu-jitsu rules, why judo conditioning is so brutal, the Olympic qualification paradox and the training injuries that often go unaddressed.
A grounded look at competitive grappling for anyone who wants to understand the sport, the commitment it takes and what the industry really looks like today. Why you must compete more, and the gap between gym training and competition.
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Chapters:
00:00 From Street Confrontation to the Mat
1:08 The Balding to Takedown Ratio
1:57 Humbled by a Seven-Year-Old
3:16 Judo vs Jiu-Jitsu Rules
4:41 Why Judo Conditioning is Brutal
6:11 The Olympic Qualification Paradox
8:11 The Dangers of High-Level Judo
9:52 The Anatomy of a Training Injury
13:38 The Spectator Effect in Training
17:45 The Disconnect Between Gym and Comp
22:01 Why You Must Compete More
25:49 The Low-Calorie Grappler Strategy
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The Truth About Rugby, Rejection, and Running a Fitness Empire: Ollie Marchon
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 • Duration 01:39:16
Ollie Marchon joins James Smith for a business masterclass on what it really takes to build a fitness brand in the UK right now. A former professional rugby player turned coach, Ollie started out cold calling leisure centre members and training clients in a converted cattle shed. Ten years later he runs Marchon across four verticals: in-person gyms, an online training app, a sports nutrition range and a growing community of hybrid athletes.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 How Ollie Built Marchon
02:29 How Covid Accelerated the Online Business
03:57 Spotting the Gap in Sports Nutrition
05:28 Building a Brand Nobody Has a Bad Word About
06:32 Bricks and Mortar or Online First?
08:32 Why Every Coach Should Coach in Person First
09:59 From Failed Rugby Career to Freelance PT
11:48 Starting a Gym in a Cattle Shed
12:40 The Small Group Training Model
13:59 Why You’re Always Being Watched on the Gym Floor
14:26 Scaling From One Gym to Two
16:18 The Hires Nobody Tells You About
17:27 Where the Opportunity Is in Fitness Now
19:53 Why Hyrox Affiliates Won’t Last
20:23 James Gets Humbled at CrossFit
22:55 Will GLP-1s Bring a New Wave of Gym Members?
25:06 The Barry’s-Style Strength Gym Model
26:38 Personal Training Is a Luxury Most Can’t Afford
27:55 Why One-to-One Sessions Go Stale
29:51 Jiu-Jitsu Clubs Are the New Health Clubs
32:44 The Real Cost of Running a Gym
34:20 The £200K Business Rates Bill
36:29 Why We Should Want Businesses to Make Money
38:28 Break Even Jumped From 180 to 250 Members
39:48 Why Investors Won’t Fund Bricks and Mortar
40:34 What Happens When Gyms Close
42:39 The Economics of a Jiu-Jitsu Gym
45:38 Building the Marchon Training App
48:56 Price Testing and the Profit Squeeze
51:08 Training as a Customer Acquisition Tool
52:48 Why Online Coaching Is a Lifestyle Business
54:38 Neutonic Pouches and Paid Ads
55:34 James’s Lockdown Slump
56:48 Launching the Marchon Nutrition Range
59:20 Hiring Celtic’s Head of Nutrition
1:01:30 Bootstrapping vs Raising Money
1:03:47 Marchon’s Best Seller: Workout Fuel
1:05:44 Why You Shouldn’t Fear Carbs Before Training
1:07:58 Rituals, Cues and Building Habits
1:09:16 The Protein Price Crisis
1:10:52 Protein Shakes and GLP-1s
1:13:38 GLP-1s as a Business Performance Aid
1:16:46 Why Food Is More Enjoyable on GLP-1s
1:17:49 The Hungry Months Behind Every Abs Photo
1:19:43 James’s Prescription Travel Stack
1:20:41 How Easy Is It to Get GLP-1s?
1:21:53 The Highest Leverage Play in Weight Loss
1:24:08 The Full Marchon Product Range
1:26:58 Marchon’s Top Five Sellers
1:27:56 Do You Actually Need Electrolytes?
