Episodes
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Hidden Brain
Arts engagement strengthens emotion, connection, and resilience
The episode examines how varied, attentive participation in the arts may support emotional regulation, social bonds, mastery, and long-term mental health.
Aug 24, 2026 · 56 min
Huberman Lab Essentials
Neuroscience reveals how the brain calculates effort versus reward
Understanding the neural circuitry behind drive and attention allows us to design better strategies for productivity and build cognitive resilience against aging.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2h 20m
The Rest Is Science
Physics turns the road to space into an infrastructure problem
The episode connects the physics of orbit with a larger debate over whether costly space infrastructure can justify its risks and reshape human society.
Aug 23, 2026 · 1h 7m
DarkHorse Podcast: The Evolutionary Lens
Panel tests assassination anomalies against competing explanations
The discussion examines how disputed evidence can expose either institutional failure or deliberate concealment, without treating anomalies as proof by themselves.
Aug 23, 2026 · 2h 11m
Science Friday
A Cretaceous world would challenge humans beyond the dinosaurs
The episode tests a familiar survival fantasy against the Cretaceous climate, ecology, disease evidence, and asteroid-driven extinction.
Aug 22, 2026 · 5 min
Something You Should Know
Disaster psychology meets the case for restorative solitude
The episode connects emergency behavior with everyday emotional health, showing how preparation and intentional alone time can shape resilience.
Aug 22, 2026 · 52 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Homeschooling starts with a marriage’s educational vision
The episode argues that homeschooling works best when couples define their goals, roles, and measures of success before daily pressures take over.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 4m
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The brain invents reality from electrical signals
Understanding perception as a construction reshapes how we think about memory, agency, hallucinations, time, and consciousness.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 3m
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Extraordinary claims meet a demanding standard of evidence
The conversation tests whether curiosity about aliens, cryptids, ghosts, and the afterlife can coexist with disciplined skepticism.
Aug 21, 2026 · 59 min
Short Wave
Webb’s red dots may reveal how supermassive black holes grow
The episode connects a puzzling cosmic signal with practical findings about dementia risk and an animal’s remarkable seasonal body changes.
Aug 21, 2026 · 12 min
Science Friday
Microplastics research confronts pregnancy’s biggest unknowns
Particles have been detected in reproductive tissues, but scientists still cannot say whether current exposure levels harm pregnancies or future generations.
Aug 21, 2026 · 13 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Josh Duhamel trades celebrity validation for a life built by hand
The conversation examines how family, place, practical work, and personalized health care can reshape success beyond achievement and public approval.
Aug 21, 2026 · 52 min
Radiolab
Patient zero myths obscure how epidemics really begin
The episode shows how blaming a single person can distort public-health history while obscuring the complex networks behind disease and cultural change.
Aug 21, 2026 · 60 min
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay Shetty links rumination to persistent unhappiness
The episode argues that repeated self-focus can deepen unhappiness, then offers practical ways to redirect attention toward connection, meaning, and action.
Aug 21, 2026 · 35 min
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Women can build strength before menopause accelerates bone loss
The conversation treats frailty and osteoporosis as preventable risks, making screening, strength training, nutrition, and informed care central to longevity.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 21m
The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It
GLP-1 drugs may reshape gut health beyond weight loss
GLP-1 medications could influence inflammation, the intestinal barrier, microbiome, bile acids, and gut-brain signaling, but individual responses and evidence remain unsettled.
Aug 21, 2026 · 46 min
Science Vs
Hank Green traces the internet’s shift from sharing to manipulation
The episode connects algorithmic attention, AI-enabled deception, and institutional distrust to the personal stakes of staying engaged online.
Aug 20, 2026 · 55 min
Science Friday
Physicists find new stakes in climate research
The episode connects climate science to core physics while showing how funding and political pressure can constrain the researchers needed to study it.
Aug 20, 2026 · 13 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Daily choices shape the brain decades before decline appears
The conversation reframes cognitive decline as a process influenced long before symptoms, while highlighting the limits of prescription-centered medical care.
Aug 20, 2026 · 1h 2m
Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD
Brain inflammation may be a metabolic problem in disguise
The conversation reframes cognitive decline as potentially influenced by modifiable metabolic, mitochondrial, gut, and environmental stressors rather than genetic destiny alone.
Aug 20, 2026 · 1h 9m
Something You Should Know
Infidelity damages trust while executive function shapes self-control
The episode connects relationship recovery after betrayal with the practical limits of attention, planning, impulse control, and emotional regulation.
Aug 20, 2026 · 54 min
Huberman Lab Essentials
Rick Rubin reveals how to access original ideas and unlock creativity
Understanding the intersection of neuroscience and artistic intuition helps creators overcome blocks and establish sustainable routines for original work.
Aug 20, 2026 · 36 min
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Susan Piver reframes meditation beyond self-improvement
The conversation asks whether spiritual practice can foster healing and connection without turning inner life into another project of self-correction.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 2m
Short Wave
Testosterone therapy gains ground faster than the evidence
As online clinics and cultural influencers recast testosterone as a route to masculinity and longevity, diagnosis and treatment still require careful medical judgment.
Aug 19, 2026 · 15 min