Microbiome (Audio)
Episodes
CARTA: Human Microbiome Evolution with Christina Warinner
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have a deep and complex relationship with microbes. Beyond disease, microbes also profoundly shape human health and behavior through their acti...
Carbohydrates Are Not Your Enemy
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this program, Dr. Sean Spencer explores the healthy way in which carbohydrates are digested throughout the body. To understand this concept Dr. Spe...
A High-Fiber Diet Boosts Health
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sean Spencer talks about the vast microbial world that lives within our guts — known as the gut microbiome — and how it supports our health. D...
Decoding the Dark Side of the Human Genome: How Ancient Viruses Shape Aging
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael J. Corley, Ph.D., explores groundbreaking research on aging, the role of ancient viruses in our DNA, and the impact of the gut microbiome on l...
The American Diet is Critically Fiber Deficient
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A healthy microbiome can prevent disease and obesity. Dr. Sean Spencer discusses how a diet rich in fiber supports our health in various ways. Series...
Developing Microbiome-Directed Therapeutics for Treating Childhood Undernutrition
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this program, Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, Director of the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology at Washington University and the Scrip...
Feeding Your Microbiome: Dietary Strategies for Wellness and Disease Prevention
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can a healthy microbiome prevent disease? In this program, Dr. Sean Spencer talks about the vast microbial world that lives within our guts — k...
Food Poisoning: Seafood and Bacteria
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Human activities can increase levels of harmful microorganisms and pollutants in our water systems that have the potential to make us sick or threaten...
From Pollution to Protection: Safeguarding Our Water Health
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Water on Earth sustains and connects us, but human activities can increase levels of harmful microorganisms and pollutants in our water systems that h...
The Microbes Upon Us: How the Cutaneous Microbiome Promotes Skin Health
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...
Microbes and Mental Health – Mood-Enhancing Effects of Gut Microbes
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...
The Gut-Brain Axis - Gut Microbiome Influences on Neurological Disease
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...
CARTA - Humans: The Planet-Altering Apes - Large-scale Human Modification of the Planetary Microbiome with Rob Knight
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Through the Earth Microbiome Program and complementary efforts, we have sampled a broad range of microbiomes from across the planet. All microbiomes t...
They Are What You Eat - How Food and Drugs Interact with the Gut Microbiome
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...
Can Big (Microbiome) Data Save the World? – Using AI and Microbiome Data to Predict Health Outcomes
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...
How to Build a Microbiome – Early Life Microbiomes and Their Implications for Children’s Health
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are dynamic ecosystems housing trillions of microbes that, while invisible to the naked eye, play a critical role in shaping human health. ...