(★★★★★) Informal interval training for a longer life and better brain.

(★★★★★) If you think you can't meditate because you can't clear your mind, you misunderstand the assignment.

(★★★★★) This episode of You're Wrong About hit home for me. I'll be thinking of those heuristic traps for a while.

(★★★★★) The Guardian asked experts whether glucose monitoring is meaningful for healthy people. The resounding response: No.

I mean, WHAT??? The discovery of a new organ in the human body deserves five stars. This blows my mind, and maybe explains some of the...

Probably the best-reported podcast I’ve heard about health, weight and dieting. Listen to the first episode, When a Calorie isn’t a...

I cannot describe Everything is Alive without making it sound schticky and dumb. I promise, it’s a smart and hilarious delight. Start...

The wisdom, wit and grace of these ladies almost makes me look forward to my “third act,” should I be so lucky. Jane Fonda was my...

As far as True Crime podcasts go, The Girlfriends is a well-told story excavated by the women who lived it, highlighting cultural...

You have to be in the right mood to enjoy Hidden Brain . The 4 a.m. Sunday slot on my local public radio station is the right mental...

I mean… WHAT? Every healthcare professional should listen to this podcast , as a reminder to pay attention when patients say something...

My awe is the quiet, deep-in-the-soul kind , not the yell-out-loud and post-it-to-YouTube kind. (Still love ya, Double Rainbow Guy .) ...

Running and butts, is really what it’s about. This is one of my favorite standalone episodes , probably because they say “ butts ” a...

Almost perfectly captures the experience of a Sunday morning coffee chat listening to your BFF unwind a low-stakes, juicy story about...

Savagely hilarious takedown of “airport books” – Freakonomics, Outliers, Nudge, The World is Flat, Atomic Habits, etc. Some of the...

Surprised/not surprised: Ballet involves even more pain, dysfunction, discrimination, misogyny and patriarchy than you think. I also...