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Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 6, 2025 · 17 min read
Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin's rockets and Moon plans, Amazon's decision-making principles, the six-page memo, AI and long-term thinking.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 5, 2025 · 16 min read
Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity

Elon Musk's fourth talk with Lex Fridman: peace through kindness, Grok and xAI, aliens, AI regulation, the X algorithm, Optimus, and his own hardships.

Huberman Lab · Apr 5, 2025 · 9 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Toronto, ON

Andrew Huberman answers Toronto audience questions on mental fitness, inspiration, winter light, neuroplasticity, desk-bound movement and meditation.

Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 13 min read
How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity | Huberman Lab Podcast

Huberman explains the ego depletion debate, the brain hub behind tenacity, and tools like hard exercise and micro-sucks to build willpower.

Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 15 min read
Mark Zuckerberg & Dr. Priscilla Chan: Curing All Human Diseases & the Future of Health & Technology

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on CZI's plan to cure all disease, plus social media, mixed reality, smart glasses and AI assistants.

Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 8 min read
Ama 11 Improve Task Switching Productivity And Reduce Brain Fog

Huberman explains why switching tasks is hard and shares tools: a ramp-up mindset, phone-free transition periods, and a near-far visual drill.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 3, 2025 · 11 min read
Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse

Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg talk as photorealistic avatars about the metaverse, Quest 3 mixed reality, Meta's AI personas and Llama.

Huberman Lab · Apr 2, 2025 · 10 min read
Goals Toolkit: How to Set & Achieve Your Goals

Huberman's step-by-step goals toolkit: choose one priority, quantify actions, avoid myths, and use focus, rewards and timing to follow through.

Huberman Lab · Apr 2, 2025 · 14 min read
Marc Andreessen: How Risk Taking, Innovation & Artificial Intelligence Transform Human Experience

Marc Andreessen on the traits of true innovators, collapsing trust in elites, moral panics over new tech, nuclear power and AI as a personal coach.

Huberman Lab · Apr 1, 2025 · 11 min read
Science-Supported Tools to Accelerate Your Fitness Goals

Huberman distills the Andy Galpin series into 12 quick fitness tools: zone 2 living, 3-by-5 strength, sugar cane intervals, exercise snacks and more.

Huberman Lab · Apr 1, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr Maya Shankar How To Shape Your Identity Goals

Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar on anchoring identity to your why, handling change, and research-backed tools to set and sustain goals.

Huberman Lab · Mar 30, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr Matthew Macdougall Neuralink Technologies To Enhance Human Brains

Neuralink's head neurosurgeon explains brain implants for paralysis, robotic surgery, his own RFID hand chip, brain health and a future of mind-linked communication.

Huberman Lab · Mar 30, 2025 · 9 min read
Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort | Huberman Lab Podcast

Andrew Huberman explains dopamine peaks, troughs and baselines, and how to protect motivation and beat procrastination by embracing effort.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Andy Galpin: Optimize Your Training Program for Fitness & Longevity

Dr. Andy Galpin's 10-step method for building a training plan you'll stick to, plus a year-long template and 3-, 4- and 6-day weekly programs.

Huberman Lab · Mar 26, 2025 · 16 min read
Dr. Lex Fridman: Navigating Conflict, Finding Purpose & Maintaining Drive

Lex Fridman returns from Ukraine to talk war, propaganda, hard conversations, peer review, his robotics dream and advice for young people.

Huberman Lab · Mar 25, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Eddie Chang: The Science of Learning & Speaking Languages

UCSF neurosurgeon Eddie Chang explains how the brain makes speech, why textbooks got language wrong, and how implants let a paralyzed man talk.

Huberman Lab · Mar 25, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Layne Norton: The Science of Eating for Health, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle,*

Dr. Layne Norton explains energy balance, protein, fiber, sugar, sweeteners, seed oils and supplements, and why the best diet is the one you can stick to.

Huberman Lab · Mar 25, 2025 · 13 min read
Fitness Toolkit: Protocol & Tools to Optimize Physical Health

Andrew Huberman lays out his seven-day fitness template covering endurance, resistance training, heat and cold, HIIT, stretching and real-world setbacks.

Huberman Lab · Mar 24, 2025 · 10 min read
Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping

Andrew Huberman explains how nicotine boosts focus and mood, why smoking, vaping and dipping do the harm, and science-backed ways to quit.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 15 min read
Jeff Cavaliere: Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #79

Physical therapist Jeff Cavaliere on training splits, the mind-muscle connection, grip-strength recovery checks, smart stretching, shoulder health and eating.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing

Huberman's practical sleep toolkit: morning and evening light, temperature, caffeine timing, supplements, NSDR and fixes for jet lag and shift work.

Huberman Lab · Mar 23, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals

NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis explains how narrowing your visual focus, planning for obstacles and tracking real data help you reach goals.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 11 min read
The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals

Andrew Huberman explains the brain circuit behind goals and nine tools, from the 85% rule and visual focus to foreshadowing failure.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 10 min read
The Science of Making & Breaking Habits

Andrew Huberman explains the neuroscience of habits and gives two programs to build them, plus a simple method for breaking bad ones.

Huberman Lab · Mar 19, 2025 · 12 min read
Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

Andrew Huberman's science-based checklist for a better workspace: lighting by time of day, screen height, ceiling height, 40 Hz binaural beats and standing.

Huberman Lab · Mar 18, 2025 · 12 min read
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones

Andrew Huberman explains how dopamine, serotonin and light-driven hormones shape how fast time feels, with ten tools for work and life.

Huberman Lab · Mar 17, 2025 · 9 min read
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.

Huberman Lab · Mar 16, 2025 · 9 min read
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.

Huberman Lab · Mar 16, 2025 · 11 min read
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.

Huberman Lab · Mar 15, 2025 · 10 min read
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.