1:30:11 Lessons in Impatience From Necker Island
1:33:17 Expensive Mistakes and Finding Your Hero Products
1:35:38 Every Business Is Personal Training Full Circle
1:37:11 Why Ollie Brought In a COO
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Unfortunately, Growing On YouTube Just Changed FOREVER (Olly Staniland)
Thursday, October 15, 2026 • Duration 01:30:20
Olly Staniland joins James Smith to break down what actually makes a YouTube video work. Olly works on James's YouTube channel and, like James, studied under Ed Lawrence. They go through real thumbnails and analytics from James's channel, why one video with 80,000 views made nothing while another with 60,000 made thousands, how Matt Armstrong and Carwow built huge channels by repeating one format, and the status games that drive what people click and buy.
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He explains:
◼️ Why you should package the title and thumbnail before you film
◼️ How to steal winning title formats from other niches
◼️ Why more views doesn't always mean more revenue
◼️ The split-testing rules that stop your metrics misleading you
◼️ Why long-form viewers trust you more than short-form followers
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:32 What Makes a Good YouTube Video?
02:46 Package First, Then Film
06:01 The Big Mistake Creators Make on YouTube
07:34 Stealing Titles From Other Niches
11:53 What Is YouTube Actually For?
15:38 Why You Can't Pivot a Big Channel
16:05 Views vs Revenue on the Business Channel
21:11 Split Testing and Misleading Metrics
24:11 Long Form vs Short Form Trust
26:07 Ed Lawrence and the $1,000 Phone Call
31:32 Who Actually Watches YouTube
33:48 Why End Screens Matter
35:39 How YouTube Made James a Better Business Owner
37:35 Scripting vs Riffing
40:31 AI Slop and Copied Scripts
42:00 Dial-Up, The Pirate Bay and LimeWire
44:56 Why Nobody Writes Their Own Emails
46:23 Should You Pay Someone to Run Your Channel?
47:15 Building an Offer for the Boys
54:16 Launch It Before You Build It
55:18 Why Transformation Videos Work
58:13 Matt Armstrong's Car-Build Empire
01:02:35 Raffling the Cars
01:06:48 The AdSense Maths
01:08:37 Carwow's Same-Video-Forever Format
01:11:08 The Status Games We All Play
01:15:47 What Status Has to Do With What We Buy
01:19:51 From Top Lad at Uni to the Real World
01:23:30 Status and Health
01:24:36 Tough Love for Starting a Channel
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Ross Edgley: How To Become DANGEROUSLY Self-Motivated
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • Duration 02:19:21
Ross Edgley joins James Smith for a reunion years in the making. Ross is the ultramarathon sea swimmer who swam around Great Britain and then the whole coast of Iceland.
Ahead of his new book How To Hero, he opens up about losing his dad, waking up in hospital after failed swims, and being told doctors had never seen blood work like his on a living person. He also explains the brain science of why some people keep going when everything hurts and others tap out.
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He explains:
◼️ The part of your brain that decides whether you grit it out or quit
◼️ Why purpose has to outweigh pain if you want to finish hard things
◼️ How your reward system crashes when results don't show up
◼️ Why running on anger and self-talk burns out over long efforts
◼️ What Viking berserkers and Icelandic sagas teach us about heroism
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:41 Reunion and Ross's Biggest Night Out
02:24 How Becoming a Dad Changes Everything
06:50 Why People Aren't Having Kids Anymore
09:29 Does Family Switch Off Your Stress Response?
