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Dr Joe Unplugged
By Dr Joe KosterichHealth & Fitness
Dr Joe Unplugged episodes
- Ep 143. Improving Mental Health Should Not Be Controversial!?
It is well established that regular exercise and a diet lower in processed sugary food can be beneficial in mental health. This should not be controversial …yet
Sources:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-sleep-the-missing-piece-in-mental-health
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/anxietystress/120067
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sleep-is-more-important-for-longevity-than-diet-exercise-social-ties
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About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
11 min - Ep 142. Super Agers - Is There A Secret?
Keeping the mind and body active can help protect cognition and memory as we age. Simple approaches can make a big difference.
Sources:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/superager-brains-cognition
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/geriatrics/120222
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About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
10 min - Ep 141. Can We Reduce Post-Surgical Risk?
Surgical procedures always carry some risk. That which makes us healthier overall can reduce whilst not eliminate risk. One of these will but should not surprise
Sources:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaos/120153
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaos/120177
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About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
12 min - Ep 140. COVID Lockdowns Were a Catastrophic Mistake — The Economic Truth | Prof. Gigi Foster
Were COVID lockdowns a catastrophic policy failure or a necessary response to a genuine threat? Professor Gigi Foster, economist at the University of New South Wales and one of Australia's most prominent lockdown critics, joins Dr Joe to deliver a frank, evidence-based verdict six years on.
In this episode, Gigi unpacks the economics of mass panic, explains why governments made increasingly irrational decisions in the face of fear, and reveals why most academic economists went along with the crowd, silencing the very trade-off analysis that could have saved lives. Drawing on her internationally recognised work, including her paper 'Hiding the Elephant', she argues that narrow hyper-specialisation, political incentives, and social media driven fear created a perfect storm of poor policymaking.
The conversation also turns to Sweden's approach, the Great Barrington Declaration, the psychology of not admitting mistakes and looking forward. Gigi's new book on Western Australian secession: a bold blueprint for reimagining health, education, and democratic accountability.
Prof. Gigi Foster's new book - https://www.secessionwabook.shop/
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction & Welcome
(01:00) Who is Gigi Foster
(05:30) Human Behaviour & Trade-Offs
(08:45) The Cult of Safety & Why Risk Aversion Harms Society
(10:30) COVID as a Moral Panic: Historical Parallels
(11:45) The ICL Model That Triggered Global Lockdowns (Neil Ferguson)
(18:30) The Great Barrington Declaration & Censorship of Dissent
(21:15) Why Sweden Got It Right
(24:30) Will We Learn?
(28:45) Over-Specialisation & the Loss of Holistic Thinking in Policy
(33:30) The WA Secession Book
(43:00) Final Takeaways: Join Australians for Science and Freedom
About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
45 min - Ep 139. Move the Blues Away
More confirmation that exercise improves mental health. Equal to medication or psychology sessions.
Source:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/anxietystress/119832
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
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Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
15 min - Ep 138. The Marvel that is the Human Body
The winter olympics again showed us hat human beings are capable of. We need to focus more on what is good about people and what they can achieve.
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Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
13 min - Ep 135. Keep it real
The human body thrives on real food rather than fake food. It is not difficult depite what you may have been told
Sources:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/worlds-biggest-airline-ditches-plantbased-meat-as-part-of-a-major-menu-overhaul/news-story/c543fb0760f84b1311f0f5aad20dd0e2
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-data-link-food-preservatives-higher-cancer-t2d-risk-2026a10001zz
Recorded and produced by Podwave Studios
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About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
14 min - Ep 134. Guest - Neesha Seth
Dr Joe is joined by Organisational Psychologist Neesha Seth to talk about her Roadmap to Health.
https://www.roadmaptohealth.com.auRecorded and produced by Podwave Studios
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About Dr Joe Unplugged:
Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
39 min - Ep 137. Billions up in smoke!
The stubborn refusal of government to admit error and change policy is leading to higher smoking rates, massive loss of excise revenue and salad days for criminal gangs.
Source:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/how-policy-failure-fuels-a-10bn-black-market-for-illicit-tobacco-in-australia/news-story/739b41436a64549b80e2d8b0a8d81c9a
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Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
15 min - Ep 136. Movement is medicine
Simple daily activities like household chores have surprising benefits for both physical and mental health
Sources:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/the-simple-depression-treatment-we-dont-prescribe-5932121
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004366.pub7/full
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/walking-house-chores-may-help-lower-diabetes-heart-disease-death-risk#Light-intensity-exercise-helps-lower-CKM-syndrome-death-risk
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/exercise-matches-therapy-easing-depression-symptoms-2026a10000nb
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Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
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Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways.
Opinions expressed are my own and you may agree or disagree with them.
Topics and comments on this podcast are general information only and are not in any way medical advice.
Episodes are released weekly on Mondays.