Mind & Matter
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Kidney Biology: Simple Diet & Lifestyle Practices for Kidney Health | Thomas Weimbs | 186
68 hours 53 mins; November 06, 2024
Self-Experimentation (n=1) in Metabolic Health, Lipid-Energy, Trust in Medical Institutions | Nick Norwitz | 195
43 mins; October 31, 2024
Sugar & Sweeteners: Are They Really Addictive or Unhealthy? | Nicole Avena | 185
64 hours 10 mins; October 30, 2024
Endocrine Disruptors & Metabolism: Microplastics, BPA, Estrogen, Insulin, Pancreas & Metabolic Dysfunction | Angel Nadal | 184
67 hours 18 mins; October 27, 2024
Calorie Restriction & Fasting: Aging, Immunity, Health Biomarkers, Stress, Genetics | Gary Churchill | 183
58 mins; October 23, 2024
Neural Basis of Language in the Human Brain | Ev Fedorenko | 182
72 hours 15 mins; October 19, 2024
Neurosurgery, Blood-Brain Barrier, Ultrasound Technology for Brain Diseases & Disorders | Nir Lipsman | 181
64 hours 17 mins; October 15, 2024
Mother-Infant Bonding, Maternal Care & Breastfeeding, Neural Basis of Hunger & Social Behavior | Marcelo Dietrich | 180
80 hours 26 mins; October 11, 2024
Cave Art, Archaeology & the Emergence of Modern Humans | Maxime Aubert | 179
79 hours 22 mins; October 07, 2024
Ask Me Anything 1 | Nick Jikomes
32 mins; September 27, 2024
Microbiome & Gut-Immune Interactions in Obesity & Metabolic Health | June Round | 178
81 hours 48 mins; September 20, 2024
Neural Basis of Pain, Placebo Effects, Opioid Pain Relief & Addiction | Gregory Scherrer | 177
78 hours 16 mins; September 15, 2024
Ancestral vs. Modern Human Diets, Seed Oils & Influence of Industry on Food Science | Steven Rofrano | 194
112 hours 51 mins; September 11, 2024
Bad Science, Nutrition Epidemiology, History of Obesity Research, Diet & Metabolic Health | Gary Taubes | 176
102 hours 23 mins; September 06, 2024
Aging, Biological Clocks, Proteomics, Longevity & Healthspan | Austin Argentieri | 175
93 hours 17 mins; September 03, 2024
Adipose Tissue & Body Fat: Obesity, Insulin, Leptin, Fertility, Weight Loss & GLP-1 Drugs | Sean Hartig | 174
103 hours 52 mins; August 29, 2024
Psychedelics, Consciousness, Mental Health & the Entropic Brain | Robin Carhart-Harris | 173
117 hours 41 mins; August 24, 2024
Immune System, Gut Microbiome, Vitamin D, Cancer, Innate Immunity, Inflammation & Gut-Immune Interactions | Caetano Reis e Sousa | 172
72 hours 5 mins; August 21, 2024
Comparative Brain Evolution: Mammals, Primates & Humans | Robert Barton | 171
98 hours 48 mins; August 18, 2024
Sex Differences, Drugs & the Brain: Psychedelics, Psilocybin, Alcohol & Nicotine | Melissa Herman | 170
75 hours 21 mins; August 14, 2024
Epigenetics, Chromatin Plasticity & the Neural Basis of Memory | Giulia Santoni | Ep 169
83 hours 45 mins; August 09, 2024
Sleep: Neural Circuits, Orexin/Hypocretin, Hypothalamus, Neuromodulators, Stress & Cortisol, Sleep Drugs & Ultrasound Technology | Luis de Lecea | 168
99 hours 31 mins; August 05, 2024
Plant Chemistry & the Chemical Basis of Marijuana Aroma | Iain Oswald | 167
51 mins; July 26, 2024
History of Diet & Food, Population Size & Social Stability, Psychological Pandemics, Physical & Mental Health in Civilization Cycles | Rudyard Lynch | 193
129 hours 58 mins; July 19, 2024
Evolution: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Origin of Life, Cellular Complexity, Epigenetics | Michael Lynch | 166
89 hours 28 mins; July 14, 2024
PUFAs in Brain Health & Disease, Dietary Fats, Brain Lipids, Nutrition | Richard Bazinet | 165
101 hours 18 mins; July 10, 2024
Seed Oils, Chronic Disease, Diet & Religious Cults, Mainstream Medicine vs. Independent Research | Tucker Goodrich | 192
108 hours 23 mins; June 30, 2024
