Resilient Performance Podcast

Today, we’re very excited to speak with David Epstein on the first episode of the Resilient Performance Podcast. David is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene, a deep dive into the balance of nature and nurture in physical skill acquisition.  He has been an investigative reporter at ProPublica and a sports science writer at Sports Illustrated -- reporting on everything from drug cartels to a rare mutant gene that helped one woman become an Olympic medalist sprinter, but stripped another of her ability even to walk.  His 2014 TED Talk on the progression of records in sports was one of the 20 most viewed of the year.  Prior to journalism, David thought he was going to be a scientist and was living in a tent in the Arctic Circle conducting research.  He was a walk-on 800-meter runner at Columbia University, but graduated as a university record holder.  Whether it be in medicine, sport training, or a typical work environment, he's interested in illuminating differences both of nature and n