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Fighting Matters — 89 episodes
The Graham Platner Problem
The 250th, ADCC, and Izaak Michell
The Conor McGregor comeback is gross
An honest UFC Freedom 250 critique
The UFC Freedom 250 debacle
Anti-Trans Hate Is a UFC Marketing Strategy
Why did UFC BJJ let Mikey compete with a staph infection?
How Jiu-Jitsu Survives the AI Era
A Man Broke Into My Apartment at 4 AM (feat. Andrea Tang)
How YOU Can Clean Up Jiu-Jitsu
Why BJJ Camps Need Less Jiu-Jitsu
How to Identify "Active Clubs" in BJJ
How HEMA Pushed Out White Supremacists (And What BJJ Can Learn)
Jiu-Jitsu in the Face of War and Economic Disaster
Jiu-Jitsu Isn't Therapy
The Invisible Heart of BJJ (w/ Valerie Worthington)
How MAGA is Using Religion to Go to War
Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman)
Gordon Ryan & The Epstein Fallout
Martial Artists Should Get Political
How the USA is Trying to Steal Canada's Oil
How Hate Found a Home in Jiu-Jitsu & MMA
The collapse of Atos (and what comes next)
You Can’t "Keep Politics Out" Anymore
The Minnesota Shootings and What Comes Next
Racism Can’t Be Ignored in Jiu-Jitsu Gyms (w/ Deon Thompson & Stephen Hall)
This moment feels like the 1930s
We Must Never Forget January 6th. — Jeff Shaw, Fighting Matters
BJJ's Best and Worst of 2025
The relentless bullying of trans athletes
The True Villain in The Boys (And It's Not Who You Think)
Craig Jones trolled his way into the NYT
How bad BJJ coaches trap you with rank
MAGA Needs an Exit Strategy
The UFC Betting Scandal, with Luke Thomas
The SNAP & ACA Shutdown Could Choke Jiu-Jitsu Gyms
Fashion, Fitness, Fighting: How Hate Groups Attract Young Men
2025 Feels Like a Conspiracy Theory (w/ JimmyTheGiant)
You should attend the No Kings rally.
When Jiu-Jitsu Coaches Stay Silent (w/ Sonia Sillan)
The Washington Post Is Silencing Journalists (w/ Karen Attiah)
It’s Happening Too Fast: The News Cycle Is Out of Control
Memes: The New Face of Propaganda
This was an American tragedy.
What Charlie Kirk's killing says about us
How RFK Jr. is Actually Making America SICK Again, w/ Conspirituality Podcast’s Derek Beres
Fighting vs. Violence: What’s the Difference? (w/ Jay O’Shea)
"Jane" Speaks: Allegations Against Adam Zugec & ZUMA Martial Arts
⚖️ The Left’s Purity Trap: Why We Keep Losing
How "active clubs" use MMA to spread white supremacist hate
How Donald Trump Turned Politics Into WWE
Martial Arts as Tools of Russian Propaganda
We CANNOT allow this to be normalized.
"It's Not Fascism, Except in Every Single Way"
Derek Moneyberg, Jiu-Jitsu black belt? My thoughts… — Steve Kwan, Fighting Matters
Antisemitism has no place in Jiu-Jitsu. — Jeff Shaw, Bellingham BJJ
A statement on Josh Saunders
Teddy Roosevelt Was a Jiu-Jitsu Badass
America is still worth fighting for. — Jesse Walker, Fighting Matters
July 4th Meditations on Being American. — Mike Mahaffey, Old Bastard BJJ
How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Cripple BJJ
🧬 Real Talk: What Science Says About Gender Differences
⚖️ BJJ, Law, and the First Amendment
🎙️ Giles Garcia Unleashed: Jiu-Jitsu's Voice of Reason
Is the USA Becoming a Handmaid's Theocracy?
What Jiu-Jitsu Gets Wrong About Masculinity
🥋 Jiu-Jitsu Is a Platform. Use It.
It's time for the Jiu-Jitsu community to speak up.
🦠 Why MRSA is so dangerous for grapplers
Extremist “Active Clubs” Are Infiltrating Jiu-Jitsu
Jordan Klepper's Investigation into the MMA and MAGA Connection, with Luke Thomas
☠️ The Dangerous Rise of Bro Science in Jiu-Jitsu
Jiu-Jitsu and Intimate Partner Violence, feat. D'Juan Owens
💬 The BJJ Community Is Split on Jay Rod
Fascism from Mussolini to Trump, with Daniele Bolelli
🔥 Why the UFC Became a Right-Wing Arena
🚨 B-Team Bans Jay Rod: Our Reaction
🏳️⚧️ Molly Reis: Life as a Trans Black Belt in BJJ
"Get Up and Fight", MMA Fighter Nate Quarry vs MAGA and the UFC
🇨🇦 Canada Just Rejected MAGA
How Gyms Can Survive Trump’s Tariffs
Identity Politics Is Killing the Martial Arts
Why Women Quit Jiu-Jitsu
The UFC’s Fascism Problem
What is Fascism (aka The 10 Pillars of Fascist Movements and Governments)
Joe Rogan, Jiu-Jitsu, and the Manosphere
BJJ, Politics & Helping People: What Can One Person Really Change? | Fighting Matters Podcast
Conor McGregor, Dana White, Andrew Tate, Hero Fantasies and More
Fighting for Our Values: Politics, Fascism & the Future of Jiu-Jitsu