
Eudaimonia: The Good Life
Is a good life something you get by avoiding disease for as long as possible? That's the undercurrent of conventional and alternative health alike: eat this, don't eat that, test this marker, and you ...
31 Aug 20min

Mind Over Low Libido
A woman wrote to me with a question that's more common than she thinks: "I don't feel sexual desire for my husband — how do I get it back?" The pop-psychology answer blames him, her hormones, or her t...
18 Aug 35min

Reductio Ad Absurdum
There's an old move in logic: reductio ad absurdum. You don't attack an idea. You agree with it, let it be completely true, and follow it all the way to its final destination. If the destination is mo...
27 Juli 28min

Here for the Truth! with Joel & Yerasimos
A conversation I had on Here for the Truth with Joel Rafidi and Yerasimos that turned out to be a clear articulation of my whole framework. The root of every "problem" - every symptom, every pattern, ...
13 Juli 1h 52min

The Galactic Guide to Curing Constipation (#2 is Our Favourite)
A talk about the meaning of life, delivered through your toilet bowl — and Lishui means that completely. Every gut has been running the same four-step routine for half a billion years: take it in, mov...
3 Juli 26min

Mind Over Menopause
Everything you've been told about menopause is, more or less, a lie — and Lishui means the medical version and the alternative-world version. This episode takes the menopause story apart brick by bric...
27 Juni 56min

Why Babies Get Cancer
"If God is loving and all-powerful, why do babies get cancer?" It's the question atheists use to shut down every conversation about meaning in suffering — and it's also the uncomfortable question that...
22 Juni 20min




















