Health and medicine podcasts occupy a unique space — they need to be rigorous enough to be trustworthy and accessible enough to be useful. The shows here earn both qualities, drawing on clinical research, neuroscience, public health, and the lived experience of practitioners and patients.
Hidden Brain uses psychology and behavioral neuroscience research to explain why people think, feel, and act as they do — with implications for mental and physical health alike. Science Vs applies evidence-based analysis to health claims that dominate headlines. The Bio Report and The Long Run with Luke Timmerman cover the cutting edge of biotech and medicine from inside the industry. Radiolab explores the intersection of science and human experience, including landmark episodes on medicine and the body.
Every episode includes an AI summary. Search for specific conditions, treatments, studies, or researchers across the entire corpus — ideal for clinicians, patients, and anyone who wants evidence over anecdote.
Sophie Scott says neuroscience is 'about two minutes past' on a 24-hour clock, with fMRI indirect and 20% of oxygen used by the brain.
Sara Manning-Peskin reveals how tiny molecular changes can hijack identity, using stories like Alzheimer's discovery and Huntington's genetic risk to argue that narrative medicine is essential in neurology.
Dr. David Spiegel explains clinical hypnosis as a state of focused attention that enhances mind-body control, with evidence showing it can increase gastric acid by 87% or reduce it by 40%.
Dr. Hannah Critchlow shows how 86 billion brain cells and 100 trillion connections shape thought, mental health, and human behavior.
Stanford's Jin Li argues brain medicine needs an engineering revolution: define normal function, measure precisely, then target interventions.
Neuroscientist Eric Garland's MORE therapy, backed by $90M in federal funding and 16 trials, cuts opioid misuse by 45% and chronic pain by 25% using mindfulness, reappraisal, and savoring.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta reveals 5 pillars for brain health, including how moderate exercise boosts BDNF and why novelty beats routine for neurogenesis.
Neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan reveals how culture, stress, and suggestion shape real physical symptoms—from Swedish asylum-seeker comas to Havana syndrome—and why overtesting can cause more harm than good.
Psychiatrist Drew Ramsey argues mental health should be built proactively through sleep, nutrition, movement, and connection—not just medicated after crisis—citing that 1 in 5 teens now face depression.
Stanford psychologist Alia Crum reveals how beliefs about treatments, food, and exercise can trigger real physiological changes, from hormone levels to performance, showing mindset is a powerful health tool.
Neuroscience may be stuck because it studies human brains through mouse models and proxies instead of real neural activity.
Dr. Daniel Amen argues most psychiatric problems are brain health issues, not mental health issues, backed by nearly 250,000 SPECT scans.
Dr. Crystal Dilworth uses 80 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses to show why mood, attention, addiction, and treatment are all brain-body systems.
Dr. Daniel Amen says 225,000+ brain scans show most “mental illness” is really treatable brain-health dysfunction.
Dr. Kevin Tracy reveals the vagus nerve as 200,000 fibers, not one, and explains how bioelectronic implants could treat inflammation, depression, and more.