Dopamine, Reward, Motivation, Lateral Hypothalamus, Feeding Behavior & Eating Disorders | Melissa Sharpe | 164
68 hours 39 mins; June 26, 2024
Anesthesia, Placebo Effects, Consciousness, Subjectivity, MDMA, Ketamine, Opioids, Psychedelics | Boris Heifets | 163
104 hours 35 mins; June 21, 2024
Drugs, Addiction & Neuroplasticity: Psychedelics, MDMA, Opioids, Cocaine, Amphetamine (Adderall), Nicotine, Marijuana & Alcohol | Robert Malenka | 162
94 hours 42 mins; June 16, 2024
GLP-1, Weight Loss Drugs, Ozempic, Obesity, NMDA Receptors, Metabolism & Brain Health | Christoffer Clemmensen | 161
92 hours 36 mins; June 12, 2024
Diet, Hunting, Culture and Evolution of Paleolithic Humans & Hunter Gatherers | Eugene Morin | 160
84 hours 10 mins; June 01, 2024
Neuroscience of Social Behavior, Pain, Empathy, Emotion, Brain Mechanisms of MDMA | Monique Smith | 159
86 hours 45 mins; May 23, 2024
Ketosis & Ketogenic Diet: Brain & Mental Health, Metabolism, Diet & Exercise, Cancer, Diabetes | Dominic D'Agostino | 158
101 hours 30 mins; May 16, 2024
Preventative Medicine & Lies Taught in Medical Schools | Robert Lufkin | 157
105 hours 15 mins; May 09, 2024
Psychology of Stress, Resilience, Emotion & Child Development | Stephen Sideroff | 156
99 hours 59 mins; May 03, 2024
Cell Biology of Aging, Mitochondria, Metabolism, Autophagy & Stress | Andrew Dillin | 155
99 hours 45 mins; April 29, 2024
Evolution & Genetics of Human Diet, Disease Risk, Skin Color & Origins of Modern Europeans | Eske Willerslev | 154
112 hours 23 mins; April 24, 2024
Diet, Nutrition, Metabolic Psychiatry, Brain & Mental Health | Georgia Ede | 153
111 hours 27 mins; April 19, 2024
Plant Chemistry, Cannabinoids, Cannabis Terpenes & the Entourage Effect | Ryan Vandrey | 152
90 hours 43 mins; April 12, 2024
Aging, mTOR, Sirtuins, Rapamycin, Metformin, the Truth of Resveratrol & Longevity Supplements, David Sinclair & Anti-Aging Myths | Matt Kaeberlein | 151
148 hours 31 mins; April 07, 2024
Visual System, Visual Impairments & Cures, Amblyopia, Neuroplasticity, Critical Periods & Metaplasticity, Ketamine & Psychedelics | Mark Bear | 150
76 hours 10 mins; April 03, 2024
DNA & RNA Biology, mRNA Vaccines, Vaccine Contamination & Side Effects, Spike Protein, Ivermectin, Hop Latent Viroid | Kevin McKernan | 149
110 hours 48 mins; March 30, 2024
Dietary Protein, Muscle Growth, Resistance Training, Amino Acids, Plant vs. Animal Protein Sources, Anabolic Growth | Luc van Loon | 148
82 hours 33 mins; March 27, 2024
Ketamine: Opioid System, Sex Differences, S- vs. R- Isomers, Depression & Ultrasound Imaging Technology | Tommaso Di Ianni | 147
81 hours 8 mins; March 22, 2024
Photobiology, Sunlight, Firelight, Incandescent Bulbs vs. LEDs, Mitochondria, Melatonin, Sunscreen & the Optics of the Body | Scott Zimmerman | 146
77 hours 28 mins; March 19, 2024
Epigenetics, Hormones, Endocrine Disruptors, Microplastics, Xenoestrogens, Obesity, Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics | Bruce Blumberg | 145
91 hours 17 mins; March 14, 2024
Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Allergies & Allergens, Immune System Evolution, Fasting & Metabolism | Clare Bryant | 144
92 hours 14 mins; March 10, 2024
Gut-Brain Communication, Vagus Nerve, Fats & Sugars, Food Addiction, Gut Hormones & Weight Loss Drugs | Will de Lartigue | 143
87 hours 25 mins; March 05, 2024
Endogenous DMT in the Mammalian Brain | Nicolas Glynos | 142
96 hours 44 mins; February 29, 2024
Evolution, Language, Domestication, Symbolic Cognition, AI & Large Language Models | Terrence Deacon | Ep 141
134 hours 18 mins; February 24, 2024
Obesogens, Oxidative Stress, Sugar, Statins, Diabetes & Causes of Chronic Disease | Robert Lustig | 140
119 hours 34 mins; February 17, 2024
