380 summaries

Andrew Huberman

Stanford neuroscientist translating the research on sleep, focus, hormones and performance into protocols.

Essentials: Sleep Toolkit for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Huberman's condensed sleep toolkit: how light, temperature, food, exercise, and a few supplements set your 24-hour

Eating for Better Sleep & Foods that Improve Metabolic Health | Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge

A sleep-nutrition scientist explains the two-way street between how you sleep and how you eat, and which foods actually

Essentials: Psychedelics & Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring | Dr. Nolan Williams

Stanford's Dr. Nolan Williams explains how brain stimulation and psychedelics rewire depression and PTSD circuits i

Peptides: The Science, Uses & Safety | Dr. Abud Bakri

A physician's masterclass on peptides, from BPC-157 and GLP-1s to thymus, pineal and growth-hormone compounds, weig

The Science & Process of Healing from Grief | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains grief as the brain's slow remapping of a lost person across three dimensions: space, time, and cl

Build Muscle, Great Posture & Resilience to Injury | Jeff Cavaliere

Athlean-X's Jeff Cavaliere teaches Andrew Huberman the small, often-ignored exercises that keep your back, shoulder

How to Overcome Social Anxiety | Dr. Nick Epley

Behavioral scientist Nick Epley explains why we're wildly too pessimistic about strangers, and how small social ris

Understanding & Controlling Aggression | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of aggression and reveals it's estrogen, not testosterone, that flips the bra

Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro Fujita

A self-control scientist dismantles willpower myths and reframes discipline as a learnable, personalized toolbox of ment

Essentials: Compulsive Behaviors & Deep Brain Stimulation | Dr. Casey Halpern

Neurosurgeon Casey Halpern explains how deep brain stimulation and brain circuits drive OCD, addiction, and binge eating

Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti

Psychiatrist Paul Conti walks Huberman through a practical framework for building mental health by starting from what&#x

Male Roles, Obligations and Options for Building a Fulfilling Life | Scott Galloway

Scott Galloway gives Andrew Huberman a data-driven, tough-love blueprint for young men: get fit, make money, serve other

Essentials: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music | Dr. Erich Jarvis

Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis explains why speech is a learned motor skill, how songbirds mirror human language genes, and

How to Better Regulate Your Emotions | Dr. Marc Brackett

Yale's Marc Brackett breaks down the practical science of emotion regulation, arguing there are no bad emotions, on

Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains the neuroscience of memory and how spiking adrenaline right after learning cuts the repetitions needed

How Women Can Improve Their Fertility & Hormone Health | Dr. Natalie Crawford

A fertility doctor explains why every woman should test her egg reserve early and how lifestyle controls reproductive an

Essentials: The Biology of Aggression, Mating & Arousal | Dr. David Anderson

Neuroscientist David Anderson breaks down the brain circuits behind aggression, mating, fear, and arousal as overlapping

Cultivating Awe & Emotional Connection in Daily Life | Dr. Dacher Keltner

Emotion scientist Dacher Keltner explains what awe actually is, how to manufacture it daily, and why it heals body and m

Essentials: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance | Dr. Andy Galpin

Exercise scientist Andy Galpin distills strength, power, and hypertrophy training into a few rules anyone can apply.

How Hormones Shape Sexual Orientation & Behavior | Dr. Marc Breedlove

Neuroscientist Marc Breedlove explains how prenatal testosterone, finger-length ratios, and a mother's immune memor

Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how the brain senses salt, why sodium drives thirst and performance, and how to find your optimal i

The Best Vitality & Health Protocols | Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Rhonda Patrick gives a masterclass on exercise, fasting, gut-heart inflammation, and the exact supplements she takes for

Essentials: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Dr. Emily Balcetis

A vision scientist explains how where you point your eyes and how you track data can hack motivation and goal achievemen

Science-Based Meditation Tools to Improve Your Brain & Health | Dr. Richard Davidson

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson explains how just 5 minutes of daily meditation measurably rewires your brain, lowers in

Benefits of Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the science of deliberate heat exposure and how to design sauna protocols for longevity, hormones,

Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer | Dr. Alex Marson

Immunologist Dr. Alex Marson explains how the immune system, CRISPR, and engineered T cells are turning cancer treatment

Essentials: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Dr. Charles Zuker

Neuroscientist Charles Zuker explains how the tongue detects five basic tastes and how a gut-brain circuit drives our in

Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia (Healthy Gamer)

Psychiatrist and former monk Dr. K explains how to unlearn negative patterns by dissolving the ego, mastering emotions,

Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how sunlight, blue light, and red light reshape hormones, mood, pain, immunity, and even reverse ey

Restore Youthfulness & Vitality to the Aging Brain & Body | Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray

Stanford's Tony Wyss-Coray explains how young blood, exercise, and organ-specific aging clocks could rejuvenate the

Essentials: Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Jeff Cavaliere

Jeff Cavaliere breaks down how to structure a science-based training program, from splits and recovery to stretching, gr

The Most Effective Weight Training, Cardio & Nutrition for Women | Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple

An exercise scientist dismantles the myth that women need sex-specific training, arguing men and women respond to exerci

The Science of Love, Desire & Attachment | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of desire, love, and attachment, from childhood attachment styles to libido-boosti

How Genes Shape Your Risk Taking & Morals | Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden

A behavior geneticist explains how genes and luck shape addiction, aggression, and morality, and why America's lust

Essentials: The Science & Practice of Movement | Ido Portal

Movement teacher Ido Portal reframes movement as an open, decentralized practice of awareness, playful exploration, and

How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague

Neuroscientist Read Montague rewrites the dopamine story, showing it as a moment-to-moment learning currency that mirror

Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains the neuroscience of play and why low-stakes, playful exploration is the most powerful portal to lifelo

Science & Tools of Learning & Memory | Dr. David Eagleman

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how the plastic brain learns, builds memory, warps time, dreams, and falls into u

Essentials: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Dr. Paul Conti

Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti explains what trauma really is, why guilt and shame trap us, and how facing it heals.

