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The Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 29, 2025 · 10 min read
Try It For 1 Day: Do This Every Morning to Boost Motivation & Focus

Mel Robbins explains seven reasons mornings feel hard and a 15-minute, six-step routine: get up, make the bed, high five, water, light, walk.

Huberman Lab · Apr 28, 2025 · 8 min read
Control Pain & Heal Faster With Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman explains why pain is a perception, how love and belief blunt it, and a sleep, walking and heat protocol for faster healing.

The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 27, 2025 · 9 min read
2247 - Duncan Trussell on The Joe Rogan Experience

Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan's Christmas hang: telepathy, consciousness, drones, Biden, quantum computing, fatherhood, religion and farts in jars.

Huberman Lab · Apr 27, 2025 · 8 min read
Optimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman walks through his daily routine for learning and creativity, from morning light and delayed caffeine to NSDR and evening light.

The Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 26, 2025 · 10 min read
The Top Expert Advice of the Year: The Best of the Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel Robbins revisits six favorite experts on manifesting, hard conversations, sleep, boundaries, happiness and money that means something.

Huberman Lab · Apr 23, 2025 · 7 min read
Essentials Master Your Sleep Be More Alert When Awake

Huberman explains adenosine and the light-set circadian clock, with tools for timing sunlight, avoiding night light, naps, NSDR and sleep supplements.

Huberman Lab · Apr 22, 2025 · 9 min read
Essentials: How Your Brain Works & Changes

Andrew Huberman explains the nervous system's parts and functions, and how focus, sleep and 90-minute cycles drive adult neuroplasticity.

Huberman Lab · Apr 17, 2025 · 10 min read
Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning

Andrew Huberman explains why testing yourself soon after learning halves forgetting, plus focus, sleep, study habits, emotion and interleaving tools.

Huberman Lab · Apr 16, 2025 · 10 min read
AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More

Huberman answers listener questions on thinning skin, cold plunge temperatures, self-motivation, REM sleep, school learning and shilajit.

Huberman Lab · Apr 14, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the ICC Sydney Theatre

Huberman's Sydney live Q&A: naps and NSDR, dose-dependent placebo, learning and rest, psychedelics in the clinic, gut health and focus.

Huberman Lab · Apr 14, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

At a live Brisbane Q&A, Andrew Huberman answers questions on nicotine, ADHD, recovering from years of poor sleep, burnout, diet, TRT, breathing and parenting.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 18 min read
Dr Matt Walker The Science Of Dreams Nightmares Lucid Dreaming

Matthew Walker explains why we dream, how to treat nightmares, whether lucid dreaming is worth it, and answers top sleep questions.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr Matt Walker Using Sleep To Improve Learning Creativity Memory

Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains why sleep before and after learning matters, how it boosts motor skills, and how REM sleep sparks creative insight.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: Improve Sleep to Boost Mood & Emotional Regulation

Dr. Matt Walker explains how REM and deep sleep regulate emotion, anxiety, PTSD, depression and suicide risk, plus tools to sleep better.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the Sydney Opera House

In a live Sydney Q&A, Andrew Huberman covers stress mindsets, time perception, a jet lag protocol, psychedelics, sauna and sleep, and finding your passion.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: Protocols to Improve Your Sleep

Matt Walker's sleep protocols: regularity, darkness, cool rooms, caffeine and alcohol limits, insomnia fixes, and emerging sleep-boosting technology.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr Matt Walker How To Structure Your Sleep Use Naps Time Caffeine

Matt Walker explains how sleep changes with age, how to nap well (about 20 minutes, before 3 p.m.), and how to time caffeine.

Huberman Lab · Apr 11, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: The Biology of Sleep & Your Unique Sleep Needs

Matt Walker explains sleep stages, what poor sleep does to body and brain, and the QQRT framework: quantity, quality, regularity and timing.

Huberman Lab · Apr 10, 2025 · 9 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Melbourne, AU

Andrew Huberman answers Melbourne audience questions on protecting the aging brain, building willpower, shift work, NSDR and phone habits.

Huberman Lab · Apr 9, 2025 · 15 min read
AMA #16: Sleep, Vertigo, TBI, OCD, Tips for Travelers, Gut-Brain Axis & More

Live from Sydney, Andrew Huberman answers questions on travel routines, short sleep, vertigo, brain injury, OCD, fish oil, hormone testing and tongue cleaning.

Huberman Lab · Apr 8, 2025 · 12 min read
Journal Club with Dr. Peter Attia: Effects of Light & Dark on Mental Health & Treatments for Cancer

Huberman and Peter Attia dissect an 86,000-person study on day light and night dark for mental health, and a landmark cancer immunotherapy trial.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 10 min read
Summary Ama 14 2023 Philanthropy Evening Routine Light Therapy Health Metrics More

Huberman's live AMA: 2023 research funding, evening light routines, winter light, yearly fitness checks, night waking and strength without bulk.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 18 min read
Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process

Rick Rubin answers listener questions on creative blocks, ignoring outcomes, daily routines, light, meditation, dreams and making art honestly.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 13 min read
How to Prevent & Treat Colds & Flu

Andrew Huberman explains how colds and flu spread, how immunity works, and which habits and supplements actually help you avoid or beat them.

Huberman Lab · Apr 6, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Chicago, IL

Huberman answers audience questions on aging brains, shift work, hypnosis, psychedelics, NSDR, daylight saving time and learning.

Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 13 min read
Mental Health Toolkit: Tools to Bolster Your Mood & Mental Health

Huberman's toolkit for mood: the big six pillars, nighttime darkness, emotional granularity, cyclic sighing, journaling and processing trauma.

Huberman Lab · Mar 30, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr Satchin Panda Intermittent Fasting To Improve Health Cognition Longevity

Satchin Panda explains why when you eat matters, from mouse longevity data to shift workers, firefighters, caffeine and a 12-hour eating window.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance

Andrew Huberman explains the science of breathing and zero-cost tools like the physiological sigh, box breathing and nasal breathing for calm, sleep and focus.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Gina Poe: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State

UCLA sleep scientist Gina Poe on why consistent bedtimes matter, how REM sleep erases emotional charge, and how sleep shapes trauma and addiction recovery.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimal Nutrition & Supplementation for Fitness

Andy Galpin's practical guide to hydration math, workout fueling, caffeine, the supplements worth taking, recovery stages and sleep.