The Future of Your Health is in the Toilet l Throne Science's Smart Health Monitoring with Scott Hickle

In this episode, we sit down with Scott Hickle, co-founder and CEO of Throne Science, to explore how smart toilet technology is transforming the future of personalized health tracking. Scott shares the origin story of Throne and explains how their device analyzes biomarkers from urine and stool to provide insights into hydration, gut health, and even prostate function. The conversation dives into surprising takeaways—like what your bathroom habits reveal about nutrient status, digestion, and early warning signs for chronic conditions. Lauren and Renee reflect on their own data, discussing hydration patterns and the power of real-time feedback to drive meaningful habit change. The episode also tackles bigger topics like data privacy, gaps in current medical research, and Throne’s ambitious goal of predicting diseases like colon cancer—making your daily bathroom routine a powerful tool for longevity.

Scott Hickle is the co-founder and CEO of Throne Science, a health technology company building smart devices that track gut health, hydration, and prostate with every flush. A mechanical engineer by training, Scott spent most of the last decade on the founding teams of multiple venture-backed startups. At Throne Science, he and his team are building toward a future where your toilet will improve your health and, eventually, even save your life.

SHOW NOTES:

0:40 Welcome to the podcast!

3:39 About Scott Hickle

4:18 Welcome him to the show!

5:28 Your poop friends

7:35 How Throne got started

9:52 What can we learn from our bathroom habits

12:20 How Throne assesses your hydration

14:24 Urgency & constipation

15:31 Measuring prostate health

16:20 Lauren’s hydration takeaways 

19:35 Peeing out B vitamins

22:46 How does Throne work?

27:22 Lance Armstrong’s stream

28:36 *APOLLO NEURO*

30:52 New FDA regulations

32:00 Creating habit changes

36:41 Renee’s melatonin stats

37:52 Blindspots in research

38:39 Gastro-typing

40:14 Data privacy on Throne

44:08 Predicting colon cancer

49:08 Throne App experience

56:25 Poopie Lineup

1:02:38 Where to find Throne

1:03:58 His final piece of advice

1:04:59 Thanks for tuning in!

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