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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...

The GLP-1 Revolution Explained by a Doctor Running 20+ Pharma Trials

June 03, 2026

Dr. Tom Elliott has spent more than four decades at the forefront of diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic health.He is the founder and medical director of BC Diabetes, an associate professor at UBC, and has been involved in more than 20 pharmaceutical clinical trials exploring the future of obesity, diabetes, and GLP-1 therapies. In this episode, Dr. Elliott breaks down why obesity, insulin resistance, and prediabetes have exploded across modern society, and why many founders and high perfo...