Podcast Episodes
The Mind-Gut Conversation with host Emeran Mayer, MD
Dr. Emeran Mayer introduces The Mayer Model, the book he has been working toward for 45 years. He explains why his earlier work focused on the science of brain-gut communication, why this book is built for application.
Dr. Emeran Mayer examines a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease project, published in Lancet Public Health, that measures the growing gap between how long we live and how long we live well.
Dr. Erin Mauney, a pediatric gastroenterologist and researcher at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital, talks about one of the first clinical trials of psilocybin-assisted therapy for patients with treatment-resistant IBS.
Kiran Krishnan explains why most probiotics never survive the stomach, why higher CFU counts and longer strain lists are marketing rather than science, and how the loss of soil-derived microbes from our food may matter the most.
Menopause: Here’s what we get wrong about it and how the gut plays a role. The 34 symptoms of menopause, the 2002 hormone scare, and the estrobolome.
A conversation with Sadhguru on soil health, the gut–soil continuum, and what the environmental crisis means for human biology
Dr. Mayer sits down with Sadhguru to discuss what science gets wrong about the mind — and what 3.8 billion years of microbial life gets right.
In this episode, Dr. Emeran Mayer turns the lens on himself, reflecting on decades of overwork, the warning signs he missed, and the science behind why chronic stress takes such a serious toll on the body.
Dr. Mayer talks with Michael Pollan to discuss consciousness — why it exists, how it differs from other forms of intelligence in nature, and why it may be under threat from technology platforms designed to monetize our attention.
Dr. Mayer talks with Prof. Jens Walter, a leading microbiome scientist at University College Cork in Ireland, to explore one of nutrition science’s most surprising findings: fiber supplements don’t deliver what whole foods can.
Dr. Emeran Mayer sits down with Jeff Bailey, founder of Avita Yoga and author of Mobility for Life, to discuss a revolutionary approach to joint health that challenges conventional wisdom about stretching and flexibility.
Dr. Emeran Mayer draws on four decades of peptide research to separate science from hype in today’s booming peptide market.