The Stimulus & Response podcast…part public therapy session, part idea and story exchange, on the best parts and best ways of being human and being alive.


Hosted by high performance coach Damon Valentino and journalist Jeremy N. Smith

About Damon & Jeremy


Damon Valentino is a high-performance coach — trained in performance psychology — and skilled group facilitator/trainer. His clients include Big Ten and Pac 12 teams and coaches, startups, Fortune 500 companies, bestselling authors, elite athletes, aspiring athletes, CEOs, and everyday people looking to up-level their lives. With fellow brain-based coach, facilitator, and trainer Scott Winter, he is the cocreator of the 30-Day Flow Challenge.


Jeremy N. Smith is a freelance journalist (New York Times, The Atlantic, Discover, etc.) and the author of three books about local food, global health, and hacking. He and his work have been featured by CNN, NPR, The Today Show, and Wired. He speaks frequently before diverse national audiences, including Apple, Google, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also hosts the podcasts The Hacker Next Door and You Must Know Everything (with his daughter Rasa).