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Mind & Matter — 265 episodes · page 2 of 3
Self-Experimentation (n=1) in Metabolic Health, Lipid-Energy, Trust in Medical & Scientific Institutions | Nick Norwitz
Sugar & Sweeteners: Are They Really Addictive or Unhealthy? | Nicole Avena | #185
Endocrine Disruptors & Metabolism: Microplastics, BPA, Estrogen, Insulin, Pancreas Biology & Metabolic Dysfunction | Angel Nadal | #184
Calorie Restriction & Fasting: Aging, Immunity, Health Biomarkers, Stress, Genetics | Gary Churchill | #183
Neural Basis of Language in the Human Brain | Ev Fedorenko | #182
Neurosurgery, Blood-Brain Barrier, Ultrasound Technology for Brain Diseases & Disorders | Nir Lipsman | #181
Mother-Infant Bonding, Maternal Care & Breastfeeding, Neural Basis of Hunger & Social Behavior | Marcelo Dietrich | #180
Cave Art, Archaeology & the Emergence of Modern Humans | Maxime Aubert | #179
Ask Me Anything #1
Microbiome & Gut-Immune Interactions in Obesity & Metabolic Health | June Round | #178
Neural Basis of Pain, Placebo Effects, Opioid Pain Relief & Addiction | Gregory Scherrer | #177
Ancestral vs. Modern Human Diets, Seed Oils, Inflammation, Fat Oxidation, Influence of Industry on Food Science | Steven Rofrano
Bad Science, Nutrition Epidemiology, History of Obesity Research, Diet & Metabolic Health | Gary Taubes | #176
Aging, Biological Clocks, Proteomics, Longevity & Healthspan | Austin Argentieri | #175
Adipose Tissue & Body Fat: Obesity, Insulin, Leptin, Fertility, Weight Loss & GLP-1 Drugs | Sean Hartig | #174
Psychedelics, Consciousness, Psychiatry, Psychology, Mental Health & the Entropic Brain Hypothesis | Robin Carhart-Harris | #173
Immune System, Gut Microbiome, Vitamin D, Cancer, Innate Immunity, Inflammation & Gut-Immune Interactions | Caetano Reis e Sousa | #172
Comparative Brain Evolution: Mammals, Primates & Humans | Robert Barton | #171
Sex Differences, Drugs & the Brain: Psychedelics, Psilocybin, Alcohol & Nicotine | Melissa Herman | #170
Epigenetics, Chromatin Plasticity & the Neural Basis of Memory | Giulia Santoni | #169
Sleep: Neural Circuits, Orexin/Hypocretin, Hypothalamus, Neuromodulators, Stress & Cortisol, Sleep Drugs & Ultrasound Technology | Luis de Lecea | #168
Plant Chemistry & the Chemical Basis of Marijuana Aroma | Iain Oswald | #167
History of Diet & Food, Population Density & Social Stability, Psychological Pandemics, Physical & Mental Health in Civilizational Cycles | Rudyard Lynch
Evolution: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Origin of Life, Cellular Complexity, Epigenetics | Michael Lynch | #166
PUFAs in Brain Health & Disease, Dietary Fats, Brain Lipids, Nutrition | Richard Bazinet | #165
Seed Oils, Chronic Disease, Diet & Religious Cults, Mainstream Medicine vs. Independent Research | Tucker Goodrich
Dopamine, Reward, Motivation, Lateral Hypothalamus, Feeding Behavior & Eating Disorders | Melissa Sharpe | #164
Anesthesia, Placebo Effects, Consciousness, Subjectivity, MDMA, Ketamine, Opioids, Psychedelics | Boris Heifets | #163
Drugs, Addiction & Neuroplasticity: Psychedelics, MDMA, Opioids, Cocaine, Amphetamine (Adderall), Nicotine, Marijuana & Alcohol | Robert Malenka | #162
GLP-1, Weight Loss Drugs, Ozempic, Obesity, NMDA Receptors, Metabolism & Brain Health | Christoffer Clemmensen | #161
Diet, Hunting, Culture and Evolution of Paleolithic Humans & Hunter Gatherers | Eugene Morin | #160
Neuroscience of Social Behavior, Pain, Empathy, Emotion, Brain Mechanisms of MDMA | Monique Smith | #159
Ketosis & Ketogenic Diet: Brain & Mental Health, Metabolism, Diet & Exercise, Cancer, Diabetes | Dominic D'Agostino | #158
Preventative Medicine, Diet & Lifestyle vs. Pharmaceuticals in Health & Disease, Lies Taught in Medical Schools | Robert Lufkin | #157
Psychology of Stress, Resilience, Emotion & Child Development | Stephen Sideroff | #156
Cell Biology of Aging, Mitochondria, Metabolism, Autophagy & Stress | Andrew Dillin | #155