Build Muscle & Strength & Forge Your Life Path | Dorian Yates

Six-time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates makes the case for brief, brutal, low-volume high-intensity training and a life built

Essentials: Tools to Boost Attention & Memory | Dr. Wendy Suzuki

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how exercise, meditation, and sleep grow a 'big, fat, fluffy hippocampus'

How to Overcome Addiction to Substances or Behaviors | Dr. Keith Humphreys

Stanford addiction expert Dr. Keith Humphreys explains how to think about, avoid, and overcome addiction to substances a

Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus & Creativity | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the science of optimizing your workspace - light, gaze direction, ceiling height, sound, and postur

Best Ways to Build Better Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear

Atomic Habits author James Clear and Andrew Huberman unpack how to start, stick to, and break habits using friction, ide

Essentials: Micronutrients for Health & Longevity | Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Dr. Rhonda Patrick breaks down her top micronutrients and hormetic stressors for brain health, longevity, and disease pr

Defining Healthy Masculinity & How to Build It | Terry Real

Therapist Terry Real argues the male mental-health crisis stems from disconnection, and that relational skill, not stoic

Essentials: How to Optimize Your Hormones for Health & Vitality | Dr. Kyle Gillett

Dr. Kyle Gillett breaks down how to optimize hormones for men and women through six lifestyle pillars, blood testing, an

Transform Pain & Trauma Into Creative Expression | David Choe

Artist David Choe gives Andrew Huberman a raw, sprawling account of addiction, abuse, shame, and turning every emotion i

How to Set & Achieve Goals | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of goal setting and the visual-attention tools that make pursuing goals easier and

Improve Energy & Longevity by Optimizing Mitochondria | Dr. Martin Picard

Columbia's Martin Picard reframes mitochondria as energy-transforming 'antennas' that link your psycholog

Essentials: Build a Healthy Gut Microbiome | Dr. Justin Sonnenburg

Stanford microbiologist Justin Sonnenburg explains how fermented foods, fiber, and diet shape the gut microbiome and low

Master the Creative Process | Twyla Tharp

Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp tells Huberman how discipline, a creative 'spine,' and lifelong movement b

The Science of Making & Breaking Habits | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of how habits form, stick, and can be deliberately broken.

Dr. Glen Jeffery: Using Red Light to Improve Your Health & the Harmful Effects of LEDs

Neuroscientist Glen Jeffery explains how red and infrared light boosts your mitochondria, and why LED lighting may be a

Essentials: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. David Spiegel

Stanford psychiatrist Dr. David Spiegel explains how self-hypnosis rewires brain networks to control pain, stress, sleep

Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

An OB/GYN argues that PCOS, endometriosis, and breast-cancer risk are massively under-diagnosed, and teaches women how t

Essentials: Science of Building Strong Social Bonds with Family, Friends & Romantic Partners

Huberman breaks down the brain circuits, neurochemicals, and hormones behind social bonding, loneliness, and how to deep

How to Speak Clearly & With Confidence | Matt Abrahams

Stanford lecturer Matt Abrahams breaks down science-based tools to speak clearly, beat anxiety, and communicate authenti

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

Breathing pioneer Dr. Jack Feldman explains how the brain generates breath and how slow breathing reshapes fear, mood, a

How Your Thoughts Are Built & How You Can Shape Them | Dr. Jennifer Groh

Neuroscientist Jennifer Groh explains how the brain fuses sight and sound, what thoughts actually are, and how to engine

Erasing Fears & Traumas Using Modern Neuroscience | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of fear and trauma, and the therapies, drugs, and breathing protocols that can ext

How A Doctor Cured His Own Terminal Disease | Dr. David Fajgenbaum

A doctor told he was terminal five times cured his own rare disease by repurposing an existing drug, and now hunts cures

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

Geneticist David Sinclair explains why aging is a treatable disease driven by epigenetic 'scratches' — and the

Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & Appearance

Huberman breaks down the lymphatic system, why it lacks a pump, and simple movement, breathing and sleep habits that dra

The Science of Gratitude & How to Build a Gratitude Practice | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains why the most effective gratitude practice isn't listing what you're thankful for, but receiv

How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield

Author Steven Pressfield tells Andrew Huberman how to recognize, outwork, and overcome the inner 'Resistance'

Essentials: How Your Brain Functions & Interprets the World | Dr. David Berson

Neuroscientist David Berson walks Andrew Huberman through how the brain builds vision, keeps time, balances the body, an

Protect & Improve Your Hearing & Brain Health | Dr. Konstantina Stankovic

A Stanford ear surgeon explains how hearing works, why hearing loss drives dementia, and the concrete steps to protect i

Time Perception, Memory & Focus | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how light, dopamine and serotonin secretly control your sense of time, focus and memory.

