When you lift, you change your body’s shape, right? Well, that’s also how we create gender.  We talk about it with collegiate wrestler Mack Beggs and professors Kareem Kubchandani and Stephan Pennington.

Show host Christian Matyi, aka "XN," versus “the most important meal of the day.” We’re tearing apart breakfast with food historian Heather Arndt Anderson and a pack of athletes who know a lot about nutrition.

The Big Inside’s host Christian Matyi, a/k/a “XN,” talks with professional viola player Drew Ricciardi, who uncovers a fascinating way to look at how your body moves, and says a bunch of complicated words.

The second of a two-part episode featuring movie director of Liam O’Donnell of 2017’s sci-fi flick “Beyond Skyline” looks at how personal aesthetics shape our perception.

The first of a two-part episode featuring the Schwarzneggerian backstory of Liam O’Donnell, movie director, producer, and writer of 2017’s sci-fi flick “Beyond Skyline”.

Happy 2018! We pick up a snow shovel, meet a French physicist from 200 years ago, and offer you a (slightly sentimental) twist on the calories you’ll use in the new year ahead.

The new season of the show gathers a cast of thousands! (Well, maybe less than that.) We're trying to figure out why we get so obsessed with winning stuff. Plus: RANDOM BABY!

When is a story about your experiences worth telling?  Powerlifter/bodybuilder Nick LeFebvre joins us to discuss the idea of telling your own story.

Is what you’re best designed for – your most notable skills and assets – necessarily what determines your best career path options? Maybe. But maybe not.  

The fancy self-improvement and success gurus may be overthinking the idea of leadership.  We talk to a strong dude with awesome hair to find out why.

Think about the community at your gym.  What can it tell you about how society as a whole is put together?

Unexpected illness happens to the best of us.  And also to the mediocre among us.  Host Christian Matyi, aka "XN," came down with a flu.  So, no episode this week. Back next week, however!

The human brain tends to get fixated on things. What kinds of things? Well, in this case, some of the most important food questions ever asked!  

An unlikely student evolves a passion for something that we usually associate with folks who grew up in the mainstream.

A pro athlete with a huge audience reminded his fans that social media can create cynicism in a community.  Know how we heard about it?  Through social media.

What can you see in the patterns of the body's healing? Scott Bottorff takes us on a journey through a traumatic injury that altered his direction athletically and personally.

In a unique episode of the show, we take you back to 1898, to visit a piece of forgotten history that gave us a word so common many of our listeners say every day.

A guest from TEN YEARS AGO, Mike Cavaliere, comes back on the show.  Then he talked about being a teen bodybuilder; now he talks about how that helped guide him to be a DOCTOR of physical therapy.  Mayhem ensues. 

Is professional competitive bodybuilding relevant to anything other than itself?  Adam McVey joins the show to dissect whether or why bodybuilding has any real cultural significance.

How does the craziness women experience with their body image intersect our culture?   Author and podcaster Megan Dietz joins us to unpack the challenging cultural landscape and social politics that impact body ideals.

What if you woke up tomorrow and whatever you did today somehow didn’t matter any more?  Well, this is often literally what occurs in amateur competitive sports like competitive bodybuilding. Show host Christian Matyi, aka “XN,” welcomes Jonathan Lavoie, a one-time competitive bodybuilder whose professional status is in a strangely unique state of limbo.

What does it take to start up a small business in an industry known for it’s intense competition?  The Big Inside’s host Christian Matyi, aka “XN,” talks to the founders of a small startup supplement company.

Every third podcast is talking about 2017 New Year’s resolutions right now, so The Big Inside’s host Christian Matyi, aka “XN,” and show regular Scott Bottorff caves in to convention and puts it’s own spin on the topic.

The Big Inside host Christian Matyi, aka XN, has kankles, but the source is apparently not in his heel but in his butt!  Often, the source of your training limitations isn’t the most direct influence on the problem itself. This is the Fifth in a special mini series featuring regular show guest Scott Bottorff.