Best Autism Science Foundation Podcasts (2025)

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The importance of cognitive ability in autism traits, and how to measure it in those with IDD

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Everyone knows cognitive ability is critical for understanding autism, however, how does it affect developmental trajectories of autism traits, and can it be accurately measured in those with severe intellectual disabilities? We discuss. Plus, more evidence that tylenol doees not cause autism. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41207796 https://www.aa…

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EP 170 \ Your Birth, Not Their Schedule: Why Holiday Inductions Aren’t Necessary 31:15

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Feeling pressure to be induced just because it’s Thanksgiving… or Christmas… or because your provider wants to “get things done before the holiday”? Mama, your birth is not meant to fit neatly into someone else’s calendar. In this republished episode from 2024, Lori Morris, CNM, unpacks the truth behind “holiday inductions”—why they’re almost never…

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Ep 070: Getting Started with Meal Planning and Eating Healthier Overall 34:43

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In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC sits down with fellow FNTP and NTA educator Hallie Loy-Roby for a practical, honest conversation about building real, sustainable meal-planning habits that support foundational health for overall wellbeing. Hallie Loy-Roby is a Functional Nutritional Therapy…

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553: Slow Down And Receive The Earth's Medicines With Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz 42:09

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Our fast-paced lives can make it difficult to perceive the healing properties of the very elements that surround us: in water, fire, air, and earth. Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, the author of "Earth Medicines", invites us to slow down and receive healing from the earth and its elements. Today, she shares recipes and insights that shed new light on the an…

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How to Speak Clearly & With Confidence | Matt Abrahams 2:26:20

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My guest is Matt Abrahams, lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a world expert in communication and public speaking. He explains how to speak with clarity and confidence and how to be more authentic in your communication in all settings: public, work, relationships, etc. He shares how to eliminate filler words ("umm"-ing), how to ov…

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#373 – Thyroid function and hypothyroidism: why current diagnosis and treatment fall short for many, and how new approaches are transforming care | Antonio Bianco, M.D., Ph.D. 2:20:06

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter Antonio Bianco is a world-renowned physician-scientist and expert in thyroid physiology and metabolism. In this episode, Antonio explores the complex biology of thyroid hormone production, conversion, and regulation—hi…

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Aging as adaptation: Learning the brain's recipe for resilience 5:44

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Some age-related changes in the brain and in behavior are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process.

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Noninvasive method lifts curtain on cerebrospinal-fluid dance in human brain 4:55

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Cerebrospinal fluid shows brain-region-specific dynamics, a new high-resolution MRI approach reveals.

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Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman 49:45

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Jack Feldman, PhD, a Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a leading expert in the science of breathing. We explain the mechanics of breathing and the neural circuits that generate and regulate our breathing rhythm. We also discuss how breat…

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Perimenopause: An important-and understudied-transition for the brain 7:13

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Many well-known perimenopause symptoms arise in the brain, but we still know little about the specific mechanisms at play. More research-in both animals and humans-is essential.

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EP 169 \ When Doing All the Right Things Still Doesn’t Work: Why Your Body Isn’t Responding (and What to Do Instead) 25:30

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Have you ever felt like you’re doing all the right things—eating healthy, exercising, praying, and staying consistent—yet your body still isn’t responding? You’re not broken, and you’re not failing. Sometimes your body doesn’t need more effort… it needs safety. In this episode, Lori Morris, Certified Nurse-Midwife and Christian wellness coach, shar…

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Ep 069: Who Was Dr. Weston A. Price? + Takeaways from Wise Traditions 58:48

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In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, you'll learn who Dr. Weston A. Price was and what his groundbreaking research revealed about the connection between diet, physical health, and human flourishing. Dr. Price's global studies in the early 1900s showed that traditional, nutrient-dense, properly prepared foods produced str…

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552: How To Stay EMF Safe With Dan Stachofsky 45:23