How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley

Retired Navy SEAL DJ Shipley breaks down the daily routines, fitness standards, and ibogaine treatment that pulled him b

Essentials: How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in the Short & Long Term | Dr. David Buss

Evolutionary psychologist David Buss breaks down what men and women select for in short-term hookups versus lifelong par

Enhance Your Learning Speed & Health Using Neuroscience Based Protocols | Dr. Poppy Crum

Neuroscientist Poppy Crum and Andrew Huberman explore how AI, sensors, and 'digital twins' can read our hidden

Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how your nervous system can switch your immune system on, using breathing, sleep position, mindset, an

Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

The 'glute guy' Dr. Bret Contreras breaks down how to build any muscle, prioritize lagging body parts, and tra

Essentials: How to Exercise for Strength Gains & Hormone Optimization | Dr. Duncan French

Huberman and UFC sports scientist Duncan French unpack how to train for strength, hormone release, and recovery.

How to Expand Your Consciousness | Dr. Christof Koch

Neuroscientist Christof Koch explains what consciousness actually is, how to expand your 'perception box,' and

Food & Supplements for Brain Health & Cognitive Performance | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the foods and supplements that support brain health and explains why we crave the foods we crave.

Transform Your Metabolic Health & Longevity by Knowing Your Unique Biology | Dr. Michael Snyder

Stanford geneticist Michael Snyder argues that metabolic health is deeply personal, and deep measurement reveals which f

Essentials: Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance | Dr. Alia Crum

Stanford psychologist Alia Crum explains how mindsets about food, exercise, and stress measurably reshape your body'

How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

Free-solo legend Alex Honnold tells Andrew Huberman how relentless small daily goals, not raw fearlessness, build seemin

Effects of Fasting & Time Restricted Eating on Fat Loss & Health | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the science of time-restricted eating: when you eat matters as much as what you eat for fat loss an

Science & Health Benefits of Belief in God & Religion | Dr. David DeSteno

A scientist explains why belief and religious practice measurably improve health and well-being, without claiming to pro

Essentials: Timing Light for Better Sleep, Energy & Mood | Dr. Samer Hattar

Circadian biologist Samer Hattar explains how the timing of light exposure rewires your sleep, energy, mood, and appetit

Curing Autism, Epilepsy & Schizophrenia with Stem Cells | Dr. Sergiu Pașca

Stanford's Sergiu Pasca explains how lab-grown brain organoids and assembloids are decoding autism, epilepsy and sc

Controlling Your Dopamine for Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how dopamine drives motivation and how to protect your baseline so effort itself becomes rewarding.

How to Rewire Your Brain & Learn Faster | Dr. Michael Kilgard

A neuroplasticity pioneer explains how adults rewire their brains through focus, friction, reflection, sleep, and vagus

Essentials: Increase Strength & Endurance with Cooling Protocols | Dr. Craig Heller

Why your muscles fail from overheating, and how cooling your palms, soles, and face can dramatically boost strength and

How to Control Your Cortisol & Overcome Burnout

Huberman explains the 24-hour cortisol rhythm and gives behavioral tools to spike morning cortisol, drop it at night, an

ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of ADHD, the dopamine hypothesis, and trainable tools like blink and gaze control

Male vs. Female Brain Differences & How They Arise From Genes & Hormones | Dr. Nirao Shah

Stanford neurobiologist Nirao Shah explains how a single gene, hormones, and brain circuits create male-female differenc

Essentials: Psychedelics for Treating Mental Disorders | Dr. Matthew Johnson

Psychedelics researcher Dr. Matthew Johnson explains how high-dose psilocybin and MDMA reshape the sense of self to trea

Health Effects & Risks of Kratom, Opioids & Other Natural Occurring Medicines | Dr. Chris McCurdy

A medicinal chemist explains how kratom really works, why US products differ dangerously from the traditional leaf, and

Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of healthy eating, anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, and why these disor

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

A University of Chicago neuroscientist explains how nature and physical environments restore attention, boost cognition,

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

Robert Sapolsky dismantles testosterone myths and explains why your perception, not the stressor itself, determines whet

How to Lose Fat & Gain Muscle With Nutrition | Alan Aragon

Nutrition scientist Alan Aragon debunks fitness myths and reveals what the evidence really says about protein, fasted tr

Understanding & Conquering Depression | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neurochemistry of major depression and the science-based tools, supplements, and emerging treat

The Chemistry of Food & Taste | Dr. Harold McGee

Food-science writer Harold McGee unpacks the chemistry of taste, heat, umami, coffee, cheese, fermentation and why cooki

Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke

Andrew Huberman and Dr. Anna Lembke explain how dopamine's pleasure-pain balance drives addiction and how to reset

Control Your Vagus Nerve to Improve Mood, Alertness & Neuroplasticity

Huberman demystifies the vagus nerve, showing it can alert, calm, lift mood, and boost learning, not just relax you.

