Spit
38 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 205 ratingsSpit is an iHeartRadio podcast with 23andMe where host Baratunde Thurston sits down with the most interesting cultural influencers of our time to explore how DNA testing gives us a new perspective on who we are and how we are all connected. Join us for an intimate conversation and the unscripted thoughts and opinions of award-winning recording artists John Legend, Melissa Etheridge, Wyclef Jean and Pete Wentz as we talk science vs stories, nature vs nurture, family, race and a whole lot more. SPIT is an iHeartRadio podcast with 23andMe where we sit down with the most interesting cultural influencers of our time to explore how DNA testing gives us a new perspective on who we are and how we are all connected.* *The views shared in SPIT are those of the individual participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of 23andMe.
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TANGOTI: Are genetic testing services protecting our data?
December 01, 2022 08:02 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBGenetic testing services like 23andMe can tell us a lot about our health and ancestry. But whenever you’re giving your DNA to a company, it’s important to know the risks. On today’s episode of There Are No Girls On The Internet (TANGOTI), host Bridget Todd is joined by 23andMe Senior Privacy Counsel Zerina Curevac for a deep dive on what you need to know before you spit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Unlock Your Own DNA Mystery!
December 01, 2022 08:01 - 32 minutes - 30 MBNancy Grace teams up with 23andMe to dive into the DNA reports and health profiles of Nancy’s family who have all taken the 23andMe tests. Alongside an all-star panel, Nancy breaks down the reports to better understand the role our genetics play in our overall health. Joining Nancy Grace today: Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, CarynStark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark" Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington Co...
The Sessions with Renee Paquette: Renee & 23andMe
December 01, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this special episode of The Sessions, Renee teams up with 23andMe to explore her Viking ancestry and the unique DNA traits that make her one of a kind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge: Real Housewife Lifesaver
November 17, 2022 08:01 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWhitney Rose from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is an honorary Twot!! After a whirlwind weekend at BravoCon, our three BFFs are catching up and getting REAL. Teddi continues to share her cancer journey. She’s prioritizing health hoping everyone will do the same! Thanks to 23andMe, Teddi, Tamra and Whitney dive headfirst into their Housewife DNA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Nikki Glaser Podcast: Spitballing w/ 23andMe
November 17, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBThere’s so much information in your spit. Today Nikki and Andrew with the help of 23andMe find out what there is to discover in theirs. Listen as they “spitball” about all the stuff they've learned from their genetic data. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dear Chelsea: Don't Make Out with Your Brother w/ 23andMe
November 03, 2022 07:02 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThis week, Chelsea teams up with 23andMe for a very spit-ful episode. Chelsea and Catherine discover their real lineage, who’s most likely to get gout, and are shocked at how much their reports can tell them about themselves. Then: A listener with two moms discovers a number of new siblings - that reaches into double-digits. A cousin wonders if she should spill the beans about a secret sister before a big wedding. And an adoptee learns that it’s important to understand your genes before ...
Dead Ass: What Are We Really Made Of?
November 03, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBA legacy isn’t just something you leave behind, it’s something you carry on. Our DNA holds the stories of that legacy and in this episode, the Ellises unlock some of those stories with their report from 23andMe. Dead ass. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pod Meets World: TGI- The BMW DNA!
November 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBAfter combing the globe and searching far and wide, we’re thrilled to bring you an episode about our favorite BMW-ers: the hard-working background actors. And to get in the spirit, Danielle, Will and Rider each took a 23andMe DNA test to discuss what they learned about THEIR background right here on the pod! And yes - today’s guests include actual Boy Meets World background actors. From sitting at Chubbie’s to hanging in Feeny’s class to wearing a PIZZA hat, find out what life was like b...
The Frankie Quiñones Show: It’s All in the Genes!
October 13, 2022 07:01 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBFrankie and his mother go over their DNA reports and learn about their ancestral line and health factors. Creeper teaches a meditation class for the homies. This bonus episode is brought to you by Spit podcast and 23andMe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre: Don’t Gamble with Your Health
October 13, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBFOX Sports personality and co-host of ‘The Herd with Colin Cowherd’, Jason McIntyre, knows the most valuable commodity for sports gamblers is good information. You can’t make smart decisions on games without all the information, and the same holds true when it comes to your health. Jason is constantly looking for an edge, and that’s precisely why he decided to take a 23andMe test. Teaming up with 23AndMe, J-Mac discusses how learning about his ancestry and genetic history has given him t...