Metabolic Switching, Fasting, Ketosis, Neuroplasticity, Diet & Neurodegenerative Disease | Mark Mattson | 139
101 hours 19 mins; February 14, 2024
Evolution & Animal Development: How Nature Builds & Changes Bodies | Sean B. Carroll | 138
113 hours 19 mins; February 09, 2024
DMT, Serotonin, Inflammation, Psychedelics, and Past, Present & Future of Psychedelic Medicine | David & Charles Nichols | 137
97 hours 36 mins; February 05, 2024
Seed Oils, Omega-6 Fats, Inflammation, Obesity, Diabetes, Chronic Disease & Metabolic Dysfunction | Chris Knobbe | 136
93 hours 49 mins; January 22, 2024
History of Diet Trends, Medical Advice in the US & Trust in Public Health Institutions | Orrin Devinsky | 135
101 hours 12 mins; January 10, 2024
Omega-6-9 Fats, Vegetable & Seed Oils, Sugar, Processed Food, Metabolic Health & Dietary Origins of Chronic Inflammatory Disease | Artemis Simopoulos | 134
87 hours 29 mins; January 03, 2024
Infant Microbiome & Breast Milk, Oral Microbiome & Cavities, Gut Health, Fiber, Probiotics, Diet, Sex Hormones, Soy Foods & Estrogens | Carolina Tropini | 133
97 hours 16 mins; December 20, 2023
Obesity Epidemic, Metabolism, Saturated Fat vs. PUFAs, Energy Expenditure, Weight Gain & Feeding Behavior | John Speakman | 132
73 hours 11 mins; December 05, 2023
Dietary Fat, Cholesterol, Cardiovascular Health & Disease, Carbohydrates, Dietary Guidelines, Food Industry & Diet Research | Ronald Krauss | 131
115 hours 6 mins; December 04, 2023
Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Flexibility & Control, Attention, Working Memory, Multitasking & Behavior | Tobias Egner | 130
73 hours 8 mins; November 05, 2023
Biological Sex, Sexual Selection, Sex Behavior, Mating Strategies, Sexual Orientation, Monogamy & Polygyny | David Puts | 129
107 hours 47 mins; October 22, 2023
Peripheral Nervous System in Health & Disease, Gut Health & Enteric Nervous System, Exercise & Neuroplasticity | Moses Chao | 128
72 hours 43 mins; October 16, 2023
Psychedelics, Microdosing Psilocybin, Stress Resilience, Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Mikael Palner | 127
59 mins; October 11, 2023
Evolution of Human Behavior, Anatomy & Diet, Homo naledi & the Cave of Bones | John Hawks | 126
124 hours 26 mins; August 27, 2023
Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Microglia, From Being a WWII Orphan to the Nobel Prize | Mario Capecchi | 125
101 hours 33 mins; August 21, 2023
Hormonal Contraception, Sex Hormones, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Puberty, Estrogens, Androgens, Effects of Birth Control on Cognition | Adriene Beltz | 124
88 hours 50 mins; August 15, 2023
Endocannabinoids, Stress, Exercise, Cortisol, Anxiety, Cannabis & Effects of Marijuana on Brain Development | Matthew Hill | Ep. 123
90 hours 19 mins; August 09, 2023
Cellular Aging, Taurine, Nutrition, Senescence, Longevity, Mitochondria, Metabolism | Vijay Yadav | Ep 122
76 hours 1 min; August 02, 2023
Psychedelics, Metaplasticity, Critical Periods, Social Learning, Psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Neuroscience | Gül Dölen | 121
102 hours 39 mins; July 19, 2023
Psychedelics, Depression, Psychotherapy, SSRIs, Human Clinical Experience of Psychedelic Medicine | Alan Davis | 120
67 hours 25 mins; July 11, 2023
Psychedelics, Neuroplasticity, LSD, Psilocybin, Ketamine, MDMA, Latest Psychedelic Science | Bryan Roth | 119
77 hours 19 mins; July 06, 2023
Psychedelics, Terence McKenna, Magic Mushrooms & Culture | Dennis McKenna | 118
89 hours 8 mins; June 28, 2023
Psychiatry, Psychedelic Medicine, LSD for Anxiety, MDMA for Autism, Medical Education, Patient Access & Mental Health | Daniel Karlin | 117
97 hours 26 mins; June 09, 2023
The Dirty Truth About Cooking Oils (Avocado, Olive, Vegetable Oil) | Selina Wang | 116