Evolution & Genetics of Human Diet, Metabolism, Disease Risk, Skin Color and Origins of Modern Europeans | Eske Willerslev | #154
Diet, Nutrition, Metabolic Psychiatry, Brain & Mental Health | Georgia Ede | #153
Plant Chemistry, Cannabinoids, Cannabis Terpenes & the Entourage Effect | Ryan Vandrey | #152
Aging, mTOR, Sirtuins, Rapamycin, Metformin, the Truth of Resveratrol & Longevity Supplements, David Sinclair & Anti-Aging Myths | Matt Kaeberlein | #151
Visual System, Visual Impairments & Cures, Amblyopia, Neuroplasticity, Critical Periods & Metaplasticity, Ketamine & Psychedelics | Mark Bear | #150
DNA & RNA Biology, mRNA Vaccines, Vax Contamination & Side Effects, Spike Protein, Ivermectin, Hop Latent Viroid | Kevin McKernan | #149
Dietary Protein, Muscle Growth, Resistance Training, Amino Acids, Plant vs. Animal Protein Sources, Anabolic Growth | Luc van Loon | #148
Ketamine: Opioid System, Sex Differences, S- vs. R- Isomers, Depression & Ultrasound Imaging Technology | Tommaso Di Ianni | #147
Photobiology, Sunlight, Firelight, Incandescent Bulbs vs. LEDs, Mitochondria, Melatonin, Sunscreen & the Optics of the Body | Scott Zimmerman | #146
Epigenetics, Hormones, Endocrine Disruptors, Microplastics, Xenoestrogens, Obesogens & Obesity, Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics | Bruce Blumberg | #145
Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Allergies & Allergens, Immune System Evolution, Fasting & Metabolism | Clare Bryant | #144
Gut-Brain Communication, Vagus Nerve, Fats & Sugars, Food Addiction, Gut Hormones & Weight Loss Drugs | Will de Lartigue | #143
Endogenous DMT in the Mammalian Brain | Nicolas Glynos | #142
Evolution, Language, Domestication, Symbolic Cognition, AI & Large Language Models | Terrence Deacon
Obesogens, Oxidative Stress, Dietary Sugars & Fats, Statins, Diabetes & the True Causes of Metabolic Dysfunction & Chronic Disease | Robert Lustig
Metabolic Switching, Fasting, Ketosis, Neuroplasticity, Diet & Neurodegenerative Disease | Mark Mattson
Evolution & Animal Development: How Nature Builds & Changes Bodies | Sean B. Carroll
DMT, Serotonin, Inflammation, Psychedelics, and Past, Present & Future of Psychedelic Medicine | David & Charles Nichols | #137
Seed Oils, Omega-6 PUFAs, Inflammation, Obesity, Diabetes, Chronic Disease & Metabolic Dysfunction | Chris Knobbe | #136
History of Diet Trends & Medical Advice in the US | Orrin Devinsky | #135
Modern Diets Can Carry 20 Times More Ω-6 Than Ω-3 | Artemis Simopoulos | Episode 134
Infant Microbiome & Breast Milk, Oral Microbiome & Cavities, Gut Health, Fiber, Probiotics, Diet, Sex Hormones, Soy Foods & Estrogens | Carolina Tropini | #133
Obesity Epidemic, Diet, Metabolism, Saturated Fat vs. PUFAs, Energy Expenditure, Weight Gain & Feeding Behavior | John Speakman | #132
Dietary Fat, Cholesterol, Cardiovascular Health & Disease, Carbohydrates, Dietary Guidlines, Food Industry & Diet Research | Ronald Krauss | #131
Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Flexibility & Control, Attention, Working Memory, Multitasking & Behavior | Tobias Egner | #130
Biological Sex, Sexual Selection, Sex Behavior, Mating Strategies, Sexual Orientation, Monogamy & Polygyny | David Puts | #129
Peripheral Nervous System in Health & Disease, Gut Health & Enteric Nervous System, Exercise & Neuroplasticity | Moses Chao | #128
Psychedelics, Microdosing Psilocybin, Stress Resilience, Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Mikael Palner | #127
Evolution of Human Behavior, Anatomy & Diet, Homo naledi & the Cave of Bones | John Hawks | #126
Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Microglia, From Being a WWII Orphan to the Nobel Prize | Mario Capecchi | #125
Hormonal Contraception, Sex Hormones, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Puberty, Estrogens, Androgens, Effects of Birth Control on Cognition | Adriene Beltz | #124
Endocannabinoids, Stress, Exercise, Cortisol, Anxiety, Cannabis & Effects of Marijuana on Brain Development | Matthew Hill | #123
