In our first episode, we explain why this podcast exists.

We talk about how Miguel and Niko met during their Master’s at NOVA SBE, how endless late-night debates about health, medicine, and broken incentives slowly turned into a shared frustration with the system - and why starting this podcast became the only logical step.

We break down what “Return on Health” actually means:

• why most health decisions optimize for short-term comfort, not long-term outcomes;
• why good intentions fail when incentives are misaligned;
• and why prevention, incentives, and system design matter more than hacks and biohacking trends.

You’ll get a clear sense of:

• what we will challenge on this podcast
• who this is for (founders, operators, builders, and anyone tired of health content that oversimplifies reality)
• how we’ll approach topics: data-driven, critical, open to uncertainty
• why we will talk to people we disagree with
• and why some “promising” health ideas never get good evidence — and what to do with that reality

More about Return on Health:

https://returnonhealth.de/

Niko:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niko-hems/

https://www.instagram.com/niko_hems

https://nikohems.de/

Miguel:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-medina-stanivukovic-857b9720b/

https://www.instagram.com/miguelmedinastanivukovic/?hl=en