Andrew Huberman
The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of ...
How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague
The episode explores how dopamine and serotonin shape learning, motivation, and decision-making, moving beyond a simple “reward up, reward down” view to emphasize prediction errors, foraging-like decision-making, and the ongoing updates of expectations. Huberman and Dr. Reed Montague discuss how these neuromodulators influence learning circuits, social behavior, and real-world behaviors (dating, work, social media), and how emerging tools (AI, brain monitoring, and noninvasive probes) are transforming our understanding of brain states and motivation.
How Genes Shape Your Risk Taking & Morals | Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden
In this episode, Huberman and Dr. Katherine Harden explore how genes and environment shape adolescent development, decision-making, and behavior, emphasizing the interplay between biology, psychology, and life experiences. They cover puberty timing, sex differences, epigenetics, trauma, addiction, and moral responsibility, while examining how science can inform but not dictate how we punish, reward, or support individuals and families.
Essentials: The Science & Practice of Movement | Ido Portal
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, Andrew Huberman chats with movement expert Ido Portal about approaching movement as an open, education-focused practice that integrates the body, mind, emotions, and environment. They explore how to broaden movement practice beyond rigid categories, emphasize awareness, play, and variability, and discuss practical ways to train observation (eyes/vision), posture, touch, proximity, and casual daily movement to unlock vitality, resilience, and virtuosic skill.
The Science of Love, Desire & Attachment | Huberman Lab Essentials
The episode revisits key science on desire, love, and attachment, tracing how early caregiver interactions shape later relationships while explaining the neural and hormonal systems (autonomic arousal, dopamine, oxytocin, testosterone, estrogen) that underlie attachment, desire, and empathy. It weaves in classic attachment styles, empathy and positive-delusion concepts, and evidence from studies on self-expansion, relationship stability, and supplements that may influence libido, all framed with practical takeaways for healthier romantic connections.
The Most Effective Weight Training, Cardio & Nutrition for Women | Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple
In this Huberman Lab episode, Dr. Lauren Kenzo Simple joins Andrew Huberman to dissect how hormones, menstrual cycles, and menopause intersect with women’s fitness, emphasizing that many training principles apply similarly to men and women while debunking common myths. The discussion covers evidence-based training structures, conditioning across rep ranges, the role of cardio and nutrition, and practical guidelines for starting resistance training, tailoring programs, and understanding supplements like creatine, with a focus on real-world applicability and scientific nuance.
Essentials: Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Jeff Cavaliere
Huberman and Cavalier discuss building practical, sustainable training routines and how to balance strength, conditioning, and aesthetics. They cover starting programs (6040 split), exercise selection, rotation patterns (body part splits vs push/pull/legs), warm-ups, grip mechanics, injury caution (upright row), and the role of nutrition and recovery in long-term performance.
Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health | Huberman Lab Essentials
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, Andrew Huberman explains how light acts as a powerful, biology-shaping signal that can change gene expression and cascades of hormonal and neural activity. He covers how different wavelengths (UVB, blue, red/near-infrared) affect melatonin, circadian rhythms, immune function, skin, and eye cells, and offers practical guidance on daylight exposure, safe UVB use, and red-light therapies for aging, healing, and mood.
Science-Based Meditation Tools to Improve Your Brain & Health | Dr. Richard Davidson
The conversation with Dr. Richie Davidson explores how even brief daily meditation (as little as five minutes) can measurably reduce depression, anxiety, and stress while enhancing well-being and neuroplasticity. It covers how different meditation states map onto brain activity, how practices shape traits over time, the concept of flourishing as a trainable skill, and practical guidance on how to start and sustain a daily routine.
Essentials: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Dr. Charles Zuker
In this episode, Andrew Huberman and Dr. Charles Zooker explore how the brain turns basic sensory input—especially taste—into perception, distinguishing detection from perception, and outlining the neural pathways from tongue to cortex. They discuss the taste system, the five basic tastes, the gut-brain axis and vagal signaling, how learning and internal state modulate taste and eating behavior, and the implications for appetite, sugar cravings, and metabolic health.
Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer | Dr. Alex Marson
The discussion centers on how advances in immunology, gene editing (CRISPR), and cell therapies (CAR-T) are transforming cancer treatment and disease prevention. Dr. Marson and the host explore how the immune system works, how genetic and epigenetic tools can program cells, the promise and pitfalls of CRISPR-based therapies, and the ethical, societal, and long-term implications of increasingly powerful biotechnology.
Benefits of Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure | Huberman Lab Essentials
The video explains how deliberate heat exposure, especially sauna use, affects the body through a shell-to-core heating circuit involving the skin, spinal cord, and brain regions like the preoptic (POA) area. It covers health outcomes linked to regular heat exposure—cardiovascular benefits, stress reduction, hormonal shifts (growth hormone, cortisol, endorphins), and heat shock protein responses—while offering practical guidelines on sauna temperature, duration, frequency, timing with workouts, and safety considerations.
The Best Vitality & Health Protocols | Dr. Rhonda Patrick
In this Huberman Lab episode, Andrew Huberman and Dr. Rhonda Patrick discuss science-based strategies for longevity and vitality, emphasizing how short, intense bursts of exercise, regular resistance training, and cardio impact cardiovascular risk, cancer, and brain health. They dive into gut health, inflammation, visceral fat, sleep, glucose regulation, intermittent fasting, ketosis, and the nuanced roles of supplements (AG1, Lingo, Knack, creatine, glutamine), highlighting how lifestyle choices and personal experimentation shape optimal health.
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