
The Urban Monk podcast with Dr. Pedram Shojai
Pedram Shojai is the Urban Monk. He is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, a Taoist Priest, a Qi Gong Master, film maker, author, and Kung Fu world traveler. He invites you to join in the conversation exploring what it means to live with balance in the 21st century.
https://www.theurbanmonk.com/
Latest episodes

Jan 24, 2025 • 49min
Good Health Starts in Your Kitchen with the Kids
Good health starts in your kitchen and it needs to be taught to the kids NOW...they won't have any good habits if they don't start at home with you and then they're doomed to a life of drugs and disease. Katie teaches us how to turn this around.

Jan 17, 2025 • 48min
Quantum Biology is here and it's super cool
Science and the woo- a marriage at last. My guest is a smart doctor who's been following the science on quantum biology and she shares how cool it's all become!

Jan 10, 2025 • 1h 7min
The Godfather of Functional Medicine has THIS to say...
Dr Jeff Bland started this revolution and he's a sane, sober voice in a world that's increasingly filled with unqualified health "experts." It's important to hear what he has to say and how he see health and the wellness inductry. Let's go.

Jan 2, 2025 • 57min
Food, the Gut and Our Mental Health
Dr Nicole Beurkens saw the limits of talk therapy so she went and learned nutriton. The place where they meet is a powerful junction of health and healing for us.

Dec 27, 2024 • 1h 25min
Health 1.0 with Ari Whitten
Forget about trying to fix a broken medical model, let's build a new health one that has clean foundations and thinks about life in a more meaningful way. Ari Whitten joins Dr Shojai in a powerful discussion about healthcare and how we may be doing things differently. Check out www.theurbanmonk.com for more goodness.

Dec 20, 2024 • 52min
Get Together for Meals with Shawn Stevenson
It turns out we need each-other. Coming together for meals is the single most powerful health and longevity practice you can add to your life according to my guest Shawn Stevenson.

Dec 13, 2024 • 57min
Reversing Your Biological Age with Ryan Smith
The science is here. We can now acurately track biological age with specific testing and are learning about the interventions that can actually REVERSE AGE. Ryan smith is the founder of the lab that's in the trenches doing the work. They just finished a huge study with Harvard and Yale and, after crunching the data, he visited with Dr Shojai.

Dec 6, 2024 • 59min
Keeping your home safe with Shipshape.ai
Alexander Linn is saving lives by helping people keep their homes safe. Are you at risk of losing your health or your wealth? Dr Pedram Shojai explores the world of wellness in one's home with an innovator and founder of Shipshape.ai.

Nov 22, 2024 • 37min
Feeling SAFE to heal and the body's internal sensory arrays
Dr Shojai dives into the science to inner perception and how we need to feel safe for our bodies to heal, recover and thrive.

Nov 15, 2024 • 1h 5min
Women shouldn't take biohacker bro advice [a Health Bridge Reunion with Dr Sara]
Pedram is joined by Dr Sara Szal (formerly Gottfried) in a super fun reunion of "The Health Bridge" which was a show they cohosted for several years which was often the top health podcast on the charts. They talk about the toxic bro culture of biohackers and how that advice is often terrible for women of any age. They talk about SAFETY as a prerequistive for healing and much much more. Enjoy this super fun reunion!
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