Best Ben Weitz Podcasts (2025)

The Two Friendos, plus “Masterpiece” Leslye Headland and “I would have had no problems handling that bag of money” Ben Hosley take on one of the most acclaimed films of the 21st century in this week’s episode. It’s No Country For Old Men week on Blank Check! We’re chatting about Anton Chigurh’s strange physicality, Tommy Lee Jones’ tired resignatio…

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Increasing Nitric Oxide for Better Health with Dr. Nathan Bryan: Rational Wellness Podcast 429 1:00:05

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Dr. Nathan Bryan discusses Increasing Nitric Oxide for Better Health with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights _______________________________________…

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The Ladykillers with Connor Ratliff 2:47:07

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We must have waffles forthwith! We must also have Connor Ratliff on the pod to talk about Tom Hanks for the first time since the completion of his Dead Eyes series! Join us for a spirited discussion about 2004’s The Ladykillers, a film that is universally regarded as the Coens’ worst, and is also the film that ended Hanks’ legendary decade-long bof…

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Enhance Vitality with Jared St. Clair: Rational Wellness Podcast 428 1:04:16

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Jared St. Clair discusses How to Enhance Your Vitality with Proper Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTub…

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Intolerable Cruelty with Katey Rich 2:15:37

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We’ve been exposed. You’ve nailed our asses. Of course we’re going to defend this movie! 2004’s Intolerable Cruelty features George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones at the height of their powers, yet failed to connect with contemporary audiences. Guest Katey Rich joins us as we attempt to understand why. Too mean? Too talky? A lack of period trappi…

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Gastroesophageal Reflux with Dr. Dipti Sagar: Rational Wellness Podcast 427 51:35

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Podcast Highlights Dr. Dipti Sagar discusses Gastroesophageal Reflux with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights Un…

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The Man Who Wasn't There with Jordan Hoffman 2:35:01

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This one’s a real enigma - is The Man Who Wasn’t There a film about the alienation of a man who is deeply closeted and searching for connection in a tightly wound post-war world? Is it about a wife guy who doesn’t know how to express his feelings? Is it somehow about how Beethoven was not only deaf but suffered from horrific diarrhea at the end of …

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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Dr. Marc Ryan: Rational Wellness Podcast 426 51:32

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Marc Ryan discusses Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights In this episode of the …

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? with Emily St. James 2:16:54

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Those Soggy Bottom Boys really know how to carry a tune! Emily St. James joins us to talk about O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a wonderful film whose reputation was ultimately eclipsed by its octuple-Platinum soundtrack of “old timey” bops. When we’re on track, we’re talking peak Clooney, digital color correction, T. Bone Burnett, and the history of S…

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Stool-derived Postbiotics with Dr. Andrea McBeth: Rational Wellness Podcast 425 52:43

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Andrea McBeth discusses how Stool-derived Postbiotics can restore gut health with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast H…

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The Big Lebowski with Seth Rogen 2:49:43

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It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for - Seth Rogen joins us to talk about the Coens’ 1998 stoner classic The Big Lebowski. It should come as no surprise that Lebowski has loomed large over Seth’s work as a writer and director, and we’re going in depth on the influence and lasting impact of The Dude. Make yourself a White Russian (but maybe t…

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The Metabolic Theory of Cancer with Dr. Nasha Winters: Rational Wellness Podcast 424 1:13:52

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Nasha Winters discusses The Metabolic Theory of Cancer with Dr. Ben Weitz. Integrative Approaches to Cancer: Metabolic Theories and Personal Journeys In this episode of the Rational Wellness Podcast, hosted by Dr. Ben Weitz, the guest is Dr. Nasha Winters, a naturopathic doctor and integrative oncology speci…

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Fargo with Zach Cregger 2:52:22

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Did we get the director of Weapons, another “true story,” on our Fargo episode? You betcha. Zach Cregger joins the Blank Check crew to discuss the Coens’ 1996 masterpiece and we’re going SCENE BY SCENE dissecting this perfect movie. “Minnesota nice,” “Dark Marge,” the Mike Yanagita scene, the origins of Jerry’s overwhelming debt, the inner life of …

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Improving Fertility with DNA Testing and Functional Medicine with Dr. Peter Kozlowski: Rational Wellness Podcast 423 54:55

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Peter Kozlowski discusses Improving Fertility with DNA Testing and Functional Medicine with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]…

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The Hudsucker Proxy with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger 3:41:00

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(Gestures at a circle) You know, for kids! Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger of the Doughboys join us for a freewheeling, gut-busting episode about the time Joel Silver gave the Coens a bunch of money to make a “commercial film” and then it ended up being 1994’s The Hudsucker Proxy. A sampling of topics discussed: Paul Newman being hot up until the day …

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Air Quality with Mike Feldstein: Rational Wellness Podcast 422 54:10

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Mike Feldstein discusses Air Quality with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights Improving Indoor Air Quality for B…

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Barton Fink with Chris Weitz 3:27:26

