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

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Scott Hickle discusses how smart toilet technology is revolutionizing personalized health tracking.

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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Renee Belz, Lauren Sambataro

Guest: Scott Hickle

Topics covered

• smart toilet technology
• personalized health tracking
• biomarkers
• hydration
• gut health
• data privacy
• chronic conditions

Keywords

• smart toilet
• health monitoring
• hydration
• gut health
• biomarkers
• chronic conditions
• data privacy

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Organizations: Throne Science

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