Sauna Talk

Glenn Auerbach

saunatimes@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Sauna Talk is a bench-recorded, culture-and-health-focused show that brings in sauna builders, researchers, and industry voices to talk about authentic heat experiences and wellness claims. For PR professionals, it’s a niche but credible platform spanning craftsmanship, community, and science—with an emphasis on integrity and practical takeaways.

Metrics

Episodes: 132

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.9k subscribers

Instagram: 4.4k followers

Contact Information

saunatimes@gmail.com

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Host

Glenn Auerbach - Host of Sauna Talk and a key figure behind SaunaTimes.com and Sauna Days on the North Shore of Lake Superior. His work centers on authentic sauna culture—highlighting sauna building, sauna experien...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Guests are typically sauna industry operators (builders, founders of sauna brands/products, mobile sauna operators/community founders) and/or credible health researchers/clinicians working on heat/sauna-related outcomes (often affiliated with universities/major hospitals/research institutes).
Required Achievements:  
Founded or leads a sauna business/sauna brand or a sauna-focused community platform, Published or contributed to heat therapy/sauna research in clinical or academic settings, Known for building distinctive sauna systems (mobile, social/party saunas) with strong craftsmanship/education, Recognized involvement in events shaping sauna culture (e.g., major sauna gatherings)

Recent Guest Discussions

Jake Newport - UK Vs. North American Sauna Culture; Sauna Entrepreneurship; Social/community Sauna; Aufguss And Rituals; Authenticity Vs. Commercialization

Leif Kjorness - Sauna Craftsmanship And Building Principles; Mobile/party Sauna Design; Quality And Ventilation; Creating Gathering Spaces

Josh Leddy - Mobile Sauna/community Gatherings; Contrast Therapy And Cold Plunging; Natural Healing; Meaning And Connection Via Sauna

Earric Lee - Cardiac Rehab And Heat Outcomes; Review Of Heat Therapy Research; Thermoregulation And Dosage; Traditional Vs Infrared Considerations

Dr. Ashley Mason - State Of Sauna Science; Mental Health/insomnia/depression And Heat Exposure; Clinical Vs. Practical Sauna Protocols; Uncertainty And Dosage/logging

Recent Topics

Sauna, Wellness, Health, Contrast, Heat Therapy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Sauna Talk
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Sauna, Breath, Cold & Meaning: A Live Authors Panel from Sauna Days 2025 | Sauna Talk 133

June 11, 2026

Recorded live before a full audience at Sauna Days 2025, this special episode of Sauna Talk brings together four authors, educators, and lifelong students of human experience for a conversation that moves well beyond sauna itself. Joining me are Garrett Conover, author of Sauna Magic; Jesse Coomer, author and educator in breathwork and cold exposure; Harvey Martin, author of Breathe, Focus, Excel and Without Words; and myself, Glenn Auerbach, author of Sauna Build from Start to Finish. Togeth...

UK Meets USA Sauna: Jake Newport on the Next Sauna Revolution | Sauna Talk 132

May 28, 2026

What happens when the exploding UK sauna movement meets the rapidly evolving North American sauna scene? Recorded live at Sauna Days 2025 on Minnesota's North Shore, this episode of Sauna Talk features a wide-ranging conversation with Jake Newport of Finnmark Sauna in the UK. Together, Glenn Auerbach and Jake explore where global sauna culture is headed next — from grassroots mobile saunas and floating bathhouses to luxury urban wellness spaces, aufguss experiences, and the rise of social sau...

The New Party Sauna: Community, Cold Plunges & Sauna Days | Josh Leddy & Leif Kjorness | Sauna Talk 131

May 14, 2026

In this of Sauna Talk, Glenn Auerbach is joined bench-side by Josh Leddy of Get Sweaty with Leddy and sauna builder Leif Kjorness of Excelsior Saunas for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation recorded after multiple sauna and cold plunge rounds on Lake Ann in Minnesota.  What unfolds is more than a discussion about sauna. It's a conversation about craftsmanship, friendship, healing, community, and the ways sauna culture continues to evolve while still holding onto its roots. Josh sh...

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