Cellular Aging, Taurine, Nutrition, Senescence, Longevity, Mitochondria, Metabolism | Vijay Yadav | #122
Psychedelics, Metaplasticity, Critical Periods, Social Learning, Psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Neuroscience | Gül Dölen | #121
Psychedelics, Depression, Psychotherapy, SSRIs, Human Clinical Experience of Psychedelic Medicine | Alan Davis | #120
Psychedelics, Neuroplasticity, LSD, Psilocybin, Ketamine, MDMA, Latest Psychedelic Science | Bryan Roth | #119
Terence McKenna, Psychedelics, Psilocybin Mushrooms, DMT, Carl Jung, Culture, Drugs & Society | Dennis McKenna | #118
Psychiatry, Psychedelic Medicine, LSD for Anxiety, MDMA for Autism, Medical Education, Patient Access & Mental Health | Daniel Karlin | #117
Psychiatry, Psychedelic Medicine, LSD for Anxiety, MDMA for Autism, Medical Ethics, Patient Access & Mental Health | Daniel Karlin | #117
The Dirty Truth About Cooking Oils (Avocado, Olive, Vegetable Oil) | Selina Wang | 116
Exercise Science, Nutrition, Plant vs. Animal Protein, Muscle Physiology, Sleep, Endurance vs. Resistance Training, Fat, Carbs, Amino Acids | Luc van Loon | #115
Exercise Science, Nutrition, Plant vs. Animal Protein, Muscle Physiology, Sleep, Endurance vs. Resistance Training, Fat, Carbs, Amino Acids | Luc van Loon | #115
Marijuana, Plant Chemistry, Terpenes, Volatile Sulfur Compounds, Cannabis Industry, What Pungent Weed Smells Like & Why | Iain Oswald | #114
Alcohol Toxicity, Vaping vs. Smoking, Tobacco, Nicotine, Marijuana, Cannabis Terpenes, THC, Toxicology, Health Effects of Vaping | Echo Rufer | #113
The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands | Nathan Price | #112
Premium Episode | The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands | Nathan Price | #112
Critical Periods, Neuroplasticity, Language Acquisition, Synesthesia, Childhood Development, Machine Learning & AI, DTC Marketing, Customer Segmentation, Orita.ai | Dan Brady | #111
Premium Episode | Critical Periods, Neuroplasticity, Language Acquisition, Synesthesia, Childhood Development, Machine Learning & AI, DTC Marketing, Customer Segmentation, Orita.ai | Dan Brady | #111
Neurogenesis, Stem Cells, Neuroplasticity, Aging, Exercise, Fasting & PTSD | Rusty Gage | #110
Cannabis Lab Testing, THC, CBD, Cannabinoids, Terpenes, Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Consumer Safety, Marijuana Industry | Nick Mosley | #109
Monogamy, Sexual & Parental Behavior, Social Attachment, Oxytocin, Sex Hormones, Childhood Psychosis, Menopause & Brain Development | Devanand Manoli | #108
Evolution of Complex Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness & the Brain | Paul Cisek | #107
Eat Like Animals: Comparative Biology of Feeding Behavior | Stephen Simpson & David Raubenheimer | #106
Metabolism, Obesity & Psychedelics for Metabolic Disease | Christoffer Clemmensen | #105
Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | #104
Connections Between Microbiome, Exercise, Diet, Metabolism, Circadian Rhythms, Endocannabinoids & Health | Christoph Thaiss | #103
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Serotonin Receptors, Tryptamines & Psychedelics | Ryan Gumpper | #102
Consciousness, Anesthesia, Coma, Vegetative States, Sleep Pills (Ambien), Ketamine, AI & ChatGPT | Alex Proekt | #101
Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Pandemics, Health Policy, COVID, Politicization of Science | Jay Bhattacharya | #100
Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Organoids, Human-Animal Transplantation, Reverse Engineering the Human Brain | Sergiu Pasca | #99
Cannabinoids, CBD, THCV, CBG, Inflammation, Diabetes, Gut Health & Academia vs. Industry | Saoirse O'Sullivan | #41
Neural Computation, AI, Neuromodulators, Dopamine, Serotonin, Psychedelics, Subjective Experience | Zach Mainen | #98
How Did the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Originate? | Alex Washburne | #97
MDMA, Microdosing LSD, THC & Memory, Human Psychopharmacology | Harriet de Wit | #96