Best Autism Science Foundation Podcasts (2026)

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The 2025 Year in Review 24:08

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This year was a VERY eventful year for autism. If you want to hear a highlight of the good news, the great science that was discovered and the ideas developed to help families with autism, listen to this podcast or read the summary here: https://autismsciencefoundation.org/2025-year-in-review/. In summary: more precise subtypes of autism have been …

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Essentials: Micronutrients for Health & Longevity | Dr. Rhonda Patrick 40:18

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Rhonda Patrick, PhD, a biomedical scientist and a leading health educator focused on nutrition, aging and general health. We discuss four key micronutrients that influence cellular stress responses, inflammation, detoxification and longevity, and how to increase your intake of each through di…

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Why Learning Stops When Curiosity Is Lost | Katja Mehlhorn | EAW 45 1:58:43

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In this episode of Equine Assisted World, Rupert Isaacson speaks with Katja Mehlhorn — psychologist, academic, and founder of Horse Kids Groningen in the Netherlands. Katja bridges two worlds that rarely meet: university‑level research and deeply embodied, nature‑based equine‑assisted practice. From her early work in PATH programs in the United Sta…

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Stop the Cell Tower Takeover Now with Camilla Rees and Scott McCollough 45:25

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A cell tower might just pop up in your neighborhood without hearings or any kind of opportunity for local pushback or comment. This is the likely result of new proposed FCC rules that preempt all state and local authority over the siting, permitting and regulation of cell towers and antennas. To be clear: No objections will be possible regarding th…

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559: Best Of 2025 With Jason Christoff, Dr. Dominik Nischwitz, And Nina Teicholz 39:58

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Happy holidays! This episode is our gift to you! It highlights three of the most listened-to interviews of the year. We cover "light" topics like mind control, the critical role of oral health to wellbeing and how an ancestral diet can be transformational to your health. Listen to Wise Traditions podcast 559 for excerpts from our interviews with ex…

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Defining Healthy Masculinity & How to Build It | Terry Real 2:50:30

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Terry Real is a therapist and best-selling author expert on male emotional health and how men can build the skills for healthy relating to others: in relationships, work, friendships and to themselves. We discuss how mixed and ever-changing messages about what masculinity is are impacting the mental and physical health of men and boys. Terry explai…

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Building & Changing Habits | James Clear (#183 rebroadcast) 2:19:56

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter James Clear is the author of the New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits. His extensive research into human behavior has helped him identify key components of habit formation and develop the "Four Laws of Behavioral Ch…

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Essentials: How to Optimize Your Hormones for Health & Vitality | Dr. Kyle Gillett 42:10

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Kyle Gillett, MD, a dual board-certified physician in family medicine and obesity medicine and an expert in optimizing hormone levels to improve overall health. We explain how to improve hormone levels across the lifespan in both men and women using behavioral, nutritional and exercise-based …

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Remembering Adam Kampff, neuroscience educator and researcher 6:33

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Kampff's do-it-yourself approach inspired a generation of neuroscientists.

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'Unprecedented' dorsal root ganglion atlas captures 22 types of human sensory neurons 5:09

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The atlas also offers up molecular and cellular targets for new pain therapies.

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558: The Weston A. Price Foundation Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow With Sally Fallon Morell 38:44

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This is the 26th year of the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF), a group focused on food, farming, and the healing arts! Today, Sally Fallon Morell tells us how it came to be, as she offers insights on its history and what lies ahead. She describes how she came across the work of Dr. Price and its impact on her life. She explains why she also starte…

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Transform Pain & Trauma Into Creative Expression | David Choe 3:54:08

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David Choe is a world-renowned artist, writer, podcaster and TV host. He tells how as a child, he was made to believe he was destined for greatness but also that he was a complete disgrace, leading him to channel his energy—including deep shame—into art that brought him global recognition. He shares about his addictions that put him on a decades-lo…

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Cryosphere Chat - Sparks Brain Preservation & GCS 2026 34:47

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In this epsiode of the Cryosphere chat we discuss: * The next Global Cryonics Summit * What Daniel saw at the Sparks Brain Preservation event * How to sustainably scale up cryonics organizations To watch this on video —> Links:Join The Global Cryonics Summit Mailing List: https://www.globalcryonicssummit.com/ This is a public episode. If you would …

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#377 ‒ Special episode: Understanding true happiness and the tools to cultivate a meaningful life—insights from past interviews with Arthur Brooks 1:39:31

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this special episode of The Drive, Peter presents a curated "best of" conversation with bestselling author and previous guest Arthur Brooks, organized around four core themes: happiness itself, the forces that under…

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Not playing around: Why neuroscience needs toy models 6:29

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Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential-and may be all neuroscience needs.

