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Heart Rate Variability Podcast

Heart Rate Variability Podcast

Optimal HRV 106 Episodes Jun 18, 2026

The Heart Rate Variability Podcast explores the research and practical applications of heart rate variability (HRV). It discusses how HRV can be used to monitor health, stress, and recovery. The podcast aims to educate listeners on the science behind HRV and its benefits.

Episodes

Cameron Allen talks HRV in Virtual Reality Jun 18, 2026 01:01:16 In this episode, Matt Bennett talks to Cameron Allen about his work in heart rate variability biofeedback and the benefits of biofeedback in virtual reality. 
This Week In HRV - Episode 42 Jun 16, 2026 01:13:24 This week's episode covers five studies spanning sleep medicine, transportation safety, signal complexity methodology, cardiac mortality prediction, and autonomic neuroscience in a rare genetic condition. Together, they reveal how much untapped information lives in the heart rate variability signal — and how rapidly the field is developing tools to acce
This Week In HRV - Episode 41 Jun 9, 2026 00:56:55 This week's episode covers four peer-reviewed studies spanning machine learning feature selection, clinical epidemiology, wearable device validation, and real-world mobile health observation. Whether you are a clinician, researcher, coach, or practitioner, this episode has direct relevance for how you think about measuring and applying HRV in your work.
Dr. Andrew Seely talk HRV in the ICU and Beyond Jun 4, 2026 00:52:48 In this episode, Dr. Andrew Seely joins Matt Bennett to discuss his work with HRV in the ICU and health care. 
This Week In HRV - Episode 40 Jun 2, 2026 00:52:57 From the reliability of the tools we use to measure it, to a mathematical algorithm built in its image, to machine learning models that read stress from its patterns, to a clinical trial showing it shifts in response to music — this week's four studies reveal HRV science at its most wide-ranging. Whether you're a clinician, researcher, coach, or curious
This Week In HRV - Episode 39 May 26, 2026 00:53:44 This week's lineup takes HRV science somewhere it doesn't always go — into genetics labs, operating theaters, and the physiology of breath control. Five new peer-reviewed studies examine HRV biofeedback combined with mindfulness for long-term workplace stress, a genetic polymorphism that shapes athlete burnout risk, yoga's measurable impact on autonomic
The LF/HF Ratio Is Worth Rethinking May 21, 2026 00:10:37 The LF/HF ratio has been a fixture in heart rate variability research for decades. In this episode, we take a close look at why it persists, what the evidence actually says it measures, and why it so often appears to be the metric that moves most dramatically—in studies and in consumer apps alike. The 1996 Task Force paper, which helped establish LF/HF
This Week In HRV - Episode 38 May 19, 2026 00:52:34 HRV, Stress, Spirituality, and the Body's Hidden Autonomic Life: 4 Studies Worth Your Time Heart rate variability research doesn't always stay neatly inside the cardiovascular system — and this week's episode is proof. From the psychological interior of hypertensive patients, to the anatomy of the vagus nerve in a clinical encounter with postprandial dy
This Week In HRV - Episode 37 May 12, 2026 00:52:56 This week on This Week in Heart Rate Variability, Matt Bennett covers five peer-reviewed studies that span the full breadth of HRV science — from a controlled laboratory experiment on fast-paced breathing to a neurointensive care unit monitoring study, with stops along the way at the gut microbiome, a drowsy driver detection system, and a case report on
This Week In HRV - Episode 36 May 5, 2026 00:52:46 This week on This Week in Heart Rate Variability, we cover seven studies that push the boundaries of where HRV science is being applied — from predicting cardiovascular events in asymptomatic adults to detecting anger using a wrist sensor, from modeling how blood pressure cascades through the brain to understanding what happens to a mother's nervous sys
Stephanie White Talks HRV Science and Heart Health Apr 30, 2026 01:11:41 In this episode, Stephanie White joins Matt Bennett to discuss fascinating science related to heart health and HRV at the cellular level.
This Week In HRV - Episode 35 Apr 28, 2026 00:51:16 This episode of This Week in Heart Rate Variability takes four very different windows into the autonomic nervous system and finds a single coherent message: your HRV is tracking the full texture of your life, not just your sleep or your workouts. We look at which psychosocial job demands most damage parasympathetic tone, how COPD reshapes autonomic regu

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