The Ben & Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast: It’s All in the Spit
September 08, 2022 07:01 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBBen and Ashley are hanging out with Bachelor Nation OGs Bob Guiney and Trista Sutter and revealing some MAJOR Bachelor secrets you won’t hear anywhere else! We hear about life before “The Bachelor”, Ben’s secret life as a zookeeper, and who has out of control back hair! It’s wild what we can find from our spit, thanks to 23AndMe! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2 Pros and a Cup of Joe: LaVar Arrington Learns About His Health and Ancestry
September 08, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAll-American football star, 1st Round NFL Draft pick and Co-Host of 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, LaVar Arrington shares the journey he took learning about his ancestry and health. All it took was a little spit and after submitting a DNA sample kit to 23AndMe, both LaVar and his producer Lee DeLapp received reports that unveiled a treasure trove of information. Being a mentor and coach to young athletes, LaVar explains how valuable this information is in giving an advantage on and off the fie...
Scrubbing In with Becca & Tanya: A Different kind of Makeup
July 21, 2022 04:02 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBNow more than ever, we want to take care of ourselves. We spend a lot of time exercising, eating right, taking care of our mental health…why not know what our DNA makeup is? Becca and Tanya got curious so they decided to find out what 23andMe is all about. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ridiculous History: A Humorous History of Genetics
July 21, 2022 04:01 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWhat makes you...well, you? It's a question humanity has wrestled with since the dawn of recorded history all the way to the modern day. In today's special episode in partnership with 23andMe, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the history of genetic research from its ancient predecessors to great breakthroughs of the recent past, as well as learning a bit about their own genetic history along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hood Politics: Real Spit with Ma Dukes
July 21, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBToday is a special collab with the Spit podcast from 23andMe. Prop took his DNA test to look at some of his health risks.. then hops on the line with his mom to talk about their family history, and black families making life work in the hood despite living in a food desert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Daily Dive: What I Learned About My Health From Exploring My DNA
June 09, 2022 04:03 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis episode is something special I did in conjunction with 23andMe and the SPIT podcast which you can hear on iHeartRadio. I took a look into what my DNA says about me. Beyond what my ancestry says, with a focus on my health. Throughout this process I learned about two genetic variants that could impact myself or my family and also that I have a typical likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, which has always been a concern since it runs in my family. There’s also fun stuff I learned ...
Good Risings: DNA to Empower Your Wellness Journey
June 09, 2022 04:02 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode of SPIT, Adrianne Nina, fitness influencer and host of the daily Good Risings podcast Level-Up Latte, explores her personal growth over the past year since receiving her 23andMe reports. Upon learning that she’s at an increased likelihood for developing certain diseases, she prioritized specific components of her diet and workout routine. Adrianne draws from her personal experience to highlight how personalized results motivated specific changes and how this information can...
Waiting on Reparations: Knowledge is Power
June 09, 2022 04:01 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOur hosts Dope Knife & Linqua Franqa will discuss the reality of health risks and disparities in the marginalized communities that make up the majority of their audience. They will touch on mental health issues, particularly about the ways that health knowledge can empower mental wellbeing as well as physical wellbeing. Additionally, the two will examine how issues of health are treated in the scene/culture of hip hop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I Am All In with Scott Patterson: The Background
June 09, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThey are the diners at Luke's Diner, the students in the halls at Chilton, and the people walking up and down the streets of Stars Hollow. Today's episode is giving you the background on background acting. It's important. Gilmore Girls would be nothing without these talented people. And, if you saw our background acting video...you know we need to learn everything we can from skilled Gilmore Girls background actors! Thanks to 23andMe, everyone needs to know their background. 23andme.com ...
100 Words: A Conversation with Andrew Cannon (Santa Cruz Skateboards/Worship)
May 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBToday is a special episode with my friend, Andrew Cannon. He’s the brand manager from Santa Cruz Skateboards as well as singing for an incredible band called Worship. We get deep and philosophical about the origin of his love for independent music, health, and, of all things, our DNA. I am really glad we got to paint with a broad brush in this episode and hope you enjoy! If you like this episode, check out more from the 22 other creators who are also part of this journey. See omnystudi...