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Eric Pettibone, farrier, rancher, and former horse breeder, explains lots about breeding horses. 33:36

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Send us a text Eric Pettibone has stewarded Crane Creek Ranch for over 35 years, with his wife Jill. A graduate of the OSU Farrier School (1988), he continues to serve the Douglas County horse community while managing the 1,400-acre ranch along the North Umpqua River near Roseburg, Oregon. Crane Creek Ranch began as a horse breeding operation and t…

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The Miracle Baby Who Shattered Medical | The Longhenry Family 1:28:25

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Send us a text Dr. Brandon Crawford sits down with Bill, Meghan, and Theo Longhenry to share the miraculous journey of their daughter, Millie, who was born with alobar holoprosencephaly (HPE)—a severe, often fatal brain malformation. Despite being placed on hospice and told she had no hope of development, Millie's life is a living testament to the …

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Psychedelics research in rodents has a behavior problem 8:31

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Simple behavioral assays-originally validated as drug-screening tools-fall short in studies that aim to unpack the psychedelic mechanism of action, so some behavioral neuroscientists are developing more nuanced tasks.

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Essentials: How to Set & Achieve Goals 37:43

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how to use science-based tools to better set and achieve goals. I discuss the neuroscience of goal pursuit and how dopamine and visual attention shape motivation and effort. I explain whether visualizing success or failure better supports goal pursuit, how to choose goals at the right level of diff…

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When the Healer Burns Out: Burnout, Menopause & Sustainability in Equine Therapy | Suzie Latchford of Heal With Horses | EAW 44 1:54:06

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In this episode of Equine Assisted World, Rupert Isaacson speaks with Suzie Latchford, founder of Heal With Horses in Ontario, Canada — a long‑running equine‑assisted program working with autistic children, families, and communities in a demanding four‑season climate. Suzie shares how Heal With Horses grew organically over more than fifteen years, …

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New organoid atlas unveils four neurodevelopmental signatures 4:00

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The comprehensive resource details data on microcephaly, polymicrogyria, epilepsy and intellectual disability from 352 people.

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AI-assisted coding: 10 simple rules to maintain scientific rigor 7:25

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These guidelines can help researchers ensure the integrity of their work while accelerating progress on important scientific questions.

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557: Forgiveness: The Ultimate Biohack with Dave Asprey 44:40

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When it comes to health and wellness, technological shortcuts and gadgets only take us so far. Dave Asprey, the "father of biohacking," CEO of Upgrade Labs and the author of "Heavily Meditated", explains how forgiveness may be the best "biohack" of all. Today, Dave focuses on ancient traditions like forgiveness, meditation, and spiritual and emotio…

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Improve Energy & Longevity by Optimizing Mitochondria | Dr. Martin Picard 3:17:00

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Dr. Martin Picard, PhD, is a professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University and an expert on how our behaviors and psychology shape cellular energy production and rates of aging. He explains that your mitochondria don’t just “make energy”; they translate what you do—your mindset and your relationships—into the energy you experience as vita…

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#376 - AMA #78: Longevity interventions, exercise, diagnostic screening, and managing high apoB, hypertension, metabolic health, and more 22:17

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) episode, Peter tackles a wide-ranging set of listener questions spanning lifespan interventions, exercise, cardiovascular risk reduction, time-restricted eating, blood pressure managemen…

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How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs 7:49

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A growing list of medications-such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines-exist because of insights from basic research.

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The Immune Taboo 14:21

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The immune system is critically involved in autism. Of course, there are still a lot of questions to answer, particularly whether dysregulation of the immune system is the cause or a consequence of autism among others. But it is not studied enough. This week’s podcast includes new studies that examine the role of the immune system in autism, and ou…

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Devon O'Day from Mustang Heritage Foundation 57:47

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Send us a text https://www.mustangheritagefoundation.org/ Director of Media & Marketing Devon O’Day has been a career broadcaster known for local, regional and nationally syndicated radio since 1976. She is a member of the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame. As a songwriter, she has had songs recorded by Hank Williams Jr, Pam Tillis, Lee Ann Womack, and …

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Waves of calcium activity dictate eye structure in flies 4:02

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Synchronized signals in non-neuronal retinal cells draw the tiny compartments of a fruit fly's compound eye into alignment during pupal development.

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Essentials: How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health | Dr. Justin Sonnenburg 39:27

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University. We discuss how microbes in our gut impact our mental and physical health and how diet and the environment affect the gut microbiome. We explain how lifestyle factors such as antibiotics and Western-styl…

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What is the future of organoid and assembloid regulation? 7:52

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Four experts weigh in on how to establish ethical guardrails for research on the 3D neuron clusters as these models become ever more complex.

