Best Max Koch Podcasts (2025)

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224 – How to Rewire Your Mind for Real Success with Max Stephens, Personal Development Coach, Speaker, Author of What the F*ck Do You Actually Want? 59:21

14h ago59:21

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Max Stephens is a personal development coach, speaker, and author of the straight-talking new book What The F*ck Do You Actually Want? Finding a Life With Purpose* , out June 1. Max works with high-performing individuals to help them master their inner game—through upgraded thinking, mindset reengineering, and a total shift in how they define succe…

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316 | Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper 1:28:50

4d ago1:28:50

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Einstein's general theory of relativity, plus some reasonable assumptions about the universe and what it's made of, has a remarkable implication: that as we trace cosmic evolution into the far past, we ultimately hit a singularity of infinite density and curvature, the Big Bang. Did that really happen? Einstein's theory is classical, after all, and…

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223 – How to Speak Up When You’ve Been Gaslit Into Silence with Alreen Haeggquist, Women’s Rights Attorney, Speaker, Author 45:45

8d ago45:45

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Alreen Haeggquist is a powerhouse women’s rights attorney, speaker, and the author of Fired Up: Fueling Triumph from Trauma. As the founding partner of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP in San Diego, Alreen has spent over two decades fighting and winning high-profile cases for women facing discrimination, harassment, and retaliation—taking on major entities li…

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315 | Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability 1:28:55

10d ago1:28:55

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Every time you see an apple spontaneously break away from a tree, it falls downward. You therefore claim that there is a law of physics: apples fall downward from trees. But how can you really know? After all, tomorrow you might see an apple that falls upward. How is science possible at all? Philosophers, as you might expect, have thought hard abou…

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222 – How to Make Peace with Your Inner Critic and Befriend Your Brain with Britt Frank, Neuropsychotherapist, Professor and Author 54:34

15d ago54:34

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Britt Frank, MSW, LSCSW, SEP, is a licensed neuropsychotherapist, award-winning adjunct professor, keynote speaker, and the author of The Science of Stuck and her newest release Align Your Mind: Tame Your Inner Critic and Make Peace with Your Shadow Using the Power of Parts Work. With degrees from Duke University and the University of Kansas, Britt…

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314 | Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere 1:09:18

18d ago1:09:18

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There are living creatures dwelling deep below the surface of the Earth, as deep as we are able to drill. These hearty microorganisms are related to more familiar life forms on land and under water, but the operate and survive in ways that are quite different from what we're familiar with. They live off of nutrients that have penetrated from the su…

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221 - How to Heal from the Inside Out and Reclaim Your Sovereignty with Dr. Lisa Koche, MD 49:31

22d ago49:31

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Dr. Lisa Saff Koche, M.D. is a Triple Board-Certified Physician, Functional Medicine and Longevity Expert, and Quantum Energy Practitioner who’s redefining what it means to truly heal. As the Founder of Spectra Wellness Solutions and Tony Robbins’ lead physician for his Life Mastery Health Program, Dr. Lisa helps people crack the code to full-body …

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313 | Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging 1:12:03

25d ago1:12:03

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Medical science is advancing at an astonishing rate. Today we talk with leading expert Eric Topol about two aspects of this story. First, the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, especially in diagnostics. This is an area that is a perfect match between an important question and the capabilities of machine learning, to the point where AI can…

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220 - How to Build a Million-Dollar Network with Selena Soo, Author of Rich Relationships 59:37

29d ago59:37

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Selena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their message. She’s the founder of Impacting Millions® and a master at building powerful, authentic networks. Her upcoming book, Rich Relationships: Create a Million-Dollar Network for Your Business, is a roadmap to …

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AMA | May 2025 3:38:06

1M ago3:38:06

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Welcome to the May 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the question…

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219 - How to Create Beauty and Fulfillment Every Day with Palak Dave, Experience Expert, Founder of Embiria 51:38

1M ago51:38

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Palak Dave is an Experience Expert, the founder of Embiria Social Club, speaker, and the author of Beautiful Everydays: A Guide to Living in the Here and Now. A former senior marketer with roles at the Toronto International Film Festival and Indigo Books, Palak now curates transformative in-person experiences that help people find joy, presence, an…

