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podcast2018-present

The Genius Life

Disciplines:
nutrition
neuroscience
health
wellbeing/wellness

Summary

The Genius Life is a health and wellness podcast hosted by Max Lugavere that interviews scientists, doctors, and researchers on topics including nutrition, cognitive health, metabolic disease, sleep, exercise, and mental performance. It translates emerging research in nutritional and lifestyle medicine for a general audience.

Core Contribution

One of the first health podcasts to focus specifically on brain health and cognitive optimization through lifestyle; helped normalize evidence-informed discussions of dementia prevention and metabolic health.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • brain health
  • cognitive optimization
  • nutritional neuroscience
  • dementia prevention

Historical Influences

Max Lugavere Peter Attia Drive podcast Ben Greenfield Fitness podcast

Intellectual Lineage

health optimization podcast genrefunctional medicine communicationlong-form interview podcast format

Allied Works

Genius Foods Genius Life Genius Kitchen

Contemporaries & Peers

The Drive Found My FitnessHuberman Lab

Minds Influenced

brain health awarenesshealth podcast genre nutritional neuroscience public interest

Intellectual Posterity

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