Everyday Ancestral with James Barry

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How many unnecessary joint surgeries are happening today, and what can we do instead? Modern orthopedic systems often rush patients toward surgery while ignoring the deeper causes of joint pain like inflammation, poor movement patterns, and lifestyle habits.

Joshua John-Ram Schacter, DO FAA...

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Can eating only meat actually improve your health, energy, and mental clarity? 

Jenny Mitich is a carnivore diet advocate, YouTuber, and author of Complete Carnivore who shares how switching to an animal based diet helped her lose 50 pounds, stabilize blood sugar, improve metabolic health, ...

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Dr. Robert Whitfield, world-renowned holistic plastic surgeon and leading expert in Breast Implant Illness, explains what really happens when a foreign device interacts with your immune system. With a background in oncology and microsurgery, he brings a rare clinical depth to explant surge...

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Pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary leakage, prolapse, and nervous system dysregulation are far more connected than most people realize, and ignoring them can impact pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and long term pelvic health.

Dr. Kayla Borchers is a pelvic floor physical therapist and nervou...

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Artificial light, EMF exposure, blue light at night, and circadian disruption may be the real drivers behind insomnia, anxiety, hormone imbalance, and chronic fatigue, not just diet and exercise.

Thaddeus Owen is a biohacker, circadian health expert, and co-founder of DreamWalkerz who bridg...

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We’ve never had more convenience, yet families are more fragile, disconnected, and unhealthy than ever before. The loss of traditional skills like cooking, food production, and shared meals has quietly eroded resilience, confidence, and connection at home.

Josh Thomas lives on a 40-acre hom...

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Fertility is something the body wants to do when it's supported to function the way it was designed.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Nashat Latib, a brilliant physician and functional medicine pioneer who’s helping couples rewrite the story around infertility. We talk about what’s...

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What if your toothpaste is actually getting in the way of clean, healthy teeth? And what if the earliest signs of chronic disease show up in your mouth first?

Dr. Sanda Moldovan is a periodontist, nutritionist, and leader in biological dentistry. We’re talking about how the mouth reflects t...

What if the voice running your life wasn’t actually yours?

In this episode, I sit down with Michael Bernoff, speaker, transformation expert, and a dear friend, for a conversation that gets under the surface of how modern life has quietly rewired our instincts. From the words we use to the thoughts we allow, we explore how our language, our devices, and our conditioning have shaped us and how to take our power back.

Michael’s not here...

We spend so much time trying to control food, manage weight, and fix our bodies, yet so many people still feel stuck. This episode is about why that happens.

In this conversation, I sit down with Jennifer Powter to talk about the deeper patterns underneath weight struggles, emotional eating, and self-sabotage. Jennifer has spent decades working with women who feel exhausted by dieting and disconnected from their bodies. She’s also l...

I’ve spent years questioning food, farming, and the systems that feed us, but I had never once questioned the glass and the light I stare at every day. I thought it was just the apps trying to keep us hooked. I didn’t realize the hardware itself was engineered to do the same thing.

Tristan Scott is an electrical engineer and the Head of Hardware and Marketing at Daylight Computer Co. He’s taken a deep dive into how blue light, flick...

I sat down with John A. Richardson Jr. for a conversation exploring alternate cancer perspectives, the history of Vitamin B17, also known as amygdalin, and how these ideas have been discussed over time. John shares his personal background, the work of his father, Dr. John A. Richardson MD, and how these experiences shaped his interest in nutrition, health, and non-mainstream approaches to wellness.

What stood out to me most was how ...

2025 was a year of deep internal shifts. Margaret and I weren’t chasing big external milestones like the year before, yet something far more lasting took place. Margaret stepped away from her work for a full 10-week sabbatical and fully exited her professional life during that time. From there, everything began to change for her, for me, and for our whole family.

We talked openly about burnout and what happens when you keep pushing ...

You’ve heard me talk a lot about food. Nose-to-tail, organ meats, ancestral living. But the truth is, we’re now dealing with stuff our ancestors never had to face. Microplastics are in our water, in our food, even in our blood. And that means we need to bring in new tools.

Dan Powers is the founder of Utzy Naturals. He’s a husband, a father of five, and someone who’s always believed in the power of whole foods, movement, sleep, and ...

There’s something about building from the floor up that changes a person. For Robert Sikes, that’s not a metaphor. He and his wife Crystal literally slept on the floor of a warehouse while starting their business. I remember meeting him early in Pluck’s journey, before this podcast even existed, and feeling the conviction behind everything he shared. He’s one of the first people who believed in what I was doing. The way he lives is...

What happens when we start with kids, a chalkboard, and a Hot Pocket? For Ali Miller, the answer is empowerment.

Ali Miller is a functional medicine dietitian with a deep passion for helping people reclaim their health through food. We talked about how ancestral food practices have been lost, particularly in communities where connection to the food system used to be the strongest. She shared what it was like working in underserved s...

What Bren Smith is doing with the ocean is what we’ve been trying to do on land. He’s reanchoring our food system to something alive, something real. And the wild thing is, he’s growing food that doesn’t require any freshwater, fertilizer, or land.

Bren’s a former commercial fisherman who’s now leading the way in regenerative ocean farming. He’s got this deep blue-collar wisdom and a whole lot of practical invention. We talk about w...

Do you ever feel overstimulated, disconnected, or out of sync? Debra Joy joins me for a powerful conversation about nervous system regulation, spiritual alignment, and the importance of honoring natural rhythms. We explore how media and modern noise disrupt our sense of safety, and how small, intentional shifts can help us reconnect, calm the body, and move through the world with more presence and peace.

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Seventy-six percent of Americans are living with chronic illness. That statistic alone tells us we’re facing something much bigger than personal health struggles. In this conversation with Dr. Chris Turnpaugh, we explore what’s broken in our current medical model and why so many people with complex symptoms are being overlooked. Dr. Turnpaugh brings decades of experience in functional neurology and systems-based medicine, with a tr...