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Show notes and episode transcripts are now found on the Mind & Matter Substack.
njikomes
Jan 26, 20241 min read

Omega-6-9 Fats, Vegetable & Seed Oils, Sugar, Processed Food, Metabolic Health & Dietary Origins of Chronic Inflammatory Disease | Artemis Simopoulos | #134
About the Guest:Â Dr. Artemis Simopoulos is a physician and researcher specializing in endocrinology, nutrition, and metabolic health....
njikomes
Jan 3, 20241 min read

Infant Microbiome & Breastmilk, Oral Microbiome & Cavities, Gut Health, Fiber, Probiotics, Diet, Sex Hormones, Soy Foods & Estrogens | Carolina Tropini | #133
About the Guest:Â Dr. Carolina Tropini is an assistant professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of British Columbia, where...
njikomes
Dec 20, 20231 min read

Obesity Epidemic, Diet, Metabolism, Saturated Fat vs. PUFAs, Energy Expenditure, Weight Gain
About the Guest: Dr. John Speakman is a biologist whose research focuses on energy balance, energy expenditure, genetic and environmental...
njikomes
Dec 5, 20231 min read

Dietary Fat, Cholesterol, Cardiovascular Health & Disease, Carbohydrates, Dietary Guidlines, Food
About the Guest: Dr. Ronald Krauss is a physician and researcher at UCSF who studies the relationship between diet & cardiometabolic...
njikomes
Dec 4, 20231 min read

Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Flexibility & Control, Attention, Working Memory, Multitasking
About the Guest: Dr. Tobias Egner is a Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, where his lab studies cognition,...
njikomes
Nov 5, 20231 min read

Sex, Sexual Selection, Sex Behavior, Mating Strategies, Sexual Orientation, Monogamy & Polygyny
About the Guest: Dr. David Puts is a biological anthropologist at the Penn State University. His research focuses on the evolution and...
njikomes
Oct 23, 20231 min read

Peripheral Nervous System in Health & Disease, Gut Health & Enteric Nervous System, Exercise
About the Guest: Dr. Moses Chao is a professor at the New York University School of Medicine. His lab studies how the environment,...
njikomes
Oct 13, 20231 min read

Psychedelics, Microdosing Psilocybin, Stress Resilience, Anxiety & OCD | Mikael Palner
About the Guest: Dr. Mikael Palner is a neuroscientist at the University of Souther Denmark. His lab studies the neuronal circuits...
njikomes
Oct 11, 20231 min read

Evolution of Human Behavior, Anatomy & Diet, Homo naledi & the Cave of Bones | John Hawks | #126
About the Guest: Dr. John Hawks is a paleoanthropologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Episode...
njikomes
Aug 23, 20231 min read

Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Microglia, From Being a WWII Orphan to the Nobel Prize
About the Guest: Dr. Mario Capecchi is a professor of genetics at the University of Utah & Nobel laureate. Episode Summary: Nick talks...
njikomes
Aug 21, 20231 min read

Hormonal Contraception, Sex Hormones, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Puberty, Estrogens, Androgens
About the Guest: Dr. Adriene Beltz is an associated professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who studies the effects of sex...
njikomes
Aug 11, 20231 min read

Endocannabinoids, Stress, Exercise, Cortisol, Anxiety, Cannabis, Marijuana & Brain Development
About the Guest: Dr. Matthew Hill is a neuroscientist at the University of Calgary whose lab studies how the endocannabinoid system and...
njikomes
Aug 9, 20231 min read

Cellular Aging, Taurine, Nutrition, Senescence, Longevity, Mitochondria, Metabolism | Vijay Yadav
About the Guest: Dr. Vijay Yadav is an assistant professor at Columbia University whose lab studies the molecular & cell biology of...
njikomes
Aug 2, 20231 min read


Psychedelics, Metaplasticity, Critical Periods, Social Learning, Psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine
About the Guest: Dr. Gül Dölen is a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University whose lab studies social behavior, synaptic plasticity,...
njikomes
Jul 19, 20231 min read

Psychedelics, Depression, Psychotherapy, SSRIs, Human Clinical Experience of Psychedelic Medicine
About the Guest: Dr. Alan Davis is a clinical psychologist and Director of the Center for Psychedelic Drug Research & Education at Ohio...
njikomes
Jul 11, 20231 min read


Psychedelics, Neuroplasticity, LSD, Psilocybin, Ketamine, MDMA, Psychedelic Science | Bryan Roth
About the Guest: Dr. Bryan Roth is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Roth has been studying the...
njikomes
Jul 6, 20231 min read


Terence McKenna, Psychedelics, Psilocybin Mushrooms, DMT, Carl Jung, Culture, Drugs & Society
About the Guests: Dr. Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist and the brother of psychonaut Terence McKenna. He is the author of the...
njikomes
Jun 28, 20231 min read


Psychiatry, Psychedelic Medicine, LSD for Anxiety, MDMA for Autism, Medical Ethics, Mental Health
About the Guests: Dr. Daniel Karlin is a board-certified physician in psychiatry, addiction medicine & clinical informatics who is the...
njikomes
Jun 9, 20231 min read

Food Purity & Quality, Cooking Oils (Avocado, Olive, Vegetable Oil), Fruits & Vegetables, Nutrition
About the Guests: Dr. Selina Wang is an Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at the Department of Food Science and Technology at...
njikomes
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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