{"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. Join The Human Upgrade™ with Dave Asprey - and learn how to live longer, think faster, and perform better.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:21:16.572334+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629"},"episode":{"title":"The 1910 Secret: How Light Turns Water Into Medicine | Brain Richards  : 1497","slug":"the-1910-secret-how-light-turns-water-into-medicine-brain-richards-1497","published_at":"2026-07-07T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/the-1910-secret-how-light-turns-water-into-medicine-brain-richards-1497","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/p394/rss.art19.com/episodes/a670369d-a738-4af1-bed9-fe8e34b163aa.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/p394/rss.art19.com/episodes/a670369d-a738-4af1-bed9-fe8e34b163aa.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Near-Infrared Light Therapy & EMF Shielding with SaunaSpace Founder Brian Richards  Your mitochondria are starving for a nutrient you've probably never tracked, and it's not a vitamin or a macro. This episode reveals how a forgotten 1910 therapy uses light to physically restructure water inside your cells, unlocking a mechanism for healing, detox, and mitochondria repair that most of biohacking has completely overlooked.  Go to  https://sauna.space/  and use code ‘Dave’ for a 15% discount!  Host Dave Asprey sits down with Brian Richards, founder of SaunaSpace and a leading voice in incandescent light therapy and infrared sauna engineering. With a background in chemistry and organic synthesis, Brian spent over a decade building a science-backed alternative to LED-based light therapy rooted in full-spectrum incandescent light and deep radiant heat. After healing his own insomnia, adrenal fatigue, and brain fog through light and heat exposure, he developed the FireLight Spectrum, a technology engineered to restore what modern lighting strips away.  Dave and Brian trace incandescent light therapy back to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's 1910 book on light therapeutics, and explain why the same institutional forces that suppressed chiropractic care and natural medicine buried this practice for over a century. They break down how near-infrared light penetrates the body to charge water into a more bioavailable state, boost glutathione and melatonin production, and repolarize cellular voltage for better metabolism and longevity. The conversation also covers why blue light from LEDs devastates hormones, testosterone, and fertility, how EMF exposure silently drains human performance, and why grounding and Faraday shielding matter more than most supplem…","meta_description":"Near-Infrared Light Therapy & EMF Shielding with SaunaSpace Founder Brian Richards Your mitochondria are starving for a nutrient you've probably…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3611,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/episodes/the-1910-secret-how-light-turns-water-into-medicine-brain-richards-1497/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/the-1910-secret-how-light-turns-water-into-medicine-brain-richards-1497.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}