The Daily Apple Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Train Smarter. Age Better. Most people don't lose their health overnight. They lose it one movement, one habit, and one missed opportunity at a time. In this episode, Dr. Kevin White sits down with physical therapist Andie Emmett, PT, DPT , whose one-on-one approach to movement, strength, and recovery has made her one of Oklahoma's most sought-after physical therapists....

Send us Fan Mail Most people worried about microplastics are focused on the wrong things. The receipts, the water bottles, the plastic cutting boards. Dr. Matt Campen has spent his career actually measuring what ends up in the human body, and the picture that's emerging looks a lot less like a consumer choice problem and a lot more like a food system problem. Dr. Kevin White sits down with Dr...

Send us Fan Mail The fitness industry makes money when you fail. Troy Taylor spent 20 years at the top of Olympic sport, and now he's the reason Tonal keeps 99% of its members while the rest of the industry churns through them like a revolving door. He and Kevin don't talk about motivation. They talk about why motivation is the wrong thing to chase, what the actual data says about how pe...

Send us Fan Mail Last Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing the FDA to fast-track psychedelic medicines for mental health treatment. Joe Rogan texted him about Ibogaine. The president texted back. Fifty million federal dollars followed. You can have a lot of feelings about how that happened. Here is what is not political: a small group of neuroscientists and psychiatrists spe...

Send us Fan Mail Most pet owners trust that regular vet visits, decent food, and a joint supplement are enough. Dr. Kevin Toman spent 35 years practicing that model. He doesn't believe it anymore. After four decades in clinical medicine, a personal MGUS diagnosis that pushed him toward integrative care, and a growing awareness of how poorly the profession was serving aging pets, he rebuilt hi...

Send us Fan Mail Most fitness advice assumes the problem is knowledge. Eat less, move more, stay consistent. Drew Manning believed that too. He was a trainer who had never been overweight, watching clients fail at things that seemed obvious to him, and quietly judging them for it. So in 2011 he stopped exercising, ate like most of America eats, and spent six months gaining 75 pounds on purpose. Th...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to still be heli-skiing, competing in triathlons, and running beach stairs in your late eighties? In this episode, Dr. Kevin White travels to Malibu to sit down with Frank, an 88-year-old athlete, engineer, and adventurer, and Flavio, Frank's trainer of 35 years. Together, they pull back the curtain on what it actually takes to stay that functional, that act...

Send us Fan Mail Why are so many people dealing with chronic pain earlier than ever? In this episode, Dr. Kevin White sits down with Dr. Ashu Goyle, a double board-certified anesthesiology and pain medicine physician trained at the Cleveland Clinic and founder of Integrated Spine, Pain, and Wellness in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Goyle shares how his philosophy shifted from simply interrupting pain s...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a board-certified orthopedic surgeon steps away from the surgery machine? In this episode, Dr. Joshua Schacter shares why he left a high-volume, surgery-first model to build the Pinnacle Method, a more comprehensive approach to chronic joint pain. His core belief is simple: joint pain is rarely just a joint problem. Dr. Kevin White and Dr. Schacter break down why...

Send us Fan Mail Peptides are everywhere right now. So are strong opinions about them. In this episode, Heather returns to talk candidly about injury, healing, and what led her to try peptides when nothing else seemed to help. Along the way, the conversation widens into something bigger: our cultural pull toward finding a pill instead of slowing down to understand what the body is actually asking...

Send us Fan Mail Real estate developer Gary Brooks spent decades building some of Oklahoma City’s most ambitious projects. But after years of chronic stress, heart surgery, and a family cancer diagnosis, he reached a breaking point. When he finally stepped away, he realized something unsettling: success had masked how unhealthy he had become. In this episode, Dr. Kevin White sits down with Gary to...

Send us Fan Mail Most people assume brain aging is something you deal with later. Or worse, something you can’t change at all. Christin Glorioso has spent her career proving that assumption wrong. With MD PhD training, a neuroscience postdoc at MIT, and her work as the founder and CEO of NeuroAge, she studies how the brain ages and how much of that process is actually within our control. The work...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jenn Simmons spent nearly two decades as a board-certified breast surgeon working inside conventional oncology. Then her own health crisis forced her to question the system she had been trained to defend and ultimately walk away from it. Dr. Kevin White sits down with Dr. Simmons to unpack how that turning point reshaped her understanding of breast cancer, prevention, and what...