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312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs 1:31:28

1M ago1:31:28

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The germ theory of disease is a crowning achievement of science, up there with modern physics, continental drift, and evolution via natural selection. (Even if there will always be cranky skeptics.) But the road to widespread acceptance isn't always an easy one. Why did it take so long between Anton van Leeuwenhoek seeing "animalcules" in a microsc…

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218 - How to Own Your Queen Phase and Optimize Hormone Health with Dr. Amy B. Killen 45:11

1M ago45:11

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Dr. Amy B. Killen is a regenerative and longevity physician, Chief Medical Officer of Humanaut Health, and founder of the Human Optimization Project. In this hormone-packed episode, she breaks down everything we should have learned about menopause, sex, and hormone therapy—but didn’t. We talk about: The truth about hormone replacement therapy (HRT)…

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311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental 1:09:58

2M ago1:09:58

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Questions about consciousness range from the precise and empirical -- what neurons fire when I have some particular experience -- to the deeply profound -- does consciousness emerge from matter, or does matter emerge from consciousness? While it might be straightforward to think that consciousness arises from the collective behavior of atoms in the…

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217 - The Transformative Power of Water: Unlocking Life, Healing, and Consciousness with Isabel Friend, Water Expert and Scientist 57:43

2M ago57:43

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Isabel Friend is a water alchemist, scientist, and spiritual guide—and she will change the way you look at water forever. Isabel has been studying Water for well over a decade from scientific, spiritual, biological and eco-political perspectives. She is the Water is Life Educator, President of The American Water Trust, a Hydration Foundation Adviso…

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AMA | April 2025 3:30:22

2M ago3:30:22

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Welcome to the April 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questi…

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216 - How to Transform Your Body & Life After 40 with Terry Tateossian, Founder of The House of Rose, Wellness Coach, Podcast Host 47:20

2M ago47:20

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Terry Tateossian is a powerhouse in personal transformation. After shedding 80 pounds in her mid-40s, she didn’t just change physically—she rebuilt her entire approach to life, health, and well-being. As an ISSA-certified personal trainer, nutritionist, and hormone specialist coach, Terry helps women over 40 navigate the challenges of perimenopause…

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310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies 1:26:14

2M ago1:26:14

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Cosmologists were, let us be honest, pretty stunned in 1998 when observations revealed that the universe is accelerating. There was an obvious plausible explanation, the cosmological constant proposed by Einstein, which is equivalent to a constant vacuum energy pervading space. But the cosmological constant was known to be enormously smaller than i…

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Episode 35 - "Max's Brain Drain" 56:30

2M ago56:30

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Lorenzo Scott & Max Koch are a couple of knuckleheads with wine and microphones, always trying to make sense of life on planet Earth. Hear what happens when these two come together in an undisclosed recording studio in West Los Angeles.You can also hear this podcast on Apple Podcasts.https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/guys-day-in-with-max-and-lo…

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215 - How to Heal Emotional Eating with Tricia Nelson, Emotional Eating Expert 51:13

2M ago51:13

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Tricia Nelson is an Emotional Eating Expert and the author of Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now. After losing 50 pounds by addressing the root causes of her emotional eating, she’s spent over 30 years researching addictive patterns and helping thousands break free from the food–emotion loop. In this raw, real, and incredi…

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309 | Christof Koch on Consciousness and Integrated Information 1:20:46

2M ago1:20:46

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Consciousness is easier to possess than to define. One thing we can do is to look into the brain and see what lights up when conscious awareness is taking place. A complete understanding of this would be known as the "neural correlates of consciousness." Once we have that, we could hopefully make progress on developing a theoretical picture of what…

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214 - How to Use Fasting-Mimicking Diets to Reverse Your Biological Age w/ Renee Fitton, MS, Dietitian 58:05

2M ago58:05

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Renee Fitton joins us today to dive into the fascinating world of fasting mimicking diets—a science-backed approach to achieving the benefits of fasting while still eating! Renee is an MS, Registered Dietitian, and the Director of Education and Healthcare Sales at Prolon, where she educates healthcare professionals and individuals on the groundbrea…

