In this episode of The Alpha Renaissance, I sit down with Kassoum Doumbia, who lost over 100 pounds without the drugs and went on to compete in the world’s most demanding marathons, including Boston, Chicago, New York, and Berlin. We explore how Kassoum rebuilt his health through disciplined nutrition, endurance training, and mental resilience—why he runs without music as a form of meditation, how pacing and strategy determine success when the marathon truly begins at mile 20, what it takes to train and race while fasting during Ramadan, and the mindset that keeps him moving forward when quitting would be easier.

Topics we discuss:

• Losing 100 pounds naturally without Ozempic
• Rebuilding habits around food, training, and recovery
• Running without music as mental training and meditation
• Marathon pacing, strategy, and mile 20
• Nutrition, hydration, and electrolyte management
• Training and racing during Ramadan while fasting
• Discipline, suffering, and the psychology of never stopping
• Letting go of guilt, culture, and reclaiming personal agency

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In Episode #16, plastic surgeon Dr. Luis Rios explains why real confidence comes from discipline, agency, and taking control of your life — not surface-level change.

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In this episode of The Alpha Renaissance, host Taq Freeman sits down with Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre, a professor of Fine Arts at Howard University whose work explores identity, belonging, culture, and legacy through disciplined craft.

We go deep on:

• How discipline (not inspiration) separates real creators from the crowd
• The hidden truth about code switching—and why it’s actually a form of intelligence
• The real risks of AI art, NFT scams, and how creators get exploited digitally
• Why mastery can’t be automated, even in a world of instant generation
• A powerful reframe of Black art and “blackness” as something global, layered, and often misunderstood
• Art as a form of meditation, meaning-making, and cultural preservation

If you care about human agency, creativity, legacy, and the future of culture in a digital world—this conversation is for you.

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