Huberman Lab
The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 120 minutes
- Episodes
- 336
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Dr. Robert Sapolsky: Science of Stress, Testosterone & Free Will
In this episode, I interview Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Neurology & Neurosurgery at Stanford University. We discuss stress, what defines short-term versus long-term stress, and…
01:28:23 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Understanding & Conquering Depression
This episode, I explain what major depression is at the biological and psychological level and the various treatments that peer-reviewed studies have revealed can help prevent and treat depression. I…
01:59:34 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction
This episode I interview Dr. Anna Lembke, M.D., Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Lembke is a psychiatrist expert in treati…
01:59:53 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure
This episode I discuss our sense of pain and pleasure: where and how they each arise in our mind and body and various ways to control their intensity. I discuss the science of behavioral tools like a…
02:12:52 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Dr. Matt Walker: The Science & Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep
In this episode, my guest is Dr. Matt Walker, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and the Founder & Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkele…
03:03:29 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
How to Optimize Your Brain-Body Function & Health
This episode I describe how the organs of the body influence the function and health of our brain and how our brain controls our bodily organs. The conscious awareness of this brain-body dialogue is …
01:49:22 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Dr. Lex Fridman: Machines, Creativity & Love
Dr. Lex Fridman Ph.D., is a scientist at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), working on robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and human-robot interactions. He is also the ho…
03:00:18 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
In this episode, I discuss science-supported tools for enhancing focus, learning, creativity, sleep, physical strength and endurance and brain and body health. I explain each protocol in detail, the …
02:04:08 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
The Science of Hearing, Balance & Accelerated Learning
This episode I describe how our ears and nervous system decode sound waves and gravity to allow us to hear and make sense of sounds. I also describe protocols for rapid learning of sound and other ty…
02:00:43 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
Dr. Karl Deisseroth: Understanding & Healing the Mind
Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, is a clinical psychiatrist and scientist who directs a bioengineering research laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine. His work aims to understand and deve…
02:00:23 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
This episode explains how we sense chemicals through smell, taste, and pheromones. How things smell and taste and chemicals in the tears, breath, and on the skin of others have a profound effect on h…
01:55:31 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
The Science of Vision, Eye Health & Seeing Better
This episode I describe how we see, meaning how our eyes focus, convert light information into electricity the rest of the brain can understand and how our brain creates the incredible thing we exper…
01:46:26 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
How to Build Endurance in Your Brain & Body
This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the …
02:01:01 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery
In this episode, I describe how our brain and nervous system control muscle tissue and how to leverage that for muscle maintenance, growth (hypertrophy) and recovery. I explain how neurons control mu…
02:00:21 |
Mon 31 May 2021
How to Lose Fat With Science-Based Tools
This episode I describe the science of fat loss, including how fat is mobilized and oxidized (burned) and how to increase fat burning by leveraging the nervous system. Most people don't realize it, b…
01:49:44 |
Mon 24 May 2021
How to Learn Skills Faster
This episode I discuss the science and practice of learning physical skills: what it involves at a biological level, and what to focus on during skill learning at each stage to maximize learning spee…
01:47:01 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling
This episode I explain the science of heating and cooling the body, a process called thermoregulation-- and how to apply that knowledge to significantly improve physical performance. I describe the t…
01:20:21 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Boost Your Energy & Immune System with Cortisol & Adrenaline
This episode I describe the biology of two essential hormones we all make: cortisol and adrenaline (also called epinephrine). Cortisol and adrenaline powerfully regulate our levels of energy, focus a…
01:42:47 |
Mon 03 May 2021
How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone
This episode discusses metabolism and how our thyroid hormone and growth hormone control our metabolism. I also clarify that metabolism isn't just about burning energy, it’s about converting energy f…
01:46:00 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
How Hormones Control Hunger, Eating & Satiety
This episode I discuss how hormones from our gut, liver, pancreas and brain control our appetite--and the specific tools we can use to adjust those hormones in order to achieve specific goals. I expl…
01:39:43 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
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