How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of pain and pleasure and how expectation, cold exposure, and brain chemistry let y

How to Grow From Doing Hard Things | Michael Easter

Michael Easter explains why deliberately choosing discomfort, adventure, and weighted walking rewires the brain for focu

The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep | Huberman Lab Essentials

Sleep scientist Matthew Walker breaks down the architecture of sleep and the real effects of caffeine, alcohol, melatoni

Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

The new NIH director makes the case that COVID lockdowns and mandates were a mistake and lays out his plan to fix scienc

Improving Health With Stronger Brain-Body Connection | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains interoception, how the vagus nerve links gut, heart and breath, and simple tools to steer mood and hea

Healing From Grief & Loss | Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

Grief scientist Mary-Frances O'Connor explains why grief is an attachment-driven, dopamine-fueled learning process

Behaviors That Alter Your Genes to Improve Your Health & Performance | Dr. Melissa Ilardo

Geneticist Melissa Ilardo explains how behaviors like breath-hold diving reshape human physiology and how environment ca

Maximize Productivity, Physical & Mental Health With Daily Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman walks through a science-based daily protocol, from morning sunlight and delayed caffeine to a sleep-supplement

The Science & Art of Comedy & Creativity | Tom Segura

Comedian Tom Segura and his cousin Andrew Huberman unpack the neuroscience of humor, the craft of stand-up, and why dark

Essentials: Understanding & Healing the Mind | Dr. Karl Deisseroth

Stanford psychiatrist and optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth explains how circuits, light, and words are reshaping the

How Different Diets Impact Your Health | Dr. Christopher Gardner

Stanford nutrition scientist Christopher Gardner debunks protein, plant-protein, and processed-food myths while champion

How Hearing & Balance Enhance Focus & Learning | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman explains how the hearing and balance systems work and how to leverage them to learn anything faster.

Contracts of Love & Money That Make or Break Relationships | James Sexton

A veteran divorce lawyer reframes prenups as an act of love, arguing the hard conversations they force are what make mar

How Smell, Taste & Pheromones Shape Behavior | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how smell and taste actually work, and how human chemical signals quietly reshape each other's

What Pets Actually Want & Need | Dr. Karolina Westlund

An animal ethologist explains what pets actually want, debunking dominance myths and decoding the predatory instincts be

Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave

Addiction expert Ryan Soave explains that addiction is a solution to distress, and gives zero-cost tools to build distre

How to Build Endurance | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the four types of endurance and the protocols to train each, arguing that quitting is neural, not p

How to Improve Your Vitality & Heal From Disease | Dr. Mark Hyman

Functional medicine pioneer Mark Hyman tells Huberman how to reverse chronic disease by treating root causes, fixing foo

How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb

Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb explains how to find and be a great romantic partner by reading your feelings, choosing ca

Lose Fat With Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how the nervous system drives fat loss and the science-based tools that accelerate it.

Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle | Dr. Chris Palmer

Psychiatrist Chris Palmer makes the case that mitochondrial health is the unifying root of mental and physical illness,

How to Learn Skills Faster | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of learning motor skills faster: pack in repetitions, embrace errors, then let you

How to Improve Your Teeth & Oral Microbiome for Brain & Body Health | Dr. Staci Whitman

A functional dentist explains why most oral-care habits damage your microbiome, and how teeth, breathing, and gum health

How to Increase Your Speed, Mobility & Longevity with Plyometrics & Sprinting | Stuart McMillan

Olympic sprint coach Stuart McMillan makes the case that skipping and striding are zero-cost keys to speed, mobility and

Boost Your Energy & Immune System with Cortisol & Adrenaline | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how to time and control cortisol and adrenaline to boost daytime energy and strengthen your immune sys

Improve Focus with Behavioral Tools & Medication for ADHD | Dr. John Kruse

Psychiatrist Dr. John Kruse explains ADHD's biology, behavioral fixes, and the full menu of focus medications and t

How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how thyroid and growth hormone control metabolism, and the diet, exercise, sleep, and sauna tools that

How to Achieve Inner Peace & Healing | Dr. Richard Schwartz

The founder of Internal Family Systems therapy guides Huberman, then the listener, through a live session on healing the

How to Control Hunger, Eating & Satiety | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the brain and gut hormones that drive hunger and satiety, plus practical tools to control them.

How to Enhance Your Immune System | Dr. Roger Seheult

A pulmonologist explains how sunlight, infrared light, heat, fasting and simple compounds supercharge your immune system

How to Optimize Testosterone & Estrogen | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how breathing, light, temperature, exercise, and supplements shape testosterone and estrogen in bot

How to Make Better Decisions | Dr. Michael Platt

A neuroscientist-anthropologist explains how hormones, hierarchies, attention and our inner 'Old World primate'

How Hormones Shape Sexual Development | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how hormones drive sexual development, why estrogen masculinizes the male brain, and what environme

How to Build Strength, Endurance & Flexibility at Any Age | Pavel Tsatsouline

Strength coach Pavel Tsatsouline teaches Andrew Huberman how to build real strength, endurance, and flexibility at any a

The Science of Emotions & Relationships | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down emotions as a few core axes - alertness, good/bad valence, and inward vs outward focus - rooted in

Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity | Dr. Ellen Langer

Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer argues mind and body are one, and that mindset can reverse aging, speed healing, and e

How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of dopamine, revealing that motivation is really a pleasure-pain balance you can d

The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

Chess prodigy turned cross-disciplinary master Josh Waitzkin unpacks how to learn anything by embracing loss, pain, and

How Foods & Nutrients Control Our Moods | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down how the gut, vagus nerve, amino acids and fats control dopamine, serotonin and mood through what yo

Charting the Architecture of the Universe & Human Life | Dr. Brian Keating

Cosmologist Brian Keating takes Huberman on the most zoomed-out tour of the podcast: telescopes, time, the Big Bang, and

Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the biology of stress and gives physiology-based tools to calm down or build resilience in real tim

Overcoming Guilt & Building Tenacity in Kids & Adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy

Dr. Becky Kennedy reframes guilt, builds frustration tolerance, and teaches sturdy, shame-free parenting that doubles as

Control Pain & Heal Faster With Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how pain is as much perception as physical signal, and how top-down brain control, sleep, heat, and mo

How to Use Exercise to Improve Your Brain’s Health, Longevity & Performance

Huberman breaks down how cardio, resistance training, jumping, and doing what you hate rewire and protect your brain for

Optimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman walks through his daily science-based routine for accessing neural plasticity to optimize learning, focus, and

How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson

Huberman and Jordan Peterson fuse neuroscience and biblical story to argue that responsibility, adventure, and aiming up

How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how making errors, movement, and balance trigger the brain chemicals that drive adult neuroplasticity.

How to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols | Dr. Laurie Santos

Yale happiness expert Laurie Santos breaks down the science of lasting happiness: real-time social connection, delight,

How to Focus to Change Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains the neurochemistry of neuroplasticity and how to harness focus, alertness, and sleep to rewire the adu

How to Use Curiosity & Focus to Create a Joyful & Meaningful Life | Dr. Bernardo Huberman

Andrew Huberman interviews his father, physicist Bernardo Huberman, on a life of curiosity spanning relativity, chaos, q

Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman explains how slow-wave sleep cements skills while REM sleep acts as nightly self-therapy that strips fear from

How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility | Dr. Kelly Starrett

Mobility expert Kelly Starrett gives Huberman practical, low-time tools to move better, fix posture, ease pain, and make

Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness | Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel reframes money as a tool for independence and purpose, not a yardstick for measuring yourself against othe

Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman answers listener questions on how light, temperature, exercise, and food schedules tune circadian rhythm, sleep

How to Control Your Inner Voice & Increase Your Resilience | Dr. Ethan Kross

Psychologist Ethan Kross explains how to understand, regulate, and harness the chatter of your inner voice.

Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman breaks down the science of sleep and alertness, with light timing as the single most powerful lever for both.

How to Improve at Learning Using Neuroscience & AI | Dr. Terry Sejnowski

Computational neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski explains how a single learning algorithm drives motivation, how to learn be

How Your Brain Works & Changes | Huberman Lab Essentials

Huberman delivers a whirlwind tour of how the nervous system works and how to deliberately rewire it through focus and r

How Relationships Shape Your Brain | Dr. Allan Schore

Neuroscientist Allan Schore explains how the right brain, shaped in the first two years of life, governs attachment and

How to Safeguard Your Hormone Health & Fertility | Dr. Shanna Swan

Epidemiologist Shanna Swan explains how everyday endocrine-disrupting chemicals are slashing sperm counts and fertility,

How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

Conflict expert Bill Eddy explains how to spot, manage, and safely exit relationships with high-conflict, blame-driven p

The Effects of Microplastics on Your Health

Huberman breaks down what microplastics are, where they hide in your body, and practical, mostly low-cost ways to limit

Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols | Ari Wallach

Futurist Ari Wallach teaches Huberman how to escape short-term 'presentism' and become a great ancestor throug

Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

A board-certified performance-medicine doctor walks Huberman through peptides, NAD, hormone therapies, and the FDA'

How to Improve Memory & Focus Using Science Protocols | Dr. Charan Ranganath

Memory researcher Charan Ranganath explains how curiosity, attention vs. intention, and lifestyle protocols shape memory

How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Dr. Victor Carrión

Stanford psychiatrist Victor Carrion explains how PTSD forms, why he calls it an injury not a disorder, and the customiz

How to Find, Build & Maintain Healthy Romantic Relationships | Esther Perel

Esther Perel and Andrew Huberman unpack how identity, conflict, and desire shape whether romantic relationships survive,

How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence | Dr. Marc Brackett

Yale's Marc Brackett breaks down what emotions really are and gives a practical, science-based system for raising y

How to Cultivate a Positive, Growth-Oriented Mindset | Dr. Jamil Zaki

Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explains why cynicism is a flawed, self-harming theory of human nature and how 'ho

Andrew Huberman: You Must Control Your Dopamine! The Shocking Truth Behind Cold Showers!

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman explains how dopamine peaks and troughs govern motivation, addiction and burnout, then op

Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning

Huberman makes the science-backed case that self-testing soon after learning, not rereading, is the single best way to s

How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

A skin-cancer surgeon dismantles skincare myths, defending sun exposure and cheap basics while warning about chemical su

Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton

Physique scientist Layne Norton teaches Huberman's audience how to weigh evidence, then debunks myths on protein, f

Access Your Best Self With Mind-Body Practices, Belief Testing & Imagination | Dr. Martha Beck

Martha Beck teaches Andrew Huberman mind-body practices for accessing your 'essential self,' testing beliefs a

AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More

Huberman's premium AMA tackles thinning skin, cold-plunge temperatures, self-motivation, REM sleep, school learning

Supplements for Longevity & Their Efficacy | Dr. Peter Attia

Huberman and Peter Attia dismantle the longevity hype around NAD, NR, NMN, and resveratrol, concluding none meaningfully

Female-Specific Exercise & Nutrition for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Stacy Sims

