Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley BBC Podcasts

In this series of special editions of BBC Radio 4 podcast Just One Thing, Michael Mosley quizzes the world’s leading health experts on the best ways to live well.

In this Happiness Special we hear from Dr Rangan Chatterjee - GP, host of successful podcast “Feel Better, Live More” and author of numerous best-selling books including “Happy Mind, Happy Life”.

We hear the top tips that Dr Chatterjee swears by to improve and maintain good mental health and wellbeing. Could talking to strangers make you more content? Would eliminating choice reduce stress and improve your wellbeing? Is changing your relationship with technology the key to improving your life?

And as this is a Just One Thing special, we'll end each interview by asking Dr Chatterjee for the one single most effective health hack for the best way to be happy.

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this final episode, how keeping a colder bedroom can lead to better, deeper sleep - and how our sleep is affected by the changing climate.
Guests:
Kathryn Reid, research professor, Centre for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University, Illinois.
Dr. Nick Obradovich, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Science Producer: Samantha Lewis
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this episode, how cold water swimming can increase energy levels, boost your mood, reduce inflammation and might even improve your brain health.
Guests:
Professor Giovanna Mallucci, Altos Labs
Dr Heather Massey, Portsmouth University
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Science Producer: Samantha Lewis
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this episode, Michael goes for a jog on a chilly day, and finds out how exercising in colder weather can allow you to go further than on a hot day, enabling you to work harder, for longer, with less effort.
Guests: Dr Chris Tyler, University of Roehampton
Hannah Pallubinsky, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University.
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Science Producer: Samantha Lewis
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this episode, how and when to ice an injury, and why taking contrast showers (alternating between hot and cold) can aid your recovery, reduce pain, improve energy levels and even help you take less sick days.
Guest: Dr Amir Pakravan, consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine.
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Science Producer: Samantha Lewis
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.
In this first episode, how turning your thermostat down by just a few degrees can improve your fat and blood sugar metabolism, boost your mood, and might even protect against type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Guest: Hannah Pallubinsky, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University.
Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Science Producer: Samantha Lewis
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.