Good Enough Exercise
I’m joined by Dr. Jeffrey Sankoff to talk about three exercise “rules” you may be allowed to break: you don’t always need to spread workouts across the week, intensity doesn’t have to come from a form...
11 Kesä 40min
Longevity Summarized: The Compass, the Detour, and the Parking Brake
After 70 episodes, I've noticed a pattern that keeps showing up in every corner of longevity, wellness, and medicine: people don’t fail because they “don’t care.” They fail because the signal is burie...
2 Kesä 24min
Diet soda, Twinkies, and the Questions that Matter
Episode Summary: In this episode, I look at diet soda, artificial sweeteners, and the real-world question that matters most: compared with what, at what dose, for whom, and at what tradeoff? Diet Coke...
21 Touko 28min
What’s Wrong With Me?” What AI Gets Right — And What It Gets Really Wrong
In this episode, I explore where AI can genuinely help with health questions, where it can fall dangerously short, and how to use it more wisely before trusting it with decisions that really matter. A...
12 Touko 32min
#69 Being Happy: Physiology Often Beats Insight
In this episode, I explore a difficult but important idea: when it comes to depression, anxiety, fear, and emotional suffering, changing physiology often works better than understanding the story behi...
30 Huhti 21min
When Acupuncture and Massage Work—and When They Don’t
This episode explores what massage and acupuncture can genuinely help with, where the benefits appear to be mostly short term, and where the evidence simply does not support the bigger claims. Massage...
21 Huhti 20min
#67: Why Smart People Fall For Health Headlines
“All natural.” “Doctor recommended.” “Used for 5,000 years.” If you’ve ever felt your hand reach for a product before your brain finishes thinking, you’re not alone and you’re not broken. We dig into ...
9 Huhti 34min
#67 Stress Reduction: What Actually Works—and What’s Just Wellness Hype
Stress is everywhere and so is the marketing. Nearly half of US adults say they feel stressed often, and the wellness world is ready with a supplement, a lab panel, or a pricey device for every sympto...
1 Huhti 32min
