Terrain Theory

What happens when someone trained at the very heart of modern science begins to question everything they were taught? In this episode of the Terrain Theory Podcast , we’re joined by Dr. Jo Whitaker , a scientist with a PhD in genetic vaccines and advanced training in genetics, microbiology, immunology, and oncology, whose career took a radical turn when the prevailing scientific narrative stopped...

At the end of every Terrain Theory episode, we ask our guests the same question: What are your non-negotiables, the daily habits you do to tend to your terrain? In this special year-end episode, we revisit some of the most compelling answers from 2025. Across disciplines and perspectives, our guests reflect on rhythm and circadian health, movement in nature, nutrition and species-appropriate eatin...

In this Wellness Check episode of the Terrain Theory Podcast , Ben and Mike sit down with their Primary Healthcare Providers – themselves – for a grounded, honest check-in as 2025 comes to a close and 2026 comes into view. This conversation spans the deeply personal and the deeply practical. Ben shares the story of welcoming a new baby through an unexpected, peaceful home birth – an experience tha...

After more than three years, Marlon Azurdia returns to the Terrain Theory Podcast...and he brings with him a depth of lived experience that can only come from someone fully committed to walking the path . A former CrossFit Games athlete who famously competed as a vegan, Marlon has spent the last decade challenging every nutritional and performance assumption placed in front of him. In this episode...

What if one of the longest-running human health experiments has been hiding in plain sight...quietly unfolding across the life of a man who’s never eaten the Standard American Diet, never accepted the inevitability of chronic disease, and never believed that health comes from a pill, an injection, or a supplement? In this episode, we sit down with Mark Huberman , President of the National Health A...

New York City history teacher Stephanie Edmonds never imagined that her dedication to her students would one day cost her the career she loved. But during COVID, as she watched extended school shutdowns devastate her students’ mental health and academic progress, she began speaking publicly about the harms she was witnessing firsthand. When New York City rolled out vaccine mandates for teachers, S...

What if the diet you believe is healing your body is actually holding it hostage?  In this episode, we sit down with Mariah Manazza — once a full-on homesteader living the traditional diet dream — as she reveals how raw milk, pasture-raised meats, and ancestral traditions weren’t enough. In fact, they nearly broke her. Migraines, depression, numbness, leg pain, cysts — all symptoms she was told sh...

Alcohol is the world’s most socially accepted toxin — a substance woven into our rituals, relationships, and celebrations, yet responsible for immeasurable physical, emotional, and societal harm. What happens when we finally confront that truth? In this episode, we sit down with Professor David Nutt , neuropsychopharmacologist, author, and founder of GABA Labs , to explore alcohol’s hidden toll on...

What if your body isn’t just a collection of organs, but a living, self-organizing field of light, water, and energy? In this episode of the Terrain Theory Podcast, Ben and Mike sit down with Nikko Kennedy, Director of Research at the Institute of Applied Quantum Biology, to explore the frontier where circadian health meets quantum biology. Nikko explains how quantum physics underlies the biologic...

Elizabeth Vernon is a beekeeper-activist, herbalist, and founder of Queen Bees Farmacy, dedicated to bringing together the world of wild-crafted remedies, advocacy, and deep terrain insight. In this episode, we dive into the hidden dimensions of health and resistance — from how screen time is reshaping our bodies and nervous systems to the untested and unknown dangers of biologics. Elizabeth pulls...

Dr. Anna Sitkoff is a naturopathic physician and herbalist whose clinical and personal journey has been guided by a deep relationship with medicinal mushrooms. In this episode, she shares how her early exposure to natural medicine—and a life-changing experience with her father’s cancer treatment—sparked a decade-long exploration into the world of fungi. Dr. Sitkoff unpacks the science and spirit o...

Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Fusionary Formulas. In this episode, she helps us rediscover Ayurveda as the original terrain-based health system — one that recognizes the body’s innate intelligence and its connection to mind, spirit, and environment (Nature). We discuss how to identify your mind-body type (dosha), personalize your health rituals, and use anc...

Can the darkness heal you? Are you willing to find out? Scott Berman is the founder of Sky Cave Retreats, a dark retreat sanctuary in Southern Oregon that puts guests in complete and total darkness for a set period of time. In this safe space, with somatic support and all needs met, a guest may relax into the rhythms of the dark, soften, and simply exist. In this conversation with Scott we discuss...

