Raff's Brain
Raff’s Brain is my playground for goofy stories, real-life adventures, and experiments in how openness, creativity, and technology can bring people together and improve our lives. Expect Hot Yoga Problems, Riffin’ with Raff, Drive & Jive / Walk & Talk, and various zany side projects that are sometimes cathartic, sometimes ridiculous, and hopefully worth your time.
Episodes
245 episodes
Raff's Brain #245: Hot Yoga Problems - West Coast Edition - YOGI RAFF TAKES LA!
Rob takes Hot Yoga Problems to Los Angeles and discovers that West Coast hot yoga is apparently the major leagues.After surviving a packed CorePower Yoga session in Studio City — surrounded by what appear to be Jedi-level yoga p...
Raff's Brain #244: Hot Yoga Problems - The Fallen Angel / Fallen Triangle Push-Up Must Be Stopped!!
Rob is back in the hot yoga studio—and back behind the microphone—with an acknowledgment, not an excuse, for the recent slowdown in Hot Yoga Problems episodes.In this sweaty return to action, Rob examines the difference between explanati...
Raff's Brain #243 - Riffin' with Raff - From Creator Burnout to 10M+ VIEWS IN 30 DAYS!
After nearly a year of producing political and news-oriented content, Grauben Lara was feeling burned out. Then the World Cup began—and a spontaneous creative pivot changed everything.In this episode of Riffin’ with Raff, Grauben ...
Raff's Brain #242: Hot Yoga Problems - I THOUGHT NECK ROLLS WERE OUTLAWED!!
Rob thought full-circle neck rolls had been banned decades ago. Then a hot yoga instructor opened class with one.This episode of Hot Yoga Problems begins with a potentially controversial cervical-spine maneuver and quickly rolls i...
Raff's Brain #241: Hot Yoga Problems - If Your Fitbit Didn’t Track It, Did HOT YOGA Even Happen?
Monday is not the enemy. It didn’t choose to become the beginning of the workweek, and Rob Raffety believes it deserves slightly more respect.In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob celebrates the promise of a fresh start whil...
Raff's Brain #240: Hot Yoga Problems - Nama-Slay, Sis!
A Raffety Family Hot Yoga Field TripIt is a Hot Yoga Problems family special as Rob’s sister Jennifer joins him for a surprisingly demanding Core 2 class.Jennifer offers an honest review of the experience, from complicated ...
Raff's Brain #239: Hot Yoga Problems - Detox to Retox: Paying the Piper in Advance!
In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob Raffety gets absolutely wrecked by a 75-minute Sunday morning CorePower class and lives to tell the tale. After believing he had reached peak hot yoga confidence, he finds himself packed in...
Raff's Brain #238: Hot Yoga Problems - The Every-Fourth-Day Hot Yoga Theory
On this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob may have stumbled onto the most dangerous revelation of all: doing less hot yoga might actually work better. After crushing a one-hour class with minimal suffering, he starts questioning...
Raff's Brain #237: Hot Yoga Problems - New Leaf Baby: Hot Yoga, Summer Resets, & Butterfly Crimes!
After a week away from hot yoga, Rob returns to the studio and immediately remembers that the body keeps receipts. In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, he gets wrecked by a CorePower class, navigates the disruption of summer travel seas...
Raff's Brain #236: Riffin' with Raff - The Internet Is a Messy Library - Cord Blomquist Explains SEO
Is SEO dead, dying, or quietly becoming even more important?On this episode of Riffin’ with Raff, Rob Raffety welcomes Cord Blomquist of Tallest Tree Digital for a lively and surprisingly approachable conversation about how people...
Raff's Brain #235: Hot Yoga Problems - The Shortest Straw - Who Wants to Teach Hot Yoga at 6 A.M.?
After a bittersweet final class with his regular Monday-morning instructor, Rob wonders who will inherit the shortest straw: teaching hot yoga at 6 a.m. on a weekday.That question triggers a winding post-yoga meditation on the unusual ps...
Raff's Brain #234: Drive & Jive - THE CANARY IS CHIRPING!
