# Jordan Peterson to air recorded lectures amid neurological disorder battle > Source: > Published: 2026-06-25 12:31:51+00:00 **Getting your** [Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...Canadian podcaster Dr. Jordan Peterson is broadcasting old lectures on Sundays while battling health issues. The 64-year-old author and provocateur [announced on social media](https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/2068790819239452687) that he’ll release weekly recorded orations every week until further notice. **RELATED: Tucker Carlson claims there’s ‘no chance’ he votes Republican** “This allows me to do something interesting and useful while I’m otherwise incapacitated,” he explained. “My health is such at the moment that I can’t really return to podcasting or public lecturing.” Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila Fuller said in April that her father was [suffering from akathisia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9bzpDogoeo) due to [a depressant](https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/clonazepam-oral-route/description/drg-20072102) that caused him neurological damage. The National Institutes of Health [describe akathisia](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519543/) as “a neuropsychiatric syndrome that can occur as an adverse effect of antipsychotic medications and manifests as psychomotor restlessness.” Peterson said on X this week that the lectures he’ll release every Sunday were recorded with the intention of someday reaching a wider audience online. That’s the plan while he’s on the mend. He hopes his fans will find the videos useful. “I’m as happy as I can be under the current circumstances, given my ill health, to be participating in this process and to have these lectures prepared for release,” he explained. [Despite being labeled a “classical liberal”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcA5TotAkhs) by some supporters, Peterson — a staunch advocate of [red meat diets](https://www.instagram.com/reels/CwA1fXjNzX5/) — is often associated with the MAGA movement due to [his appearances](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/how-dangerous-is-jordan-b-peterson-the-rightwing-professor-who-hit-a-hornets-nest) on shows hosted by right-wing influencers like Tucker Carlson [and Joe Rogan.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEZhjnZTks) He was literally [brought to tears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1612L2FMHo) in 2023 after filmmaker Olivia Wilde [described him](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/olivia-wilde-needs-to-be-in-charge) as a “pseudo intellectual hero to the incel community” who inspired a key character in her 2022 film “Don’t Worry Darling.” He accepted that designation during a subsequent interview with Piers Morgan. “Sure, why not?” Peterson said when asked about Wilde’s characterization.