PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Hosted by Rip Esselstyn · Rip Esselstyn
4.8from 2,571 ratings
- 397
- Episodes
- 150
- Transcribed
- 2,571
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About PLANTSTRONG Podcast
The PLANT STRONG Podcast is for people who want real answers about food, health, and longevity—without the noise, fear, or extremes. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic condition and want a path forward that actually supports healing. Maybe you’re an athlete looking to fuel performance and recovery. Maybe you’re a parent trying to escape the ultra-processed food aisle and feed your family real, nourishing meals. Or maybe you’re simply tired of being confused about what “healthy” actually means. The challenge? Eating more real food can feel overwhelming. You’ve heard warnings about protein, cost, or restriction. You’ve been told it’s complicated, boring, or socially isolating. This podcast exists to change that. Each week, host Rip Esselstyn sits down with leading doctors, researchers, athletes, authors, and everyday people who are proving—through lived experience and science—that eating more whole plants and moving your body consistently can deliver powerful, lasting results. We’re not interested in perfection or dogma. We’re here to be extremely practical, extremely evidence-based, and extremely encouraging. Rip’s work began more than two decades ago, when he helped transform the health of his fellow firefighters using simple, whole foods—guided by the groundbreaking research of his father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. That experience launched a lifelong mission to help people reclaim their health through real food and active living, and ultimately led to the creation of PLANT STRONG. Today, the podcast is an extension of that mission: cutting through misinformation, challenging cultural norms, and showing what’s possible when you fuel your body with food that actually supports it. You’ll hear conversations about: Preventing and reversing chronic disease Strength, endurance, and recovery Gut health, inflammation, and longevity Behavior change that actually sticks How to build habits you can sustain in real life This podcast isn’t about being perfect. It’s about eating real food, building real habits, and getting real results. You won’t be weak when you eat strong food. Welcome to PLANT STRONG.
- Publisher
- Rip Esselstyn
- Category
- health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
150 of 397 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 378: Andy Glaze: The Plant Strong Firefighter Who's Run 100 Miles a Week for Nearly 7 Years
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 377: Dr. Josh Helman - Don’t Wait for Memory Loss to Start. Here's How to Protect Your Brain Now
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 376: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: Don’t Do Nothing Because You Can’t Do Everything
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Ep. 378: Andy Glaze: The Plant Strong Firefighter Who's Run 100 Miles a Week for Nearly 7 Years
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I'm going to throw it out there and then I want you to expound on it is fail forward. Right. Yeah. Tell me about that philosophy and how important that is to you and why other people, I think, should also embrace it. Yeah, I think like, you know, the way I was raised, you know, Gen X, we were not it was not encouraged to fail. […]
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- Andy Glaze
- Josh Helman
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- Vince Rountree
- Mark Sisson
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,106,142
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 2,292 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 279 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts PLANTSTRONG Podcast?
Rip Esselstyn host the show. Published by Rip Esselstyn.
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