Pirate Life with Tait Fletcher

This Podcast features hardcore band Burn's two founding members, Gavin Van Vlack and Chaka Malik. We cover GROUND! Fights/graffiti/queens/Brooklyn/alphabet city/love/connection---so much more. Have fun!!

THEE Rob Orlando...Strongman extraordinaire.Founder of Hybrid Athletics and all around innovative human and entrepreneur joins me today speaking of potential, greatness and belief...such an empowering journey we are all on. My hope is that each one of you listening surrounds yourself with awesomeness to increase the "Fuck Yea!" Factor in your life by a thousand!  Tait Fletcher

Mike V joins me today...it was such a badass convo that KJ and Logan got scared to sit in...google Mike Vallely, y'all....and sit back and smile!!

Power strength couple, owners of Conjugate Crossfit and direct lineage and holders of the torch for WestSideBarBell and Louie Simmons,  Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt joined me for an hour of badassedness!!   She is the (literally) Strongest Woman in the World, and he is the genius and super coach that took her there.  Still fucking mind blown...wish we could've spoken for hours.....

Nov 29 found me and Eddie, Ruben, and Nate together for the first time in quite awhile.   This was recorded in my truck on the way from Abq to Santa Fe...it was the jump off of a fantastic weekend...sooooo stream of consciousness. :) Hope it doesn't disappoint!

The CC 3! Lotsa history and inspiration getting laid out by @keithjardine205 and @lmackey31, the founders of Caveman Coffee!! PLEASE: if ya ever say to yourself "I wish that ____existed.", please just DO IT!! The #Universe will support you! #ineedyoutotry #PirateLife

Juan Diaz is a badass dude. Film maker and my guide on my travels throughout Bogota for the last three weeks. He can be found as Juanito Maldito, but is social media "shy". His knowledge base continually blew my mind--politics-history-wildlife-art-farming practices-language....the kid is off the chain and I only wish we'd recorded ALL our conversations.   Blessing. Until we meet again.

10th Planet Santa Fe head instructor and brown belt Ruben Rivera and his girlfriend, CrossFit Santa Fe competition team member, Maricia O'Keefe. Both BADASS athletes and amazing people!

Eddie Bravo talks Metamoris and all kinds of other madness! 

The Fittest Woman Alive- Sam Briggs!! This woman.... sheer animal grind....check out any video of her. She digs deep like no other. I really appreciate her taking the time for a little chat. She'd just trained and then followed it with a chiro session with Dr. Matthews.  Here she is as she prepares to work her way into the top spot again this year at the CrossFit Games.... (can they sue me for saying their name yet?) ENJOY, savages!

Kenny is a legend in the MMA world and a breath of fresh air to humanity.   It was a real privilege have a broadcaster of his caliber on the podcast last Saturday. He was freshly back from the TUF finals in Canada, where our pal Kyle Noke scrapped Cote.    Good chat on fights/Metamoris/life after fighting/history of the man and humanity in general.    Hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did.   Sponsored FULLY by www.cavemancoffee.com

The Jill Rudison, figure competitor and owner of a badass legging/spat line called "Quads Not Included", joined me and dropped knowledge and hilarious stories of the body building lifestyle.   We dipped into a good discussion on the importance of the WLC and changing the world bit by bit!

My two great friends and pillars of inspiration, Dr Mark Cheng and Sir Logan Gelbrich join me for the continuation of this stream of consciousness voyage through this beautiful continuum we all share.   In the micro, as in the macro...thank you, family.

PRISON WOD I present you Lorenzo Hernandez... aka @lordbenzo... less than a year off of the BOP's federal yards and CrossFit badass. We go back nearly 15 years. He's one of the most positive and beneficial humans I've ever met. He left GPP on three different yards and changes lives wherever he goes... here's to the universe... it glows brighter once you meet this guy. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did... Love each other, folks... at the end of the day.. we're all we got!

Peter Maguire joins me and DROPS BOMBS--- from OLD school jiu jitsu to running TONS of weed globally... such a crazy life!!  This guy was a DOD correspondent, outlaw, and righter of wrongs!!  I hope y'all enjoy it as much as I did! Hit him up at @thaistickbook

Logan Gelbrich,(@functionalcoach) ex MLB player Jody Mitic, ex Candian SpecOpsSniper (@jodymitic)   Keith Jardine, Actor and Global Badass, (@keithjardine205)  all chime in on this one... we cover a ton of ground. Some topics are:  ProBaseball/ Veteran Health/ PTSD/ steroids/ muscle recruitment/ crossfit/ getting in the game/coffee :)   Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

So I'm chatting with a guy online that I figure, "Hey, I'll send some White Gold beans to and see what he thinks." Then we chat a bit later in the week and he says, "I'll be in LA these upcoming dates." I wasn't sure where I'd be as I was in the middle of filming a movie in NYC. Talk more and find out we can meet up for a workout/maybe a podcast. Then he tells me that vice.com is interviewing him. Why? Because he's combing the hills for treatment for PTSD. "Nice, bro. Pet project?" "Kind of." He answers. "I lost my feet in an explosion and I don't have it, yet many friends do. I wanna dispel myths and get them treated." Turns out, Jodi Mitic is a Special Forces sniper in Canada and a man of such humility that he doesn't bring it up until asked. Look for a part 2 a week from now.

What a great night! Started off with a great WOD at Deuce Gym and then a podcast with my pal Sam Tripoli at a comedy club in Hermosa. He opened for Rogan and we just went full on until Joe finished his set and joined us. Sam is one of my inspirations and Joe has been a real educator for me. So fortunate to have these guys around me. We run the GAMUT on topics...love you beautiful creatures. #ShineOn

Tait and Keith 'The Dean of Mean' Jardine ('The Dean of Caffeine' as I have renamed him -Nate) sat down at Undisputed Fitness to give a 2 hour seminar on nutrition. Personal history was told, questions were answered, laughs were had, and knowledge bombs were dropped.

FIGHT!!! My old training partners, Keith and Kyle, and fellow TUF alumni have the best talks... I figured it was time to record one. They're both super reserved and humble dudes... they really open up and get into it here though. We chat about fights/retirement/perseverance/diet/Kyle's time as a bodyguard to The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. Also, Kyle will be a coach on the next Ultimate Fighter. Keith and I dip into his retirement and our new coffee company that shall be forthcoming. The whole hour is Bulletproof as fuck!! Enjoy, you beautiful creatures!!