Best Neuroplasticity Boost Podcasts (2025)

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is it high IQ, neuroD, or both? Traits that overlap & tools for "flow state" 10:46

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In this episode, we'll peek at traits that some say make people "highly intelligent" - but neuroscience suggests they might actually be signs of neurodivergence. We'll talk about the brain science behind getting bored quickly, being a night owl, hyper-focusing, and being self-critical. We'll also consider tools for getting into flow state when crea…

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Why I Add Creatine to My Coffee Every Morning (And You Should Too) : 1298 30:41

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Creatine isn’t just for bodybuilders. It’s one of the most overlooked, science-backed nootropics for brain optimization, neuroplasticity, mitochondrial energy, and total human performance. This episode reveals why creatine is a non-negotiable supplement for anyone serious about biohacking, longevity, and cognitive upgrades. Watch this episode on Yo…

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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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Why Your Best Employees Are Sabotaging Your Decisions (And How to Fix It) 20:20

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The $25 Million Perfect Presentation Picture this: You're in a conference room with 23 executives, everyone has perfect PowerPoint presentations, engineering milestones are ahead of schedule, and you're about to sign off on a $25 million bet that feels like a sure thing. That was the scene at HP when we were developing the Envy 133—the world's firs…

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Death, Legacy & the Philosophy of Longevity — with Stephen Cave : 1297 57:09

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What if death isn’t inevitable but a solvable problem? This episode explores how biohacking is reshaping our understanding of mortality, legacy, and the limits of human performance. You’ll learn why some of today’s top thinkers are treating longevity as both a science and a spiritual movement, and how this shift affects your brain, your mitochondri…

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5 min Power Nap: Sleep (Guided) - Cognitive Fitness Vibe 7:32

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Transform your midday slump into peak performance with this scientifically-engineered restorative audio experience featuring our precision-tuned therapeutic frequency matrix. This 5-minute guided soundscape combines cutting-edge neuroscience with ancient healing frequencies to deliver maximum cognitive restoration. Our Therapeutic Frequency Stack: …

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15 min Power Nap: Sleep (Unguided) - Cognitive Fitness Vibe 15:28

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Transform your midday slump into peak performance with this scientifically-engineered restorative audio experience featuring our precision-tuned therapeutic frequency matrix. This 15-minute soundscape combines cutting-edge neuroscience with ancient healing frequencies to deliver maximum cognitive restoration. Our Therapeutic Frequency Stack: 40Hz -…

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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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The neuroscientific cost of people-pleasing 11:32

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In this episode, we'll peek at why being "low maintenance" or "people pleasing" could make your brain see YOU as the threat. We'll chat about how chronic "accommodation" can harm your nervous system, dysregulate your body, and cause mysterious anxiety or fatigue. We'll also cover how to negotiate with your body instead of just overriding it, with p…

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Fix What’s Making You Feel Old—From Joints to Mitochondria | Dr. Greg Kelly : 1296 45:39

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You feel stiff, tired, or older than you should—and this episode shows you how to reverse it. Learn how to fix joint pain, restore youthful movement, and upgrade your longevity by hacking the hidden causes of early aging like mitochondrial dysfunction, leaky gut, and chronic inflammation. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:…

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The Ultimate Guide to a Metabolism That Burns Fat Again — with Ben Azadi : 1295 1:06:15

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93% of people are metabolically unhealthy, and it’s not because they’re lazy or eating too much fat. It’s because their bodies forgot how to burn fat at all. This episode gives you a complete roadmap to reboot your metabolism, escape the sugar-burning trap, and reignite your fat-burning engine for good. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full vi…

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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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Medical Intuition with Caroline Myss 30:35

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Visit Gaia.com to unlock the powers of your own consciousness. Tap into the medicine within. Medical intuitive Caroline Myss guides you through the seven chakras, showing how your energy field whispers daily advice for health and harmony. Discover how to hear it—and change everything—in this soul-stirring episode. Host: Caroline Myss Guest: Carolin…

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3 Innovation Decision Traps That Kill Breakthrough Ideas (And How to Avoid Them) 14:50

