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Dr. David Buss: How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in Short & Long Term
Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains what men and women want in partners, why people cheat, how jealousy works and what drives stalking.
The Science of Social Bonding in Family, Friendship & Romantic Love
Andrew Huberman explains the brain circuits and hormones behind social bonds, loneliness, introversion, trust and breakups, with tools for deeper connection.
Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear
Huberman explains how fear is wired into the brain and how to undo it: extinction plus a new narrative, EMDR, ketamine, MDMA and brief deliberate stress.
Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System
Andrew Huberman explains how the immune and nervous systems interact, and shares tools from breathing and sleep to sauna and spirulina to fight infection.
Effects Of Fasting Time Restricted Eating On Fat Loss Health
Andrew Huberman explains how time-restricted eating works and how to set an eating window that supports fat loss, liver health and muscle.
Dr Samer Hattar Timing Light Food Exercise For Better Sleep Energy Mood
Circadian scientist Samer Hattar explains how timing light, meals and exercise shapes sleep, mood, appetite and jet lag.
Dr. Craig Heller: Using Temperature for Performance, Brain & Body Health
Stanford's Craig Heller explains why the palms, soles and face are the body's radiators, and how cooling them can triple workout volume.
Controlling Your Dopamine for Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
Andrew Huberman explains how dopamine peaks and baselines shape motivation, and how cold water, intermittent rewards and effort itself keep drive high.
Nutrients For Brain Health & Performance
Huberman on omega-3s, choline, creatine and other brain nutrients, and how taste, gut signals and belief shape which foods we crave.
Dr. Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics for Treating Mental Disorders
Dr. Matthew Johnson explains how psychedelic therapy works in clinical trials, why it helps depression and addiction, and its real risks and limits.
Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction
Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke explains the pleasure-pain balance, the 30-day dopamine reset, relapse, truth telling and social media.
Dr Robert Sapolsky Science Of Stress Testosterone Free Will
Robert Sapolsky explains what testosterone really does, why stress control has limits, estrogen timing, and why he thinks free will doesn't exist.
Adhd How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus
Andrew Huberman explains the dopamine biology of ADHD, how stimulants work, and drug-free tools like a 17-minute session and visual focus training.
How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure
Huberman explains how skin and brain create pain and pleasure, and shares tools from cold exposure and hypnosis to supplements and dopamine timing.
Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders – Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging
Huberman explains the hunger and reward circuits behind anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, and why habit-based treatment works.
Dr. Karl Deisseroth: Understanding & Healing the Mind
Psychiatrist and optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth on why psychiatry relies on words, light-controlled neurons, and how psychedelics and MDMA may help.
How to Optimize Your Brain-Body Function & Health
Huberman explains interoception, the brain-body dialogue via the vagus nerve, with protocols on breathing, fermented foods, gut acidity, nausea and fever.
Dr Lex Fridman Machines Creativity Love
Lex Fridman explains how AI learns and shares his dream of machines that remember shared moments, plus reflections on friendship, love and loss.
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Huberman walks through his 24-hour day, with science-based tools for waking, light, caffeine, fasting, deep work, exercise, food, hypnosis and sleep.
The Science of Hearing, Balance & Accelerated Learning
Andrew Huberman explains how we hear and balance, and how 10-second rest breaks, white noise and focused listening can speed up learning.
Dr. Matt Walker: The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep
Matt Walker explains sleep stages and how light, caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, supplements, naps and sex shape the sleep you get.
Using Cortisol & Adrenaline to Boost Our Energy & Immune System Function
Andrew Huberman explains how well-timed cortisol and brief adrenaline spikes raise energy and immunity, and how to keep stress from turning chronic.
The Science of Vision, Eye Health & Seeing Better
Andrew Huberman explains how vision works and shares simple protocols, from sunlight to eye exercises, to protect and improve eyesight.
Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling
Andrew Huberman explains how cooling the palms, feet and face can dramatically boost strength, endurance and recovery, and why ice baths may not.