Performance Neurology Podcast

Conversations with high-level performers on how extraordinary minds are built from ordinary brains, and how to access what you have built when it matters most.

Episodes

Bryan Sutton · July 7, 2026

How 3x Grammy Winner Bryan Sutton Gets Out of His Own Way

Bryan Sutton is a three-time Grammy and ten-time IBMA guitarist of the year winner, yet he has driven home from sessions thinking he would never work again. In this conversation we get into how he built his playing growing up immersed in the mountain music of Western North Carolina, why performing under pressure is a completely separate skill from playing well, and the mental shift he uses to get out of his own way.

Nelson Dellis · June 26, 2026

How Nelson Dellis Beat the Panic Before His 6th Title

The follow-up to the Nelson Dellis interview. I walk through his story with the Genius and Impostor framework: the moment the pressure of chasing a sixth championship nearly took him out of the running, and the shift that let him quiet the panic and win.

Nelson Dellis · June 19, 2026

How 6x Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Built His Memory From Scratch

Nelson Dellis can memorize a shuffled deck of cards in under 30 seconds, and he has won the USA Memory Championship six times. But he started with an ordinary memory and built the rest. We get into how he trains, how watching his grandmother’s decline from Alzheimer’s set him on this path, and what it would take for you to build a memory like his.

Trailer · June 12, 2026

Introducing Performance Neurology

About the Show

Extraordinary minds are built from ordinary brains. This show is about how to build yours, and how to get out of its way when it counts.

The science behind the show

The framework behind these conversations is the subject of Dr. Turknett’s book, The Genius and the Impostor, now available for pre-order.

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