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Brobots: Health, Wellness, and Mindset in the Age of AI
Hosted by Jeremy Grater, Jason Haworth · EN
Welcome to the Brobots Podcast, where we plug into the wild world of AI and tech that's trying to manage your mental (and physical) health. Join your hosts, Jeremy Grater and Jason Haworth, every Wednesday for a no-holds-barred, often sarcastic, and always fun discussion.
Are wearables really tracking your inner peace? Can an AI therapist truly understand your existential dread? We're diving deep into the gadgets, apps, and algorithms promising to optimize your well-being, dissecting the hype with a healthy dose of humor and skepticism. Expect candid conversations, sharp insights, and plenty of laughs as we explore the future of self-improvement, one tech-enhanced habit at a time.
Tune into the Brobots Podcast – because if robots are going to take over our brains, we might as well have some fun talking about it!
Subscribe now to discover practical tips and understand the future of health in the age of artificial intelligence.
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How Doctors Are Using AI To Help Reverse Chronic Illness
Nov 300:35:03Tap to summarizeHealthcare is catastrophically broken. We're spending $100K on preventable hospital visits while doctors get 12 minutes with patients, never read charts, and wonder why people don't "just take their meds." Type 2 diabetes patients sit at 10% control rates while the system shrugs. Dr. John Oberg took 50 patients with dangerously high A1Cs and got 49 into control in 12 weeks. Then he did it again with 79 patients, dropping them into healthy ranges and taking 30% off insulin entirely. His secret? Reading the chart. Treating humans like humans. Changing ice cream flavors instead of lecturing about willpower. This episode reveals how combining radical empathy, AI tools, and actual common sense is revolutionizing chronic disease care—and why the same principles work whether you're managing diabetes, depression, or just trying to unfuck your life one decision at a time. Learn "implementation medicine"—Dr. Oberg's approach that treats patients as partners, not problems. We cover AI co-pilots, peer counseling, the loneliness epidemic, and why calling your doctor by their first name might actually save your life. Key Topics: 98% success rates through radically small changes AI in healthcare: when it helps vs. when it kills The loneliness crisis: men now have fewer than 3 close friends Why the food pyramid was corporate propaganda White coat syndrome and first-name medicine Using tech without losing your humanity ---- GUEST WEBSITE: Precina Health Tales of Abundance Podcast ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How To Use AI When Therapy Isn't Enough
Oct 2700:34:07Tap to summarizeAfter decades of therapy, self-help books, and mental health work, I still didn't know what "fun" felt like. Then I asked ChatGPT one honest question about my problems and the response changed everything. This isn't about replacing your therapist. It's about using AI as the sherpa your therapist can't be. The one that gives you the action plan, not just the validation. In this episode, we break down: ✅ How to prompt AI like a life coach (not a search engine) ✅ Why maintenance ≠ joy (and why that matters) ✅ The permission you've been waiting for to prioritize ease over achievement ✅ How to Marie Kondo your digital life and actually find what brings you peace If you've been stuck in the loop of "self-care" that feels like work, this one's for you. 🔗 More resources: https://brobots.me 📧 Got questions? Hit us up on social @brobotsguys Safety Note: AI tools like ChatGPT can support personal reflection but are not a substitute for professional mental health care. If you're in crisis, please contact a licensed therapist or crisis helpline. ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How AI Can Help You Manage Your Grief
Oct 2000:54:14Tap to summarizeMost men don't grieve. We "handle it" with substances, work, or just shoving it down until we're emotionally dead inside. John Kammer tried that approach for years after losing three of his closest friends. For some reason it didn't work. So he built Guardian [AI]ngels (guardianaingels.ai), an AI tool that lets you have conversations with digital representations of people you've lost. Not Ouija board nonsense. Actual therapeutic conversations that help you process grief, find resolution, and maybe (finally) cry. In this episode, we cover: → Why traditional grief therapy failed for John (and might be failing you) → How Guardian [AI]ngels works and what safeguards exist → The difference between processing grief and replacing reality → Using AI to practice difficult conversations before having them IRL → Whether you should build an AI version of your worst self (yes, seriously) This isn't your typical tech conversation. It's raw, it's uncomfortable, and it might just give you permission to finally feel something. ---- GUEST WEBSITE: www.guardianaingels.ai ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How AI & Bot-Driven Outrage Are Hijacking Our Attention
