1KHO 700: Mouth Breathing is Terrible | James Nestor, Breath

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

James Nestor joins host Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a conversation that can change how you think about energy, sleep, focus, and stress starting with the air you’re breathing all day. You’ll learn why indoor CO2 can quietly drag down cognition (especially in schools, offices, and hotels), why mouth breathing can spiral into snoring, fatigue, and anxious “air hunger,” and how nasal breathing supports calmer nervous systems and better performance. From kids to adults, athletes to desk workers, this episode connects the dots between modern living and the most overlooked pillar of health and leaves you with practical takeaways you can try immediately. ** Get your copy of Breath here Learn more about James and all he has to offer here Get the Free Guided Audio Breath Reset Tracks here ** ⁠700 EPISODES TSHIRT LAUNCH⁠... "⁠Yes, I've Eaten a Bug Or Two⁠" toddler tee launches for just $10 this week. All other 1000 Hours Outside apparel is 20% off as well. No discount code needed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, oh, it's a beautiful world.
0:05.0	Ain't nothing on a screen that's ever gonna beat this view.
0:10.0	Oh, oh, it's a beautiful world.
0:16.0	And I just wanna share it with, I just want to share with you.
0:22.9	This beautiful world, such a beautiful world.
0:29.9	Before we begin, I want to say thank you for being here.
0:37.1	Today is a milestone. This is episode 700 of the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. That is 700 conversations with authors, researchers, explorers, doctors, thinkers, parents, and people who are trying to live well in a very complicated world, plus a few episodes where I was slightly awkward all by myself.
0:55.0	For episode 700, I wanted a guest whose work has impacted millions of people across the globe.
1:00.6	And so, James Nestor is here, author of breath.
1:03.7	Three million copies sold, translated into 44 languages.
1:07.4	This conversation connects dots.
1:09.0	Almost no one is connecting.
1:10.4	Mouth breathing,
1:10.9	crooked teeth, snoring, ADHD, anxiety, endurance, sleep quality, and why the way you breathe
1:16.4	every minute of the day might be the missing lever in your health. At one point in this interview,
1:20.9	James says something I often hear from guests. No one has ever asked me that before.
1:25.6	That's part of what makes this show unique. I read each guest book from cover to cover, and I never use the sample questions that publicists send over.
1:32.7	That means you're getting something completely fresh, even from people who have been interviewed countless times.
1:38.1	If you're brand new to this show, I'm so glad you're here.
1:40.3	The 1,000 Hours Outside Podcast is for people who care about living well in the real world, health, family work, childhood, adulthood, and everything in between. And if you've been here a while, we'd you do two quick things that make a huge difference. First, tap follow on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so these episodes land in your feed automatically. Second, share this episode with friends and family. If you know someone who is a mouth
2:01.1	breather, all the more reason to send it. This might nudge their health in the right direction.
2:05.2	Every parent needs to hear what James has to say because the way kids breathe affects their
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