84 hours 25 mins; June 01, 2023
Exercise Science, Nutrition, Plant vs. Animal Protein, Muscle Physiology, Sleep, Endurance vs. Resistance Training, Fat, Carbs, Amino Acids | Luc van Loon | 115
42 mins; May 25, 2023
Marijuana, Plant Chemistry, Terpenes, Volatile Sulfur Compounds, Cannabis Industry, What Pungent Weed Smells Like & Why | Iain Oswald | 114
54 mins; May 08, 2023
Alcohol Toxicity, Vaping vs. Smoking, Tobacco, Nicotine, Marijuana, Cannabis Terpenes, THC, Toxicology| Echo Rufer | 113
73 hours 39 mins; May 02, 2023
The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands | Nathan Price | 112
85 hours 32 mins; April 13, 2023
Critical Periods, Neuroplasticity, Language, Synesthesia, Childhood Development, AI, DTC Marketing, Customer Segmentation, Orita.ai | Dan Brady | 111
45 mins; April 05, 2023
Neurogenesis, Stem Cells, Neuroplasticity, Aging, Exercise, Fasting & PTSD | Rusty Gage | 110
81 hours 23 mins; March 20, 2023
Cannabis Lab Testing, THC, CBD, Cannabinoids, Terpenes, Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Consumer Safety, Marijuana Industry | Nick Mosley | 109
48 mins; March 17, 2023
Mind & Matter Podcast | Nick Jikomes, PhD | Neuroscience, Psychedelics, Psychology, Psychology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Metabolism, Nutrition, Biotech
1 min; March 14, 2023
Biology of Monogamy, Sexual & Parental Behavior, Social Attachment, Oxytocin, Sex Hormones, Childhood Psychosis, Menopause & Brain Development | Devanand Manoli | 108
111 hours 42 mins; March 08, 2023
Evolution of Complex Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness & the Brain | Paul Cisek | 107
124 hours 20 mins; February 27, 2023
Dietary Nutrients, Taste, Whole vs. Processed Food, Obesity, Biology of Feeding Behavior | Stephen Simpson & David Raubenheimer | 106
109 hours 30 mins; February 19, 2023
Metabolism, Obesity & Psychedelics for Metabolic Disease | Christoffer Clemmensen | 105
82 hours 4 mins; February 07, 2023
Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | 104
101 hours 25 mins; January 23, 2023
Microbiome, Exercise, Diet, Metabolism, Circadian Rhythms, Endocannabinoids & Health | Christoph Thaiss | 103
102 hours 27 mins; January 17, 2023
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Serotonin Receptors, Tryptamines & Psychedelics | Ryan Gumpper | 102
74 hours 39 mins; January 12, 2023
Consciousness, Anesthesia, Coma, Vegetative States, Sleep Pills (Ambien), Ketamine, AI & ChatGPT | Alex Proekt | 101
97 hours 21 mins; December 25, 2022
Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Pandemics, Health Policy, Big Science, Politicization of Science | Jay Bhattacharya | 100
120 hours 46 mins; December 19, 2022
Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Organoids, Human-Animal Transplantation, Reverse Engineering the Human Brain | Sergiu Pasca | 99
72 hours 23 mins; December 15, 2022
Neural Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Neuromodulators, Serotonin, Psychedelics, Subjective Experience | Zach Mainen | 98
144 hours 26 mins; November 28, 2022
How Did the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Originate? | Alex Washburne | 97
105 hours 28 mins; November 21, 2022
MDMA, Microdosing LSD, THC & Memory, Human Psychopharmacology | Harriet de Wit | 96
56 mins; November 14, 2022
Purpose, Value, Evolution, Consciousness, Sentience, Life & Emergence of Mind From Matter | Terrence Deacon | 95
149 hours 46 mins; November 07, 2022
Neuroscience of Pleasure, Reward, Liking vs. Wanting, Motivation, Food vs. Drug Addiction & Emotion | Kent Berridge | 94
93 hours 13 mins; October 30, 2022
Marijuana, Cognition, Psychosis, Addiction, Cannabinoids, THC, CBD, THCV | Amir Englund | 93
91 hours 11 mins; October 24, 2022