TED Health

by TED
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What does exercise do to your brain? Can psychedelics treat depression? From smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs, welcome to TED Health, with host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider. TED speakers answer questions you never even knew you had, and share ideas you won't hear anywhere else, all around how we can live healthier lives.


Follow Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider on Instagram at @shoshanamd and LinkedIn at @shoshanaungerleidermd


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Recent Episodes
  • A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world | Mohamed Aburawi
    Apr 22, 2025 – 6:57
  • What are those colors you see when you rub your eyes? | Paul CJ Taylor
    Apr 15, 2025 – 7:06
  • Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time? | Irena Arslanova
    Apr 8, 2025 – 11:35
  • Interview: How do kidney transplants work? | Alexander H. Toledo
    Apr 1, 2025 – 23:31
  • Your relationship expectations could be holding you back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile
    Mar 25, 2025 – 10:36
  • What staying up all night does to your brain | Anna Rothschild
    Mar 18, 2025 – 15:29
  • A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass
    Mar 11, 2025 – 13:23
  • Why don’t vampires cast reflections? | Eric Nuzum
    Mar 4, 2025 – 12:22
  • The science (and art) of creating lasting sexual connections | Emily Nagoski on TED Talks Daily Summer Book Club
    Feb 25, 2025 – 32:21
  • A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell
    Feb 18, 2025 – 28:27
  • What long COVID taught me about life (and data) | Giorgia Lupi
    Feb 11, 2025 – 12:51
  • The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake
    Feb 4, 2025 – 10:20
  • Could psychedelics help patients in therapy? | Benjamin Lewis
    Jan 28, 2025 – 32:03
  • Do you really need 8 hours of sleep? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
    Jan 21, 2025 – 32:08
  • Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? | Louise Thwaites
    Jan 14, 2025 – 6:24
  • Can dogs detect the next pandemic before it begins? | Glen J. Golden
    Jan 7, 2025 – 15:17
  • My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close
    Dec 31, 2024 – 13:44
  • The TED AI Show: AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you?
    Dec 24, 2024 – 41:05
  • Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
    Dec 17, 2024 – 14:00
  • A special episode from Before We Go
    Dec 10, 2024 – 31:12
  • A Healthier You: How to achieve fulfillment -- not just success
    Dec 5, 2024 – 25:07
  • Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe
    Dec 3, 2024 – 12:17
  • A Healthier You: Your guide to finding a workout that works
    Nov 28, 2024 – 14:02
  • How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie
    Nov 26, 2024 – 12:29
  • A Healthier You: Your gut’s guide to a happier microbiome
    Nov 21, 2024 – 24:14
  • How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel
    Nov 19, 2024 – 9:42
  • A Healthier You: A cardiologist's guide to protecting your heart
    Nov 14, 2024 – 23:06
  • Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper
    Nov 12, 2024 – 18:48
  • A Healthier You: A 5-step guide to better doctor visits
    Nov 7, 2024 – 11:13
  • Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett
    Nov 5, 2024 – 22:30
  • How to Be a Better Human: The meaning of embodiment
    Oct 29, 2024 – 38:00
  • How to turn the tables on food waste | Dana Gunders
    Oct 22, 2024 – 12:56
  • A special new podcast from Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
    Oct 15, 2024 – 28:01
  • Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland
    Oct 8, 2024 – 7:37
  • How to live a meaningful life | Brian S. Lowery
    Oct 1, 2024 – 16:04
  • Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho
    Sep 24, 2024 – 13:25
  • How do we determine the value of a life? | Rebecca L. Walker
    Sep 17, 2024 – 7:40
  • How testosterone and culture shape behavior | Carole K. Hooven
    Sep 10, 2024 – 15:26
  • The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy
    Sep 3, 2024 – 32:46
  • Lessons from my father’s final days | Laurel Braitman
    Aug 27, 2024 – 14:39
  • Is cultivated meat the future of food? | Uma Valeti
    Aug 20, 2024 – 15:03
  • How babies think about danger | Shari Liu
    Aug 13, 2024 – 10:29
  • Even healthy couples fight — the difference is how | Julie and John Gottman
    Aug 6, 2024 – 18:20
  • The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka
    Jul 30, 2024 – 13:59
  • Why broken hearts hurt — and what heals them | Yoram Yovell
    Jul 23, 2024 – 13:42
  • My quest to cure prion disease — before it's too late | Sonia Vallabh
    Jul 16, 2024 – 18:23
  • How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki
    Jul 9, 2024 – 9:09
  • The science of lifespan — and the impact of your five senses | Christi Gendron
    Jul 2, 2024 – 12:35
  • How aerosols brighten clouds — and cool the planet | Sarah J. Doherty
    Jun 25, 2024 – 13:39
  • Food expiration dates don't mean what you think | Carolyn Beans
    Jun 18, 2024 – 6:15
Recent Reviews
  • Aduskviowir
    Not worth it
    Don’t bother loading it or subscribing. There’s an insulting amount of ads in each episode.
  • kvpharmd
    So so so many ads- over 50%
    I love the content, but a 18 minute episode had 8 minutes of ads at the beginning and 2 minutes at the end.
  • 1mariamaria
    too many talking ads
    8 mins into an episode and they are still talking about ads instead of the main topic - so i clicked off wishing i could leave the episode a thumbs down - the episode is only 32 mins but full of ads at the start this is for “Do you really need 8 hours of sleep? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter” although most epithets a dilution of ads
  • CJ listens
    Ted health podcasts
