Episodes
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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
Ologies with Alie Ward — Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE)
Skunk researcher makes the case for living alongside them
Skunks are often treated as nuisances, but their biology, ecological role, and conservation challenges make coexistence more complicated than their reputation suggests.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 1m
Unexplainable
Babies form memories that later become impossible to retrieve
The episode reframes infant memory around development, showing that forgotten details can still reflect lasting emotional and social foundations.
Aug 19, 2026 · 28 min
Science Friday
Robots learn the physical world as AI reshapes mathematics
The episode examines two frontiers where AI must move beyond fluent prediction: navigating physical environments and producing mathematics humans can verify and understand.
Aug 19, 2026 · 18 min
The Dr. Hyman Show
Brain decline begins decades before symptoms appear
The conversation reframes cognitive decline as a long-term metabolic and inflammatory process that may be influenced before diagnosis.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 12m
DarkHorse Podcast: The Evolutionary Lens
How institutions turn disagreement into fanaticism
The episode argues that institutions lose their ability to test reality when protecting identities and punishing dissent replace ordinary standards of judgment.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 50m
The Rest Is Science
Strange watches expose the psychology of time and mathematical doubt
The episode connects playful timekeeping devices to serious questions about perception, uncertainty, faulty reasoning, and maths anxiety.
Aug 19, 2026 · 55 min
Science of Perception Box
Huberman links bodily inputs to brain control
The conversation turns everyday physiology into a framework for understanding compulsions, mood, sleep, and individual risk.
Aug 19, 2026 · 45 min
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay Shetty reframes letting go as a test of self-trust
The episode examines how to leave harmful dynamics, read silence as a boundary, and separate healing from the urge to reconcile.
Aug 19, 2026 · 41 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Social media turns girlhood into a marketable identity
The conversation examines how algorithmic pressure reshapes intimacy, mental health, faith, and community—and what genuine vulnerability might restore.
Aug 18, 2026 · 60 min
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Insects power ecosystems while humans remake their world
The episode connects insect evolution and ecological importance to mounting pressures from climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and human bias.
Aug 18, 2026 · 55 min
Short Wave
A tornado survivor explains what science still cannot predict
Perry Sampson’s account connects the limits of tornado science with the life-or-death choices people face when storms turn dangerous.
Aug 18, 2026 · 12 min
This Podcast Will Kill You
Brown recluse bites are rarer—and harder to diagnose—than feared
The episode separates genuine medical risk from widespread misdiagnosis while showing why spiders deserve ecological attention rather than reflexive fear.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
Science Friday
Lucid moments challenge assumptions about dementia
Understanding brief returns of communication or cognition could reshape dementia research and how families engage with people who seem less responsive.
Aug 18, 2026 · 18 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Why insight fails to become meaningful change
The conversation examines why self-awareness and self-help knowledge can preserve old identities instead of changing the behavior, systems, and relationships shaping a life.
Aug 18, 2026 · 54 min
Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD
The microbiome works as an ecosystem, not a probiotic checklist
The episode reframes gut health around preserving microbial diversity and ecological resilience while questioning the limits of testing and generic interventions.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 12m
Something You Should Know
Complex practice keeps physical intelligence alive
The episode argues that movement is a lifelong brain-body capacity, and that convenience can erode the varied challenges needed to preserve it.
Aug 18, 2026 · 26 min
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Primary care fights back against fragmented, overtreated medicine
Short appointments and disconnected health data can leave patients dismissed, overtested, or burdened with treatment that misses the larger story.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It
Genetic testing challenges one-size-fits-all hormone care
The conversation shows how inherited variants may inform hormone, thyroid, medication, nutrition, and prevention decisions without dictating outcomes.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 4m
We're Out of Time
Addiction care must build lives, not just enforce sobriety
The episode connects stigma, trauma, weak medical training, behavioral addictions, and a contaminated drug supply to the urgent need for more humane care.
Aug 18, 2026 · 60 min
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Perlmutter links brain health to metabolism and immune defense
The conversation reframes cognitive decline as a long-term, measurable health challenge shaped by metabolism, lifestyle, immune activity, and purpose.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 16m
The Dr. Hyman Show
Metabolic health may shape how quickly skin ages
The episode reframes skin aging as a whole-body process, linking inflammation, blood sugar, and glycation to collagen loss and reduced elasticity.
Aug 17, 2026 · 17 min
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Lucy Hone reframes grief as a practice of rebuilding
The conversation offers a grounded framework for surviving death, living losses, and shattered expectations without treating grief as a predictable sequence.
Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 2m