Tait didn't come to combat sports out of crisis — he came from a philosophical conviction that to be fully human is to be expert in your body. And that neglecting that is "spitting in the face of God."

Jiu jitsu was the only place in Tait's life where there were no lies. No pretending. The mat doesn't negotiate with your ego — and that's exactly the point.

Greg Jackson's insight that standup comedy and a fight share the same rhythm — leading people in, dropping them in a hole, bringing them back — and why that changed how Tait sees everything.

One word on a flip phone screen: Relentless. Tait's mantra through his training years — and the mindset that carried him through his darkest chapter after a serious head injury in 2019.

Tait opens up about what it was like to nearly lose everything to a head injury — and how the slow return to jiu jitsu gave him a path forward when nothing else would.

A conversation about creativity, destiny vs. fate, why unexpressed humans are "way less cool to be around" — and how hitting publish on your life is the only way forward.