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556: Sunlight Can Help You Lose Weight And Get Healthier Than Ever With Randy Lee 35:06

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We pay so much attention to diet and exercise, as we pursue a healthy, ancestral lifestyle, that most of us tend to overlook the role of natural light in our health. Randy Lee, the author of The Mitochondriac Manifesto, reminds us today of how pivotal its role is in our wellbeing. He goes over the science related to how light controls our biology, …

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Master the Creative Process | Twyla Tharp 2:30:06

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Twyla Tharp is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer and expert on the creative process. She explains how to achieve creative success by keeping a highly disciplined routine that ultimately allows you to bring your creative visions to life. She explains how to establish a central message for each project, how to think about your audience, navigate…

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#375 - Ketogenic diet, ketosis & hyperbaric oxygen: metabolic therapies for weight loss, cognition, Alzheimer's & more | Dom D'Agostino, Ph.D. 2:08:25

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter Dom D'Agostino is a neuroscientist and professor at the forefront of metabolic therapies, including ketogenic diets, exogenous ketones, and hyperbaric oxygen. In this episode, Dom breaks down nutritional versus supplem…

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Exclusive: Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications that trained neural networks on 'bonkers' dataset 6:15

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The dataset contains images of children's faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.

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Seeing the world as animals do: How to leverage generative AI for ecological neuroscience 10:00

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Generative artificial intelligence will offer a new way to see, simulate and hypothesize about how animals experience their worlds. In doing so, it could help bridge the long-standing gap between neural function and behavior.

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Psilocybin rewires specific mouse cortical networks in lasting ways 5:41

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Neuronal activity induced by the psychedelic drug strengthens inputs from sensory brain areas and weakens cortico-cortical recurrent loops.

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What Medical School Didn't Teach Me About Vaccines | Dr. Gator Warsh 1:00:36

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Send us a text Board-certified pediatrician Dr. Joel "Gator" Warsh offers a balanced, non-polarized look at vaccine safety, revealing the scientific gaps often hidden from parents. Dr. Warsh, author of Between a Shot and a Hard Place, discusses the absence of long-term vaccinated vs. unvaccinated studies and how the 1986 liability shield removed ph…

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Essentials: The Science of Making & Breaking Habits 40:59

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how to create lasting habits and break unwanted ones. I explain two habit-building systems: one aligned with daily rhythms and another based on a 21-day cycle of forming and reinforcing habits. I also discuss why habit formation differs between individuals and how certain "linchpin" habits can make…

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Healing at Full Gallop: Trick Riding, Roman Riding & the Power of Movement with Celisse Barrett | EP 43 2:24:32

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In this episode, Rupert Isaacson speaks with Celisse Barrett — a practitioner whose work blends equine‑assisted therapy, movement‑based regulation, and full‑scale equestrian spectacle. From trick riding, vaulting, and Roman riding to using these same performance skills day‑to‑day with clients, Celisse shows how horses become partners in confidence‑…

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Beyond the algorithmic oracle: Rethinking machine learning in behavioral neuroscience 8:08

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Machine learning should not be a replacement for human judgment but rather help us embrace the various assumptions and interpretations that shape behavioral research.

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555: An Inconvenient Study: Are Vaccinated Or Unvaccinated Children Healthier? With Del Bigtree 48:35

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The study we've been waiting for is finally here! The head of infectious disease, Dr. Marcus Servos, at Henry Ford Health conducted a retrospective study of vaccinated children v. unvaccinated children to document their health outcomes. He promised that he would publish the results but then decided not to. Why not? The answer may have to do with th…

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Using Red Light to Improve Metabolism & the Harmful Effects of LEDs | Dr. Glen Jeffery 2:14:40

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Dr. Glen Jeffery, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at University College London and a leading expert on how different colors (wavelengths) of light impact cellular, organ and overall health. He explains that long-wavelength light (red, near-infrared and infrared) can enter the body and brain to enhance mitochondrial function and thereby improve …

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#374 - The evolutionary biology of testosterone: how it shapes male development and sex-based behavioral differences, | Carole Hooven, Ph.D. 2:05:20

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter Carole Hooven is a human evolutionary biologist whose research centers on testosterone, sex differences, and behavior. In this episode, she explores how prenatal testosterone orchestrates male development in the body a…

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This paper changed my life: Nancy Padilla-Coreano on learning the value of population coding 5:39

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The 2013 Nature paper by Mattia Rigotti and his colleagues revealed how mixed selectivity neurons—cells that are not selectively tuned to a stimulus—play a key role in cognition.