Stay ConnectedThe Mothership is a new weekly video podcast hosted by Daphne Oz for curious, multi-faceted people who want to live more beautiful, delicious, informed, and fulfilling lives.
Think cocktail party energy meets dinner table intimacy: warm, wide-ranging, nuanced conversations with the most captivating people in the room. Together, Daphne and her guests explore the questions that matter and turn exceptional insight into real-life reward for every listener.
GLP-1s. Sermorelin. BPC-157. Thymosin Beta-4. GHK-Cu. If you think we’re speaking a foreign language…welcome to the secret side of working with your biology to improve your pain, weight management, hormones, and yes, aging.
With all the swirling interest in peptides – what they are, what they can do, who regulates them, can you use them safely, and are you crazy not to when you look around and see everyone and their mother aging in reverse thanks to a personalized cocktail of various injections –, this week’s episode of The Mothership couldn’t come soon enough!
Dr. Amanda Kahn is NYC’s longevity guru. This week, she shares her unexpected path from her early work in precision medicine sequencing Alzheimer's patients at Columbia University, to a frightening autoimmune flare during pregnancy that showed her what it feels like to be the patient for whom no one could provide answers. That experience changed the kind of doctor she wanted to be and led her to open her own practice, where she works as a detective to evaluate the whole person and not just the sometimes confusing findings of their symptoms and labs.
We get into the questions so many of us are asking: Why do so many women feel like their 40s are the start of a decline, and does it have to be? Dr. Kahn breaks down perimenopause, cortisol, sleep, libido, and why "eat less, move more" was never the full story. She explains mitochondrial aging ("leaky dam" T-shirt, anyone??), why GLP-1s are about metabolic health rather than the number on the scale, what's actually in her own stack, from NAD and glutathione to BPC-157, to her #1 health intervention she thinks is worth every penny. She also explains why all of it should happen under a licensed provider with a reputable pharmacy.
You'll leave with a little bit of extremely useful homework: the basic, affordable bloodwork to ask your primary care doctor for, plus her everyday (non-injection!) habits for better hormones, health, and longevity. And if you’re curious what someone who spends their life helping patients optimize their health would make her desert island meal, we’re putting it all on the table!
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If you’ve ever felt intimidated by money — or wondered how to raise kids who see it as a source of confidence and possibility rather than fear — this is an episode you won’t want to miss!
When Alexa von Tobel was just 14, her father died unexpectedly. In the midst of unimaginable grief, she watched her mother struggle to make sense of their family finances. That experience changed the course of her life: Alexa vowed to become an expert in money so she would never feel that vulnerable again. Today, she manages hundreds of millions of dollars through her venture capital firm, Inspired Capital, and joins Daphne on The Mothership to explore why financial literacy is about so much more than wealth—it’s the foundation of independence, confidence, and security for ourselves and our families.
Alexa announces the Money Matters Academy, a financial literacy program with a real test for retention at the end. There's an adult version, plus a kids' version for ages 7 to 14 that she developed with her 11-year-old, Toby. She also shares the everyday habits that make money something her kids can see and feel: a clear chore jar on the counter; letting them analyze the restaurant bill; and bringing them in on daily decisions to spend or save — with the difference being added to their savings and often invested into stock.
Then the conversation gets bigger: why Alexa thinks AI makes financial preparedness urgent, the biggest lesson she has learned from interviewing almost 300 billion-dollar founders about how their parents raised them, and what she prizes most in a founder as Inspired Capital closes its fourth fund at $450 million and looks to bet big on businesses and people who “zig when the world zags.”
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Alexa von Tobel is the founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital. Prior to Inspired, she was founder and CEO of LearnVest and the chief innovation officer at Northwestern Mutual. She is the author of Financially Forward (May 2019) and the New York Times bestseller Financially Fearless. Von Tobel has been featured in Fortune's 40 Under 40 list as well as in Inc.'s 30 Under 30 list of cool young entrepreneurs.
Resources Mentioned
Alexa von Tobel’s Financially Fearless, including Money Matters Academy - https://www.financially-fearless.com
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Few figures in American government are as beloved—or as vilified—as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In this episode of The Mothership, he sits down with Daphne Oz for a revealing conversation about the advice his father gave him at 14 that shaped his lifelong commitment to critical thinking, courage, and a higher calling.
