excellence, actually

Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, Clay Skipper

kavan@wearebv.com

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Booking Overview

This evidence-based performance and personal-excellence interview show combines host-led discussions with occasional external guests who have demonstrated elite achievement in athletics, coaching, medicine, executive leadership, or related fields. PR agencies could credibly pitch accomplished athletes, coaches, performance psychologists, physicians, executives, and authors with practical, research-grounded frameworks; booking difficulty is high because guests are expected to bring substantial real-world achievement and expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 361

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.3k followers

Contact Information

kavan@wearebv.com

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Host

Steve Magness - Performance coach and co-host focused on evidence-based mental and physical tools for pursuing excellence.

Brad Stulberg - Performance coach and co-host focused on evidence-based systems, habits, and frameworks for excellence.

Clay Skipper - Co-host contributing to conversations about performance, purpose, habits, and meaningful achievement.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Elite athletes, coaches, physicians, executives, performance specialists, and other accomplished professionals with direct experience operating at a high level and evidence-based insights to share.
Required Achievements:  
Professional or elite athletic careers, Coaching or performance expertise, Leadership in demanding professional fields, Published research, books, or practical frameworks

Recent Guest Discussions

Brent Bookwalter - The Physical And Psychological Demands Of Elite Cycling, Endurance, Recovery From Injury, Mental Skills, And The Transition From Professional Sport To Life After Competition.

Recent Topics

Peak Performance, Mental Performance, Endurance Sports, Coaching, Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
excellence, actually
:

How to Endure, According to a 4-Time Tour de France Cyclist

July 09, 2026

What is it like to race 21 days across France wearing little more than underwear, going over 50 miles an hour, burning 8,000 calories a day, in the shadow of the ever-present threat of a violent peloton crash? Brent Bookwalter did it four times, including the 2011 race that Cadel Evans won — one of the great team performances in the sport's history. He did it clean, in arguably the dirtiest era cycling has ever seen. Now retired after a 16-year career and working as a commentator and a mental...

You Can't Have It All: A Guide to Making Sacrifices

July 02, 2026

We've been sold a lie: that with the right systems, mindset, and tools, you can have it all — great career, present parent, devoted partner, thriving social life, passionate hobbyist. You can't. But that's not a bad thing! It's the sacrifices that give meaning to our lives. So today, we're exploring how to make hard choices with clarity and honesty. We discuss why we don't even like the word "sacrifice" to begin with, why your values are shaped more by your ecosystem than by you, how to figur...

Six Books That Changed How We Think About Performance

June 25, 2026

Brad and Clay Skipper first became friends over books — specifically, a DM about Brad's bookshelf. Today, they return to that origin with a show-and-tell on six books that have genuinely changed how they think about performance: a poet-philosopher on the tension between work, self, and relationships; a Buddhist nun on learning to stop fighting the inevitable; a tennis coach who figured out the mind-body problem 50 years ahead of everyone else; the psychologist who named flow; a philosopher wh...

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