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Max Lugavere          

Biohacker, Filmmaker, Journalist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Max Lugavere is a multi-hyphenate content creator and media personality.

Max created and hosted Tribeca Enterprises' first-ever original series, called Acting Disruptive. The series covered disruptive ideas and innovation as championed by the worlds favorite storytellers. The digital series will aired across the AOL universe as part of a major original content push by the media giant, commanding 711+ million monthly streams.

After getting his start as a founding host and producer of Al Gore's Emmy-winning Current TV he was selected to appear in Gap's international Icons campaign where he implored audiences to "see your own ability to change the world." A perennially curious culture junkie and having an on-camera persona evoking an "Anthony Bourdain of ideas", Max is a champion of what he calls "smartertainment". A thought-leader in media, technology, and innovation, he has created and hosted content for many international brands including Ford, Samsung, Axe, Yahoo, and Ogilvy. He contributes regularly to The Huffington Post, and his work has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, Interview, Brain Pickings, and many more.

He is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life.

Lugavere appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, has been featured on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and in The Wall Street Journal. He is a sought-after speaker and has given talks at South by Southwest, TEDx, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden, and many others.

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