Minnie Questions with Anne Wojcicki
May 05, 2022 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMinnie Driver questions Anne Wojcicki, founder, and CEO of the personal genomics company 23andMe. Anne shares how her childhood community influenced her business approach, a story of a divided family united by a surprising genetic connection, and the time she went to Siberia in search of peace and quiet. If you like this episode, check out more from the 22 other creators who are also part of this journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Prodigy: A Stroke of Insight
May 05, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBA DNA test sends me down the rabbit hole of ancestry until I’m stuck with a dilemma that could change my life. I don’t remember my grandparents. When their stories were told it meant nothing to me. A DNA test inspires me to discover my ancestry for myself until a sudden event changes my trajectory and presents a life-altering dilemma. What would you do with a 30-year head start? If you like this episode, check out more from the 22 other creators who are also part of this journey. S...
Stuff Your Mom Never Told You: DNA, Health, and Women
May 05, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBSMNTY teams up with 23andMe to explore how women can empower themselves by learning about their genetics both in understanding the past and arming themselves with knowledge for a better future. In this special episode, Samantha reflects on her search for her identity and the power of information when it comes to health. If you like this episode, check out more from the 22 other creators who are also part of this journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Spit Returns For A New Season – Can DNA Influence Your Health?
April 28, 2022 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.03 MBBy now, millions are aware that DNA can reveal a great deal about your ancestry. But more and more, people are realizing that DNA also holds the key to certain health insights that may impact your future. On this season of SPIT, a podcast from iHeartRadio and 23andMe, we explore how specific information from your DNA could change everything. We ask the question - what if you learned that you have certain DNA variants that could play a role in your health, how would that change your life? J...
Is Precision Medicine the Future of Healthcare?
March 30, 2020 07:01 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBWhy do certain medications work for some patients but not for others? Environment and lifestyle play a part, but scientists are now beginning to understand that DNA is also a key factor. That’s why precision medicine, which involves tailoring treatments to meet individual patients’ needs, could very well be the future of healthcare, resulting in less guesswork and fewer complications. In this episode, Baratunde is joined by Dr. Rick Kittles, a pioneering geneticist and professor at City ...
Beating Parkinson’s to the Punch with Laila Ali
September 09, 2019 07:01 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAlmost one million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease, and another 60,000 cases will be diagnosed this year alone. But while there isn’t a cure yet, our understanding of disease and the discovery of certain symptom-mitigating treatments are helping the millions of people with Parkinson’s each day. On this episode, Baratunde discusses the disease with some of the most notable advocates for those with Parkinson’s, Laila Ali, who watched her father, Muhammad Ali, consciously choose to batt...
Opting in: Privacy in the Digital Age
July 10, 2019 07:01 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBWhile the new age of collecting and sharing genetic data is transforming our understanding of who we are, where we come from, and the health risks we might face, it also raises real concerns about privacy and security. But it’s not just genetic data that has the potential to be used in ways that we didn’t intend; it’s all data. In this episode, we’ll talk candidly about the current state of data privacy—who has access to your data, the things they’re learning about you (and others like you) ...
A Conversation Around One of the Major Challenges to Human Health in the 21st Century with Tim McGraw
March 27, 2019 15:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBYou have a one in two chance of having prediabetes or diabetes. As staggering as this is, we can take steps right now to beat the odds, and that starts with knowing your glucose levels. On this episode recorded live from South by Southwest, host Baratunde Thurston sits down with iconic musician Tim McGraw, American Diabetes Association CEO, Tracey Brown, and Lark Health CEO/Co-Founder, Julia Hu to get the scoop on what we can do right now to live healthier lives, stop prediabetes from progre...
Is Prevention the Key to Beating Breast Cancer? with Rita Wilson, Dr. Laura Esserman, Katie Thiede and Sara Altschule
December 06, 2018 00:52 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBOne in eight US women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her life, and while we’ve seen a decrease in deaths thanks to advances in screening, treatment and awareness, that’s still too high. On today’s show, we ask the crucial question: what can we do to combat this disease, and how can our self-awareness of our risk, our genetic predisposition and our options aid in this effort? We have gathered an amazing group of women, with varied experiences and viewpoints to examine ...
What Does It Take To Beat Addiction? With Nikki Sixx, Dr. Adi Jaffe, Dr. Abraham Palmer and Dr. Sandra Sanchez Roige.