From Big Tobacco's move into Big Food, to the alarming rise of Alpha-gal syndrome and the tick bite behind it, Secretary Kennedy shares his perspective on some of the most urgent challenges facing American health. He also explores the future of regenerative farming, how AI and emerging technologies could help American farmers move away from chemical-intensive agriculture, and what it will take to make healthier food more accessible to everyone.
Secretary Kennedy and Daphne head into the kitchen to make her famous “Faux Tuna” Chickpea Salad, a delicious example of what it looks like to eat inexpensive, uncomplicated, real food. See this and other easy recipes like it featured on the Secretary’s new cooking show, Eat Real Food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrXDx0lb-A
And in deeply personal moments throughout, Secretary Kennedy reflects on how he really feels about his critics, pain as a touchstone for spiritual growth, the role faith has played throughout his life, and the extraordinary ways he believes God speaks to him. A wide-ranging conversation about the future of American food and health—and the man on a mission to change both.
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Featured Guest
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the 26th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, an environmental attorney, author, and longtime public health advocate. The son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, his life has been shaped by a legacy of public service, deep faith, personal tragedy, and a commitment to questioning the status quo. After decades fighting pollution and protecting America’s waterways and natural resources, Kennedy turned his attention to the relationship between our environment, food safety, and the health of our families. As Secretary, he leads the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, focused on addressing chronic disease, improving America’s food supply, and reshaping the nation’s approach to public health. A father of seven, he remains a fierce advocate for personal health freedom and the power of informed individuals to make good choices.
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Are we making our kids less resilient by trying too hard to protect them? Child psychologist Dr. Tovah Klein reveals why rescuing kids from discomfort can backfire — and the one question every parent should ask before stepping in: “Whose discomfort am I fixing — mine or my child’s?”
We get into how kids actually build grit, confidence and resilience; why we’re often hardest on our firstborns; when to step in and when to back off; what to do when you don’t like your kid’s friends; why every playdate should have a basket by the door; how to stop whining; and how to build the kind of trusting relationship that makes your teenager call YOU first when something goes wrong. Whether you’re raising a toddler or a teenager, it’s never too late to prepare your kids for the road ahead.
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Featured Guest
Dr. Tovah Klein is a leading child psychologist and expert on children’s social and emotional development. She is the author of How Toddlers Thrive and Raising Resilience, and has spent decades studying what children need from their parents to become capable, confident adults.
Resources Mentioned
Raising Resilience by Dr. Tovah Klein - https://go.shopmy.us/p-93903432
How Toddlers Thrive by Dr. Tovah Klein - https://go.shopmy.us/p-93911713
DopamindKids, an organization that empowers schools and families to build healthier technology habits - https://www.dopamindkids.org
The Tech Parenting Rulebook: 100 Simple Tips to Raise Digitally Healthy Kids by Aniko Hill (forward by Dr. Tovah Klein) - https://go.shopmy.us/p-94662028
Find Tovah on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tovahklein/
Tovah’s Website - https://howtoddlersthrive.com/author/
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Rebecca Minkoff built a $100M brand while being mama to four amazing kids and mentoring female founders around the globe... and then she lived through a pandemic business collapse, a forced sale, and a Real Housewives of New York season.
On the premiere episode of The Mothership, she sits down with Daphne Oz to talk about her “delusional optimism,” the wins and losses of mothering while building a business, how she got her power back after losing it inside her own company, and the moment she realized she could let it all go... but not just yet!
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Rebecca Minkoff is the co-founder and creative director of Rebecca Minkoff, the fashion brand she built with her brother Uri Minkoff starting in 2005. Known for her downtown New York aesthetic and her early adoption of technology in retail, she has grown the brand into a global operation with hundreds of retail doors worldwide. She is also the founder of the Female Founder Collective, a network supporting women-owned businesses, a public speaker, and a recurring voice on entrepreneurship and female leadership.
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Welcome to the Mothership, a new weekly video podcast hosted by Daphne Oz for curious, multi-faceted people who want to live more beautiful, delicious, informed, and fulfilling lives.
Think cocktail party energy meets dinner table intimacy: warm, wide-ranging, nuanced conversations with the most captivating people in the room. Together, Daphne and her guests explore the questions that matter and turn exceptional insight into real-life reward for every listener.
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