The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’m joined by Dr. Alan Goldhamer, one of the world’s leading experts on medically supervised, water-only fasting. He’s supervised the fasting and care of more than 20,000 patients at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California, since he founded it in 1984. His mission is to expand evidence-based knowledge of how medically supervised, water-only fasting a...

In this bonus replay episode of Bulletproof Radio, we've taken all the best parts of my previous podcast with Mark Mattson, Ph. D., and condensed them here for a shorter episode. Highlights include Mark's great research on fasting and supports the topic of my new book,  "Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be." Pre-order at ...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’m talking with well-known journalist Amy Robach, who’s covered major national and global news events and people over the past 20 years. Her most important story, however, came when she had an on-air mammogram at age 40 and was shockingly diagnosed with breast cancer. We go into her lifestyle since the diagnosis, which has radically changed, and now is based...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Gary Taubes, an award-winning (and my all-time favorite) scienceand health journalist widely known for his investigative work on the food and diet industries.  He explains how the conventional thinking on obesity has led to 60 years of controversy, the on-going “diet wars,” and the current obesity and diabetes epidemics.  You may know his...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I talk with Thomas Kostigen about how there’s no returning to nature as we knew it. His current work focuses on climate disaster and emergency preparedness. And to write his newest book,  “Hacking Planet Earth: How Geoengineering Can Help Us Reimagine the Future” , Thomas went to the frontlines of geoengineering projects that scientists, entrepreneurs, en...

This episode of Bulletproof Radio is a little different. I’m featuring Brian Rose, the founder, CEO and host of the wildly popular  London Real  podcast, livestream platform, TV show and multi-media company. He’s a great friend, longtime supporter and the current frontrunner in London’s political race for mayor.  Brian left a career in banking that spanned Chicago, New York and Lond...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest, Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph. D., is a humanistic psychologist exploring the depths of human potential. We go way beyond basic needs and discuss how to get close to transcendence. Hint: you get to change (or even drop) the story you tell about yourself. It’s one of the hard parts of self-actualization, but worth it to move your life forward. When Scott di...

In this special bonus episode of Bulletproof Radio, the person known as America's No. 1 Success Coach – Jack Canfield – joins me to talk about how you still have time to finish this year strong and move into the new year with a powerful plan. “Everyone says, "Well, we're going to have a new normal,” Jack explains. “What if we say, "Let's have a new better"?” He’s developed a 16-week Coaching Club...

Cool Facts are quick hits of new human and world science curated into short bursts of information just for you. This fun compilation publishes one Friday a month. Enjoy! Here’s the current lineup for episode #6: Lonely brains crave people. A new drug reverses age-related cognitive decline super quick. Repetitive behaviors and gut problems may be related. Degenerative diseases progress in two disti...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest Dr. Elizabeth   Yurth explains how spermidine, a substance found in the human body and almost all plants and animals, can slow down the cellular aging process and influence your overall health. “Where we see spermidine work is at a very, very base level to correct the autophagy to get rid of those bad mitochondria so that now we're not being over...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’ve invited two experts who know a lot about plants and how plants interact with our cell biology. We discuss the exciting new discovery of a molecule called Urolithin A that’s a breakthrough in mitochondrial health. Urolithin A promotes mitochondrial function, muscle strength and longevity.  Navindra Seeram, Ph. D., is professor and chair of t...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest Lisa Wimberger was struck by lightning at age 15 and lived. That lightning strike set in motion a grand mal seizure disorder that she lived with for the next two decades and ultimately influenced her life’s work with neuroplasticity. The seizures became life threatening, but that condition inspired her to find ways to protect and rebuild her body and...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Dr. Phil Wolfson, the creator of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. He shares his vast knowledge about the benefits of ketamine, and other healing chemicals like mushrooms or MDMA, as a treatment for depression, PTSD, addiction and other conditions. Dr. Wolfson leads patients through psychedelic psychotherapy sessions, guiding them through their past...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I dive into an intriguing discussion about trauma with my guest, Rachel Yehuda, Ph. D. We touch on what her latest research is uncovering about the role epigenetics plays in trauma and how to identify signs of trauma in your own life.  “Trauma affects everybody,” Rachel says. “Having a traumatic event will definitely change you in some way in terms of how...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, we take a look at how and why food allergies affect so many of us. Conquering mine has helped me immensely on my Bulletproof journey and I want to share a conversation that could help you do the same. Dr. Kari Nadeau is considered one of the world’s leading experts on food allergy, and is the author of the new book “ "The End of Food Allergy, featuring Immunot...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Colleen Cutcliffe, Ph. D., CEO and co-founder of Pendulum Therapeutics . We explore exciting new discoveries in the body’s gut microbiome and discuss how Pendulum is disrupting what we know about probiotics. Pendulum uses biological and computational insights into the microbiome to develop solutions for health and disease conditions.&nbsp...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Dr. Edward Group, founder of the Global Healing Center . We talk about why disease and longevity begin in the gut and ways to keep your gut healthy through processes you’ve probably never heard of before.  He’s “educating people on the root cause of disease and how they can clean up their external environment and how they can clean up their in...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’m welcoming back Hal Elrod to talk about the importance of setting yourself up for success with a morning practice and exciting news about the live experience of his documentary debut on Dec. 12, 2020, “ The Miracle Morning Movie .” “How you start your day is arguably the single most determining factor in the day that you live,” Hal says. “How you start your...

In this special Thanksgiving episode of Bulletproof Radio, I wanted to bring things back to center with a focus on love and community after the wild year of change and stress we’ve had. Giving and receiving love is one of the most important ways we can be better humans. “Beyond our national identities and loyalties, beyond our political sympathies and ideologies, beyond our religious and spir...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I asked Rachel Hollis to come on the show today to talk about the new book she wrote during the pandemic.  “Didn’t See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart” captures the pain of the past year and offers ways to look at the lessons and growth, then move through it to something new.  “2020... what a year, right? Rach...

Cool Facts are quick hits of new human and world science curated into short bursts of information just for you. This fun compilation publishes one Friday a month. Enjoy! Here’s the current lineup for episode #5: Oxidative stress makes your cells change color. Mount Vesuvius preserved an ancient brain for us to study. Exercise produces a liver enzyme that strengthens your brain. Being positive prev...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, we’re going to take a dive into wearable tech. And while you’ve heard a lot about tech that can help biohack your physiology on Bulletproof Radio over nearly 800 episodes, this one has a unique blueprint. It’s a mood ring for your mind. What you want to do is actually change your biology and you can use data to do that. You also can use wearables that directly...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, we’re talking about ways that you can take charge of your own health data and measure what you want, when you want with at-home testing paired with a data-science app. My guest is Lola Priego, founder of  Base . She got frustrated with a personal health challenge and used her extensive tech background, medical training and creative problem solving to find...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist known as a pioneer in intermittent fasting in a clinical setting. He’s co-founder and chairman of  The Fasting Method . He’s now turned his attention to cancer with his new book: “ The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery .” A completely new and fascinating concept of cance...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is a seeker with a success story. And that story includes creating a weighted blanket that will change the way you sleep. After 15 years searching for fulfillment through her career—in politics, publishing, finance and start-ups, Elizabeth Grojean detached from life in the city to look within. She headed to Bali where she focused on meditation, yoga,...