November 14, 2018 23:48 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBEvery day, drug overdoses kill 142 people. That’s more than car crashes and gun homicides -- combined. Prescription opioids and heroin are the prime contributors to these statistics. Heroin use in the U.S. has more than doubled, and heroin deaths have more than quadrupled just in the past decade. So, we ask ourselves, what will it take to beat this epidemic? In the latest episode of Spit, host Baratunde Thurston explores addiction, the relationship between genetics and the environmental expe...
Why Don’t We Talk More About Mental Health? With Mike Shinoda, Dr. Gail Saltz and Dr. Ahmad Hariri
October 31, 2018 20:08 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBJoin us for a real, raw and powerful conversation that calls on all of us to do our part in removing the shame and stigma surrounding mental illness. In the United States, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness, affecting over 40MM adults -- over 18% of the U.S. population. It's the leading cause of disability, judged by years lost to disease, yet only a small percentage of people with the illness receive treatment. In the latest episode of Spit, host Baratunde Thurston discus...
We Are (All) Family With AJ Jacobs and Brothers Darren and Chuck Criss
October 24, 2018 16:47 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBScientists often refer to the concept of "family bias," which states that we are prone to treat family members better than strangers, even if that family member is a distant cousin. Does this mean we could achieve a more unified and inclusive world if everyone understood that they were part of the same "genetically proven" family tree? On the latest episode of Spit, host Baratunde Thurston sits down with AJ Jacobs, NY Times best-selling author of “It’s All Relative,” and brothers Darren and...
What Does It Take To Make Peace? A special episode with Bobby Bones, Mike Posner, Jeremy Gilley and Tim Phillips
October 04, 2018 00:31 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBiHeartRadio on-air personality and entertainer Bobby Bones takes over hosting duties in this special pop-up episode of Spit. Recorded live from the iHeartRadio Music Festival, we gathered the most peaceful people we know to celebrate Peace Day with us: artist and philanthropist Mike Posner; Peace One Day Founder Jeremy Gilley; and Tim Phillips, Founder of Beyond Conflict, a non-profit organization that works with leaders to address conflict and promote social change. We tackle what it takes ...
Can Science Change The Stories We Grew Up With? Exploring Identity With Pete Wentz and Dr. Robert Green.
August 29, 2018 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBGrowing up in a small town in Illinois, musician Pete Wentz didn’t look or feel like others in his community, and never really felt that he fit in. So, he set out to create an identity of his own. On the latest episode of Spit, host Baratunde Thurston sits with Pete and medical geneticist and independent academic Dr. Robert Green to discuss how learning our DNA results can open up the stories of our past and reshape the trajectory of our future. In part 1 of the show, Pete shares his curiosi...
What Does It Mean To Be “Family,” with Melissa Etheridge and Sara Lamm
August 21, 2018 22:50 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBHost Baratunde Thurston leads an intimate conversation with musician Melissa Etheridge and documentary filmmaker Sara Lamm to explore what it means to be “family.” Is family something we are born into? Is it something we create? Both women have very different stories and experiences. Melissa, with four children from two different women and sperm donors, talks about “creating” her family, how the stories we’ve been told could be limiting us, and her view that “… family is love. It’s the bond ...
Does Race Really Exist Or Did We Create It, With Wyclef Jean and Alvin Tillery
August 14, 2018 22:21 - 41 minutes - 38 MBDespite a belief that race relations are getting worse, a majority of Americans agree that someone’s racial identity is not hard-wired into their DNA, but the result of decades of socially constructed differences, according to a new survey by Northwestern University’s Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy. On this thought-provoking and inspiring episode, host Baratunde Thurston sits down with musician and activist Wyclef Jean and Associate Professor of political science, Alvin Till...
How Are We All Related, with John Legend and Anne Wojcicki
August 14, 2018 22:20 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBFor the debut episode of Spit, host Baratunde Thurston sits down with two people who are changing the world. One through Art, and one through Science. Join us for an intimate conversation and the unscripted thoughts and opinions of award-winning recording artist and philanthropist John Legend, and 23andMe Co-Founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki to deconstruct how understanding your human genome can change how we think about ourselves, our sense of belonging and our connection to each other and the...
Coming soon. August 15th. Spit an iHeartRadio podcast with 23andMe
August 06, 2018 18:17 - 1 minute - 1.25 MBA new podcast, where we talk all about how DNA is changing our lives and the world around us. Each episode, host Baratunde Thurston, sits down with the most interesting cultural influencers of today to talk science vs stories, nature vs nurture, family, race and a whole lot more. Guests include John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Melissa Etheridge, Pete Wentz and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.