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Every breakthrough innovation starts the same way: everyone thinks it's a terrible idea. Twitter was dismissed as “breakfast updates.” Google looked “too simple.” Facebook seemed limited to “just college kids.” Yet these “stupid ideas” became some of the biggest winners in tech history. After 30 years making innovation decisions at Fortune 100 comp…

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Why Your Workouts Aren’t Giving You a Summer Body — with Nick Bare : 1294 49:23

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You’re working out, eating clean, and still not getting the results you want. This episode reveals the real reason your fitness isn’t translating to the summer body you’re chasing and what to do instead. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asprey sits down with performance-dr…

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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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Why clearing spaces also clears your mind (& boosts productivity) 6:49

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In this episode, we'll peek at the neuroscience behind how visual clutter creates cognitive load at a subconscious level, and why productivity can suddenly improve after organizing (even in completely different spaces). We'll also cover what's actually happening in your neural pathways when you declutter, and how this effect is amplified for neurod…

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The Plants That Reverse Aging And Block Daily Toxins — with Darin Olien : 1293 1:05:01

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Your everyday habits might be accelerating aging, and this episode reveals what to do instead. You’ll learn how specific plants trigger powerful longevity pathways and how to eliminate the hidden toxins disrupting your hormones, brain, mitochondria, and overall health. This is a masterclass in biohacking from two experts who’ve spent decades resear…

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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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Episode #199. Rewiring Medicine: A Physician’s Path to Intuitive Healing, Dr Anona Blackwell, Genito-urinary specialist, author, academic 36:27

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Can you be both a scientist and a mystic? In this extraordinary episode, Professor Selena Bartlett speaks with Dr. Anona Blackwell — a Lancet-published academic, former consultant physician, and author of From Medic to Mystic — about the turning point where evidence-based medicine no longer had all the answers. Raised in rural poverty in Wales and …

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The Anti-Aging Skincare Trends That Are DAMAGING Your Skin | Amitay Eshel : 1292 1:08:34

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Your anti-aging skincare routine might be secretly aging you faster. In this episode, you’ll uncover how trending skincare products including vitamin C serums, harsh exfoliants, and blue light therapies can damage your skin’s mitochondria, accelerate senescence, and trigger systemic inflammation. You’ll learn how to reverse this damage, support cel…

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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…

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Why Most Supplements Are a WASTE of Money (And What Actually Works) : 1291 43:21

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Most supplements don’t work, and this episode reveals why. You’ll learn how to stop wasting money on “expensive pee,” how to spot marketing lies on labels, and which ingredients actually move the needle for energy, focus, and longevity. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asp…

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Episode #198 Sometimes We Need Less Push and More Connection, Amanda Cooke, poet and author of reunion songs. 22:57

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In the rush to do more, fix more, and be more, we often forget the simplest truth: Sometimes what we need isn’t another push… It’s a hand to hold. A moment to breathe. A reminder that we belong. When I sat down recently with Amanda Cooke—poet, writer, and creator of Reunion Songs—what unfolded wasn’t just an interview. It was a reconnection. A weav…

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Can Injectable MDMA Become the Next Biohack in 2026? RFK Jr. vs FDA – Rick Doblin : 1290 53:28

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Psychedelic therapy is on the verge of reshaping mental health, trauma healing, and human consciousness. This episode reveals what’s really happening behind the scenes at the FDA, inside pharmaceutical companies, and within the global movement to legalize MDMA-assisted therapy. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://ww…

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Essentials: The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep 41:02

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode my guest is Dr. Matt Walker, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and host of The Matt Walker Podcast, which focuses on the science and impact of sleep. We explore the importance of sleep and how its nightly structure, including REM and non-REM stages, helps …

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Exploring Extrasensory Consciousness with Carolyn Cory 39:09

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Visit Gaia.com to unlock the powers of your own consciousness. What if your mind could move matter? Award-winning filmmaker Caroline Cory explores the untapped potential of human consciousness—telepathy, psychokinesis, even precognition. Her research reveals how we’re deeply connected to the universe itself. Caroline also teases her next big projec…

