After sustaining an injury to his pelvis and groin during a training exercise, Fire Captain Sean Smiley was diagnosed with hypogonadism. He tried injectable testosterone, but found that the side effects far outweighed the benefits. However, all was not lost. After accidentally discovering that exercise after cold exposure increases testosterone levels, Sean found that his testosterone levels went from the low 200s all the way up to the 700s, all because he was getting into his cold pool before going to Judo classes. In this episode, Sean and Thomas Seager, PhD discus the science of cold plunge therapy, as well as what it means to be healthy in the modern world.

In this episode of Uncommon Living, host Thomas Seager, PhD, sits down with autism expert Nicole Rincon to explore how she successfully improved autism symptoms in two of her children. Together, they dive into the strategies, therapies, and lifestyle interventions that made a difference.

Shaylah Elyse, a competitive bodybuilder in the bikini division, tells us how ice baths mentally and physically improved her life as a woman.

Some people say vaccines cause autism, some people say it's Tylenol, or mold, or heavy metals, or non-native electromagnetic frequencies, or unlucky genetics. Uncommon Living host Thomas P Seager, PhD doesn't believe it's any of these things.In episode #3 of the Uncommon Living podcast, Seager interviews Richard E Frye, MD/PhD, a child neurologist at the Rossignol Medical Center in Phoenix Arizona and the world's leading expert on the mitochondrial theory of the origins of autism. Dr. Frye's clinical studies suggest that autism only exists when mitochondria are compromised during the critical phases of neurological development -- i.e., during pregnancy and the first several years of life. It is this mitochondrial impairment that causes the brain to development along an atypical trajectory until later, some immunological event initiates the onset of autism.The most compelling support for this new theory is the way that Dr. Frye's patients respond to therapies targeting the mitochondria. Empowered by an improved understanding of mitochondrial function, Dr. Frye is able to ameliorate clinical presentation of autism in his patients, and in some cases reverse their symptoms to the points where they no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).While HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya MD/PhD have promised to discover what causes autism within a year, this interview may accelerate their schedule of discovery.

Thomas Seager, PhD and Dean Hall discuss his miraculous leukemia recovery after swimming the entirety of the Willamette river as well as what it means to biohave instead of biohack.

In this episode of Uncommon Living, Thomas Seager, PhD interviews metabolic scientist Benjamin Bikman, PhD. They discuss metabolic health, insulin resistance, and the impact that cold exposure can have on the metabolism.

In this first episode of Uncommon Living, Thomas Seager, PhD interviews personal trainer and wellness influencer Frank Tortorici.