Exercise physiologist Dr. Stacy Sims explains why women need female-specific nutrition and training, from fueling before

Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back | Dr. Stuart McGill

Spine biomechanist Stuart McGill explains what really causes back pain and how to assess, prevent, and train around it f

How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks | Dr. Matthew Hill

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Benefits & Risks of Peptide Therapeutics for Physical & Mental Health

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How to Prevent & Treat Colds & Flu

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AMA #14: 2023 Philanthropy, Evening Routine, Light Therapy, Health Metrics & More

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A Science-Supported Journaling Protocol to Improve Mental & Physical Health

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How to Succeed at Hard Conversations | Chris Voss

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AMA #11: Improve Task Switching & Productivity and Reduce Brain Fog

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Psychiatrist Paul Conti gives Huberman a framework for mental health built on structure and function of self, leading to

How Risk Taking, Innovation & Artificial Intelligence Transform Human Experience | Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen and Andrew Huberman dissect what makes innovators tick, why elites drive cancel culture, and why AI will

Life, Death & the Neuroscience of Your Unique Experience | Dr. David Linden

Neuroscientist David Linden on touch, human individuality, the mind-body connection, and facing a terminal cancer diagno

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Ketamine: Benefits and Risks for Depression, PTSD & Neuroplasticity | Huberman Lab Podcast

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Harnessing Passion, Drive & Persistence for Lifelong Success | Tony Hawk

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How to Enhance Performance & Learning by Applying a Growth Mindset

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How Your Brain’s Reward Circuits Drive Your Choices | Dr. Robert Malenka

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Science-Supported Tools to Accelerate Your Fitness Goals

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How to Improve Your Eye Health & Offset Vision Loss | Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg

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The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks | Huberman Lab Podcast

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How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

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Adderall, Stimulants & Modafinil for ADHD: Short- & Long-Term Effects

Huberman explains how stimulants like Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin and modafinil treat ADHD, plus their short- and long-te

The Science of Psychedelics for Mental Health | Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

Psychedelics researcher Robin Carhart-Harris explains how psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and DMT rewire the brain to treat depre

How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Dr. Susanna Søberg

Danish scientist Susanna Soberg explains the science and minimum-effective protocols for deliberate cold and heat exposu

How Psilocybin Can Rewire Our Brain, Its Therapeutic Benefits & Its Risks

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How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Dr. Noam Sobel

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AMA #6: Eye Health, Why We Yawn & Increasing Motivation

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Science-Based Mental Training & Visualization for Improved Learning

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Neuralink & Technologies to Enhance Human Brains | Dr. Matthew MacDougall

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The Science of Healthy Hair, Hair Loss and How to Regrow Hair

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Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Dr. Elissa Epel

Stress researcher Elissa Epel explains how reframing stress, mindful eating, and breath work shape aging, metabolism, an

Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort

Huberman explains dopamine's peaks, troughs, and baseline, then shows how to beat procrastination by making effort

Improve Vitality, Emotional & Physical Health & Lifespan | Dr. Peter Attia

Longevity physician Peter Attia walks Andrew Huberman through the major causes of death and the levers to extend both li

Intermittent Fasting to Improve Health, Cognition & Longevity | Dr. Satchin Panda

Circadian scientist Sachin Panda explains how when you eat, sleep, and see light shapes metabolism, longevity, and shift

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Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Dr. Oded Rechavi

Geneticist Oded Rechavi explains how worms inherit acquired traits and memories across generations via RNA, and what it

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Andy Galpin breaks down evidence-based nutrition, hydration, and supplementation for performance, recovery, and sleep in

How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance

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Dr. Andy Galpin: Maximize Recovery to Achieve Fitness & Performance Goals | Huberman Lab

Andy Galpin breaks down the science of recovery, overtraining, and the low-cost tools to measure and accelerate it.

Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State | Dr. Gina Poe

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Andy Galpin teaches a 10-step system for designing fitness programs and a year-long quarterly template balancing strengt

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Andrew Huberman breaks down every type of headache and the science-based treatments, from creatine and omega-3s to peppe

Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Build Physical Endurance & Lose Fat | Huberman Lab Guest Series

Andy Galpin breaks down the four types of endurance, the carbon-in-carbon-out truth about fat loss, and minimalist proto

How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Dr. Sara Gottfried

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Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimal Protocols to Build Strength & Grow Muscles | Huberman Lab Guest Series

Andy Galpin gives Huberman a complete evidence-based playbook for building strength, power, and muscle, from rep schemes

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Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness | Huberman Lab Guest Series

Exercise scientist Andy Galpin breaks fitness into nine adaptations and gives mostly cost-free at-home tests to assess e

How to Access Your Creativity | Rick Rubin

Legendary producer Rick Rubin and neuroscientist Andrew Huberman explore where creativity comes from and how to access i

AMA #3: Adaptogens, Fasting & Fertility, Bluetooth/EMF Risks, Cognitive Load Limits & More

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Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast

Huberman lays out a rational framework for supplementation: behaviors and nutrition first, single-ingredient formulas, a

Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Dr. Sam Harris

Sam Harris teaches Huberman that meditation's deepest aim isn't changing consciousness but seeing through the

How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Jocko Willink

Navy SEAL leader Jocko Willink and Andrew Huberman map resilience, identity, energy, and detachment onto both combat exp

The Science of Creativity & How to Enhance Creative Innovation

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of creativity and gives zero-cost tools to boost divergent and convergent thinking

LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in New York, NY

Andrew Huberman fields a live New York audience Q&A on stress, sleep, hypnosis, the microbiome, dogs, and finding th

Tools for Hormone Optimization in Males | Dr. Kyle Gillett

Dr. Kyle Gillett walks Andrew Huberman through a full toolkit for optimizing male hormones across every life stage.