    I enjoy the topics but can hardly bear to listen to even half an episode. Whose in your organization thought it was a great idea to place stupid annoying sounds effects? Is the person developing them a relative who needs a creative outlet?
  • Tampa on the Road
    Childish sound effects?!
    I love TED talks and thought this one would surely be great if it provides ~10 minute talks on health related topics. However, there are such childish, cartoon-like sound effects constantly in the background! Who in the world thought this would be a good idea for an adult audience? It is so distracting, annoying and such a turn off. I very rarely leave negative reviews but I find it mind-boggling that someone would think these sound effects would resonate with an adult, TED-following audience. I just started the episode about food expiration dates and barely 1 minute in, I can’t take the sound effects anymore.
  • DeeDee9000
    fake meat climate cult
    Unsubscribed after the “alternative meat” episode. You are in a cult.
  • Nu-clear future
    Climate episode
    How behind are you in gathering research and spreading accurate, valuable information? How have you not considered bringing a nuclear scientist to discuss nuclear energy? Are you really here to help people or pretend?
  • Abe77
    Ridiculous
    The entire episode explaining hangovers has sound effects of people getting sick in the background. Is a 10 year old editing this show?
  • monicam3
    Voice work
    Love the podcast listen regularly, but as I am finding with virtually all podcasts now that this media is becoming very popular, and very integrated into all of our daily lives, podcast hosts, and frequent guests need to do voice work. I realize that is something that does not usually fall in the realm of science and medicine, and it does fall in the realm of actors and performers, but it is so jarring and so grating to hear someone’s voice badly misplaced with glottal stop’s, nasally whiny resonance , throat muscles so tight and distracted that it is almost painful to listen to. I have stopped informative podcasts on this show a number of times, because the sound of the voices is so dreadful. There are many many options available for basic voice training. Please spread the word.
  • They’ve gone under
    Not about health.
    The topics are never about health. If I want to follow a podcast about social sciences, I will search for podcasts about social sciences. When I went in search of a podcast about health, I expected information about how to be healthy. This is a bait and switch.
  • zgarb
    Sperm episode
    This lacked any real evidence studies or discussion around how this topic can be advanced and what we should be doing to address the issues society faces. I hope this podcast readdresses this issue with a host who is less interested in making men feel bad about this process or women not feeling the burden and more focused on what we can do to address this issue and how we can start getting men tested and studies that can be done to get the information needed
  • Domtron83
    Hit and Miss
    Much of this podcast steers away from harder science abs seems to focus a little too much on crystal rubbing and being in touch with ones feelings. Still a few gems gleam like the science of sleep and the effects of parenting. It’s worth finding the ones that sound interesting but I did not bother chewing through every episode.
  • Anna9271
    Ted Health
    it was a perfect helpful and full of information thank you fot these amazing podcasts
  • goodpodclub
    Sadistic
    In what world is biohacking nature a good idea? These “scientists” think they’re smarter than Mother Nature. They are literally denaturing nature. This podcast does nothing but push big agendas and biased uncritical thinking. Do better.
  • hehe6969hehe
    Very good.
    Very knowledgeable.
  • Nikki7278
    LOVE
    This podcast is so important. Please give us more !
  • PT 29
    100% useless
    This is ostensibly a health podcast, but too few of the episodes are actually about health at all, and those that are, are very misleading. Literally ANY other health or biohacking podcast is better.
  • Yam91
    Really good
    Beautiful advice
  • Henkords
    Excellent
    Excellent podcast! Wishing for daily episodes
  • nastyh0es
    Great!
    Love listening on my way to work
  • Bdanderson222
    Interview with biologist advocating 4/10 proposal
    He seemed to have no public health credentials. Appeared to be peddling mathematical model fantasy. Irresponsible to broadcast.
  • CAMarathonRunner
    Good variety
    These talks cover a variety of topics of various length that should appeal to a broad audience. Speakers can be funny, quirky, or serious, but all seem to deliver in a clear, understandable way, despite the complexity of the topic. Recommended for anyone interested in learning something new or considering something from a different viewpoint. But for the sake of my cellular data plan, provide an audio version of the talks as well as video.
  • i heart my podcast
    Amazing but long
    While I like how they explain their research it does drag on
  • Like Hack Podcast
    #Buffalove
    Hope you receive this warm greetings from Buffalo NY. I just got done listening to your podcast and wanted to encourage you by saying how much I appreciate your effort and attention to detail. Keep up the great work happy Podcasting friends 🎙
  • gvtyvg
    Dvch
    Gvtvt B. Great job g B I v Big
  • Amazing tow of dogs
    Great info
    Thank you!
  • Geezartyoutube
    Slanted info
    A lot of near truths and agenda on all these crappy Ted talks
  • lawless2day
    TED is amazing!
    I love Ted talks. They are simply wonderful, interesting, informative and ADDICTIVE! So beware! :D I just downloaded 20 podcasts. Well, there go the next few hours of my life...and I shall regret nothing. You must watch Ted talks. Just great. Lots of great talks featured here AND they're FREE.
  • zephyrflyer
    Life changing
    Yep
  • dss151
    I love TED
    Always interesting and insightful.
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