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308 | Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking 1:09:56

2M ago1:09:56

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We often study cognition in other species, in part to learn about modes of thinking that are different from our own. Today's guest, psychologist/philosopher Alison Gopnik, argues that we needn't look that far: human children aren't simply undeveloped adults, they have a way of thinking that is importantly distinct from that of grownups. Children ar…

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213 - Mastering Pompoir: Experiences with Vaginal Gymnastics Using the Gohddess Method, with Susan Morgan Taylor, Somatic Sex Therapist 51:08

3M ago51:08

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Sexual vitality isn’t just about desire—it’s about strength, awareness, and control. In this episode, Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, returns to share her personal experiences with the Gohddess method--a step by step vaginal gymnastics training program developed by Bel Di Lorenzo. Also known as Pompoir— this ancient practice can transform your intimate li…

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AMA | March 2025 2:58:00

3M ago2:58:00

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Welcome to the March 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questi…

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212 - How to Increase and Align Sexual Desire with Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, Somatic Sex Therapist 1:01:32

3M ago1:01:32

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Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, is a somatic sex therapist with over 25 years of experience helping couples create deep, lasting intimacy. Susan is the creator of the trademarked Pleasure Keys Process and the host of the Sex Talk Café Podcast. Today, we dive into the real truths about sexual desire, intimacy, and how we can transform our relationships—and…

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307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails 1:16:36

3M ago1:16:36

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A lot of science goes into crafting the perfect cocktail. Balancing sweet and bitter notes, providing the right amount of aeration and dilution, getting it to just the right temperature and keeping it that way. And even if you have no interest in cocktails as such, the general principles extend to other activities in art and in life. I talk to scie…

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211 - Maximizing Midlife Series, Part 4 of 4: Actualization of Your MaxLife! 20:32

3M ago20:32

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It’s the final episode of the Maximizing Life series! Today, we're stepping into the actualization phase—the part where you’re no longer just talking about change, you're living it. Being it! We started this journey with Awakening, where we recognized outdated beliefs that no longer serve us. Then, we moved into Transformation, where we turned awar…

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306 | Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans 1:12:19

3M ago1:12:19

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It is commonplace to refer to the Earth's oceans as vast and largely unexplored. But we do understand some aspects, and improving that understanding is crucial to ensuring the continued viability and success of life on this planet. The oceans are a paradigmatic complex system: there are many components, distinct but mutually interacting, that add u…

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210 - Maximizing Midlife Series, Part 3 of 4: Transformation and Stepping Into Power 29:43

3M ago29:43

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Awakening is just the beginning—now, it’s time for transformation. This is where awareness meets action, where we move past outdated beliefs and step fully into our power. But let’s be real—transformation isn’t always pretty. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and full of moments where you’ll want to retreat. This episode is all about embracing the discomf…

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305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology 1:17:25

3M ago1:17:25

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Political outcomes would be relatively simple to predict and understand if only people were well-informed, entirely rational, and perfectly self-interested. Alas, real human beings are messy, emotional, imperfect creatures, so a successful theory of politics has to account for these features. One phenomenon that has grown in recent years is an alig…

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209 - Maximizing Midlife Series, Part 2 of 4: Awakening to MaxLife 27:37

4M ago27:37

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Welcome to the first part of the journey in ourMaximizing Midlife series! We’re kicking things off withAwakening—breaking free from outdated midlife narratives and stepping into the power of reinvention. For so long, we’ve been fed the idea that midlife is acrisis—a time of loss, decline, or grasping for the past. But that’s a lie. Midlife is acata…

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Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter 1:10:25

4M ago1:10:25

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The Trump administration, led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, has proposed sweeping cuts to spending on science research here in the US, in particular at the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. I explain a little about what is being cut and why these funds are important to scientific progress…

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304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science 1:16:03

4M ago1:16:03

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It is a feature of many human activities - sports, cooking, music, interpersonal relations - that being able to do them well doesn't necessarily mean you can accurately describe how to do them well. Science is no different. Many successful scientists are not very good at explaining what goes into successful scientific practice. To understand that, …

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