Status, Sex, & Sports Cars: What Science Says
What does driving a sports car actually do to your hormones? In this episode, we break down a surprisingly revealing 2009 study in which researchers had men drive a bright red sports car and a beige s...
6 Sep 11min
665: Is Zone 2 training a waste of your workout time? | Kristi Storoschuk, exercise scientist
“As your time commitment goes down, the importance of intensity goes up,” says Kristi Storoshuk. Storoschuk is a PhD candidate in Muscle Physiology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Her r...
30 Aug 45min
664: High-achiever? Here’s how to prevent burnout | science writer Elizabeth Svoboda
"It's way better to pull yourself back from the brink of burnout before it hits than to let yourself fall all the way in,” says Elizabeth Svoboda. Svoboda is an award-winning science writer and contr...
23 Aug 51min
663: Daily choices that shape brain health in your 30s, 40s & beyond | David Perlmutter, MD
“We can choose our brain’s destiny,” says David Perlmutter, MD. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and six-time New York Times bestselling author whose work focuses on the intersection of ...
17 Aug 47min
662: The truth about peptides, NAD, & other longevity treatments | Rachele Pojednic, Ph.D.
"If you don't get those foundational behaviors down, there ain't nothing a peptide's gonna do for you,” says Rachele Pojednic, Ph.D. Pojednic is a professor of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Physiol...
9 Aug 51min
661: Why structure is good for your brain | journalist David Epstein
"I think structure is more liberating than it is stifling, and it often takes people losing it to sort of realize that,” says David Epstein. Epstein is the author of the number one New York Times b...
2 Aug 53min
660: Why adding more to your diet beats eliminating | Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, MA, RDN
"The diet you'll stay on is a diet that's enjoyable and not too hard,” says Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, MA, RDN. Bazilian is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, American College of Sports Medicine Cert...
26 Jul 42min
659: How to build a flourishing mind in 5 minutes | Richard Davidson, Ph. D.
“Every human being comes equipped with the capacity to flourish,” says Richard Davidson, Ph.D. Davidson is the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of W...
19 Jul 50min
