622: Virtual Reality for Brain Health with Amir Bozorgzadeh

My worst fear with aging is losing my cognitive abilities, forgetting my kids' names, and just becoming an old fool. It's easy to assume that the brain will go along with the body, but there's pretty ...

28 Marras 201939min

Hormonal birth control has been directly correlated with weight gain, mental health problems, and decreased libido—not exactly an ideal mix when it comes to sexuality. But what are you supposed to do?...

21 Marras 201945min

I had a rough year in 2006. It was the year I opened my first yoga studio. I should have been on cloud nine, but I wasn't ready for all that responsibility and all that stress. I had a staff of 12, hu...

13 Marras 201952min

I wanted to run a marathon this year. The truth is, I hardly ever run, but like any good mid-life crisis man, I wanted to tackle that goal to prove to myself I still could do hard things. Sounds great...

7 Marras 201949min

You close your blackout curtains, flip your phone to airplane mode, and crawl into bed with all the best intentions to get 7.5 hours of sleep—and then your monkey mind starts peeling bananas. Work dea...

30 Loka 201944min

I said goodbye to my grandfather when I was 8 years old. He had his first heart attack, and my mom was convinced he didn't have long to live. Turns out he had many, many years ahead of him. Unfortunat...

24 Loka 201951min

Would you survive if you had to grow or forage your own food for an entire year? Would you eat roadkill, wild yam, coconuts, and acorn grubs? Rob Greenfield is finishing up 365 days straight growing a...

16 Loka 201951min

"Inhale fresh, life-giving oxygen… exhale toxic, dead carbon dioxide," said my yoga teacher. I've heard some variation of this hundreds of times in classes. Oxygen is good, carbon dioxide is bad. In w...

10 Loka 20191h