Tight 5 Talks

Empower Psychedelics is establishing access to therapy programs for first responders and military veterans in North America. Pioneering the use of psychedelics in physical therapy, the team is headquartered at the Health and Technology District in British Columbia, Canada.The founding team hosts decades of knowledge in the cannabis sector (pre-legalization), and exceptional experie

With so much happening in Rugby right now this should have been a 3 part series. In this one Dan and I put our hands up for world rugby chairman and talk club rugby, pro rugby and how certain rugby unions have lost the plot. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-nelson8/support

Next up is Nate Sylvia of the San Diego Legion and USA Eagles!  So excited to catch up about upcoming MLR season, Dubai RWC Qualifier and loose head vs tight head --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-nelson8/support

This is a big one!  I can't think of anyone that can vibe more with Tight 5 Sevens than the man, the myth, the legend, Jed Thian.  Jed is the creator of the award winning Alternative Rugby Commentary and Rugby Roundtable in addition to being a full time sports commentator and general icon of social scenes near & far.  If you don't know about these things you real

So good to sit down with Lauren Daly, the founder of Aspire Rugby and former USA Eagle.  I met Lauren 3 years ago in San Diego and like myself she was working hard on this crazy idea of helping people through her platform as an elite player.  Aspire Rugby is an amazing opportunity for any rugby player looking to connect with former national team players and she's employed

Such a great opportunity this week to talk with Kristin "Ham" Zdanczewski, whom is currently an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University Minnesota but use to be an absolute monster for the USA Eagles.  Ham won 26 caps through two world cups, missing out on a third due to a knee injury.  We talked about how equality is and has been going in our inclusi

I'm very excited to share my talks with Ben, who at one point was a Collegiate All-American Wrestler at UC Davis and left the sport for Rugby, where he found a lot of success and later became an All-American as well.  I met Ben while we both played college rugby and both selected to a touring side hosted by what would eventually become the Glendale Raptors (now MLR franchise C

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This was a special sit down for me as I've followed the preachings of Ashley Jones for 17 years!  Coach Jones has worked with athletes across 3 professional sports and his CV is too long for this description but it includes The All Blacks, The Wallabies, Scotland National Team, The Crusaders and most recently is sharing his incredible knowledge base with The Houston Sabre Cats

Epic talk today with Laurence Christie of the St. Andrews School in South Africa.  Laurence is front rower with a wealth of experience and knowledge and now the Director of Athletic Performance at St. Andrews School in Grahamstown, South Africa..  Having such a professional set up for the power house school boys team Laurence has had opportunities to play and work with So