The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
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.
This Ancient Hack Reverses Aging In 72 Hours : 1500
A Japanese village's daily breakfast of natto — rich in spermidine — triggers the Nobel Prize-winning cellular repair process of autophagy, reversing biological aging within 72 hours when combined with proper dosing, exercise, sleep, and diet.
Jul 12
14 min
Jordan Harbinger: Fight-or-Flight, Two Kidnappings, and the Wallet Ruining Your Spine  : 1499
Jordan Harbinger joins Dave Asprey to share how he talked his way out of two kidnappings and breaks down the psychology-driven systems — calendar blocking, pain-point habit hacks, and relationship-building — he uses to stay productive and charming under pressure.
Jul 10
1 hr 8 min
The Foods, Drinks, and Daily Habits Wrecking Your Brain (Surprising!) | David Perlmutter  : 1498
Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. David Perlmutter to explore how brain inflammation and microglial dysfunction drive Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative conditions — debunking the amyloid hypothesis along the way and examining emerging treatments like GLP-1 drugs, 40 hertz light therapy, and lifestyle interventions.
Jul 9
53 min
The 1910 Secret: How Light Turns Water Into Medicine | Brain Richards  : 1497
Discover how a suppressed 1910 light therapy can restructure water inside your cells, boost mitochondrial energy, and reverse the damage caused by blue light and EMF exposure.
Jul 7
1 hr
I Tried EVERY Legal Focus Drug, Here’s What Actually Works : 1496
Dave Asprey breaks down which legal focus compounds (caffeine+L-theanine, adaptogens, MCT oil, methylene blue, and especially creatine) actually boost brain energy and performance, and shows how to stack them for sustained, crash-free focus.
Jul 5
16 min
Organic Produce, Exercise vs Income, Cat Parasite, Thorne, Loss of Taste, and more... : 1495
This episode covers new research on gut-derived acetate and brain health, GLP-1 side effects on smell and taste, toxoplasmosis prevalence, exercise's outsized mental health benefits, individual variation in processing plant phytonutrients, produce pesticide guidance, and the Unilever-Thorne acquisition — all tied together with a call to actually track your own biomarkers instead of just consuming health news.
Jul 3
10 min
90 Days of Full Carnivore: No Plants, No Fiber, Surprising Gut Results | Ben Azadi  : 1494
Dave Asprey and Ben Azadi discuss metabolic health, covering carnivore diet experiments, cyclical ketosis, electrolytes, sleep optimization, and creatine, while trading practical biohacking tips and reflecting on building health platforms despite online criticism.
Jul 2
1 hr 2 min
Oxytocin: How To Naturally Induce Your MIRACLE Hormone | Anna Cabeca : 1493
3:45 PMClaude responded: Oxytocin researcher and triple board-certified OBGYN Dr.Oxytocin researcher and triple board-certified OBGYN Dr. Anna Cabeca joins Dave to expose what conventional medicine gets wrong about hormones, pleasure, and longevity, and how fixing your oxytocin, estrogen, and FSH levels can transform your health, your brain, and your relationships at any age.
Jun 30
54 min
BONUS: The Anti-Aging Molecule Backed by Nobel Prize Research : 1492
Dave explains how age‑related drops in the mitochondrial cofactor NAD⁺—and overactivity of enzymes that destroy it—drive fatigue, brain fog, and degeneration, then lays out a protocol (diet, polyphenols, fasting, REHIT exercise, and NMN/NR supplementation) to rebuild NAD⁺ and slow aging
Jun 28
12 min
Fish Oil Doesn’t Work? Anti-Aging Butterflies, the Ancient Brain Focus Switch, and the Best Brain Diet : 1491
Does fish oil actually protect your brain, can your mindset slow aging, and what can butterflies teach us about longevity? Dave Asprey unpacks the week’s biggest biohacking breakthroughs.
Jun 26
13 min
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