This is the hill we die on. Leah Wilson is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Stand for Health Freedom, a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing and activating grassroots movements to protect our health and our families. Since their inception in 2019 they have helped empower the masses to take over 6 million actions to preserve and promote informed consent, parental rights, religious free...

Salima Adelstein is a Master Healer, a Sufi Spiritual Guide, and the co-founder of The University of Sufism, a non-profit, religious organization whose vision is to open the heart of humanity to the Reality of Divine Love, Gnostic understanding and complete healing. In this conversation we discuss: Understanding Sufism The central practices of the Sufi The power of remembrance Purification of the...

Ryan Connor and Briana Connor Garcia are siblings who grew up in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, right around the corner from a landfill that later became designated an EPA Superfund site. Unbeknownst to them, they spent their childhood exposed to toxic "forever chemicals" that leached into the soil and water, poisoning countless community members in the process. Following separate cancer diag...

Dr. Shamini Jain is founder and CEO of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, an international collaborative of scientists, healing practitioners, educators and artists who lead humanity to heal ourselves. She’s a clinical psychologist, an award-winning researcher, and an author on topics ranging from psychoneuroimmunology to biofield science. In this conversation with Dr. Jain we discuss: Her...

Dr. Marizelle Arce is a Naturopathic medical doctor who practices as a Naturopath, marrying her knowledge and understanding of ancient cultures and traditions with current biology, physiology and modern medicine. Jacob Diaz, aka the Undercover Virologist, is a student of the BioTerrain Model, a certified Naturopath, and a passionate researcher into the many contagion myths blamed on nonexistent pa...

Glenn and Eric Meder are the father-son duo behind Privacy Academy, which provides online learning and membership services centered around exiting the surveillance state, maintaining online privacy, and ensuring Big Brother and Big Tech do not succeed in weaponizing our digital existence against us. In this conversation with Glenn and Eric we discuss: The State of the (Surveillance) State How AI i...

Jon Burras is a massage therapist, yoga instructor, bodyworker and bodymind therapist with over 30 years of experience blending Western medical knowledge with Eastern philosophy and a deep love and appreciation for the world of natural healing. In this conversation with Jon we discuss: The makeup and function of fascia The connection between fascia and detoxification The only two ways to change yo...

Co-hosts Ben & Mike check in with their respective primary healthcare providers with updates on their physical, emotional, spiritual wellness, latest terrain integrations, nuance, and more. In this Wellness Check Episode they discuss: Using heat therapy to great effect Non-negotiables on the road Turning slip-ups into positives Sanctifying sleep The mystery of the 8 sudden seizuers ...and more...

Dr. Dickson Thom is a Doctor of Dental Surgery and a Naturopathic Doctor with over 50 years of clinical experience and 20+ years as a medical professor. He is one of the co-founders of the American Center of Biological Medicine and author of numerous books, including Bioregulatory Medicine: An Innovative Holistic Approach to Self-Healing, Begin Again: Trauma, Disease, and Healing with The Brain Pr...

Brothers Ben & Mike are fresh off a long weekend at Porcupine Freedom Festival (aka PorcFest), the annual gathering of Libertarians and freedom-minded folk held on Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH. Co-host Mike Merenda's side band Red Pill Friends performed at the Festival three nights in a row, so we invited bandmates and longtime friends of the podcast Jude Roberts and Brendan D...

To prepare for the upcoming Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest) we feature interviews with new friends we met at last year's PorcFest. Josh Noone is a seasoned festival goer and a musician whose upbringing shaped his freedom-oriented life; Erika Fey the self-styled "Mayor of Hooperville" who found her people at PorcFest; James Cordiner is the founder of The Voluntaryist Academy an...

Dr. Marizelle Arce is a Naturopathic medical doctor who practices as a naturopath, marrying her knowledge and understanding of ancient cultures and traditions with current biology, physiology and modern medicine. In this conversation with Dr. Mari we discuss: Her newest book Germs Are Not Our Enemy How everything we think about microbes causing disease is wrong The microzyma, pleomorphism, and the...