Apr 30

Boredom: Is It Good For You?

We keep hearing that we need to be BORED more, with people online swearing that boredom can work magic — restoring your mind, and even supercharging your creativity. So, is boredom secretly good for us? We talk to cognitive neuroscientist Prof. James Danckert and organizational p ... Show More

33m 5s

Apr 23

Vaping: Does It Really Cause Cancer?

Headlines have been screaming about a new study suggesting that vaping could cause cancer — and that vaping could be just as dangerous as cigarettes. And if this were true, it would be a HUGE deal. We’ve been hearing for years that vaping is a safer option — and can help you quit ... Show More

42m 33s

Apr 16

Running: Will It Wreck Your Body?

Lots of us love — or love to hate — running. And we do it because it’s supposed to be healthy, right?! But then we hear tons of stories about runners getting hurt — sometimes so badly that they have to hang up their sneakers. And there are people on social media going even furthe ... Show More

31m 19s

Feb 2022

Presenting: Science Vs. Joe Rogan: The Malone Interview

Today we are sharing an episode made by our colleagues at Science Vs. In the piece, they dive deep on the effects of COVID misinformation spread by the show The Joe Rogan Experience, specifically in one episode featuring Dr. Robert Malone. The Science Vs. team interrogates the qu ... Show More

44m 28s

Aug 2023

Dr. Paul Offit Continues The Fight Against Vaccine Misinformation

Meet one doctor working to counter once-fringe anti-vax conspiracy theorists. M2 Jeff Goddard invited internationally-renowned virology and immunology expert Dr. Paul Offit on the show to talk about his lifelong struggle to fight vaccine misinformation. MD/PhD Students Riley Beha ... Show More

56m 12s

Jun 2023

The RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan interview.

<p>On June 15, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast to describe his outlook on vaccine safety and promote his 2024 presidential campaign. For the first hour of the three-hour interview, Kennedy spoke largely uninterrupted about the theory that the ethylmercur ... Show More

29m 24s

Dec 2020

Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 4

We are back again with the fourth (and final) episode in our series on debunking vaccine myths. In this week's episode, we focus specifically on the two COVID-19 vaccines (from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna). We kick things off with a discussion of the vaccine development timeline ... Show More

49m 52s

Dec 2021

Vaccines vs. Natural Immunity, Sudden Death In Athletes, The Best Early Treatment Of COVID, The Joe Rogan Vaccine Podcast, Can You Get COVID Twice & Much More With Dr. Peter McCullough.

<p>BenGreenfieldFitness.com/DrPeter</p> <p><a href="https://www.uscjournal.com/authors/peter-mccullough" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Peter McCullough</a> is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist. He practices both internal medicine, including the management of common ... Show More

1h 14m

Dec 2020

Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 3

On this week’s episode of the pod, we continue to debunk some of the most common vaccine myths, with an emphasis on adverse events. We talk about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)-- both its utility and its shortcomings and remind folks that correlation does not ... Show More

47m 38s

May 2020

The Home Run Approach

There's an innovative, but risky way we could speed up development of a COVID-19 vaccine. Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work? Today's special episode is a collaboration with Tradeoffs, a ... Show More

9m 46s

Mar 2021

Introducing: Doubt

A few decades ago, nobody really questioned vaccines. They were viewed as a standard part of staying healthy and safe. Today, the number of people questioning vaccines risks prolonging a pandemic that has already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. How we got to this momen ... Show More

2m 42s