Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
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Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body has come up in 4 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, The Tim Ferriss Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Andrew HubermanAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
Huberman recounted that Rick Rubin told him to scrap a completed draft because he did not love it.
“Rick Rubin was like, do you like it? I was like, ah, and he goes, scrape it. I'm like, what?”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:16
Huberman said his book is meant to be read cover to cover but also used as a lookup manual for specific protocols.
“it's designed to be read front to back, learn a lot of science, a lot of health protocols, but you can also just decide”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 0:23
Huberman calls supplements overrated, saying they can help but are not necessary for excellent health.
“they are not necessary to be extremely healthy. They can help, but they're not necessary”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:48
Huberman relays James Hollis's four rules for a good life: shut up, suit up, show up, and once daily leave stimulus and response.
“He literally has his clients write this down, shut up, suit up, show up. There's always somebody suffering more than you”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 43:37
Jay ShettyBritish author, podcast host and former monk who hosts On Purpose
Shetty uses the parable of the injured bird to argue that health practices should be held neither too tightly nor too loosely.
“it's too tight, too loose. That is the fight. The fight is not holding it, gripping it and trying to save it and trying to fix it”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:03
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
- The Tim Ferriss Show · 1 episode
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
Episodes
#2553 - Andrew HubermanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 46 min
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman talks with Joe Rogan about his new book, psychedelic therapy, stress, neuroplasticity, peptides and medical gatekeeping.
Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your HealthOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 7, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman tells Jay Shetty how morning cortisol, light, movement and meditation shape health, and why prayer transformed his life.
#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and ProtocolsThe Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 22, 2026 · 2 h 14 min
Andrew Huberman talks with Tim Ferriss about Dorian Yates-style training, psychedelics, peptides, cortisol, sleep technology and his book Protocols.
Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul ContiHuberman Lab · May 4, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Paul Conti discuss self-reflection, agency, behavior change, trauma, intrusive thoughts, and happiness, drawing on Conti's book What's Going Right?