Send us Fan Mail Rian Smoak thought he was chasing an Ironman finish line. But as he tells it, “that finish line became my new start line.”  Dr. Kevin White reconnects with a longtime friend and endurance athlete whose story runs far deeper than training plans and race photos. Rian shares how growing up under chronic stress shaped his drive, how a health scare forced him to rethink what “healthy”...

Send us Fan Mail When effort stops producing results, it’s often not a motivation problem. It’s a physiology problem, especially as hormones begin to shift. In this conversation, Dr. Kevin White sits down with Katie Hardy, Colorado-based board-certified holistic nutritionist and strength and conditioning specialist, to explore why fitness, diet, and exercise stop working the same way over time, pa...

Send us Fan Mail Arthritis and joint pain are not just “wear and tear.” They are mechanical stress layered on top of hormonal shifts, metabolic strain, chronic inflammation, and muscle loss. In this conversation, Dr. Kevin White sits down with Dr. Joshua Schachter, board certified orthopedic surgeon and founder of Pinnacle Integrative Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Wichita Falls, Texas. After...

Send us Fan Mail For decades we assumed vision was fixed. You were either born with good eyes or you weren’t. But the science tells a different story: vision is a trainable brain skill, and strengthening the eye-brain connection can improve clarity, stamina, focus, and even emotional regulation. Dr. Kevin White sits down with neurooptometrist Dr. Bryce Appelbaum to break down why screen fatigue, h...

Send us Fan Mail Whole body MRI is changing prevention from a guess into something you can actually see. Dr. Kevin White talks with Dr. Dan Durand, Johns Hopkins trained radiologist and Chief Medical Officer at Prenuvo, about how full body scans are catching silent problems early: from fatty liver and visceral fat to aneurysms, early cancers, and brain changes linked to cognitive decline and demen...

Send us Fan Mail Glutathione is the body’s master antioxidant: central to detoxification, oxidative stress control, and cellular repair. Dr. Kevin White sits down with Dr. Nayan Patel , PharmD, adjunct professor at USC and author of The Glutathione Revolution , to unpack what glutathione is, why levels drop with age, and how smart habits and targeted support can move the needle on longevity and pe...

Send us Fan Mail He spent 33 years inside the system: selling for major healthcare companies, believing he was part of something that helped people. But over time, the seams started to split. Tim Organ began to notice the quiet forces shaping modern medicine: consolidations, pharmacy benefit managers, and rebate games that rewarded higher prices instead of better outcomes. “They’re not choosing th...

Send us Fan Mail What if getting older isn’t decline, but feedback? In this conversation, Dr. Kevin White talks with health coach and author Zane Griggs about what really changes after 40 and why strength, recovery, and smart nutrition matter more than willpower. After decades in the fitness world, Zane discovered that doing everything right, eating clean, training hard, and fasting was leading to...

Send us Fan Mail Heather’s back, and you already know what that means: real questions, zero filter, and a lot of laughs. This time she’s grilling Dr. Kevin White about peptides, “perfect aminos,” recovery supplements, and whether any of it actually matters or if it’s just great marketing. They dig into:  • How amino acids really work for muscle growth and recovery  • What peptides are, why everyon...

Send us Fan Mail What if one of the most powerful tools for slowing biological aging has been hiding in plain sight for decades? This week on The Daily Apple , Dr. Brad Younggren joins us to unpack therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and why it could be a game-changer for longevity. Dr. Younggren is an emergency medicine physician, U.S. Army combat veteran, and now CEO and co-founder of Circulate He...

Send us Fan Mail Exercise is not just about looking good. It is medicine. Dr. Mary Pardee is back with us to talk about why movement is one of the most powerful and most overlooked prescriptions we have. We get into muscle as “money in the bank” for aging, how to think about strength training if you hate weights, and why consistency beats motivation every single time. Speaking about resilience and...

Send us Fan Mail From NHL enforcer to mental health advocate: Daniel Carcillo’s story is as raw as it is redemptive. After a career defined by fights, concussions, and two Stanley Cups, Daniel found himself battling depression, dementia-like symptoms, and suicidal thoughts. His turning point came through an unexpected path: psychedelics. “This medicine didn’t just ease my symptoms. It gave me back...