# Huberman Lab podcast

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Huberman Lab podcast and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Long-form talks on neuroscience, sleep and exercise that many find useful. Common caveat: critics call his confidence overstated and much of the content marginal.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-form talks on neuroscience and sleep (2 comments): "Andrew Huberman is still one of my favorite. Even if you do not agree with every recommendation, the long-form discussions on neuroscience, sleep, exercise are worth listening" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48828007)) "few hours of Huberman Lab on sleep and light" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810849))
- Useful starting point, reliable (2 comments): "I find Huberman's podcast quite reliable and a useful starting point" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404911)) "I learned a lot. Highly recommend." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46451714))

## What people warn about

- Overconfident delivery, overstated claims (2 comments): "He uses the long form to ramble and project a sense that his knowledge is infinitely deep." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145084)) "heavy bias towards overconfident and narcissistic guests speaking with false authority" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49946804))
- Claims called false or made up (3 comments): "the guy is speaking with confidence but just making it all up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49845545)) "Huberman (and his guests) strike me as charlatans" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49845785)) "everything he suggested was complete bull crap" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570304))
- Much content seen as marginal (2 comments): "stopped when I realized most of what he is talking about is marginal stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329008)) "once upon a time, Huberman was a serious person but he's now just Joe Rogan with an advanced degree" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767729))

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- [Behind the Bastards podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/behind-the-bastards-podcast.md): 18 recommend
- [Mindscape podcast by Sean Carroll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindscape-podcast.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Huberman Lab podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/huberman-lab-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).