What Ancients Cultures Have To Teach Us About...

Could Parkinson’s disease begin in the gut? It’s a question that challenges how we think about brain health, and one that today’s guest has spent years investigating. I’m talking with Sarkis Mazmanian, PhD, a professor of microbiology at Caltech whose research explores how gut ba ...  Show more

What if you're sleeping eight hours a night but your body is struggling to breathe the entire time? Sleep apnea can disrupt your breathing dozens of times an hour without you ever realizing it, putting your heart, brain, and metabolic health at risk. In this episode, I break down ...  Show more

Wade Davis is a Canadian anthropologist, author and explorer. He talks about 'The Unravelling of America', an essay he wrote for Rolling Stone that got over five million views, how his PhD thesis on the zombie culture in Haiti became a Hollywood movie and his latest book Magdalen ...  Show more

Wade Davis and RFK Jr discuss The Amazon River Basin and Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew used both socially and as spiritual medicine among the indigenous peoples of the region.  Haiti and the Caribbean are also discussed in this episode.

Wade Davis is an ethnobotan ...

Does our cultural move away from the natural world impact our mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing? Does it really change things in our brains, guts and our ability to heal? What does the science say? Our guest is the science journalist Lucy Jones – looking at the most recen ...  Show more