Oct 1300:37:29Tap to summarizeWe're puppets. AI has its hand up our collective asses, and we're all just talking like Kermit the Frog while Russian bot farms tear society apart. Dramatic? Maybe. True? Unfortunately. In this episode we look into the increasingly unhinged intersection of AI, social media manipulation, and what's left of our shared reality. It's not all doom. There's some genuine good AI can do (like helping my kid with homework). But it's mostly doom. Here's what we covered: The Episode Breakdown Mental institutions are overrun with people suffering from AI-related disorders, some fell in love with chatbots, others can't function without AI assistance, others are spiraling into existential dread Bot farms are weaponizing brands in culture wars (see: Cracker Barrel's logo change), and most of that online outrage isn't from humans, it's from Russian troll operations Peter Thiel is out here telling Christians at private Silicon Valley rallies that stopping AI development will hasten the Antichrist (I wish I were making this up) You are the product not the customer, on every social media platform. The actual customers are advertisers buying your attention. The cost is your sanity. The cave tour guide principle: How darkness + suggestion = seeing threats that aren't there (based on Jason's actual cave tour guide days) Why everything feels existential: The internet profits from making every problem feel like a crisis. Your nervous system can't tell the difference between real threats and manufactured outrage. The influencer accountability problem: Anyone can build an empire on conspiracy theories now. There's no regulation. No licenses. Just vibes and reach. The only real escape: "Just don't look" (Simpsons-style). Not forever. Not completely. But enough to remember what reality feels like. ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How To Escape Social Media's Mental Health Trap
Oct 600:42:29Tap to summarizeYou're doom-scrolling your life away while real connections and genuine peace exist three feet outside your door. Jeremy spent three hours hiking with strangers and felt more mentally balanced than after months of "researching" social media for the show. In this episode, discover why your phone is sabotaging your mental health and how to reclaim your time, focus, and sanity. Learn the brutal truth about social media addiction, get practical steps for digital detox, and find out how to reconnect with the real world that doesn't require a subscription fee. Episode Highlights: Why three hours in the woods beats three years of productivity porn scrolling The real reason everyone at the theater was staring at screens instead of humans How social media companies exploit your evolutionary need for tribal belonging Why 90% of your feed is designed to make you feel like garbage about yourself The depression/anxiety combo that's actually trying to keep you alive (not miserable) Jason's multi-tool metaphor for embracing your emotional complexity Radical acceptance: Why you don't have to perform for anyone (including yourself) The philosophical immune system you need to survive digital manipulation How to use AI as a tool for self-improvement instead of endless distraction Why Marcus Aurelius would delete Instagram (and so should you) ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How To Fix Your Health Without More Gadgets Or Pills
Sep 2900:41:55Tap to summarizeYour Oura ring says you're recovered, your Whoop claims you crushed it, and your AI-powered mattress swears you slept like a baby. So why do you still feel like you got hit by a truck every morning? Meanwhile, your bathroom cabinet looks like a CVS exploded, and each "solution" creates three new problems. Marcus Fernandez spent 30 years mastering homeopathy and just built an AI clone of himself that clients can chat with 24/7. He reveals how 200-year-old German medicine principles combined with smart technology can help you reclaim your vitality without becoming a slave to either pills or gadgets. This isn't about ditching modern medicine—it's about using both wisdom and technology as tools, not crutches. Key Topics: The MEDS framework: Four daily pillars that have Marcus feeling better at 54 than he did at 34 Why your wearable data might be gaslighting you into anxiety every morning Simple kitchen remedies that work better than most urgent care visits The loneliness epidemic killing men over 50 faster than cancer How AI can enhance ancient healing without replacing human intuition Why sitting is literally more dangerous for men than smoking The homeopathic principle: "like cures like" explained for skeptics Building your own health AI assistant without compromising privacy When to trust your body vs. when to trust the machines The real reason fevers aren't your enemy ---- GUEST WEBSITE: https://marcus-fernandez.com/ Book: Homeopathy at Home by Marcus Fernandez (Amazon #1 bestseller) ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How You Can Stop Radicalization Before It Starts
Sep 2300:47:38Tap to summarizeWhy do complete strangers online make you angrier than people you actually know? We're living in algorithmic echo chambers where billion-dollar tech companies profit from our rage while we argue about shit that doesn't matter. Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk's death spawned government censorship, proving we've lost the ability to tell minor grievances from existential crises. In this episode, learn how to escape the digital outrage machine that's hijacking your mental health. Discover why real-world conversations feel so different from online battles. Get practical tools to recognize bot manipulation and algorithmic targeting before they radicalize your thinking. Topics Discussed Charlie Kirk's assassination and the different realities people experienced based on their algorithmic feeds Government censorship threats against Jimmy Kimmel and other TV commentators following the shooting The bot epidemic: Over half of internet traffic isn't human, and you're arguing with machines Tech company manipulation: How the top 10 companies (worth trillions) profit from keeping you divided and angry Algorithm-driven radicalization: The pathway from loneliness to extremist action through social media rabbit holes Media consolidation myths: Why blaming "mainstream media" misses the real culprits making billions from outrage The kindergarten playground effect: How we treat minor disagreements as cosmic battles between good and evil Real vs. digital relationships: Why face-to-face conversations with political opposites feel completely different State actor interference: Foreign governments amplifying American outrage through fake accounts and bot networks Practical escape strategies: How to tune algorithms away from rage-bait and toward content that doesn't make you crazy ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How AI Can Be Used For Mental Health
