The Peter Attia Drive

By Peter Attia, MD

Medicine

What's The Peter Attia Drive about?

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.

4.8

4,167 ratings

Download our free app to listen on your phone

LAST EPISODE

#224 ‒ Dietary protein: amo...

09.26.2022

View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Don Layman is a Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He ...

The Peter Attia Drive episodes:

09.26.2022 #224 ‒ Dietary protein: amount needed, ideal timing, quality, and more \| Don Layman, Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Don Layman is a Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He ...
09.19.2022 #223 - AMA #39: The Centenarian Decathlon, zone 2, VO2 max, and more View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter describes what it means to exercise with the goal of ...
09.12.2022 #222 ‒ How nutrition impacts longevity \| Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is a globally recognized expert on the biology of aging and recurring on The Drive. ...
09.05.2022 #221 ‒ Understanding sleep and how to improve it View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this special episode of The Drive, we have pulled together a variety of clips from previous podcasts ...
08.29.2022 #220 ‒ Ketamine: Benefits, risks, and promising therapeutic potential \| Celia Morgan, Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Celia Morgan is a Professor of Psychopharmacology at the University of Exeter who has authored numerous publications on ...
08.22.2022 #219 ‒ Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): skills for overcoming depression , emotional dysregulation, and more \| Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D., ABPP View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Shireen Rizvi is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at Rutgers University, where she is also the ...
08.15.2022 #218 - AMA #38: Can you exercise too much? View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter dives deep into the question of whether there is such ...
08.08.2022 #217 ‒ Exercise, VO2 max, and longevity \| Mike Joyner, M.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Mike Joyner is a physician-researcher and one of the world’s leading experts on human performance and exercise physiology. ...
08.01.2022 #216 - Metabolomics, NAD+, and cancer metabolism \| Josh Rabinowitz, M.D., Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Josh Rabinowitz is a Professor of Chemistry and Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, where his research focuses on ...
07.25.2022 #215 - The gut-brain connection \| Michael Gershon, M.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Mike Gershon is a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University and has been at the ...
07.18.2022 #214 - AMA #37: Bone health—everything you need to know View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter dives deep into the topic of bone health and explains ...
07.11.2022 #213 ‒ Liquid biopsies and cancer detection \| Max Diehn, M.D. Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Max Diehn is a Professor of Radiation Oncology at Stanford and a clinical radiation oncologist specializing in lung ...
07.04.2022 Earning the gift of life \| Ric Elias (#79 rebroadcast) View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this episode, Ric Elias, founder of Red Ventures, opens up about the fateful day he knew for ...
06.27.2022 #212 - The neuroscience of obesity \| Stephan Guyenet, Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Stephan Guyenet is a neuroscientist focused on the neuroscience of obesity and energy homeostasis. He is the author ...
06.20.2022 #211 - AMA #36: Fruits & vegetables—everything you need to know View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter discusses the nutritional profiles of various fruits and vegetables as ...
06.13.2022 #210 - Lp(a) and its impact on heart disease \| Benoît Arsenault, Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Benoît Arsenault is a research scientist focused on understanding how lifestyle and genetic factors contribute to cardiovascular disease ...
06.06.2022 #209 ‒ Medical mistakes, patient safety, and the RaDonda Vaught case \| Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Marty Makary is a surgeon, public policy researcher, and author of the New York times best-sellers Unaccountable and ...
05.30.2022 The Art of Stability \| Beth Lewis (Ep. #131 Rebroadcast) View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Beth Lewis is a former professional dancer and a self-described “educator of movement” who has an unmatched ability ...
05.23.2022 #208 - Tragedy, grief, healing, and finding happiness \| Kelsey Chittick View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Kelsey Chittick is the author of Second Half: Surviving Loss and Finding Magic in the Missing. In this ...
05.16.2022 #207 - AMA #35: "Anti-Aging" Drugs — NAD+, metformin, & rapamycin View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter is joined by special guest, Dr. Matt Kaeberlein. Together they ...
05.09.2022 #206 - Exercising for longevity: strength, stability, zone 2, zone 5, and more View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this special episode of The Drive, we have pulled together a variety of clips from previous podcasts ...
05.02.2022 #205 - Energy balance, nutrition, & building muscle \| Layne Norton, Ph.D. (Pt.2) View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Layne Norton holds a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences and is a physique coach, natural bodybuilder, and previous guest ...
04.25.2022 #204 - Centenarians, metformin, and longevity \| Nir Barzilai, M.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter Nir Barzilai, Director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is back ...
04.18.2022 #203 - AMA #34: What Causes Heart Disease? View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter dives deep into the topic of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)—the ...
04.11.2022 #202 - Peter on nutrition, disease prevention, sleep, and more — looking back on the last 100 episodes View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this second edition of the “Strong Convictions, Loosely Held” episode, Peter discusses topics on which his thoughts ...
04.04.2022 In remembrance of Sarah Hallberg, D.O., M.S. (Ep. #162 Rebroadcast) View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Today’s episode of The Drive is a rebroadcast of the conversation with Sarah Hallberg (released on May 17th, 2021). It's with great sadness ...
03.28.2022 #201 - Deep dive back into Zone 2 \| Iñigo San-Millán, Ph.D. (Pt. 2) View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Iñigo San-Millán is an internationally renowned applied physiologist and a previous guest on The Drive. His research and clinical work focuses on exercise-related ...
03.21.2022 #200 - AMA #33: Hydration—electrolytes, supplements, sports drinks, performance effects, and more Become a Member to Listen to the Full Episode View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Episode Description: In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter discusses all things related to hydration, starting with how water is distributed in ...