11:17 Loch Ness, Lake Trasimeno and Waking Up in Hospital
14:15 Swimming Through 12 Hours of Darkness
14:45 Why Iceland Produces So Many Physical Freaks
17:32 CrossFit Champions, Vikings and Eddie Hall
19:46 Water Polo: One of the Hardest Sports on Earth
23:57 Getting Crushed by Roger Gracie
27:41 The Brain Region Behind Grit or Quit
29:53 Everyone Is Scared Before They Compete
32:52 Arousal, Warm-Ups and Competing Your Own Way
33:43 Berserkers and the Viking Battle Frenzy
36:37 Nasal Breathing and Building CO2 Tolerance
39:21 When Training Past Your Body's Alarms Goes Wrong
42:23 James Freezing His Sperm Before Tour
43:03 Losing His Dad and the Myth of Sisyphus
48:03 Khabib, Grief and Finding a Reason to Get Up
50:37 How Jiu-Jitsu Gave James's Training Purpose
52:40 Swimming on the Spot for Four Hours in Iceland
55:43 Why Feedback Keeps People Going
58:39 Everyone Needs a Cheerleader
01:00:20 Why Ross Would Never Step Into a Cage
01:02:39 Goggins, Gratitude and Ross's Shadow Self
01:05:55 James Trains to Ruin Other People's Days
01:07:39 Are All High Achievers Psychopaths?
01:08:43 Thor, Odin and Why Heroes Aren't Pretty
01:10:43 Building Your Ego, Then Destroying It
01:12:05 A Million Followers and Feeling Nothing
01:13:42 The $50,000 Vegas Trip
01:15:48 Ross's Ayahuasca Experience in the Amazon
01:23:07 James's First Time on Ketamine
01:29:06 Hating Therapy and Low Testosterone
01:29:45 How Amazon Tribes Worked Out Ayahuasca
01:31:02 Icelandic Folklore and Living With Nature
01:32:19 James's Mushroom Trip and Duty to the Flame
01:39:29 How Psychedelics Led James to Fatherhood
01:42:58 When Psychedelics Go Wrong
01:45:43 Modafinil, Clenbuterol and Two Weeks in Barcelona
01:47:39 Fuelling the World's Longest Non-Stop River Swim
01:49:38 GLP-1s, Digestion and Losing Muscle at Sea
01:52:59 Getting Destroyed by a Competitive Eater
01:55:25 James's Boring Meal Prep Strategy
01:57:47 Hernias, Snapped MCLs and Getting Older
02:01:40 Stem Cells and Extending Your Career
02:05:18 Do Peptides Actually Work?
02:08:03 Should England Rugby Use Hype Videos?
02:12:49 Mike Tyson's Stare
02:14:03 Training With Volkanovsky and Tom Aspinall
02:17:05 How To Hero Release Date
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$1b Founder: The Truth About Building A 10 Figure Business (Alan Barratt)
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 • Duration 01:47:03
Alan Barratt on entrepreneurship, business ownership, and the reality of building a brand from the ground up.
Everyone wants the freedom of being an entrepreneur, but few are ready for the weight of total responsibility. Alan Barrett, the founder of Grenade, joins me to discuss what it actually takes to succeed in the protein bar market. He shares the unfiltered truth about being unemployable, taking full ownership of your outcomes, and navigating the friction that comes when you start disrupting major industry players.
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Chapters:
0:00 Trailer
1:20 How Alan and James actually met
3:23 Richard Branson: "I don't know where there is"
5:24 Starting Grenade on a 500 pound loan
9:27 Selling supplements gym to gym
11:29 The first protein flapjack
15:36 When the supplement industry was the Wild West
17:38 Positioning against the chocolate bar
21:40 Making a bar people could actually afford
25:46 Why most people should not be entrepreneurs
27:48 Selling the first business
31:50 Doing right by people pays you back
35:52 Fitness plus military: where the name came from
37:42 The fat burner that started it all
41:46 The fight for the Grenade trademark in America
45:02 The bottle, the shape and a copycat industry
49:10 Borrowing a 17-tonne gun to steal the show
53:11 Demand outstripping supply
57:18 Beating Twix into the UK top 20
59:20 Mars complains to Nielsen
1:01:13 No disruption in chocolate for 40 years
1:01:40 The phone call from Giovanni Ferrero
1:03:23 Ferrero or Cadbury: a two-horse race
1:07:26 Choosing Mondelez, and going full circle to Birmingham
1:11:34 The lawyer who got it badly wrong
1:15:36 Cashing half, rolling half back in
1:19:37 What Grenade is worth now
1:23:41 What America teaches you about packaging
1:25:43 When one can bursts across 50 pallets
1:29:51 Fifty countries that supposedly share a language
1:33:55 Where Grenade goes next
1:35:59 The Cadbury Creme Egg protein bar
1:40:05 Those companies are gone. Grenade is still here
1:44:10 Hitching the caravan to the Ferrari
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The Truth About GLP-1s, Menopause, And Female Founders (Rebecca Oliver-Mooney)
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Duration 01:27:01
Rebecca Oliver-Mooney joins James Smith for a conversation that starts with a left-handed can and ends up somewhere far more uncomfortable. Founder of the Raising The Glass network and a drinks industry buyer who has sat on the other side of the table from hundreds of challenger brands, Rebecca explains why most founders put half their message where the shelf will hide it, why GLP-1s are about to reshape what food and drink gets made, and why menopause is the category nobody has been willing to build for yet.