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The $1.2 Billion Innovation Disaster: 5 Decision Mistakes That Kill Breakthrough Technology (HP WebOS Case Study) 30:05

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In 2011, HP killed a $1.2 billion innovation in just 49 days. I was the Chief Technology Officer who recommended buying it. What happened next reveals why smart people consistently destroy breakthrough technology—and the systematic framework you need to avoid making the same mistake. HP had just spent $1.2 billion acquiring Palm to get WebOS—one of…

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Should You Eat Dirt? The “Healthy” Foods Destroying Your Gut – Dr. Josh Axe : 1289 1:05:58

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You’ve been told to eat clean, but what if your “healthy” foods are wrecking your gut, crushing your hormones, and aging you faster? This episode exposes the nutrient-depleted truth behind modern diets, soil erosion, and why regenerative farming might be the key to reversing chronic disease, boosting mitochondria, and rebuilding your biology from t…

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5 min Brain Reboot: Sound Therapy For Brain Rot (Guided) - Cognitive Fitness Vibe 7:34

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Brain Reboot is a Brain Rot remedy that is a focused restorative audio experience designed to counter the cognitive effects of digital overwhelm and information overload through precisely calibrated frequency combinations. This science-backed audio therapy integrates: - 40Hz gamma frequencies to enhance neural synchronization and stimulate BDNF pro…

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5 min Brain Reboot: Sound Therapy For Brain Rot (Unguided) - Cognitive Fitness Vibe 7:27

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Brain Reboot is a Brain Rot remedy that is a focused restorative audio experience designed to counter the cognitive effects of digital overwhelm and information overload through precisely calibrated frequency combinations. This science-backed audio therapy integrates: - 40Hz gamma frequencies to enhance neural synchronization and stimulate BDNF pro…

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15 min Brain Reboot: Sound Therapy For Brain Rot (Unguided) - Cognitive Fitness Vibe 15:27

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Brain Reboot is a Brain Rot remedy that is a focused restorative audio experience designed to counter the cognitive effects of digital overwhelm and information overload through precisely calibrated frequency combinations. This science-backed audio therapy integrates: - 40Hz gamma frequencies to enhance neural synchronization and stimulate BDNF pro…

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Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya 4:26:48

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My guest is Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Professor Emeritus of Health Policy at Stanford University. We discuss which scientific questions ought to be the priority for NIH, how to incentivize bold, innovative science especially from younger labs, how to solve the replication crisis and resto…

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Does focusing on breathing make your anxiety worse? Neuroscience perspectives & tips 7:52

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In this episode, we'll peek at why breathing exercises can sometimes make certain people feel worse instead of better (it does not mean you or your nervous system are "broken!"). We'll talk about the neuroscience behind why forced breathing patterns can backfire for some brains in some scenarios, and look at what actually works when traditional "ju…

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How 5G Affects Brainwaves (and the New Science to Fix It) : 1288 52:54

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Your brain is under constant assault from devices you use every day. This episode reveals the hidden effects of 5G on brain function, cognitive performance, and nervous system stress, along with the science-backed method that neutralizes the damage. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR …

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Essentials: Improving Health With Stronger Brain-Body Connection 40:34

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss interoception, the brain’s ability to sense and interpret signals from the body, which shapes our sense of self and underlies vital functions like focus, sleep, healing and emotions. I explain how the body communicates different types of information to the brain, influencing processes like digestio…

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Mark Sisson: The Japanese Walking Hack That Outperforms 10,000 Steps A Day : 1287 1:22:37

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Most people think 10,000 steps a day is the gold standard for health, but it’s outdated, inefficient, and often damaging. In this episode, you’ll discover a smarter, faster way to walk for longevity, fat burning, and total body resilience. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave …

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How AI Dependency Is Rewiring Your Child’s Creative Brain (And What Parents Can Do About It) 29:04

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University of Washington researchers discovered something that should concern every parent: children who use AI to create can no longer create without it. And here's the concerning part: most parents have absolutely no idea it's happening. If you've been following our series on Creative Thinking in the AI Age, you know I've been tracking how artifi…