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Kenny Santucci: The Fatal Assumption Behind Modern Healthcare

August 06, 2026

Kenny Santucci became famous competing under pressure on MTV’s The Challenge.But the most important competition of his life began years earlier.As an overweight, self-conscious teenager, Kenny discovered wrestling and strength training. Fitness did not just change his body. It changed how he saw himself, how he carried himself, and what he believed he could become.That transformation took him from reality television to coaching, gym ownership, and the creation of Strong New York, one of the c...

Silicon Valley Veteran: “Why Buddhist Monks Won't Get Us to Mars”

July 01, 2026

Andy Johns helped build some of the most important growth engines in Silicon Valley.Facebook. Twitter. Quora. Wealthfront.He worked across nine billion-dollar companies, became one of the most respected growth leaders in tech, and reached the level of career success most founders dream about.Then he walked away.Because achievement had stopped working.In this episode, Andy joins Lloyed Lobo on Traction to unpack the hidden cost of high performance. We talk about burnout, workaholism, childhood...

Dr. Steven Muskal: Why Your Wearables Are Making You Sicker

June 17, 2026

What if the future of human performance is not another supplement, another wearable, or another biohack, but a better relationship with your own data?Dr. Steven Muskal has spent more than four decades at the edge of AI, chemistry, biology, and drug discovery. Before AI was cool, he was using neural networks to study protein structure. Before everyone was talking about personal AI, he was building AI-Steve, a system designed to act like a memory layer, research assistant and cognitive mirror o...