Uncommon Living: A Dialogue in Human Resilience

After an eight-year long custody battle for his autistic son, Adonnai Santos found himself in the hospital with acute mental and physical health issues. He says the ice bath probably saved his life.In this episode of the Uncommon Living podcast shares his transformative journey with Professor Thomas Seager, and how his new venture Transformation Columbus his changing his clients lives like he changed his own. In particular, Santos describes how his nine-year-old autistic son went from unable to read to testing out as advanced for his grade in less than one year after practicing cold plunge therapy. Santos is now participating in an Ohio program to offer cold plunge therapy to other children.

Modern American hospitals are modeled after the factory in the service of the military. They are excellent for treatment of infectious disease and gunshot wounds (acute trauma).

They are NOT designed for chronic illness.

In Episode 54 of the Uncommon Living podcast, Chris Zimmerman shares his innovative approach to transforming healthcare by repurposing rural hospital infrastructure, emphasizing systemic change, and leveraging natural modalities like cold exposure and light therapy to improve health outcomes.

Hollywood Stuntman Bobby Williams describes his experiences with the Stratosphere ATC hypobaric machine he invented to boost health and longevity. In Episode 53 of the Uncommon Living podcast, William's explains to Thomas Seager, PhD how hypobaric (i.e., high altitude simulation) training has improved lung capacity for him and his wife, actress Mariel Hemingway. Their conversations compares hypobaric to hyperbaric chamber and examines the physiology behind both hyperbaric oxygen therapy and induced hypoxia. Finally, the two discuss plans to collaborate at the Cold Plunge Research Institute 3rd Annual Symposium, and for equipping a new hot springs spa in Ketchum Idaho with Morozko ice baths.

George Wiseman invented a machine to electrolyze water and produce hydrogen rich "Brown's gas" for inhalation via an oxygen cannula.
He's maintained the practice years, and credits it for healing scars, warts, boosting his immune system, and keeping him young. In this episode of the Uncommon Living podcast, Wiseman tells Professor Thomas Seager about the benefits of hydrogen inhalation for overall health and human performance.

Clinical trials at Adelaide University in Australia have demonstrated the efficacy of cold plunge therapy for relief of endometriosis pain. Results show that those women who cold plunged most often obtained the greatest relief. In this episode of the Uncommon Living podcast, Kelsi Dodd, PhD describes the complex and painful condition of endometriosis, distinguishes it from PCOS/PMOS, and hypotheses about the mechanisms by which cold water bathing provides pain relief.