{"podcast":{"title":"The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance","slug":"the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629","podcast_index_feed_id":1031629,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/human-upgrade","website_url":"https://daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/8a/08/50/8c/8a08508c-e0b0-4761-8eeb-e26d8dcc9a11/c8b0e53403b0f567938e72d32ba01ad021e82e8517b3c2e7a9d8367fcb5253a0472522241e7b60d9298bddc2eba33b5a9f5ac4df0023690ae76b17d3dad50d33.jpeg","author":"Dave Asprey","episode_count":1558,"summary":"For more than a decade, Dave Asprey - the Father of Biohacking and creator of Bulletproof Coffee - has redefined what’s possible for the human mind and body. After more than a thousand episodes of Bulletproof Radio , he’s taking it to the next level with The Human Upgrade™ - a masterclass in biohacking, longevity, and performance optimization. Each episode explores cutting-edge science, advanced technology, and proven biohacks to help you upgrade your energy, focus, metabolism, and resilience. You’ll learn from world-class scientists, doctors, innovators, and thinkers leading breakthroughs in mitochondrial health, peptides, hormones, fasting, sleep, neuroplasticity, and more. This isn’t just self-improvement - it’s human enhancement backed by data. Every guest, every idea, every protocol you discover here moves you toward a longer, stronger, smarter life. 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Host Dave Asprey breaks down why oncolytic viruses can do what chemotherapy can't, how the tumor's dense biological wall becomes less of an advantage when a virus can replicate inside it directly, and why a measurable response at a safety dose is the kind of early signal that changes how he's watching this field.  Sources:  https://www.newscientist.com     AI Chatbots and Teen Mental Health   A new survey shows roughly one in five adolescents and young adults are now going to AI chatbots when they feel sad, anxious, nervous, or stressed, with usage heaviest in the 18–21 range. Host Dave Asprey explains why general-purpose language models designed to be engaging are dangerous as a substitute for real mental health support, why false reassurance from a chatbot may make the pipeline to real care harder to reach, and why this is a health systems story masquerading as a tech adoption story — and what parents need to do about it.  Sources:  https://www.nbcnews.com     GLP-1 Drugs Cut Breast Cancer Risk   Penn Medicine published a retrospective analysis of over 111,000 women finding GLP-1 exposure associated with about 35% lower odds of breast cancer in the full cohort and around 30% lower in a matched comparison group. 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