The DNA Talks Podcast

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• Ageless & Timeless: Redefining Longevity, Purpose, and Your Genetic Blueprint with Michele Hughes 23.06.2026 58min

  What if aging isn’t decline but a powerful opportunity for growth? In this inspiring episode of DNA Talks, Dr. Lara Varden sits down with Michele Hughes, an entrepreneur, longevity expert, and media personality. She is the founder and CEO of the Ageless & Timeless Podcast and a contributor to Top Doctor Magazine. Through her work, she educates and empowers individuals to take control of their health and live vibrant, purpose-driven lives. From overcoming personal and professional adversit...
• Future-Proof Your Brain with Dr. Tommy Wood 05.06.2026 1h 2min

  What if the biggest lie you’ve ever been told about your health is that your brain is destined to decline? Justin Harris is joined by Dr. Tommy Wood, who currently works as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where my laboratory focuses on brain health across the lifespan — conducting research that focuses on ways to treat a range of brain injuries. This includes babies born preterm, adults who experience brain trauma, and the confluence of f...
• Sex and Longevity: Benefits of Ageless Intimacy with Susan Bratton 28.05.2026 55min

  What if your sex life was one of the most powerful drivers of longevity? In this episode, Dr. Tracey Steady Hardcastle is joined by intimacy expert Susan Bratton to explore the science-backed connection between sex and longevity, and why she calls it the missing pillar of health. Together, they unpack the concept of ageless intimacy - how pleasure, connection, and “orgasmic intimacy” support everything from blood flow and hormones to nervous system regulation and emotional resilience. This co...
• Sex and Longevity: Redefining Aging With Doreen Wendt-Weir 12.05.2026 30min

  What if everything you believed about aging was incomplete? In this engaging and refreshingly honest episode of The DNA Talks Podcast, we welcome Doreen Wendt-Weir, author of Sex in Your Seventies and its spirited sequel, Gardening in Your Nineties. Doreen challenges cultural narratives around aging by asking bold, often humorous questions about vitality, intimacy, creativity, and identity later in life. Through her writing—and this conversation—she invites listeners to rethink what it means ...
• Healing Autoimmune Disease by Bridging Science, Spirit, and the Nervous System with Dr. Zelina Medina, DACM, L.Ac. 28.04.2026 34min

  If the body is designed to heal, what happens when we finally create the conditions that allow it to do so? In this deeply moving and empowering episode of The DNA Talks Podcast, Dr. Tracey Steady‑Hardcastle sits down with Dr. Zelina Medina, founder of Acuvida Acupuncture, to explore the powerful intersections of autoimmune disease, trauma, nervous system regulation, functional genomics, and root‑cause healing. Diagnosed with lupus and kidney failure in her twenties, Dr. Medina shares her per...
• Why Keto and Intermittent Fasting Don’t Work the Same for Women’s Hormones with Dr. Lisa Olszewski 21.04.2026 32min

  In this deeply honest and empowering episode of The DNA Talks Podcast, Dr. Tracey Steady-Hardcastle sits down with Dr. Lisa Olszewski, chiropractor, naturopath, founder of the American Institute of Healthy Living, and host of Healthy Living Simple with Dr. Lisa. Dr. Lisa shares her personal health crisis—despite “doing everything right”—and how it reshaped her approach to nutrition, women’s hormones, ketogenic diets, intermittent fasting, and true wellness. This conversation explores why one-...
• Training the Immune System for Longevity: Beta‑Glucans, Biological Aging, and Resilient Health with Dr. Chris D'Adamo 15.04.2026 49min

  The immune system plays a central role in how we age—but what if we could train it to work better over time? In this episode of The DNA Talks Podcast, Dr. Lara Varden welcomes Dr. Chris D’Adamo, PhD, epidemiologist and integrative medicine researcher, for an in‑depth conversation on beta‑glucans, trained immunity, and longevity‑focused health strategies. Dr. D’Adamo explains the critical difference between stimulating the immune system and modulating or training it, why not all beta‑glucans a...
• The Missing Link in Thyroid Care: The Genetic Thyroid Clues Your Doctor Isn’t Testing For 08.04.2026 52min

  Have you been told your thyroid labs are “normal,” yet you’re exhausted, gaining weight, foggy‑headed, or losing your hair? In this episode of The DNA Talks Podcast, Dr. Tracey Steady‑Hardcastle is joined by Dr. Amie Hornaman, “The Thyroid Fixer”, for a deep, empowering conversation on why conventional thyroid care fails so many women and what truly optimized, personalized treatment looks like. Dr. Amie Hornaman is the CEO and Founder of the Advanced Thyroid & Hormone Clinic, an internati...
• Tantra for Emotional Healing: Nervous System Regulation, Self‑Love & the Science of Intimacy 01.04.2026 57min

  In this powerful and deeply insightful episode, Dr. Tracey Steady‑Hardcastle sits down with Dominique D’Vita—registered nurse, certified Tantra educator, and trauma‑informed master coach—to explore the intersection of Tantra, nervous system healing, genetics, and soulful intimacy. Drawing from more than three decades in critical‑care nursing and her own powerful heart‑opening awakening, Dominique shares how Tantra’s ancient tools—breath, sound, movement, intention, and embodied presence—align...
• The Beauty of Change: Empowerment in Clothing, Healing, and Women's Health with Keira Kotler of Everviolet 24.03.2026 29min

