Best Nerve Cells Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 21: The Role of AI in Chronic Pain Research 46:15

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Send us a text with your thoughts on this episode! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all over the news with headlines promising that AI will replace all human workers or possibly even take over the world. Hype aside, how will AI impact pain research? Join me for a fascinating interview with Dr. Di Ieva, a neurosurgeon and computer scientist who is us…

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EM Quick Hits 66 Pediatric Torticollis, Stable Wide Complex Tachydysrhythmias, Post-intubation Neurocritical Care, Hyponatremia Correction Rates, Paronychia Management, Women in EM Leader Series with Judith ... 1:31:24

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On this EM Quick Hits podcast: Pediatric Torticollis with Dr. Deb Shconfeld, Approach to Stable Wide Complex Tachydysrhythmias with Dr. Anand Swaminathan, Post-intubation Neurocritical Care 5 best practices with Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak, Hyponatremia Correction Rates with Dr. Justin Morgenstern, Paronychia Management with Dr. Andrew Tagg, and Women i…

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Gut-Brain Menopause Fix with Andrea Jones 49:30

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Menopause is not the end of vibrant health. In this episode, I am chatting with Andrea Jones about food choices, smart training, better sleep, lab work, libido, and emotional health so you can thrive as hormones shift. Discover a full-body roadmap to feel strong and steady at midlife. Hosted by Leanne Vogel. Coaching and other supports available at…

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The Untold Truth About Back-Surgery | Dr. Jim Marino | S6 - E23 55:36

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Retired spine surgeon Dr. Jim Marino reveals the real reasons behind back pain—and why most treatments (and even MRIs) could be leading you down the wrong path. 🎯 In This Episode, You’ll Discover: ➡️The MRI Lie: Why 30% of people with zero symptoms still show “surgical problems” on scans ➡️The Muscle Strain Myth: Dr. Marino never saw a single back …

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How Nature & Other Physical Environments Impact Your Focus, Cognition & Health | Dr. Marc Berman 2:12:00

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My guest is Dr. Marc Berman, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago whose research explores how different physical environments—particularly nature and patterns found in nature—can positively impact our ability to focus, our cognitive performance and our mental and physical health. We discuss how our physical environment influe…

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Savannah Mandel on an Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration 1:04:35

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with space anthropologist, writer, and Virginia Tech doctoral candidate, Savannah Mandel, about her book, Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration (Chicago Review Press, 2025). The book uses history, ethnography, participant observation in policy-making, and other forms of evidence …

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Nuts and Bolts 54:00

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How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egypt in the 3rd century BC. They aren’t just ancient history. They help hold up our bridges and homes today. Join us as we dissect a handful of engineering inventions that keep our world spinning and intact…

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Kevin J. Tracey, "The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes" (Penguin, 2025) 32:55

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The vagus nerve is fundamental to our health and vitality, coordinating critical functions from the precise heartbeat we need to exercise or rest to the balance of appetite and digestion. Made up of 200,000 fibers, the vagus nerve sends thousands of electrical signals every second between your brain and your most important organs. Yet despite its e…

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Kevin J. Tracey, "The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes" (Penguin, 2025) 32:55

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The vagus nerve is fundamental to our health and vitality, coordinating critical functions from the precise heartbeat we need to exercise or rest to the balance of appetite and digestion. Made up of 200,000 fibers, the vagus nerve sends thousands of electrical signals every second between your brain and your most important organs. Yet despite its e…

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Edward Tenner, "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences" (APS Press, 2025) 1:01:20

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How did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribute to another tragedy in Chicago harbor three years later? How efficient are wild animals as investors, and how do dog breeds become national symbols? Why have scientific breakthroughs so often originated in the study of shadows? How did the file card prepare scholarship and comm…

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Essentials: Science of Stress, Testosterone, Aggression & Motivation | Dr. Robert Sapolsky 36:50

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode my guest is Dr. Robert Sapolsky, PhD, a professor of biology, neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University. We discuss different types of stress and how our perception of stress as harmful or beneficial largely depends on context. He also explains how testosterone amplifies pre-existing behavior…

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Ditch the Supplement Stack: Peptides Replace 30 Pills 49:03

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Tired of a supplement shelf that looks like a pharmacy? This episode reveals why your body may not need more pills, it needs smarter signals. Learn how precision plant peptides in the MAKE lineup (FIT, LEAN, ENERGIZED, FOCUSED, CALM, HYDRATED) speak your body’s own language to cut cravings, calm stress, build muscle, and light up natural energy. Fe…

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The Life Changing Arthritis Solution | Dr. Grant Pagdin | S6 - E22 55:35

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In this week’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Grant Pagdin, a regenerative medicine leader running a groundbreaking Health Canada-approved study on osteoarthritis. Using stem cells derived from the patient’s own body, this non-surgical treatment is showing real, lasting results: ✅ 2 out of 3 patients see meaningful improvement ✅ Relief lasts 3–5+ yea…

