From Gaza to Burning Man: Yovel Peretz on War, Manhood, and True Beauty
Description
In this Breaking Normal Podcast episode, I sit down with my producer and friend Yovel Peretz (founder of Let’s Do Podcast), to dive deep into his remarkable journey:
• At 15 years old, Yovel visited Miami with his father and dreamed of building a business in America one day.
• That same year, he began applying for the Israeli Defense Force Special Forces, ultimately breaking records with 52 pull-ups in a row and 144 dips in a row.
• He shares his experiences on the front lines in Gaza, the brutal selection process that whittles 20,000 applicants into just a few hundred, and the mindset it takes to survive and thrive.
• We unpack his insight that: “Israelis drive 20 minutes to war. Americans fly 20 hours to war.”
• Yovel reflects on the wild spectacle of Burning Man, calling it the most extravagant subculture he’s ever witnessed.
• We talk about the Sunday pull-up pyramid we host together, and why true competition is really true cooperation.
• The conversation flows into what it means to be a real man, the role of beauty in modern culture, and the uncomfortable but necessary questions of our time—from Boulder to Israel.
As always, we end with some of the most Breaking Normal questions that crack open new ways of seeing the world. This was easily one of my favorite conversations yet.
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