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The Peter Attia Drive

Expert insight on health, performance, longevity, critical thinking, and pursuing excellence. Dr. Peter Attia (Stanford/Hopkins/NIH-trained MD) talks with leaders in their fields.

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#363 ‒ A new frontier in neurosurgery: restoring brain function with brain-computer interfaces, advancing glioblastoma care, and new hope for devastating brain diseases | Edward Chang, M.D.

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

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Lower back pain: causes, treatment, and prevention of lower back injuries and pain | Stuart McGill, Ph.D. (#287 rebroadcast)

Episode Date: September 1, 2025

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#362 ‒ Understanding anxiety: defining, assessing, and treating health anxiety, OCD, and the spectrum of anxiety disorders | Josh Spitalnick, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

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#361 - AMA #74: Sugar and sugar substitutes: weight control, metabolic effects, and health trade-offs

Episode Date: August 18, 2025

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#360 ‒ How to change your habits: why they form and how to build or break them | Charles Duhigg, M.B.A

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

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#359 ‒ How metabolic and immune system dysfunction drive the aging process, the role of NAD, promising interventions, aging clocks, and more | Eric Verdin, M.D.

Episode Date: August 4, 2025

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#358 ‒ Peter’s takeaways on navigating HRT, rejuvenating the face, understanding the biology of aging, optimizing fertility, and learning to live well from the dying | Quarterly Podcast Summary #6

Episode Date: July 28, 2025

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#357 ‒ A new era of longevity science: models of aging, human trials of rapamycin, biological clocks, promising compounds, and lifestyle interventions | Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.

Episode Date: July 21, 2025

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#356 - AMA #73: Preserving brain health, optimizing exercise programming, improving body composition, and more

Episode Date: July 14, 2025

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Navigating bone health: early life influences and advanced strategies for improvement and injury prevention (#214 rebroadcast)

Episode Date: July 7, 2025

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#355 – Skincare strategies, the science of facial aging, and cosmetic-intervention guidance | Tanuj Nakra, M.D. & Suzan Obagi, M.D.

Episode Date: June 30, 2025

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#354 – What the dying can teach us about living well: lessons on life and reflections on mortality | BJ Miller, M.D. and Bridget Sumser, L.C.S.W.

Episode Date: June 23, 2025

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#353 - AMA #72: Fasting: benefits for body composition and disease prevention, potential risks, and Peter’s updated practical framework

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

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#352 ‒ Female fertility: optimizing reproductive health, diagnosing and treating infertility and PCOS, and understanding the IVF process | Paula Amato, M.D.

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

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#351 ‒ Male fertility: optimizing reproductive health, diagnosing and treating infertility, and navigating testosterone replacement therapy | Paul Turek, M.D.

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

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#350 ‒ Injury prevention, recovery, and performance optimization for every decade | Kyler Brown, D.C.

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

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#349 - AMA #71: Building strength and muscle mass: how to optimize training, nutrition, and more for longevity

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

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#348 ‒ Women’s sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | Rachel Rubin, M.D.

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

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#347 – Peter’s takeaways on mastering sleep, dealing with chronic pain, developing breakthrough cancer drugs, transforming healthcare with AI, advancing radiation therapy, and healing trauma | Quarterly Podcast Summary #5

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

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#346 - Scaling biotech and improving global health: lessons from an extraordinary career in medicine | Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D., M.P.H.

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

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