Something Different | Eric Edmeades

Something DifferentSomething Different EP04
Written By Steven Dimmitt

June 16, 2025

This is an episode of my new podcast, Something Different with Steven Dimmitt.

Eric Edmeades is often referred to as the “Indiana Jones” of the professional speaking world. He has been traveling to Africa to visit the Hadza, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer groups, since 2007. We talked about rites of passage, how ancestral living solved his health issues, lessons from his time with the Hadza, how to overcome evolutionary mismatch in Western society, founding WILDFIT, and much more. You can learn more about Eric at eric.ee

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Nuggets:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:19 – Homeless as a teenager

00:05:45 – Rites of passage

00:15:10 – Building resilience

00:19:27 – Health journey

00:26:11 – The US medical system

00:29:33 – Changing his diet

00:33:33 – The Hadza (Hadzabe Tribe)

00:37:58 – Evolutionary mismatch

00:43:32 – What the Hadza eat

00:51:45 – Healthy kids

00:57:43 – Food psychology

01:00:46 – Should we eat like the Hadza?

01:10:34 – Frightened primates

01:17:52 – 3 seasons of eating

01:30:01 – Winter for the Hadza

01:31:51 – Vegetables & tubers

01:36:37 – The evolution gap

01:40:05 – Movement & the lymphatic system

01:45:02 – Executive function

01:50:07 – What life’s about

01:55:52 – Contentment

02:03:16 – Rest & leasure

02:05:47 – Unconditional love

02:08:42 – WILDFIT

02:15:40 – How to connect with Eric

02:17:49 – Be the captain

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