The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Your thyroid controls your energy, your metabolism, your testosterone, your mood, and your ability to think clearly. Most doctors are testing it wrong and treating it wrong, and this episode tells you exactly 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 McCall McPherson, a...

What if a glowing pyramid sitting in your living room could restructure your biology, compress decades of meditation into minutes, and shift your brain into an altered state without drugs, breathwork, or effort? This episode reveals the science and experience behind one of the most unusual biohacking technologies Host Dave Asprey has ever encountered.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for...

Is aging an inevitable decline, or just a "repair backlog" your body hasn't cleared yet?. In this episode, Dave breaks down the 2016 Nobel Prize-winning science of autophagy—the body's internal recycling system discovered by Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi. Most people are stuck in a state of "biological debt," where cellular junk piles up like trash in a factory, leading to brain fog, fatigue, and chronic i...

This week’s stories:  Smartphone App Catches What Sleep Trackers Miss   A 2026 trial found that suvorexant, a popular prescription sleep drug, improves sleep quality scores — but worsens morning alertness and cognitive function while improving afternoon and evening performance. The study used a smartphone app to pulse users throughout the day, revealing a split-time-of-day signal that tr...

Testosterone levels in 40-year-old men are 30 percent lower than their fathers, and most doctors still have no idea what to do about it.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   Host Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. Justin Houman, a nationally recognized urologist and Assistant Professor of Urology at Cedars-Sin...

What if understanding how AI thinks could reveal uncomfortable truths about how your own brain works, and give you powerful tools to make smarter decisions, resist manipulation, and upgrade your cognition at the root level?  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   Host Dave Asprey sits down with Tom Griffiths, the Henry...

Block toxic light with these glasses: https://truedark.com/discount/DAVETUBE Think 8 hours of sleep is enough? Think again. I used to think I had a sleep issue—turns out, it was a light issue. In this video, I break down why light exposure, not just sleep duration, controls your circadian rhythm, energy, and recovery. From morning sunlight to blocking blue light at night, I’ll show you how to bioh...

This week’s stories:  Healthy Diets That Offset "Bad Genes"  A major UK Biobank study of over 100,000 people found that following any one of five healthy dietary patterns was associated with up to 3 extra years of life — and the benefit held regardless of genetic predisposition to longevity. Your DNA is not an excuse. The macro pattern matters more than the perfect protocol.&nb...

Microplastics are invading your brain, blood, hormones, and fat tissue, and most people have no idea how deep the damage goes. In this episode, Host Dave Asprey and microplastics expert Josephine Musco break down exactly what these particles are doing inside your body and give you a practical, science-backed action plan to detox, protect yourself, and take back control of your biology.  -Watc...

Most doctors treat the average patient. But you are not average, and this episode gives you the precision medicine blueprint to treat yourself like the individual you are, using multi-omic testing, biohacking technology, and longevity science to optimize every layer of your biology.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@Da...

What if the secret to living longer wasn't locked in a lab, but hiding in plain sight? And what could lobsters possibly teach us about staying young? Scientists have discovered a remarkable connection between an ancient practice and our cellular aging process - one that celebrities and longevity researchers are quietly using to their advantage. It involves an enzyme in your body that most people d...

This week’s stories:  Sinclair’s This Is the Test: Are we about to see age reversal in humans?  At the World Governments Summit 2026 in Dubai, Harvard geneticist David Sinclair told world leaders that ageing could soon be reversible and said the first human clinical trials of epigenetic reprogramming therapies are moving forward. The core idea is that ageing is partly an inform...

Peptides can change how you heal, lean out, build muscle, and age, but only if you stop taking influencer advice and start thinking like a scientist.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   -Get a discount from BIOLONGEVITY LABS by using code ‘Dave’ at:  https://biolongevitylabs.com/   Host Dave Asprey s...

Your skin is not just a cosmetic surface. It’s a living organ that responds to signals, and the right light signal can flip your biology into repair mode.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   -Get a discount from LYMA by using code ‘DAVE-10’ at:  https://lyma.life/   - Offer not valid on LYMA Las...

Most people try to fix brain fog and focus issues with caffeine or nootropics, but those approaches only mask the problem. This video explains that brain fog begins when the brain’s energy system—its mitochondria—starts to fail, long before any obvious signs of aging appear. Modern stress, poor sleep, artificial light, toxins, and blood sugar swings quietly drain this energy and reduce the brain’s...

This episode covers:  • Microplastics Are Destroying Male Fertility and Metabolism  New research is putting microplastics in a category most men still are not taking seriously: direct reproductive and hormone risk. A 2024 study detected microplastics in every human testicle examined, with polyethylene and PVC among the most common polymers. PVC is especially relevant becau...

Meet a man who makes miracles happen. Today, we revist my conversation with Hal Elrod, author of the international bestseller The Miracle Morning and his newest book, The Miracle Equation. After overcoming multiple near-death experiences and financial hardships, Hal channeled his adversity into helping others overcome their own challenges. His Miracle Morning approach has ...

Your gray hair, thinning lashes, brain fog, and that low energy feeling after 30 might all trace back to one thing: falling NAD and stressed mitochondria. This episode breaks down what actually happens inside your cells as NAD declines, and what you can do about it using specific compounds from mushrooms, olive oil, and even chocolate.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full vi...

https://truedark.com/discount/DAVETUBE Most people believe testosterone declines simply because of age. That explanation is easy, familiar, and wrong. Testosterone is not primarily controlled by how hard you train, how clean you eat, or how stressed you feel during the day. It is controlled by what happens in your brain at night. This video explains how sleep architecture works, why deep sleep is...

This episode covers:  • Mic-628 Could Reset Your Body Clock and Cut Jet Lag in Half  A new circadian drug candidate, Mic-628, has demonstrated the ability to shift the body’s internal clock and significantly reduce jet-lag recovery time in early human studies. In controlled simulations, participants experienced faster realignment of their sleep-wake cycles and improved daytime...

Your phone, your lighting, and your WiFi can mess with your sleep and energy more than your diet, and this episode shows you the simplest fixes that actually move the needle.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   -Grab a generous discount from BONCHARGE by using code ‘DAVE’ on your next purchase:&n...

What if the line between “medicine” and “forbidden” has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with permission? This episode gives you a clear framework for understanding peptides, research chemicals, and performance enhancement so you can think for yourself instead of outsourcing your biology  Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/...

Your muscles play a far bigger role in aging than most people realize. As you get older, the energy factories inside your muscle cells begin to break down and stop getting replaced, leading to fatigue, weakness, and slower recovery even if you stay active. This video explains how that decline happens, why it accelerates after midlife, and what actually restores cellular energy instead of just mask...

This episode covers:  • Longevity Influence In The Epstein Files  A new DOJ document release tied to the Epstein investigation pulled physician and longevity influencer Peter Attia into the spotlight, after reports showed he appeared in the files more than 1,800 times and CBS News pulled a planned rebroadcast of its 60 Minutes profile. Dave breaks down why this story matte...

18-year-olds wake up fresh because their repair system still works. This episode shows you how stem cell decline quietly drives fatigue, inflammation, and faster aging, and how fasting can reactivate your body’s natural ability to repair itself without expensive stem cell procedures.  Grab a generous 30% discount on any STEMREGEN product with:  http://stemregen.co/dave30   Dave Aspr...