The XX Lab

About The XX Lab

Welcome to The XX Lab, where I talk with scientists and top-performing women to give you insights that you can use in everyday life.This is not another health podcast telling women to optimize endlessly or chase extreme longevity. It’s a science+life podcast for women who want to feel better now—not just live longer later.

Publisher

Sarah

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 May 2026

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   What Women Should Know Before Taking Hormonal Birth Control | Dr. Nusa Faric #19

   Host Dr. Sarah Hill interviews health psychology researcher Dr. Nusa Faric about new findings linking hormonal birth control to depression risk and its impact on the developing brain.

2. 

   14 Sept 2026

   How Sex Hormones Shape the Male & Female Brain | Sarah E. Hill & David Puts | #18

   Dr. Sarah Hill interviews Dr. David Puts, evolutionary anthropologist, about how sex hormones profoundly shape the male and female brain from conception onward.

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   WHOOP Scientist: The #1 Habit for Better Sleep, Recovery & Long-Term Health | Dr. Kristen Holmes #17

   Dr. Sarah Hill interviews Dr. Kristen Holmes, WHOOP scientist, about understanding wearable data, hormonal changes, and prioritizing mental health for optimal performance and resilience.

Inside a recent episode

Why Dating Apps Make Commitment Harder | #10 Dr. Cari Goetz

Published 19 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's fascinating. It's also it's consistent with I was talking to Andrea Meltzer, who's at Florida State, and she has some research that is done as a longitudinal study of married couples. And she finds that when the couples met online, that they tend to have less satisfaction within their marriages. And I think that there's it's probably because that their idea when they're thinking about their mate or their partner is comparing that partner to what they believe to be the availability of these alternative mates, like a thousand other people thinking that, well, you know, he or she doesn't look. unload the dishwasher all the time. […]

Who has been a guest on The XX Lab

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• Dr Nusa Faric
• David Puts
• Dr Kristen Holmes
• Shira Boehler
• Dr Andrea Meltzer

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

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