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How to Lose Fat & Gain Muscle With Nutrition | Alan Aragon 2:35:23

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My guest is Alan Aragon, a renowned nutrition and fitness expert and researcher known for sharing the strongest evidence-based approaches to fat loss, muscle gain and overall health and fitness. We discuss how to optimize your protein intake, including how much to consume per meal and when, and the facts and myths about the “30-gram rule” and the “…

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Coffee of the Future 54:00

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Drinking a cup of coffee is how billions of people wake up every morning. But climate change is threatening this popular beverage. Over 60% of the world’s coffee species are at risk of extinction. Scientists are searching for solutions, including hunting for wild, forgotten coffee species that are more resilient to our shifting climate. Find out ho…

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Margaret Cook Andersen, "Fertile Expectations: The Politics of Involuntary Childlessness in Twentieth-Century France" (Manchester UP, 2025) 45:35

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An engaging history of motherhood, demography, and infertility in twentieth-century France, Fertile expectations: The politics of involuntary childlessness in twentieth-century France (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Dr. Margaret Andersen explores fraught political and cultural meanings attached to the notion of an "ideal" family size. When s…

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Pooja Agarwal, Cynthia Nebel, Veronica Yan, "Smart Teaching Stronger Learning: Practical Tips From 10 Cognitive Scientists" (Unleash Learning Press, 2025) 1:14:22

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How can I help my students not only learn my course material but also retain and transfer that information? This is a question that has plagued and intrigued teachers for centuries. In Smart Teaching Stronger Learning: Practical Tips for 10 Cognitive Scientists, the authors provide their readers with evidence-based practices for immediate classroom…

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Essentials: Understanding & Conquering Depression 40:43

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore major depression, including its underlying biology and discuss science-based approaches to alleviate symptoms and improve mood. I describe the wide-ranging symptoms of depression and explain how key neurotransmitters, hormones, stress, genetics and inflammation contribute to its development and per…

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Episode 119. Nervous System Rewiring with Danielle Pashko 52:04

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What happens when all your supplements, clean eating, and protocols stop working—and you just keep getting sicker? Danielle Pashko had built her career in functional medicine, doing everything “right.” But after thyroid cancer, Lyme disease, and long COVID wrecked her health, she hit a wall. Nothing worked—until she stopped chasing fixes and starte…

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The Hormone-Weight Connection No One Talks About 39:13

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Calories tell only half the story. In this episode I uncover the real drivers of stubborn fat, cravings, and stalled muscle: estrogen, cortisol, insulin, and leptin. Learn how these four hormones decide whether you burn fat or store it, and hear the food, stress, training, lab, and peptide strategies that bring them back into balance so body recomp…

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The Science Changing Chronic Disease | Dr. Bernard Straile | S6 - E21 49:51

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What if I told you that the chronic fatigue, autoimmune symptoms, and mysterious health issues plaguing millions of people all stem from the same overlooked cause? And what if there was a technology that could identify and address this root cause using nothing but frequencies? This week's Pod of Inquiry guest will blow your mind! Dr. Bernard Strail…

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The Chemistry of Food & Taste | Dr. Harold McGee 2:13:34

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Dr. Harold McGee, PhD, is a renowned author on the topics of food chemistry and culinary science. He explains how cooking methods, types of cookware and temperature can be used to transform food and drink flavors and presents simple but powerful ways to improve nutrient availability. We also discuss how our individual biology, genetic and cultural …

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Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper, "Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins" (University of Chicago Press, 2025) 1:01:29

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A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality. By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Nia…

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What Moves Us 54:29

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What physical activity gives you joy? Whether it’s walking, running, dancing or swimming, your body evolved to do it. We are made for movement. But there’s a cost, as anyone with a sore neck or aching back knows. From the tiny muscles in our skin, which raise the hair on our arms, to the intricate mix of bone, blood vessels, and nerves in our neck,…

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Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke 36:32

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. We discuss how dopamine drives reward, motivation and addictive behaviors. Dr. Lembke explains the concept of the pleasure-pain balance of dopamine and how this cycle pla…

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July 2025 Journal Club: VYC-20L to Correct Temple Hollowing; PROs after Facial Laser Resurfacing; Model for Lip Lift Counseling 56:55

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In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2025 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board – Christopher Kalmar, Ilana Margulies, and Amanda Sergesketter- and special guest, Lara Devgan, MD, MPH, discuss the following articles from the July 2025 issue: “Improvement in Temple Hollowing with VYC-20L Hyaluronic Acid Filler: A …

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Episode 20: Zymedyne and the Search for New Medications for Pain 38:39

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Send us a text with your thoughts on this episode! What is it like trying to discover new medication for chronic pain? Join Dr. Karmy for an interview with Dr. Chris Bladen, CEO of Zymedyne, a Calgary biotech start-up, to learn what it takes to bring a new medication for chronic pain to patients. Learn more about Zymedyne Theapeutics here: https://…

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Ep 205 Leading from the Inside Out: Building Teams, Trust and Purpose in Emergency Medicine 1:38:05