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She explains:
◼️ Why retailers cover the bottom half of your packaging, and what belongs up top
◼️ What GLP-1s actually do to appetite, and why the shame is the bigger problem
◼️ Why menopause is the next outcome-led category in food and drink
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:26 The Left-Handed Can
03:07 Why Retailers Hide Half Your Packaging
03:42 Ingredients vs Benefits On Pack
04:43 The Conversation About Hiding The Eye
06:19 What Raising The Glass Actually Is
07:55 Was I Being Hypersensitive?
08:44 The Free Mentoring Platform
10:16 Do Men Really Interrupt More?
11:53 Two Women Founders Getting On Shelf
14:18 Toy Trucks And Gendered Play
17:29 Changing Your Political Stance
18:16 Algorithms And Echo Chambers
19:50 Women Coming Into Neutonic
21:26 Electrolytes And The Salt Brands
23:50 GLP-1s: The Real Conversation
24:38 Do You Still Eat On GLP-1s?
28:07 The Shame Around The Medication
30:36 Never Being Hungry Again
32:13 Two Extreme Views On Telling People
36:08 GLP-1s Compared To Insulin
39:20 When Only One Of You Can Afford It
40:53 Wealth, Connections And Starting Again
46:25 Are Men More Driven To Seek Status?
47:59 The Iceberg Model
48:48 Imposter Syndrome
51:11 Raising Investment
53:33 This Candidate Is Probably Going To Be A Man
55:58 Equality vs Equity
58:25 The Employee Who Was Caring For His Mum
59:08 HRT And Dr Louise Newson
01:01:30 Menopause Behind Closed Doors
01:03:32 Anabolic Steroids And Crashed Estrogen
01:04:43 Nothing Is Explained At School
01:06:21 Menopause As The Next Category
01:10:20 Calm, Energy And What Sells
01:15:08 How Buyers Actually Pick Products
01:18:18 The Category Diamond
01:19:06 Smoke And Mirrors For Challenger Brands
01:21:29 Find Your Tribe
01:23:01 You Deserve To Be In The Room
01:25:13 Fake It Till You Make It: The Power Pose
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The Truth About Balding, Booze, And Being A Dad At 50 (Jason Fox)
Thursday, September 17, 2026 • Duration 01:29:48
Jason 'Foxy' Fox joins James Smith, on his wife's birthday no less, for an unfiltered and very funny conversation that swaps the usual topics for a proper sit-down with the boys. A former UK Special Forces operator and the longest-serving member of the SAS: Who Dares Wins directing staff, Foxy opens up about becoming a dad again at 50 after seven years of IVF, missing his son's birth over a WhatsApp video call, and why newborn sleep deprivation hits harder than anything the military threw at him.
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He explains:
◼️ Why newborn sleep deprivation is worse than military exercises
◼️ What it's really like to be away working when your child is born
◼️ How Ultra 4 Charity makes ultra marathons accessible for everyone
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Baldness, Hair Transplants and Finasteride
07:05 How Fatherhood Feels Different Second Time Around
08:08 James's Son Blocked From Entering the UK
09:22 Missing His Son's Birth Over WhatsApp
12:22 Older Parents and Seven Years of IVF
14:59 James's Adoption and the Stolen Cheque
17:22 Ibiza Chaos and Writing a Will
19:31 The Pregnancy Complication That Forced an Early Birth
21:37 James's Emergency C-Section Story
24:20 Special Forces vs Newborn Sleep Deprivation
25:10 The Sleep Coach That Actually Worked
28:11 Being Away Filming SAS: Who Dares Wins
30:10 Sam Burgess: Headlocks and Falling Off the Wagon
35:44 Is London Still Worth It?
