Beyond Plastic: where science meets consciousness
"Beyond Plastic: where science meets consciousness" is a journey into the science of living well and the wisdom of living deeply.
Hosted by cardiologist, author, and TEDx speaker Dr. Elie Haddad, the podcast explores the intersection of modern medicine, environmental health, longevity, consciousness, and the deeper questions that shape the way we live.
Drawing from decades in medicine and a lifelong curiosity about the human experience, Dr. Elie moves beyond symptoms and diagnoses to explore the connections between our bodies, our environment, our minds, and our inner lives. Through science, storytelling, and reflection, each series invites us to question what we take for granted, understand the forces shaping our health, and make more conscious choices for ourselves and the world around us.
The journey begins with The Plastic Age, a series tracing the extraordinary rise of plastic from a revolutionary invention to one of the defining materials of our civilization. We’ll explore how it reshaped the way we live, how micro- and nanoplastics found their way into our environment and our bodies, what emerging science is revealing about their impact on human health, and what we can realistically do about it.
Future series will venture into longevity, wellness, consciousness, resilience, purpose, and the evolving science and wisdom of what it means to live a healthier, more meaningful life.
Because living well is about more than adding years to our lives. It is about bringing more life into our years.
Episodes
6 episodes
Plastic and The Cardiovascular system
What happens when microplastics and nanoplastics enter our bloodstream and encounter the arteries that supply the heart?In this episode, Dr. Elie explores the emerging human evidence linking plastic particles with cardiovas...
How Plastic Gets Inside Us
Plastic is no longer just in the environment. It is entering the human body.In this episode of The Plastic Age, Dr. Elie explores the two major routes of exposure: what we eat and drink, and what we breathe. Drawing on published...
There Is No Away
We throw something into the trash, the truck takes it away, and it disappears from our lives. But there is no place called “away.”In this episode of The Plastic Age, Dr. Elie follows plastic beyond the trash can, from landfills ...
The Material That Nature Never Made
In this episode of The Plastic Age, Dr. Elie Haddad begins with a question that changed the course of his own work as a physician: What happens when the material that transformed civilization also becomes part of our biology?Fro...