The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

After more than four decades and more than 35 books, Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph. D., CNS, continues to break new ground in integrative and functional medicine. She’s a Columbia-trained nutritionist and author internationally recognized as a pioneer in dietary, longevity, environmental, and women’s health issues. In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Ann Louise recommends a paradigm shift in which yo...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, an incredibly special guest explores the vast depths of the oceans uncovering mysteries, proving theories, and revealing artifacts that tell a story about the history of humankind.  And I got to talk to him via satellite phone as he was heading out to sea on his ship,  Nautilus . Oceanographer and marine geologist  Bob Ballard  has led near...

Welcome to Your Upgraded Summer! This new series revisits the Top 10 Bulletproof Radio episodes of all time. The topics cover essentials like nutrition, energy, hormones, sleep and autophagy, as well as gut, brain, autoimmune and women's health. You'll get the main points in a shortened version so you can get the good stuff and get on with your summer plans. And if you want to listen to more, tune...

Welcome to Your Upgraded Summer! This new series revisits the Top 10 Bulletproof Radio episodes of all time. The topics cover essentials like nutrition, energy, hormones, sleep and autophagy, as well as gut, brain, autoimmune and women's health. You'll get the main points in a shortened version so you can get the good stuff and get on with your summer plans. And if you want to listen to more, tune...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest follows his curiosity wherever it leads. Kamal Ravikant served as an infantry soldier in the US Army, hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, climbed the Himalayas and meditated with monks there, and help found several companies. He’s made a career as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, and author. Currently, he’s Managing Partner at Evolve VC, an...

This episode of Bulletproof Radio covers the human side of grief and loss and love and community and courage. These are things that you might find yourself saying, “Well, wait. What does that have to do with biohacking or human performance?”  These have to do with the parts of being human that we all go through in our lives. They're parts that we oftentimes don't talk about because they're un...

People used to think that meditation made you gullible," says meditation teacher Light Watkins.  "Now, they realized that meditation makes you bold, as some of the most influential business and thought leaders of our day see meditation as non-negotiable for making big moves." Light has been immersed in the meditation space for two decades, first as a practitioner, then as an apprentice to his...

Some biohacks can be expensive. Most of them work on mechanisms that are free, but breathing just might be the biggest and best magic bullet we have today. In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I talk to returning guest Patrick McKeown about why. And why he wants everyone to be a nose breather. Patrick’s one of the world’s leading breathing re-education experts who’s been immersed in the research...

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 #12: Blood sugar affects your brain health Tapeworms change ant immunity and make them lazy New COVID-19 research about the lining of your blood vessels Larger pupils indicate higher intellige...

Cardio sometimes gets a bad rap; people either do too much or too little.   You’ve likely heard of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, you’ll learn about the benefits of REHIT (Reduced Exertion High Intensity Interval Training) to improve cardiovascular fitness.  Ulrich Dempfle, co-founder of CAROL, joins me on the show to talk ab...

I’m always curious to learn from people who’ve mastered ancient teachings. I hold a deep respect for people who’ve dedicated their lives to deep inner work and transformation to become better humans. That’s why I’m really glad to welcome Master Mingtong Gu to this episode of Bulletproof Radio. He shares ancient Eastern wisdom around the world to show how you can achieve better health and conscious...

How would you like to make parenting fun and rewarding, instead of stressful and chaotic? (And if you’re a grown-up son or daughter, you may want to improve your own relationship with your parents.}  In this episode of Bulletproof Radio,  Charles Fay, Ph. D.,  gives practical and down-to-earth solutions to the most common and frustrating behaviors displayed by kids of all ages. He’s...

In this special episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’m welcoming Laila Ali. She’s a world-class athlete, fitness and wellness advocate, TV host, author, home chef and cooking enthusiast, founder of the Laila Ali Lifestyle Brand, and mother of two. She’s the daughter of late beloved global icon and humanitarian, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, and Laila herself is a two-time hall of famer...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Dr. Jen Ashton brings a wealth of experience to the podcast as a physician, a medical correspondent for international news media, and an award-winning journalist.  As the ABC News’ Chief Health and Medical Correspondent for nearly a decade, she reports on major health and wellness issues across all ABC News platforms. She also reports the latest breaking...

This episode of Bulletproof Radio combines important information about mold from two leading expert physicians treating patients today. Over more than 25 years of a 50-year medical career, Dr. Neil Nathan has become a researcher, complex medical problem-solver and healer of mold toxicity. He treats patients who become too toxic and sensitive, and don’t tolerate usual medical treatments. &nbsp...

When Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was 37, she had a stroke that completely shut down the left hemisphere of her brain. Her eight-year recovery led her to some of the greatest discoveries of what our brains can do.  Dr. Jill is a Harvard-trained and published neuroscientist and neuroanatomist with a broad area of brain expertise. She’s also well known for her TEDtalks since her stroke:  My Strok...

In this special episode of Bulletproof Radio, I asked holistic psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora what she thought was the single most important element that supports vitality at any age. She answered “community.” “Not only do I believe that, but the evidence supports that actually having good social connections, feeling held in community, that's really our most potent anti-aging medicine,” she says...

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 #11: Hyperbaric oxygen treatments could make your blood cells grow younger. Infection-fighting immune cells in your brain get their training in your gut. Reprogramming T-cells to act like stem...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, molecular biologist Dr. Nichola Conlon joins me to talk about the role of a little molecule found in every cell in your body that has a huge impact on aging. She specializes in the study of aging as a biologically complex disorder, specifically the role of NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide).  You’re going to learn about how NAD+ works in the body fr...

On this episode of Bulletproof Radio, pretty intense professional race car driver Danica Patrick joins the show to talk about her winding journey doing all the things that excite and scare her the most. She lets her curiosity drive her, including doing what she fears. Could be bungee jumping, diving out of airplanes or eating scorpions and running wild with  Bear Grylls . “It's not like I'm o...

You’ve told me you want to hear about ketosis, ketones, glucose, monitoring your ketones, what happens when you want to go into ketosis and what happens when you want to go out of it. So, I've got a guest for you who’s definitely geeky, who has gone really, really deep on this to the point that they call him. Mr. Mojo. Dorian Greenow, founder of Keto-Mojo , shares his expertise in ketogenic resear...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Connie Zack, founder of infrared sauna company, Sunlighten , joins the show to talk about the many benefits of infrared light. This technology has incredible impacts on your longevity and recovery, and I want to make sure you learn as much as possible about it. Traditional steam and heat-based saunas warm you by heating the air and in turn, heating your body....

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest Jon Levy shares that the greatest predictors of longevity are close social ties and how much you feel like a part of a community.  Jon is a behavioral scientist who researches human connection, trust and influence. He can teach you how to build your own communities and in turn, grow your influence exponentially. He’s done it himself by creating a...

The man who pioneered the science and psychology of Influence returns to Bulletproof Radio today. Known as “The Godfather of Influence,” Robert Cialdini, Ph. D., is the foundational expert in the science of influence and how to apply it ethically in business.  After nearly 40 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific research, he’s earned a global reputation for his ability to tr...

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L., the  New York Times  bestselling author of several books about the problems caused by sugar, processed food and the health conditions of obesity, shares his expertise and research about metabolic health. He addresses nutrition, food science, and global health, and explains how by focusing on real food we can rever...