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How are the many cell towers, wifi signals, and electromagnetic fields around us affecting our health? And what can we do about them? Dan Stachofsky, the founder of Essential Energy, learned about their effects the hard way, as his family dealt with numerous health issues provoked by the non-native fields. Today, he tells his story and offers simpl…

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How Your Thoughts Are Built & How You Can Shape Them | Dr. Jennifer Groh 2:16:34

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My guest is Dr. Jennifer Groh, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. She explains how our brain encodes sights and sounds and integrates them so we can navigate and understand the world around us. She explains what thoughts really are and how what you focus on determines your thoughts, not just in that moment but your fu…

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#372 - AMA #77: Dietary fiber and health outcomes: real benefits, overhyped claims, and practical applications 24:14

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) episode, Peter breaks down the science of dietary fiber, moving beyond the blanket advice to "eat more fiber" to uncover what it actually does in the body and where its benefits are trul…

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Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future 6:43

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Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put the future of such advances at risk.

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Bitcoin, Sovereignty & The Global Health Crisis: Dr. Jack Kruse's World Tour Revelations 1:22:51

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Send us a text In this candid and unscripted conversation, Dr. Brandon Crawford and Dr. Jack Kruse take a wide-ranging journey from a global cruise to the most critical threats facing human health and freedom. Dr. Kruse shares shocking observations from his 2.5-month world cruise, highlighting that countries like Australia are severely sick and the…

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Essentials: Erasing Fears & Traumas Using Modern Neuroscience 39:45

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore the neuroscience of fear and trauma and how to effectively process and eliminate traumatic responses. I explain why successful fear treatment requires both extinction of the old fearful response and replacement with a new positive association—not just cognitive reframing. I also explain how the thr…

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How Science Proves the Healing Power of Horses: Dr. Pebbles Turbeville and the Horses and Humans Research Foundation | Ep 41 1:29:48

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What happens when curiosity meets compassion and data meets horsemanship? In this inspiring episode, Rupert Isaacson speaks with Dr. Pebbles Turbeville, CEO of the Horses and Humans Research Foundation (HHRF) — an organization that funds groundbreaking studies proving the power of horse-human interactions. For nearly two decades, HHRF has legitimiz…

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Our searchable repository of useful research can restore trust in federally funded basic science 5:36

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Called U.S. Public Research Benefits, the database showcases the value of basic science in an easy and accessible format.

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EP 168 \ Longing to Belong? Finding Community is EVERYTHING! Healing The Impact of Loneliness on Physical Health 43:27

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SHOW NOTES: Loneliness isn’t “just in your head.” It raises stress hormones, weakens the immune system, disrupts sleep, and can even impact heart health and metabolism. Scripture already told us: it’s not good for man to be alone. In this episode, Lori explains how community shapes physical healing, why isolation harms the body, and how science (e.…

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Ep 068: Common-Sense Herbal Healing and the Constipation Crux 53:21

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In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy & Wellness Podcast, Jamie Belz sits down with Evitta and Danielle Morrow, the mother-daughter team behind Common Sense Herbal Products in Torrance, California. For over 40 years, their family has carried on the legacy of founder Tim Morrow—Evitta's late husband and Danielle's father—teaching that true heal…

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How neuroscientists are using AI 16:46

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Eight researchers explain how they are using large language models to analyze the literature, brainstorm hypotheses and interact with complex datasets.