The Canary Is Chirping: A Doctor’s Visit, High Blood Pressure, and a Midlife Health Reset!A routine doctor’s appointment turns into a midlife health reckoning.In this Drive & Jive episode, Rob Raffety talks candidly ab...
Raff's Brain #233: Hot Yoga Problems - FIND YOUR HOT YOGA!
Hot yoga can feel like a workout, a personal crisis, and a spiritual journey packed into a single class.In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob Raffety emerges from an intense Friday morning session feeling exhausted, energized,...
Raff's Brain #232: Hot Yoga Problems - Chin Stand Disaster & the Gizmo Generation Gap
Rob Raffety has two words for you: chin stand.After surviving one of hot yoga’s least intuitive poses, Rob reflects on fitness motivation, weight-loss goals, diet struggles, and the ambitious health plans that do not always surviv...
Raff's Brain #231: Hot Yoga Problems - BACK ON MAT and the Death of Progress!!
In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob gets back on the mat after a week-plus layoff and discovers that yoga fitness does not believe in paid time off. One missed stretch of routine and suddenly the body is filing a formal complaint.<...
Raff's Brain #230: Hot Yoga Problems - Half Moon Hero, Reverse Tabletop Zero
In this appropriately observant Hot Yoga Problems episode, Rob Raffety battles his nemesis pose: reverse tabletop. What starts as a simple yoga struggle quickly turns into a meditation on spiraling, self-talk, and the strange ways a si...
Raff's Brain #229: Hot Yoga Problems - The Early Yogi Does Not Always Get the Worm!
Rob is back with another Hot Yoga Problems episode, and this time the crisis is territorial. After a brutal Saturday morning class, he discovers that renovations at a nearby CorePower have sent waves of displaced yogis into his regular...
Raff's Brain #228: Hot Yoga Problems - Reverse Tabletop Is Not My Friend!
This week on Hot Yoga Problems, Rob returns from class with a very specific grievance: reverse tabletop. It may look innocent, but for Rob, it belongs in the same category as deer pose, flying frogs, and twisted arm balances — pos...
Raff's Brain #226: Hot Yoga Problems - Parking Garages, Penguins, and Perspective
In this introspective yet humor-laced episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Raff explores the tension between control and inevitability—whether it’s protecting a pristine car from its first inevitable ding or processing the emotional fallout f...
Raff's Brain #227: Hot Yoga Problems - Prone Shavasana & The Lie of ‘I’ll Start Monday’
In this introspective Hot Yoga Problems episode, Raff reflects on a surprising new yoga experience—prone shavasana—and uses it as a launchpad to explore a deeper theme: why we delay the things that are good for us.With May 1st a...
Raff's Brain #225: Hot Yoga Problems - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (Again)
In this introspective and humor-laced episode of Raff’s Brain: Hot Yoga Problems, Rob reflects on a fleeting but powerful moment of motivation sparked by a hot yoga class. With a mid-year doctor checkup approaching, he confronts the ga...
Raff's Brain #224: Hot Yoga Problems - Did a Robot Win the Boston Marathon?
This episode of Hot Yoga Problems may be Rob Raffety’s self-declared “worst episode ever,” but that might also make it one of the most honest. Fresh off another punishing hot yoga session, Rob tries to make sense of pain, progress, mot...
Raff's Brain #223: Hot Yoga Problems - YOGA WARS! Claiming Space in a Packed Studio!
In this Hot Yoga Problems episode, Rob navigates the collision of everyday inconvenience and personal growth—from DMV bureaucracy to a yoga studio packed beyond comfort.With one location under renovation, the overflow has turned...
Raff's Brain #222: Hot Yoga Nearly Broke Me Then the DMV Finished the Job!
In this episode of Raff’s Brain: Hot Yoga Problems, Raff battles through consecutive hot yoga sessions only to face an even greater challenge—modern bureaucracy. A simple parking issue spirals into a comedic yet insightful rant about D...
Raff's Brain #221: Hot Yoga Problems - Back on the Mat and Immediately Exposed!
In this Hot Yoga Problems episode, Raff makes his long-awaited return to the mat—only to face one of the most awkward and revealing class setups imaginable: a near-private session with a highly advanced yogi. With nowhere to hide, Raff...