AMA #2: Improve Sleep, Reduce Sugar Cravings, Optimal Protein Intake, Stretching Frequency & More

Andrew Huberman answers listener questions on boosting deep slow-wave sleep with exercise, supplements, and avoiding caf

Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance

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Harvard psychiatrist Chris Palmer explains how ketogenic diets and metabolic health, via mitochondria, can treat serious

Science-Based Tools for Increasing Happiness

Huberman unpacks the neuroscience and psychology of happiness, contrasting natural and synthetic happiness and the concr

LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Huberman answers a live audience's questions on focus, dopamine, cold exposure, gut health, psychedelics, an

The Science of Eating for Health, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle | Dr. Layne Norton

Nutrition scientist Layne Norton breaks down energy balance, protein, fasting, sugar, seed oils, and supplements for fat

How Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations

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The Science of Learning & Speaking Languages | Dr. Eddie Chang

UCSF neurosurgeon Eddie Chang explains how the brain builds speech and language, and how brain implants let paralyzed pa

Fitness Toolkit: Protocol & Tools to Optimize Physical Health

Andrew Huberman lays out his day-by-day foundational fitness protocol covering endurance, strength, hypertrophy, recover

Psychedelics & Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring | Dr. Nolan Williams

Stanford psychiatrist Nolan Williams explains how brain stimulation and psychedelics rewire depression circuits, often p

The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body

Huberman breaks down how cannabis works in the brain and body, its real benefits, and its serious risks for young and de

Biology & Treatments for Compulsive Eating & Behaviors | Dr. Casey Halpern

Neurosurgeon Casey Halpern explains how deep brain stimulation targets craving cells to treat binge eating, OCD, and com

Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping

Huberman separates nicotine's real cognitive benefits from the deadly delivery devices, and details the science of

The Biology of Aggression, Mating, & Arousal | Dr. David Anderson

Caltech neurobiologist David Anderson reveals how the brain's hypothalamic circuits for fear, aggression, and matin

Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration

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LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Portland, OR

Huberman fields a live Portland audience Q&A on TBI, dopamine, cold exposure, light, the microbiome, and doing hard

The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music | Dr. Erich Jarvis

Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis reveals how speech, song, and dance share the same brain circuits, and why only vocal-learni

What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health

Andrew Huberman breaks down exactly how alcohol damages the brain and body, concluding that the healthiest dose is zero.

LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Seattle, WA

Andrew Huberman fields a live Seattle audience Q&A on sleep, dopamine, focus, memory, psychedelics, and his own dail

Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones for Vitality & Longevity | Dr. Peter Attia

Peter Attia gives Andrew Huberman a clinic-grade masterclass on the blood markers, exercise, and hormones that actually

Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Huberman's practical, mostly zero-cost toolkit for falling asleep, staying asleep, and shifting your sleep-wake tim

Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Dr. Emily Balcetis

How you visually frame a goal, narrowing attention like a spotlight, can make it feel closer, easier, and more achievabl

The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

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The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Dr. Charles Zuker

Columbia neuroscientist Charles Zuker explains how the brain builds taste from five hardwired flavors and why a gut-brai

Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #80

Huberman explains how four neuromodulators run your brain, and the food, light, cold, and supplements that let you tune

Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Jeff Cavaliere

Strength coach Jeff Cavaliere breaks down science-based training, the mind-muscle connection, recovery, and sustainable

The Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Andrew Huberman breaks down what OCD actually is, the brain loop behind it, and which treatments work in what order.

The Science & Practice of Movement | Ido Portal

Movement guru Ido Portal reframes movement as the integrating force of body, mind, and emotion, urging endless playful e

Improve Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of flexibility and the research-backed stretching protocol for lasting range-of-mo

Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Dr. Paul Conti

Psychiatrist Paul Conti explains how trauma silently rewires the brain through guilt and shame, and how therapy and even

The Science & Process of Healing From Grief

Huberman reframes grief as a motivational, dopamine-driven yearning state and explains how to remap loss across space, t

Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Dr. Wendy Suzuki

Memory researcher Wendy Suzuki explains how exercise, meditation, and sleep grow a bigger hippocampus and sharpen attent

Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools

Huberman explains that spiking adrenaline right after studying, not before, is the science-backed key to forming faster,

Understanding & Controlling Anger & Aggression

Huberman unpacks the brain circuits behind aggression and reveals the surprising twist: estrogen, not testosterone, pull

Micronutrients for Health & Longevity | Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Dr. Rhonda Patrick breaks down the micronutrients and heat/cold protocols that science says can extend brain and body he

The Science & Health Benefits of Deliberate Heat Exposure

Andrew Huberman breaks down how deliberate heat exposure like sauna boosts longevity, growth hormone, mood, and metaboli

Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Andrew Huberman breaks down the science of using sunlight, UVB, blue, red, and infrared light to optimize hormones, mood

How to Optimize Your Hormones for Health & Vitality | Dr. Kyle Gillett

A hormone-optimization physician walks through testosterone, estrogen, prolactin, DHT, peptides and the lifestyle pillar

Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance | Huberman Lab

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Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance

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Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #64

Huberman explains the three hardwired brain pathways that drive sugar cravings and the science-based tools to blunt them

Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab

Huberman explains how the brain regulates salt cravings, why context dictates optimal sodium intake, and how salt drives

How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health | Dr. Justin Sonnenburg

A Stanford microbiome expert explains how your gut bacteria work and why fiber and fermented foods can reshape your heal

How to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health

Andrew Huberman explains how your gut and brain talk in both directions, and why fermented foods beat fiber for a health

Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance | Dr. David Spiegel

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The Science of Love, Desire and Attachment

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Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain

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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

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Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance | Dr. Alia Crum

Stanford psychologist Alia Crum explains how your beliefs about food, exercise, stress, and side effects physically resh

The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals

Andrew Huberman explains the single brain circuit and dopamine system behind all goal setting, and the neuroscience tool

Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

The neuroscientist who founded the field of breathing science explains how breath rhythms control your emotions, focus,

The Science of Making & Breaking Habits

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The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging | Dr. David Sinclair

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair explains why aging is a treatable disease and the diet, fasting, and supplement protoc

Science of Social Bonding in Family, Friendship & Romantic Love

Huberman breaks down the single dopamine-and-oxytocin circuit behind all social bonds and how to deepen them through sha

Your Brain's Logic & Function | Dr. David Berson

Neuroscientist David Berson takes a guided tour of the brain, from photons hitting the retina up through cortex.

Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of fear and trauma, and why you must replace fears with new positive memories, not

How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in Short & Long Term | Dr. David Buss

Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains the science of how humans choose, keep, deceive, and fight over short- and

The Science of Gratitude & How to Build a Gratitude Practice

Huberman reveals that the most effective gratitude practice is receiving thanks through story, not listing what you'

Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones

Huberman explains how dopamine, serotonin, and circadian rhythms set your brain's 'frame rate,' controlli

How to Exercise for Strength Gains & Hormone Optimization | Dr. Duncan French

UFC's head of performance science reveals how training intensity, rest, stress, cold, heat, and nutrition can be tu

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Johns Hopkins researcher Matthew Johnson breaks down how psychedelics rewire the sense of self to treat depression, addi

ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus

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Robert Sapolsky explains why testosterone doesn't cause aggression, what actually buffers stress, and why he thinks

Understanding & Conquering Depression

Huberman breaks down the biology of major depression and the science-backed tools, drugs, and diets that can treat it.

Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke

Stanford addiction psychiatrist Anna Lembke explains how the brain's pleasure-pain balance drives all addiction and

How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure

Huberman explains how the skin and brain build pain and pleasure, and the tools that let you dial each up or down.

The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep | Dr. Matt Walker

Sleep scientist Matt Walker breaks down the architecture of sleep and exactly how caffeine, alcohol, supplements, naps,

How to Optimize Your Brain-Body Function & Health

Huberman decodes interoception, the brain-body sixth sense, and gives breathing, gut, and fermented-food tools to feel a

Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools

Huberman maps his entire science-based daily protocol from wake-up sunlight and delayed caffeine to 90-minute work block

The Science of Hearing, Balance & Accelerated Learning

Huberman explains how hearing and balance work and how to leverage them, plus white noise and rest, to learn anything fa

Understanding & Healing the Mind | Dr. Karl Deisseroth

Stanford psychiatrist and optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth on how the mind breaks down and how light-controlled neur

How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You

Huberman breaks down how smell, taste, and human chemical signaling secretly control alertness, learning, cravings, and

The Science of Vision, Eye Health & Seeing Better

Andrew Huberman explains how vision works and shares zero-cost behavioral protocols and supplements to preserve and enha

How to Build Endurance in Your Brain & Body

Huberman breaks down the four kinds of endurance, why quitting is neural not physical, and how to fuel, breathe, and hyd

Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of muscle growth, strength, explosiveness, and recovery, plus the protocols and su

How to Lose Fat with Science-Based Tools

Huberman explains how your nervous system controls fat burning, and how fidgeting, shivering, cold, exercise timing and

How to Learn Skills Faster

Huberman breaks down the neuroscience of motor skill learning: it's about repetitions and errors, not 10,000 hours.

Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling

Huberman reveals that cooling the palms, soles, and face can double or triple your strength and endurance output.

How Hormones Shape Sexual Development

Huberman explains how hormones masculinize or feminize the brain and body, with surprising twists like estrogen driving

The Science of Emotions & Relationships

Huberman reframes emotions as three interacting axes built in infancy and puberty, with tools to read and regulate your

How to Increase Motivation & Drive

Andrew Huberman explains the neuroscience of dopamine, the hidden pleasure-pain balance, and how to schedule rewards to

How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods

Huberman explains how the foods you eat steer dopamine, serotonin, and mood through the gut-brain axis, plus tools to sh

Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

Huberman reframes stress as a generic, useful biological system and teaches real-time tools to dial it up or down on dem

Learn Faster Using Failures, Movement & Balance

Huberman explains that making errors, not flow, triggers the neurochemicals that unlock adult neuroplasticity for faster

Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

Huberman answers listener questions on light, exercise, supplements, temperature, and learning to optimize sleep, mood,

Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake

Huberman explains how light, adenosine, and the circadian clock govern sleep and alertness, with tools to fix both.