James is in South Wales where he's wired up and locked inside a cryo-lab to discover the impact of cold on the human body. A temperature of 10C seems pretty mild doesn’t it - yet James is shocked at the profound stress it puts on his body. Today we discover why cold is a killer and what you can do about it if you’re struggling to heat your home.
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May 2023
Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health
In this episode, my guest is Susanna Søberg, PhD. She earned her doctoral degree at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, researching the effects of deliberate cold and deliberate heat exposure on metabolism and other aspects of human physiology. We discuss how cold or sauna c ... Show More
2h 26m
Feb 2023
Can heat affect mental health?
Can changes in the weather have an impact on our mental health? We go to Bangladesh in South Asia, a country on the front line of the impacts of climate change, where researchers have been exploring connections between incremental changes in heat and humidity, along with bigger i ... Show More
26m 28s
Oct 2021
Dr. Craig Heller: Using Temperature To Optimize Performance, Brain & Body Health
This episode I am joined by Dr. Craig Heller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Stanford University and world expert on the science of temperature regulation. We discuss how the body and brain maintain temperature under different conditions and how most everyone uses the wrong appro ... Show More
1h 48m
Apr 2023
The Power of Your Breath with James Nestor
James Nestor is a journalist and an author. Today we discuss the power of your breath.
James has written for Scientific American, Outside Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, Surfer’s Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publicatio ... Show More
53m 31s