Week of 2026-10-19 — curated from the top neuroscience and productivity sources.
This summer, I’m revisiting one of my favorite episodes. If you haven’t heard it, now is the time. If you have, it’s a classic and worth listening to again. Brad Jacobs has built eight billi...
For the next hour, the world’s top mindset coach is your coach too. Dr. Gio Valiante is the world’s leading performance psychologist. We discuss why most people never reach their potential...
Dr. Giulia Enders has changed the way millions of people think about the human body. As a physician, microbiome researcher, and bestselling author, she has spent years studying the surprising role the...
The ultimate productivity hack is saying no. Not doing something will always be faster than doing it. This statement reminds me of the old computer programming saying, “Remember that there is no...
Audrey Hepburn was an icon. Rising to fame in the 1950s, she was one of the greatest actresses of her era. In 1953, Hepburn became the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and ...
Researchers discover how interneurons take turns to create gamma brain waves, and how restoring Nav1.1 reverses Alzheimer's memory loss....
APOE4 suppresses Wnt signaling in oligodendrocytes, trapping fats in lipid droplets and breaking down brain insulation in Alzheimer's....
Researchers discover microglia tear down brain scaffolding during heavy drinking, driving alcohol sedation and frontal brain damage....
A new study links frequent daytime naps to a 48% higher risk of dementia, highlighting daytime sleep as an early warning sign....
Researchers find prenatal stress alters placental immune and metabolic pathways, revealing how maternal stress impacts fetal brain development....
Brain scans of 3,500 teens link anxiety to disrupted circuits connecting the amygdala, thalamus, and cerebellum, detectable by ages 11–12....
Early blindness enhances pitch discrimination not by improving the ears, but by reducing "internal noise" in the brain, similar to musical training....