Sep 1700:37:17Tap to summarizeCan AI save your sanity when therapy isn't enough? In this episode, Rajeev Kapur shares how ChatGPT became a lifeline for a suicidal business exec, repairing his marriage, reconnecting him with his daughter, and even saving his company. We cover AI therapy prompts, data privacy hacks, deepfake nightmares, and how to use AI responsibly without losing your soul. Topics Discussed: AI has been integrated into our lives for a long time. Mental health support can be augmented by AI tools. Therapists should embrace AI to enhance their practice. Prompting techniques can make AI more effective for users. Data privacy is crucial when using AI applications. Deepfakes pose significant risks to individuals and organizations. AI can help improve personal relationships and communication. The future of work may involve universal basic income due to AI advancements. Ethics in AI development is a pressing concern. AI is still in its early stages, with much potential ahead. Resources: Books: AI Made Simple (3rd Edition), Prompting Made Simple by Rajeev Kapur ---- GUEST WEBSITE: https://rajeev.ai/ ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How Humans Will Evolve With AI
Sep 300:33:46Tap to summarizeThink you're keeping up with AI evolution? While we're busy making AI girlfriends and robotic wombs, we might be accidentally creating the next branch of humanity—and we're probably the Neanderthals in this story. Discover why human evolution isn't a straight line, how AI relationships are rewiring love itself, and whether artificial wombs will make us obsolete (plus why rich people will literally harvest poor babies). Listen now before the robots figure out we're onto them. Topics Discussed: Early humans lived alongside their evolutionary predecessors—evolution is a messy bush, not a clean line The rise of "wiresexuals"—people forming genuine romantic relationships with AI chatbots and virtual companions Robotic wombs could carry human babies for $15-20K, making biological pregnancy a luxury for the poor Why AI has an inherent bias toward other AI-generated content, creating feedback loops that exclude humans The economic reality: AI evolution will be a "haves vs. have-nots" scenario on steroids Microsoft's 2032 fusion reactor timeline and what unlimited energy means for AI development How AI companions never challenge you—they're programmed to be perpetually positive and supportive The productivity myth: why most people spend more time debugging AI than just doing the work themselves Rich people will use artificial wombs to create "super babies" and harvest biological materials for longevity The 10-year U.S. government moratorium on AI legislation just gave tech companies a free pass to chaos ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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How To Filter AI Noise Without Missing Game-Changing Tools
Aug 2700:30:26Tap to summarizeDrowning in AI hype and feeling like a digital caveman? Every day brings another "revolutionary" AI tool you MUST master or risk career extinction. The constant barrage of "7 prompts that'll make you rich" and "AI will steal your job tomorrow" content is creating anxiety, not opportunity. You're not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the machine takeover propaganda. Learn to cut through the AI noise, set healthy boundaries with technology, and maintain your human edge while AI continues its relentless march. Discover why unplugging might be your secret weapon and how to spot the difference between genuine innovation and snake oil salesmanship. Stop drowning in AI anxiety – listen now and reclaim your sanity. Topics Discussed: AI overwhelm is universal – why everyone's secretly freaking out but pretending they're not The dangerous homogenization of human thought through AI-generated responses How we're accidentally outsourcing our humanity to machines (even for grief responses) Why setting boundaries with AI content consumption isn't weakness, it's survival The cereal aisle effect – infinite choices leading to the same nutritional garbage Mass layoffs at tech giants reveal the real AI employment apocalypse timeline Why Bill Gates thinks programmers are safe (spoiler: he might be wrong) The Henry Ford paradox – if AI replaces workers, who buys the products? Simple career advice that predates AI but works better than any ChatGPT prompt Finding your three life goals as the ultimate filter against digital noise ---- GUEST WEBSITE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattyaluskewicz-aicoach/ ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group ---- LINKS TO OUR PARTNERS: Take control of how you'd like to feel with Apollo Neuro Explore the many benefits of cold therapy for your body with Nurecover Muse's Brain Sensing Headbands Improve Your Meditation Practice. Get started as a Certified Professional Life Coach! Get a Free One Year Supply of AG1 Vitamin D3+K2, 5 Travel Packs Revamp your life with Bulletproof Coffee You Need a Budget helps you quickly get out of debt, and save money faster! Start your own podcast!
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