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In this podcast, with Dr. Thom Mayer, Dr. Carolyn Snider and Dr. Howard Ovens, on leading from the inside out, we cover foundational principles, practical habits, and transformative insights that can make any member of an ED team a more effective, compassionate, and adaptive leader. Here, you’ll find tools, philosophy, and stories that just might t…

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What Is Redox? The Key to More Energy and Faster Healing 38:43

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What if your fatigue, slow healing, and “off” feeling had nothing to do with willpower—and everything to do with cellular communication? In this episode, we’re diving into Redox signaling: how your cells talk, repair, and power your body. You’ll learn how Redox balance supports energy, immune response, hormone sensitivity, and recovery—and why macr…

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Vanessa Azelis: Grief + Chronic Illness Recovery 1:08:13

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Vanessa Azelis is a Nervous System & Grief Guide with over 10 years personal experience with debilitating chronic illness. She is a certified Bereavement Educator and Grief Somatic Practitioner. While on her deathbed with no hope, God found her and He guided her to the mind body world where she found healing. Through her faith, brain retraining, ne…

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Low Testosterone Epidemic in Young Men | Dr. Christopher Estes | S6 - E20 59:41

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Dr. Christopher Estes just dropped some serious knowledge bombs in our latest episode that will change how you think about testosterone – and it's not what you expect. This isn't your typical "just inject testosterone" conversation. Something alarming is happening to young men's health, and most doctors are completely missing it. Dr. Estes sees 30-…

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Control Your Vagus Nerve to Improve Mood, Alertness & Neuroplasticity 1:51:29

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In this episode I explain how your vagus nerve—an extensive neural pathway linking your brain and body in both directions—powerfully regulates your mood, digestion, alertness and even certain food cravings, and I explain how you can activate certain vagus nerve pathways to improve your heart rate variability (HRV), a key marker of health and longev…

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The Rights of Rivers 54:00

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Healthy rivers and riparian ecosystems are teaming with life, but should rivers themselves be considered alive? The question is central to the growing rights-of-nature movement that claims that ecosystems and entities, like rivers, have legal rights. After Ecuador enshrined the rights of nature in its constitution, lawyers employed the new personho…

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Elliot Lichtman, "The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games" (MIT Press, 2025) 48:46

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In The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games (MIT Press, 2025), Elliot Lichtman will teach you some of computer science’s most powerful concepts in a refreshingly accessible way: exploring them through word games, board games, and strategy games you already know. Learn recursion by playing tic…

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Liam Graham, "Molecular Storms: The Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life" (Springer Nature, 2023) 57:01

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Why is the universe the way it is? Wherever we look, we find ordered structures: from stars to planets to living cells. Molecular Storms: The Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life (Springer Nature, 2023) shows that the same driving force is behind structure everywhere: the incessant random motion of the components of matter. Physicists cal…

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Episode 118. Transformative Addiction Medicine with Dr. Sarah Nasir 40:32

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In this episode of The One Thing Podcast, Dr. Sarah Nasir shares her visionary approach to treating addiction through a deeply integrative and compassionate lens. As an osteopathic physician and founder of Zara Care, she is reshaping addiction recovery by combining primary care with holistic healing, addressing the mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Nasir…

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Essentials: How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure 37:28

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore the sensations of pain and pleasure, explaining how they are sensed in the body and interpreted by the brain as well as methods to control their intensity. I discuss both the hardwired mechanisms and subjective factors that shape an individual’s perception of pain and pleasure. I also explain why p…

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Essential Amino Acids with Angelo Keely {CEO of Kion} 1:01:46

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Are protein shakes really enough as you age? In this episode, I’m joined by Angelo Keely, CEO of Kion, to break down why Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) are the real secret to preserving muscle, energy, and body composition—especially for women over 35. We explore how EAAs differ from protein powder, when to use them, and how they support fat loss, ho…

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The Science-Backed Yoga Method | Lara Heimann | S6 - E19 55:07

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Meet Lara Heimann, a physical therapist who's revolutionizing movement with her LYT Yoga method. What she shared completely flipped my understanding of what yoga can actually do for your body. Here's what blew my mind: 🧠 She helps stroke patients walk again using techniques you can apply to your own body 💪 Her resting heart rate is 46 without doing…

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Maggie M. Fink and Shahir S. Rizk, "The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life" (Belknap Press, 2025) 33:58

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An awe-inspiring journey into the world of proteins--how they shape life, and their remarkable potential to heal our bodies and our planet. Each fall, a robin begins the long trek north from Gibraltar to her summer home in Central Europe. Nestled deep in her optic nerve, a tiny protein turns a lone electron into a compass, allowing her to see north…

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How to Grow From Doing Hard Things | Michael Easter 3:07:40

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My guest is Michael Easter, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and best-selling author. We discuss how particular daily life choices undermine our level of joy, our sense of purpose, our physical and our mental health and the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly steps we can all take to vastly increase our level of motivation, gratitud…