39:08 Ultra 4 Charity: Running for Veterans
41:42 How Jiu-Jitsu Gives Veterans Purpose
42:27 Foxy's Muay Thai and BJJ Journey
45:08 Snapping His Leg on a 300ft Tower
48:25 Getting Caught by a 'White Belt'
50:14 Rolling With a GB Judo Black Belt
53:57 Why Strikers Scare James
55:43 The Shoplifter Who Sang for the Queen
58:00 Teaching Young Leaders About Mental Health
59:10 James Nearly Joined the Army
01:00:29 Has Britain's Attitude to the Military Changed?
01:02:15 Veteran Support and Military Respect
01:03:07 The ThruDark Story
01:07:37 The Blocked Urethra That Led to Sepsis
01:13:36 In Praise of NHS Emergency Care
01:14:54 A Bali Moped Crash and NHS Hallways
01:18:11 Foxy's Only Real Goal in Life
01:20:41 Adult Circumcision and Other Injuries Down There
01:22:11 The Schoolyard Punch and Gaps in Body Armour
01:23:57 MrBallen's Grenade Story
01:26:41 From an IED Blast to a UK High Street in 16 Hours
01:28:45 Calm in Chaos, Chaos in the Calm
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What Actually Happens To Your Taxes? : Frank Greeff
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 • Duration 01:17:28
Frank Greeff joins James Smith fresh off a $180 million exit for a raw conversation about tax, talent and why the game never really ends. Frank breaks down the $6.2M tax bill from selling his last business, the proposed Australian capital gains changes that would have doubled it, and why, hand on heart, he isn't sure he'd have started his last company if those rules had existed first.
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Chapters:
00:00 The $6.2M Tax Bill
03:05 Australia's Proposed Capital Gains Changes
04:19 How Indexation Doubles the Tax to $12M
05:31 "Show Me the Incentive, I'll Show You the Outcome"
06:53 Capital Gains Isn't Income Tax
07:39 The Trickle-Down Effect of Building Businesses
08:55 Gaming the System & the "Nurses and Teachers" Trap
11:13 Killing the Entrepreneurial Spirit
12:44 Why the Rich Leave: Dubai & $1.5M a Year
14:46 The UK £100k Tax Trap
15:50 Becoming a Reddit Hit Piece
16:43 Three of His Network Have Already Left
18:51 New Zealand: No Capital Gains Tax
20:05 Why Australia Is an Entrepreneur's Dream
20:56 Hostels, Sleepwalking Lies & the Woolworths Confession
22:44 How Hard It Is for Brits to Stay in Australia
24:31 Locked Out in the Pandemic
25:50 The "Plane That Couldn't Land"
28:38 Dinner With Tony Abbott & Chris Williamson
31:06 Payroll Tax: The "Temporary" 1950s Tax
31:57 Daniel Priestley & the Lifestyle Business
32:44 The Dinner Bill Analogy: When the Rich Leave
34:31 What Kinso Actually Does
36:29 Filtering Spam & Rebuilding Context
38:39 Fundraising Stories: The Dubai Deck
40:05 Why WhatsApp Is King
41:05 Inside Kinso's Beta & Manual Onboarding
42:53 The Netflix Content Strategy (11.9M Views)
44:48 Thinking Like a Media Company
45:53 The Character Arbitrage
47:56 15 Reels a Day & Trial Reels
49:41 Instagram Edits & the Sauna Guy
50:36 The Nicotine Pouch Trick Shot Ad
51:59 Trying Neutonic on Camera
53:56 TikTok Shop: 45,000 UK Sales
55:56 The Fake "Caught Cheating" Reels Model
57:24 Retail Blows His Mind
58:12 Rate of Sale & the Language of Retail
01:00:43 Business as a Coping Mechanism
01:02:16 Money as a Byproduct of the Game
01:03:35 Relief, Not Happiness, When You Hit Goals
01:04:44 The Pregnancy Analogy & a Live Negotiation
01:07:30 Do You Ever Get Bored?