  How do the clothes we wear shape not only our comfort, but also our healing, identity, and empowerment as women? In this inspiring conversation, Krista sits down with Keira Kotler, founder of Everviolet, a company dedicated to creating intimate apparel that supports women through the many changing seasons of life. From breast cancer recovery to pregnancy, menopause, and beyond, Keira shares how garments can nurture both body and spirit, offering comfort, inclusivity, and empowerment. This epi...
• Let Food Be Thy Medicine: Ayurveda and Natural Food Healing for Women’s Health with Gita Vellanki 17.03.2026 34min

  “Every time we visited my grandmother in India, she went to the kitchen first before the pharmacy. Nine out of ten times, she came back with something that made us feel better.” -Gita Vellanki In this episode of DNA Talks, host Krista Kostroman sits down with Gita Vellanki, founder of Neeshi, a food-based wellness brand inspired by Ayurvedic traditions. Gita shares her personal journey from working in high tech to creating products that support women through hormonal transitions—from te...
• The Spiral of Growth: Evolved NLP, Trauma Awareness & Values Levels with Kelley Oswin and Laura Slinn of New Avalon 05.03.2026 42min

  What if the very behaviors you judge in yourself and others are not flaws at all, but echoes of subconscious programming and unresolved trauma waiting to be understood? In this thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Tracey Steady-Hardcastle sits down with Kelley Oswin and Laura Slinn of New Avalon to explore their unique approach to Evolved Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Together, they unpack how subconscious programming, trauma awareness, and values levels shape human behavior—and how prac...
• The 16‑Point Path to Chronic Illness and Wellness with Dr. Richard Horowitz 24.02.2026 1h 1min

  In this deep‑dive conversation, Dr. Krista Kostroman and Dr. Richard Horowitz explore what may be one of the most comprehensive frameworks for understanding chronic disease today: Dr. Horowitz’s 16‑point MSIDS model (Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome). Dr. Richard Horowitz is an internationally recognized physician practicing in Hyde Park, NY. He is an award-winning author of two bestselling books on Lyme disease and chronic illness, and co-author of the 2018 HHS Tick-borne Diseas...
• Going Menopostal with Amy Alkon 20.02.2026 41min

  Menopause and perimenopause affect women greatly, yet they remain shrouded in stigma and misinformation. With that, how do we become equipped to embrace these stages of life without being overwhelmed with how to take care of ourselves whilst knowing our medical needs? In this episode of DNA Talks, Dr. Tracey Steady-Hardcastle sits down with Amy Alkon — award-winning writer, syndicated columnist, and author of Going Menopausal. With her trademark wit and rigorous approach to science, Amy unpac...
• Biohacking Autism: Having Agency Over Your Health with Jackie McMillan 11.02.2026 30min

  What if the key to supporting autism lies in understanding the body’s environment as much as the brain itself? In this episode, we explore the powerful intersection of biohacking and autism based on the experience and study of Jackie McMillan as she joins Dr. Tracey Steady Hardcastle for our interview today. Jackie McMillan has autism, and has spent the years since 1976 - a period of dramatic functional gains and losses - figuring out what helps, what hurts, and the science which explai...
• AI in the Healthcare Space with Dr. Shane Saunderson 03.02.2026 1h 4min

  Artificial Intelligence, or more commonly called and shortened as “A.I.” has become a household term during the past couple of months. In fact, from the simplest of tasks to the most complicated, a huge population of the world would consult AI applications such as ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Meta AI, and several more that can also be found integrated into different software and hardware today. In this episode, Dr. Krista Kostroman is joined by Dr. Shane Saunderson. Dr. Shane Saunderson is a...
• WTF with Tracy, Dr. Krista, and Dr. Betty: The State of the ACA, and How to Get Affordable Healthcare 27.01.2026 45min

  Is affordable healthcare still possible to attain in this day and age? In this episode of WTF, Tracy, Dr. Krista, and Dr. Betty discuss the reality of healthcare in the US. From insurance companies, to the overall cost of healthcare treatments, and how the medical system is less for the people and more for profit - how can people survive their medical conditions but also stay away from bankruptcy? Join us as we determine what things we are able to control but also get educated on what changes...
• The Gut Thyroid Connection: Taking Control of Your Thyroid Health with Dr. Eric Osansky 13.01.2026 35min

  Have you started your health journey this year? With that in mind, taking care of and ensuring that your thyroid is in good condition is one thing you should not overlook as it regulates several of your bodily functions. In this episode, Dr. Tracey Steady Hardcastle is joined by Dr. Eric Osansky, a chiropractor, clinical nutritionist, and a certified functional medicine practitioner who has over 20 years of experience in health in wellness, and has been helping people with thyroid and autoimm...
• The Future of Nutrigenomics: Where DNA Meets Better Weight Health and Nutrition with Ashley Koff RD 06.01.2026 56min

  Happy New Year! This time of the year, most declare their resolutions - a huge majority including diet and weight loss, but what is the best way to do it? In this episode, our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Krista Kostroman, N.D., is joined by Ashley Koff, R.D., the founder of The Better Nutrition Program (BNP), the nutrition course director for UC Irvine’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute’s Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship, and a faculty member at the Integrative and Func...
• Movement is Medicine: How Fascia and Movement Informs Our Genetic Expression with Dr. Emily Splichal 18.12.2025 56min

  We are currently living in an epidemic of a sedentary lifestyle. As we live through our screens whether it be glued to our phones, tablets, or laptops, we tend to miss out on the benefits of movement in our day to day lives - how does movement benefit us? In this episode, Dr. Krista Kostroman, Chief Science Officer of the DNA Company, is joined by Dr. Emily Splichal. She is a functional podiatrist and human movement specialist, is the mind behind Naboso. With a spirit to challenge conformity,...