#343 - They're Wrong about Cold Exposure: How to Really Supercharge Your Body | Dr. Thomas Seager

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Danny Jones

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Thomas Seager, PhD is CEO of Morozko Forge ice bath company. He is also Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment at Arizona State University. He's authored two books - "Uncommon Cold: The Science & Experience of Cold Plunge Therapy" & "Uncommon Testosterone: Cold Plunge Therapy for Optimizing Sexual Health." SPONSORS https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS https://www.morozkoforge.com Uncommon Testosterone Book: https://a.co/d/6eUuE9j Uncommon Cold Book: https://bit.ly/3L7O4MU https://www.instagram.com/seagertp https://x.com/seagertp FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Pre-cooling vs. post-cooling with ice baths 15:11 - Ice baths are replacing TRT 25:24 - Best length of a cold plunge 30:10 - When ice baths went mainstream 40:04 - Mitochondrial health, brown fat & cold exposure 46:04 - How the mitochondria emit visible light 55:59 - UVA vs. UVB light 01:02:32 - How often you should cold plunge 01:08:57 - Combination of sauna & cold plunge 01:17:44 - How the body survives a fast 01:25:21 - Best cure for headaches & migraines 01:37:30 - Seed oils, food dyes & sugar 01:50:27 - Why RFK is perfect for HHS 01:57:52 - How to fix nutrition in poor populations 02:05:29 - What REALLY causes autism in kids 02:14:28 - Insurance incentives for hospitals 02:22:13 - New pharmaceutical ad requirements 02:32:01 - Hot tubs make you sick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years.
0:05.0	But using Canva was a really good one.
0:08.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:13.0	They looked good.
0:15.0	Really, really good.
0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
0:24.3	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
0:28.1	Thanks, Canva.
0:36.8	All right, Tom.
0:38.0	Thanks for coming down.
0:39.1	And show me how to do a cold plunge the proper way.
0:41.7	You didn't need anything from me.
0:43.9	But it was fun.
0:45.4	I watched you get in twice.
0:47.3	And I like seeing you get in at first, 40 degrees.
0:51.8	And I'm like, oh, Danny's been at this for a while.
0:55.7	Why is he having such a strong reaction? then you told me that you hadn't been in a week it's been a week yeah you lose
1:00.9	some of that adaptation if you it happens to me when I take a week off then all of a sudden I turn
1:06.0	into like a cold wimp or something then we did a little routine that was different for you. It was cold
1:12.6	plunge first, then a little bit of kettlebells for me, some exercise bike for you. Then we got
1:17.9	into the sauna and it didn't, maybe it was 20 minutes. I'm not sure I didn't in my time, but it was
1:22.5	just long enough to start dripping with sweat. We got into your swimming pool and then back into the cold plunge.
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