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Is John Goodman the devil? Is the studio system good, actually? Is it better to be the director of a bomb than it is to be the director of a film that doesn’t exist? Filmmaker (and part of a DGA-sanctioned directing duo) Chris Weitz joins us to talk about Barton Fink, possibly the greatest film ever made about the “art vs. commerce” divide inherent…

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Measuring Bile Acids and Short Chain Fatty Acids with Dr. Tom Fabian: Rational Wellness Podcast 421 53:42

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Tom Fabian discusses Measuring Bile Acids and Short Chain Fatty Acids with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highligh…

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Miller's Crossing with Ari Aster 2:09:18

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It’s a movie about hats, and a movie about giving folks the high hat. It’s also a movie about how Jon Polito is the greatest actor in the world. It’s Miller’s Crossing! Filmmaker Ari Aster (go see Eddington!) joins Griffin and David to discuss the Coen Brothers’ knotty homage to the gangster genre, a film overloaded with memorable characters and wi…

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Brain Health with Dr. Austin Perlmutter: Rational Wellness Podcast 420 1:08:56

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Austin Perlmutter discusses Brain Health with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights The Critical Link Between …

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Raising Arizona with John Hodgman 2:41:57

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Jesus Cock, that’s a hot new episode! John Hodgman returns to Blank Check to chat about Raising Arizona, the Coen’s swerve of a follow-up to Blood Simple that trades in the hallmarks of noir for the hallmarks of Looney Tunes. We’re talking about Nic Cage’s sad eyes, Holly Hunter’s year of iconic crying performances, rest stop public pomade, and peo…

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Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Marcia Harris: Rational Wellness Podcast 419 56:00

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Marcia Harris discusses Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights Reevaluating Ho…

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Blood Simple with Ray Tintori & Jordan Fish 2:44:07

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Gather round, folks - it’s time to embark upon a journey through one of the most sterling filmographies in American cinema. Our Coen Brothers series - Pod Country for Old Cast - kicks off with Joel and Ethan’s remarkably assured 1984 debut Blood Simple. Coen experts and hosts of the To The White Sea podcast Ray Tintori and Jordan Fish join us to do…

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Plant Peptides with Dr. Andy Franklyn-Miller: Rational Wellness Podcast 418 53:13

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Andy Franklyn-Miller discusses Plant Peptides with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights In this episode of th…

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Vamps with Caroline Framke 2:46:25

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Our Amy Heckerling series comes to an end with 2012’s Vamps, a film produced too late to have an appropriate budget, and too early to be a streaming series. However - we find it charming! Caroline Framke returns to the podcast after 6 years (an eternity for us, but probably a blink for a vampire), and we talk about the pitfalls and pleasures of ete…

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How Muscle Influences Aging, Performance, and Longevity with Dr. Eric Fete: Rational Wellness Podcast 417 50:03

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Eric Fete discusses How Muscle Influences Aging, Performance and Longevity with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Hig…

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I Could Never Be Your Woman with Karen Chee 2:21:36

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Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Amy Heckerling and Paul Rudd stars as ????? in a totally normal movie that might actually be a voodoo curse made against Amy’s enemies. Oh, also Saorise Ronan makes her FILM DEBUT. What a picture! The incomparable Karen Chee joins us to talk about 2007’s I Could Never Be Your Woman, a movie that was financed by a French s…

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Anti-aging and Nutritional Supplements with Ron Beckenfeld: Rational Wellness Podcast 416 29:37

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Ron Beckenfeld discusses Anti-aging and Nutritional Supplements with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights _______…

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28 Years Later 2:52:29

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Blank Check is going back to the British Isles with Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, and one extraordinarily well-endowed zombie this week as they discuss 28 Years Later. This movie has so much to love in it – wet bones, third-act Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer doing a thing, the Angel of the North, Teletubbies, the aforementioned well-endowed zombies, mind-…

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Longevity and Functional Medicine with Dr. Jeffrey Bland: Rational Wellness Podcast 415 1:04:04

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Jeffrey Bland discusses Longevity and Functional Medicine with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast Highlights _________…

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Loser with Chandler Levack 2:32:48

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The song. The hat. The…casual date rape?!!? In what should have been Amy Heckerling’s “blank check” after the success of Clueless, 2000’s Loser is a real LOSER. Filmmaker Chandler Levack joins us to chat about this technically-not-a-remake-of-The-Apartment “comedy” that gets college surprisingly wrong. Come for the Wheatus talk, stay for the in-dep…

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Biohacking Menopause and Women's Health with Zora Benhamou 1:01:17

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Join Joe Cohen and gerontologist Zora Benhamou, host of the Hack My Age podcast, as they discuss biohacking for women's health, anti-aging, and menopause. Zora shares her personal experiences and professional insights on topics like the importance of tracking hormones, testing for optimal health, the impact of lifestyle choices, and the use of supp…

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Rethinking Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Felice Gersh: Rational Wellness Podcast 414 1:05:01

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View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Felice Gersh discusses the Rethinking Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.] Podcast…