The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

One of my favorite authors is back on the show! Neil Strauss is an award-winning, 10-time New York Times best-selling author. He was a music critic, cultural reporter, investigative journalist and columnist at The New York Times for a decade and has been a contributing editor at Rolling Stone for more than 20 years. He's well-known for earning the trust of some of the most guarded and secretive ce...

Biohacking is the art and science of changing the environment around you, and inside of you, so you have full control of your own biology.  In this Episode, Dave tackles everything from scientists discovering a new way to grow neural stem cells from blood to hacking your brown fat to feel better, to the impacts of sleep on heart disease, to a claim that carbs are good for you, to diagnos...

James Peyer is the founder and managing partner of Apollo Ventures, an early stage life science investment fund investing in Europe and the U.S. focused exclusively on breakthrough therapeutics arising from the study of the biology of aging. Apollo founds companies with scientists, invests in early stage therapeutics projects, and works with scientific teams to build biotech companies. The company...

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation, the creator of The Ziva Technique that focuses on mindfulness, meditation and manifesting. She’s also created the world’s first online meditation training. Her work has been featured in national newspapers and magazines, as well as on television. She is regarded as a leading expert in meditation for high performance. Her meditation journey began on...

Dr. Bill Walsh is an international speaker on topics related to brain chemistry and behavior, learning, and mental health disorders. Over more than three decades as a research scientist and engineer, Dr. Walsh developed a science-based nutrient system that has helped thousands of people challenged by these disorders and is used by doctors throughout the world. His approach recognizes that nutrient...

Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman is a retired US Army Ranger and paratrooper, and a former West Point Psychology Professor. He is also the director of the Killology Research Group and actually developed the term “killology,” considered the study of the psychological and physiological effects of killing and combat on the human psyche. Dave is an accomplished author who has published four novels, tw...

Martin Picard, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine in Psychiatry and Neurology at Columbia University. For over a decade, Martin has been studying mitochondria and has worked closely with leading experts in the field of mitochondrial research. In 2015, he joined the faculty at Columbia University where he established the Mitochondrial Signaling Laboratory. He’s currently invest...

On this episode, the guests are filmmakers Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein who, through their new movie "Weed the People" hope to help people make an informed choice. "Expanding people’s knowledge of something; having them be able to make a judgment and decision that’s best for them and their bodies.” Ricki is someone you will likely know. She is a beloved pop-culture actress, had her own talk sh...

Stella Grizont is a three-peat on the show who makes us all happier each time she is on. She is a speaker, executive coach, founder of WOOPAAH , and creator of The Work Happiness Method . She works with overachievers who are seeking deeper career fulfillment and with organizations who are dedicated to engaging their employees. Stella is also one of the first 150 people to earn a master’s degree in...

This episode of Bulletproof Radio is with a true kindred biohacker, Luke Storey, who is a lifestyle design expert who has spent the past 22 years developing and refining the ultimate lifestyle, based on the most powerful principles of health and spirituality, while at the same time embracing the technology and modern conveniences of urban living. Using himself as a human research lab, Lu...

As a high-performance psychologist, Michael Gervais, Ph. D. works in the trenches of high-stakes environments, where there is no luxury for mistakes, hesitation or failure to respond. He works individually and with groups of high-profile people from every major sport, Olympians, Fortune 100 CEOs, as well as internationally acclaimed artists and musicians. He’s also a revered speaker on optimal hum...

Satchin Panda, Ph. D., is a leading expert in the field of circadian rhythm research. As a professor at the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, his research focuses on circadian rhythm in health and disease. Research in his lab has shown the profound impact of ambient light and daily eating-fasting on the prevention and prognosis of a wide range of diseases including diabetes, depression, met...

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a 78-year-old world-renowned neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. As an Ironman triathlete, he lives and breathes his own advice. Dr. Maroon has been the team neurosurgeon for...

Fairfax “Hack” Hackley has spent a lifetime in the field of fitness. He spent over 20 years in the sport of bodybuilding – winning 12 class titles - while working as the director of the Mr. America contest, winning both the IFBB Silver, and Gold awards for excellence in administration. If you think having someone like Hack on the podcast is odd, well bodybuilders are some of the original biohacker...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, our guest is Dr Andy Heyman, who is the Director of Academic Affairs for A4M. Andy is also the Medical Director of Integrative Medicine at George Washington University and is someone who has been studying, at a crazy deep level, Lyme disease and toxic mold and what they do to our genes - and he's come up with some fantastic treatments. Dr. Heyman is a guy with...

This is a special live Bulletproof Radio interview that was conducted at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine with Dr. Robert Goldman who is the man that started this illustrious group 26 years ago. Dr. Goldman is the world chairman from the International Medical Commission and President Emeritus of the National Academy of Sports Medicine. A4M is a group of thousands of physicians working o...

Brendon Burchard has been on Bulletproof Radio before but because the previous interviews with him ended up being the basis of the second law in the book, Game Changers , it seemed appropriate to have him on the podcast again. For those of you who may not have heard Brendon’s previous two podcast episodes: He’s the founder of the High-Performance Academy , host of “ The Brendon Show ,” and is the...

Jay Abraham (business executive, conference speaker, and author) has spent his entire career helping executives solve problems and fix businesses. In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Jay turns the tables and interviews Dave about the 46 laws in his new book " Game Changers ." Jay also asks Dave how having access to some of the world's most brilliant minds, entrepreneurs, doctors, and super-high...

Dr. David Perlmutter is an established and innovative neurologist who focuses on the relationship between lifestyle and the brain. You may be familiar with Grain Brain , his landmark book that made the connection between grains and brain health five years ago. Dr. Perlmutter has now revised Grain Brain, with the new edition (released on Dec. 18). In it, he puts forth the most compelling evide...

Peter Diamandis knows a thing or two about community and space, because he is the man who conceived of and launched the XPRIZE.  That community is truly the reason why we have private companies visiting space and some of the greatest minds in the world working on some of the largest issues facing the world today.  Aside from being the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Founda...

Jack Canfield, a psychotherapist, educational consultant, award-winning speaker and internationally recognized leader in personal development and transformation, as well as an internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker. He’s also the originator and co-creator of the worldwide phenomenon Chicken Soup for the Soul® book series. The first book published 25 years ago in 1993; there...

Garrett Gee is dad of “The Bucket List Family.” More than three years ago, Garrett and his wife, Jessica, sold nearly all of their belongings and set off to travel the world with their two small children. Originally, it was a trip planned for a few months or until they ran out of their $45K garage sale money. Instead, they turned into a family of travel journalists, visiting nearly 70 countries an...

Rohan Oza is a global pioneer in celebrity equity deals and is known for transforming groundbreaking consumer products into household names. His revolutionary expertise has led him to appear on numerous national television shows, including as a Guest Shark on Shark Tank. Rohan's unique philosophy, ideas and strategy have earned billions for corporations, brands and celebrities alike. His strong tr...

After hosting The Art of Charm podcast for 11 years—regularly in the iTunes top 50 and downloaded over four million times a month—critically acclaimed Jordan Harbinger began a new adventure called The Jordan Harbinger Show . On his new podcast, he gets deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers. His interviews feature legendary musicians to intelligence operatives to iconoclastic...

Dr. Divya Chander is a physician, neuroscientist, and (a total badass) futurist who trained at Harvard, UCSD, UCSF, and the Salk Institute. In the operating room, Dr. Chander applies EEG technology to understand what human brains look like when they lose and regain consciousness, and has recently developed a precision medicine initiative at Stanford aimed at understanding genetic variability in re...