The Chase Merrill Podcast

About The Chase Merrill Podcast

A home for interesting conversations with interesting people, different viewpoints, hard truths, and lessons learned. Past guests include Amy Morin, Gabe Bult, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dean Karnazes, Dr. Kay Linker, Eric Hinman, Paula Pant, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Thomas P. Seager and more. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Publisher

Chase Merrill

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Feb 2025

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

88 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Weight Loss Has Already Been Solved - OB Health - #88

   OB is an online fat loss coach, the founder of OB Health Coaching, and host of the OB Health Podcast. What if the biggest obstacle to losing weight isn't food, but your relationship with it? OB spent eight years trapped in an all-or-nothing relationship with food that tanked his hormones, before rebuilding his entire coaching philosophy around fixing it instead of restricting harder. So why do 95% of people who lose weight gain it back within five years, and what does a genuinely healthy relationship with food actually look like? Expect to learn why chasing the next new fitness trend is really just shiny object syndrome, why 95% of people who lose weight gain it back within five years, how to rebuild a broken relationship with food by adding things in instead of taking them away, why fiber — not probiotics — is the real lever for gut health, the three-second test for whether your fish oil has gone rancid, why sleep trackers get your actual sleep data wrong roughly half the time, and why men and women should be training in the gym exactly the same way and much more… - Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (https://www.heavenlyheatsaunas.com/MERRILL) (use code MERRILL) Save on Ice Barrel Cold Plunge at: HERE (https://tidd.ly/4fqqzf1) (use code MERRILL) Save on beef protein: HERE (https://www.equipfoods.com/MERRILL) (use code MERRILL) Save on Nordic Wave Cold Plunge: HERE (https://nordicwave.pxf.io/c/7197977/3753078/47479) (Use code MERRILL) Save on Board Game Tables: HERE (https://boxkinggaming.com/?ref=MERRILL) ( Use MERRILL10) - 0:00 The Shiny Object Syndrome Ruining Your Diet 1:48 Why You Still Need A Coach When Info Is Free 3:34 She Cried Because She Could Eat Peanut Butter 7:41 My 8 Years Of Eating Only Chicken And Rice 9:31 Gaining 40 Pounds In A Month Fixed My Hormones 13:27 Coaching Men And Women Completely Differently 20:00 Your Gut Health Runs On Fiber, Not Probiotics 29:20 The Supplement Industry's Third-Party Testing Problem 35:52 Men And Women Should Train The Same 44:10 Loneliness Is As Deadly As Smoking 50:29 The Thermostat Theory Of Self-Sabotage 56:26 Defining Health Beyond How You Look 59:20 Sleep Trackers Are Gaslighting You 1:07:59 Closing Questions - Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast - Get in touch in the comments below or head to...Instagram: HERE (https://www.instagram.com/chasecmerrill/) - OB's Website: HERE (https://ob-health.com/) OB's Instagram: HERE (https://www.instagram.com/ob_health.fit/)

2. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Weed Is More Addictive Than Heroin - Judy Grisel - #87

   Judy Grisel is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Bucknell University and the author of Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction. What actually drives addiction — genes or environment? Judy spent a decade lost to addiction, homeless and sick, before turning her own life into a research question and becoming one of the field's leading addiction neuroscientists. Her answer is close to fifty-fifty. So what tips the balance, and why do addiction rates keep climbing even though our genes haven't changed? Expect to learn why cannabis may be more addictive than heroin, what's actually happening in the brain's dopamine pathway when we crave something, why the anticipation of a reward feels better than the reward itself, why 90% of people who develop an addiction start using before they turn 18, how boredom is a bigger risk factor than poverty, how Judy went from homeless and addicted to a tenured neuroscientist, why "resetting your dopamine" isn't as simple as people claim online and much more… - Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (https://www.heavenlyheatsaunas.com/MERRILL) (use code MERRILL) Save on Ice Barrel Cold Plunge at: HERE (https://tidd.ly/4fqqzf1) (use code MERRILL) Save on beef protein: HERE (https://www.equipfoods.com/MERRILL) (use code MERRILL) Save on Nordic Wave Cold Plunge: HERE (https://nordicwave.pxf.io/c/7197977/3753078/47479) (Use code MERRILL) Save on Board Game Tables: HERE (https://boxkinggaming.com/?ref=MERRILL) ( Use MERRILL10) - 0:00 Fifty-Fifty Split 2:55 Inside the Brain's Dopamine Pathway 5:10 Can You Actually Reset Your Dopamine 10:53 The Genetics of Addiction Risk 14:50 What to Do if You're Wired for It 17:20 Why Boredom Beats Poverty as a Risk Factor 20:41 Do We Really Have More Free Time Than Our Ancestors 25:13 Cannabis Is More Addictive Than Heroin 28:49 Judy's Own Decade Lost to Addiction 33:41 Why Her Recovery Actually Stuck 39:59 The Carl Hart Debate on Using Safely 46:00 Chase's Own Cold Turkey Moment 50:32 Closing Questions and Book Recs - Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast - Get in touch in the comments below or head: HERE (https://www.instagram.com/chasecmerrill/) - Judy's Website: HERE (https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/judy-grisel) Judy's Book: HERE (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557515/never-enough-by-judith-grisel/)

3. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Why I'm Terrified To Turn 30 - Solo Episode - #86

   This is a solo episode — I talk through the fears I don't usually say out loud. - Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (https://www.heavenlyheatsaunas.com/MERRILL) (use code MERRILL) Save on Ice Barrel Cold Plunge: HERE (https://tidd.ly/4fqqzf1) (use code MERRILL) Save on beef protein: HERE (https://www.equipfoods.com/MERRILL ) (use code MERRILL) Save on Nordic Wave Cold Plunge: HERE (https://nordicwave.pxf.io/c/7197977/3753078/47479) (Use code MERRILL) Save on Board Game Tables: HERE (https://boxkinggaming.com/?ref=MERRILL) ( Use MERRILL10) - Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast - Get in touch in the comments below or head: HERE (https://www.instagram.com/chasecmerrill/)

Who has been a guest on The Chase Merrill Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Colin Reich
• David Maus Jr
• Dr Kay Linker
• Matt Graham
• Sean Rhodes

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

796,614

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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