The DNA of Things with Dr. Jeremy Koenig | Podcast Guru

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The DNA of Things," hosted by Dr. Jeremy Koenig, is an auditory journey into the evolving world of health science, performance, and longevity. This podcast brings together the sharpest minds in the field, including elite health strategists, pioneering scientists, and wellness mavericks, to share cutting-edge practices and revolutionary insights. Each episode is meticulously curated to enrich your understanding of well-being and to extend your vitality, propelling you toward a future filled with possibilities. Join Dr. Koenig as he unveils the secrets of human potential through the lens of genomics, and discover how to transform your health and life trajectory.

Recent Episodes

Episode 131: Dr. Nikolas Baya of the Broad Institute on Rare Variants and Polygenic Risk Scores

What happens when your polygenic risk score says one thing and your body says another? Broad Institute geneticist Dr. Nikolas Baya studies the people who don't match their genetic prediction, and the rare variants that often explain the gap. Dr. Jeremy Koenig talks with Dr. Nikolas Baya, a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute, about his recently published UK Biobank study showing that people who deviate from their polygenic score are enriched for r...

49 MIN

Episode 130: Mark Talbot of Lifecycle Health on the Wearable Data Your Doctor Never Sees

Engineer Mark Talbot was tracking his weight, food, steps, and sleep across five apps when his weight loss stalled, and none of them could tell him why. One question to AI about a year of his own Apple Health data gave him the answer. It also pointed to a bigger gap: doctors never see what happens between visits. Dr. Jeremy Koenig talks with Mark Talbot, co-founder of Lifecycle Health, a platform that brings patients' wearable data into specialist practices. After going from about 5,000 to 12...

45 MIN

Episode 129: Dr. Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen on the PCL-R and the Myth of the Psychopath

Dr. Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen has spent years reviewing the research behind the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R), a tool that helps shape parole, prison placement, and even capital sentencing decisions. What he found is that many of the core claims about psychopaths aren't supported by the evidence. Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Larsen, a philosopher of science at the University of Toronto Mississauga and author of Psychopathy Unmasked, to look at what the psychopathy diagnosis actually re...

99 MIN

Episode 128: Chris Mearns of LIV3 Health on Fructokinase, Endogenous Fructose, and Cravings

High fructose corn syrup dominated health headlines for years, then the conversation went quiet. Chris Mearns argues the research on fructose metabolism only got stronger, and that one enzyme called fructokinase may explain why cravings spike, why energy crashes an hour after eating, and why restrictive diets stop working around week three. Chris Mearns, founder of LIV3 Health and creator of the Fructose Model, walks Dr. Jeremy Koenig through the mechanism: metabolizing fructose depletes cell...

53 MIN

Episode 127: Gustavo Ruthes on Stress Inoculation and the Fighter Pilot Mindset Under Pressure

What do fighter pilots and founders have in common? Mental performance consultant Gustavo Ruthes explains why the same stress inoculation techniques used to train NATO fighter pilots can rewire how anyone handles high-stakes decisions. Gustavo Ruthes, a Registered Psychotherapist and Mental Performance Consultant who trains fifth-generation fighter pilots at Canada's International Tactical Training Centre, joins Dr. Jeremy Koenig to unpack the neurobiology of performing under pressure. Ruthes...

44 MIN