{"podcast":{"title":"Race Against Mind: An Alzheimer's Prevention Investigation","slug":"race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812","podcast_index_feed_id":7840812,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting/YblAo3PX.rss","website_url":"https://riverside.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/3c9d79af-54bc-4991-8978-301f76782263/logos/b2fa29e6-7d40-435e-b603-323696adc3d2.png","author":"Sarah Kuhn","episode_count":6,"summary":"Race Against Mind is an Alzheimer's prevention investigation hosted by Sarah Kuhn, a double APOE4 carrier with a family history of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Instead of waiting, Sarah started asking a different question: what does the research actually say, and what happens when you take it seriously? Each episode goes deep on one piece of the prevention puzzle: exercise, sleep, metabolic health, alcohol, hormones. Sarah breaks down the science, examines how strong it really is, and shares what she did with that information in her own life. What worked, what didn't, and what she changed her mind about along the way. If you carry APOE4, have a family history of Alzheimer's, or simply refuse to leave your brain health to chance, this show is for you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812"},"episode":{"title":"The Exercise Research Every APOE4 Carrier Needs to Hear","slug":"the-exercise-research-every-apoe4-carrier-needs-to-hear","published_at":"2026-05-01T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812/the-exercise-research-every-apoe4-carrier-needs-to-hear","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/c9648682d9467c377400079a436aacbe073c64579819e1834eaeeda37492b424/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIyMWM4NDRhZS0yNTM1LTQ2NTktOWIxZS0xNmY5OGEzNDE3N2YiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzYzlkNzlhZi01NGJjLTQ5OTEtODk3OC0zMDFmNzY3ODIyNjMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWNlYzc2YmQ2N2JlODBlMzA1OTE5MjAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmM2YxMzM1MzQ5NDVmNGU5NjMxZmJiL3NhcmFoLWt1aG5zLXN0dWRpby1Hd0NRMC1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtMV9fMi0xNy01NS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/c9648682d9467c377400079a436aacbe073c64579819e1834eaeeda37492b424/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIyMWM4NDRhZS0yNTM1LTQ2NTktOWIxZS0xNmY5OGEzNDE3N2YiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIzYzlkNzlhZi01NGJjLTQ5OTEtODk3OC0zMDFmNzY3ODIyNjMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWNlYzc2YmQ2N2JlODBlMzA1OTE5MjAiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmM2YxMzM1MzQ5NDVmNGU5NjMxZmJiL3NhcmFoLWt1aG5zLXN0dWRpby1Hd0NRMC1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtMV9fMi0xNy01NS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"This episode goes deep on the exercise pillar. The four mechanisms connecting movement to brain health, including a 2026 UCSF study that identified a liver enzyme that repairs the blood-brain barrier and what it reveals about why consistency matters at a molecular level. We also get into why getting stronger is different from lifting consistently, what the SMART trial found when it measured both strength and aerobic capacity in the same participants, and why VO2 max may be the most important fitness number you are not tracking. Plus my parents as a natural experiment, where my own protocol stands after two years of deliberate changes, and four questions to audit whether what you are already doing is actually building what your brain needs. The research. The mechanisms. What I changed. What the data showed. Show Notes","meta_description":"This episode goes deep on the exercise pillar. The four mechanisms connecting movement to brain health, including a 2026 UCSF study that identified a live…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1341,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812/episodes/the-exercise-research-every-apoe4-carrier-needs-to-hear/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/race-against-mind-an-alzheimer-s-prevention-investigation-7840812/the-exercise-research-every-apoe4-carrier-needs-to-hear.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}