03.14.2022 #199 - Running, overcoming challenges, and finding success \| Ryan Hall View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Ryan Hall is the fastest American ever to run the marathon (2:04:58) and half marathon (59:43) and is the author of the book ...
03.07.2022 #198 - Eye health—everything you need to know \| Steven Dell, M.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Steven Dell is an ophthalmologist, current Medical Director of Dell Laser Consultants, and a leader in refractive eye surgery with over 20 patents ...
02.28.2022 #197 - The science of obesity & how to improve nutritional epidemiology \| David Allison, Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: David Allison is an award-winning scientific writer who has been at the forefront of obesity research for the last 20 years. Currently the ...
02.21.2022 #196 - AMA #32: Exercise, squats, deadlifts, BFR, and TRT Become a Member to Listen to the Full Episode View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Episode Description: In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter shares his current workout regimen and how he incorporates blood flow restriction (BFR). ...
02.14.2022 #195 - Freedom, PTSD, war, and life through an evolutionary lens \| Sebastian Junger View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Sebastian Junger is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and New York Times best-selling author. In this wide-ranging discussion, Sebastian shares stories from his ...
02.07.2022 #194 - How fructose drives metabolic disease \| Rick Johnson, M.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Rick Johnson, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Colorado and a previous guest on The Drive, returns for a follow-up about unique ...
01.31.2022 #193 - AMA #31: Heart rate variability (HRV), alcohol, sleep, and more View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter and Bob first answer a variety of questions related to heart rate variability (HRV): what ...
01.24.2022 #192 - COVID Part 2: Masks, long COVID, boosters, mandates, treatments, and more View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: This episode is a follow-up to our recent COVID-19 podcast with Drs. Marty Makary and Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD). Here, we address many ...
01.17.2022 #191 - Revolutionizing our understanding of mental illness with optogenetics \| Karl Deisseroth M.D., Ph.D. View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Karl Deisseroth is a world-renowned clinical psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author of Projections: A Story of Human Emotions. In the episode, Karl explains his ...
01.10.2022 #190 - Paul Conti, M.D.: How to heal from trauma and break the cycle of shame View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Episode Description: Paul Conti, a returning guest on The Drive, is a practicing psychiatrist and recent author of Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works ...
01.03.2022 #189 - COVID-19: Current state of affairs, Omicron, and a search for the end game In this episode, Peter sits down with Drs. Marty Makary and Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD), both previous guests on The Drive. Marty is a Johns Hopkins professor and public health researcher and ZDoggMD is a UCSF/Stanford trained internist and the ...
12.27.2021 Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.: Zone 2 Training and Metabolic Health (Ep. #85 Rebroadcast) Today’s episode of The Drive is a rebroadcast of the conversation with Iñigo San Millán, (released on December 23rd, 2019). This episode with Iñigo was one of the most popular discussions to date and is a prelude to an upcoming ...
12.20.2021 #188 - AMA #30: How to Read and Understand Scientific Studies In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter and Bob dive deep into all things related to studying studies to help one sift through all the noise to find the signal. They define the various types of studies, how a ...
12.13.2021 #187 - Sam Apple: The Warburg Effect—Otto Warburg’s cancer metabolism theory Sam Apple is the author of the book Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection, published in May 2021. In this episode, Sam describes the fascinating life story of Otto Warburg, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist ...
12.06.2021 #186 - Patrick Radden Keefe: The opioid crisis—origin, guilty parties, and the difficult path forward Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and the bestselling author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. In this episode, Patrick tells the story of the Sackler family and Purdue ...
11.29.2021 #185 - Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk Allan Sniderman is a highly acclaimed Professor of Cardiology and Medicine at McGill University and a foremost expert in cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this episode, Allan explains the many risk factors used to predict atherosclerosis, including triglycerides, cholesterol, and lipoproteins, ...
11.22.2021 Rick Johnson, M.D.: Metabolic Effects of Fructose (Ep. #87 Rebroadcast) Today’s episode of The Drive is a rebroadcast of the conversation with Rick Johnson (originally released January 6th, 2020). This episode was one of the most popular discussions to-date and is a prelude to an upcoming follow-up discussion which will ...
11.15.2021 #184 - AMA #29: GLP-1 Agonists—The Future of Treating Obesity? In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter and Bob discuss all things related to GLP-1 agonists—a class of drugs that are gaining popularity for the treatment of obesity. They cover the discovery of these peptides, their physiology, and what ...
11.08.2021 #183 - James Clear: Building & changing habits James Clear is the author of the New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits. His extensive research into human behavior has helped him identify key components of habit formation and develop the “Four Laws of Behavioral Change.” In this episode, James ...
11.01.2021 #182 - David Nutt: Psychedelics & Recreational Drugs David Nutt is a psychiatrist and a neuroscientist at Downing College, Cambridge. His research focuses on illicit drugs—their harm, classification, and potential for therapeutic use in psychiatry. In this episode, David discusses his framework for assessing the potential harm caused ...
10.25.2021 #181 - Robert Gatenby, M.D.: Viewing cancer through an evolutionary lens and why this offers a radically different approach to treatment Robert (Bob) Gatenby is a radiologist who specializes in exploring theoretical and experimental models of evolutionary dynamics in cancer and cancer drug resistance. He has developed an adaptive therapy approach for treating cancer which has shown promise in improving survival ...
10.18.2021 #180 - AMA #28: All things testosterone and testosterone replacement therapy In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter and Bob discuss all things related to testosterone: what happens when testosterone levels are low, and the potential benefits and risks of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). They explain the physiology of testosterone, ...

Older episodes