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Can COVID cause autism? 15:54

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This week, a new study suggests a causal link not between Tylenol, but to COVID, which can cause a fever. There is clearly more research needed, but the findings are consistent with research on the link between maternal illness and autism. Also, it’s well known that genetics plays a role in how symptoms of autism emerge and present. Can genetics al…

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551: Hidden Facts On The Hazards Of Vaccines With Magdalene Taylor 42:23

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"Safe and effective." This is the mantra of those in favor of vaccinations, who claim that they save lives. But, there is mounting evidence that they are neither safe nor effective. Most of us simply haven't been privy to the facts. That is about to change. Magdalene Taylor is the Director and Editor of The Informed Parent (TiP), a journal to encou…

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Using Existing Drugs in New Ways to Treat & Cure Diseases of Brain & Body | Dr. David Fajgenbaum 1:58:53

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My guest is Dr. David Fajgenbaum, MD, professor of translational medicine and human genetics at the University of Pennsylvania. He explains how, unbeknownst to most doctors, many approved medications can successfully treat or even cure diseases other than the ones they are typically used to treat. He shares his story of escaping death from Castlema…

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#371 – Women's sexual health: desire, arousal, and orgasms, navigating perimenopause, and enhancing satisfaction | Sally Greenwald, M.D., M.P.H. 1:52:21

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter Sally Greenwald is an OB-GYN who specializes in women's sexual health from a hormonal and physiologic perspective, with expertise spanning desire, arousal, pelvic floor function, contraception, and menopause care. In t…

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Neuroscience needs engineers-for more reasons than you think 9:11

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Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.

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Essentials: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging | Dr. David Sinclair 39:07

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. David Sinclair, PhD, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a leading expert on the biology of aging. We discuss the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging—and how specific behaviors, such as fasting, regular exercise and NAD⁺-boosting compounds like NMN, can activate the b…

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Autism, Dolphins & Horses: A Family’s Journey of Healing and Compassion | EP 40 with Monique Timmermans 1:41:46

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What happens when autism transforms not just a child’s life, but an entire family’s purpose? In this heartwarming episode of Equine Assisted World, Rupert Isaacson speaks with Monique and Cees Jan Timmermans from the Netherlands about their son Stan’s remarkable journey — from dolphin therapy in Curaçao to finding peace and communication through ho…

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Ramping up cortical activity in early life sparks autism-like behaviors in mice 6:17

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The findings add fuel to the long-running debate over how an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory signaling contributes to the autism.

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EP 167 \ Real Science Asks Questions - Real Faith Requires Them 29:37

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SHOW NOTES: Are you afraid to ask questions about health, birth, or medicine because you don’t want to sound “anti-science”? God never asked us to follow blindly—He asked us to seek wisdom. In this Christian wellness podcast, If Mama Ain’t Healthy (Ain’t Nobody Healthy), Lori Morris, CNM, helps you bridge faith and science with biblical discernment…

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Ep 067: The "Sober Curious" Movement and Foundational Health 1:10:22

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In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC sits down with Kristin Rowell, JD, FNTP, PHWC—former trial lawyer, marathon runner, and professional bodybuilder turned Functional Nutrition Coach, Energetic Healer, and Spiritual Advisor to executives, professionals, and other high-performing humans. Kristi…

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First Pan-African neuroscience journal gets ready to launch 4:58

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With lower-than-average article processing fees, and issues dedicated to topics important to the continent, the journal hopes to give African neuroscience research much-needed international visibility.

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550: Busting Medical Myths With Mark Gober 42:11

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Pills for every ill. Viruses that we must inoculate ourselves against. Treating the body as a machine. This is the allopathic model of medicine and it completely inverts and subverts who we are as conscious human beings. Today, Mark Gober, the author of the "Upside Down" series of books, busts many modern medical myths. He tackles many of our assum…

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Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & Appearance 1:40:01

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Here I explain the lymphatic system, a crucial bodily network for overall health and appearance. I explain how the lymphatic system works to remove cellular waste and fluid from your organs and combat infections. I provide science-based tools that support your lymphatic system for the sake of health and appearance, including: how to reduce fluid re…

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Longevity 101: a foundational guide to Peter's frameworks for longevity, and understanding CVD, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and more (re-broadcast) 1:25:25

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this special episode, Peter provides a comprehensive introduction to longevity, perfect for newcomers or those looking to refresh their knowledge. He lays out the foundational concepts of lifespan, healthspan, and t…