01:08:20 The Post-Sale Support Group Dinner
01:10:49 Buying the RS6 & Feeling Nothing
01:11:49 What Necker Island Was Really Like
01:13:22 Losing the Ability to Enjoy Things
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Traitors Star Andrew Jenkins: The Problem With Mental Health
Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 01:16:15
Andrew Jenkins, the Traitors star, joins James Smith for a raw conversation about resilience, identity, and rebuilding a life after everything is taken away. At 21, Andrew was pronounced dead at the scene of a catastrophic car accident, lost half his skull and over half his blood, and was told he'd never walk, talk, or recognise anyone again. He walked out of that hospital and then spent 15 years suffering in silence behind a good body, a nice house, and a successful banking career.
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Andrew Jenkins's Website – https://www.andrew-jenkins.co.uk/
He explains:
◼️ Why failure is how you learn and why cotton-wool parenting is failing kids
◼️ How he attached his identity and his father's love to a rugby ball
◼️ Why the people with the biggest smiles are often struggling the most
◼️ How to get to the root cause instead of papering over the cracks
◼️ Why talking doesn't make you weak it makes you stronger
Chapters:
00:00 The Hidden Cost of Success
01:13 First Impressions from The Traitors
01:50 The Real Problem With Resilience
02:37 Why Business Owners Are Terrified to Fail
03:22 No More First, Second or Third at School
04:29 The Coach Who Told Him the Brutal Truth
06:43 The Dream of Playing Rugby for Wales
06:54 Attaching His Dad's Love to Rugby
08:08 James's Rugby Days and Welsh "Supplements"
09:14 The Catastrophic Car Accident
11:02 Told He'd Never Walk Again
11:56 "I Guarantee I'll Walk Out of Here"
12:40 Brain Injury, CTE and Rugby
13:37 The Other Four People in the Car
14:38 Living With the Trauma
15:52 Great on the Outside, Hating Himself Inside
16:25 Losing His Identity and His Dad
18:39 How One Concussion Can Change a Person
19:30 His Son's Concussions and a Parent's Fear
20:45 Finding Another Outlet for Competition
23:12 Sport, Business and Meritocracy
24:11 Climbing the Wrong Ladder
25:36 Does More Money Make It Worse?
28:01 Why One Bad Day Can Wreck the Privileged
29:26 Growing Up in the Graveyard of Ambition
30:43 James Being Locked Out of Australia
32:35 Happiness Is an Internal Job
35:57 Happiness vs Pleasure and the Hedonic Treadmill
37:31 Why Every Goal Feels Empty
38:59 Talking Yourself Through Your Emotions
40:08 Root Cause Analysis for Mental Health
42:02 The Chimp Paradox and Self-Awareness
42:58 Environment vs Brain Chemistry
43:54 Menopause, Women and Suicide
44:26 TRT, Testosterone and Low T
47:24 Crashing Your Estrogen — The Male Menopause
48:38 James's Own Low Testosterone Story
49:58 Talking to His Son About Drugs
52:36 The Four Ways He Measured Masculinity
53:35 Telling His Parents the Truth
55:08 Being the Responsible One
55:55 Why We Should Educate Kids Honestly About Drugs
57:39 The Truth About Ketamine
58:26 Alcohol vs Everything Else
1:01:54 Psychedelics as Mental Health Treatment
1:03:23 Amsterdam After His Mother Passed
1:04:52 LSD in the Park and a Friend's Breakthrough
1:05:42 Acid at a Wedding
1:07:35 Closing Advice: Believe in Yourself
1:09:03 Creating a Second Path
1:10:14 Surround Yourself With the Right People
1:11:00 Breaking Stigmas — Talking Makes You Stronger
1:12:36 Meeting the Man Who Saved His Life
1:13:07 Where to Find Andrew
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