Maintenance Phase

Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.

Episodes

Total: 87

Ultra-Processed Foods

2d ago

Everyone agrees that processed foods are bad for you. When it comes to defining what they actually a

From our Patreon feed, we're catching up with RFK Jr. and his cadre of "Make America Healt

Meet the tech bro on a noble quest to double his lifespan, improve his productivity and irritate his

Blue Zones

2025/1/30

The places where humans live the longest are explained by traditional lifestyles, widespread incest

BONUS: What's New With RFK Jr.?

2024/12/20

Because we live in hell, here is last month's bonus episode about RFK Jr.'s presidential c

Richard Simmons Isn't Missing

2024/11/21

The internet gets weird investigating the "disappearance" of America's gay best frien

Growing Up Richard Simmons

2024/10/25

Before building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton fro

How a mother, a daughter and a crackpot Swiss psychologist gave us the world's most popular Buz

We went a little easy on the Cass Report in our last main feed episode, so we're back to [Morta

Thanks to Jules Gill-Peterson (jgillpeterson.com) and Julia Serano (patreon.com/juliaserano) for hel

Thanks to Jules Gill-Peterson (jgillpeterson.com) and Julia Serano (patreon.com/juliaserano) for hel

Jamie Oliver

2024/4/4

In the 2000s, Jamie Oliver made a big splash with his work reforming kids’ meals in the UK and US. W

COVID Conspiracies

2024/3/7

What was missing from America's pandemic response? According to the internet, a sunshine vitami

Ozempic

2023/10/10

Ozempic is being hailed as “the end of the Obesity Epidemic.” This week, Mike and Aubrey dig through

"Soy Boys"

2023/9/12

How a plant-based pejorative went from an alt-right burn to a core concern of mainstream Republicans

Join us for a 75 minute answer to a 5 word question: Is there mercury in vaccines? Support us:Hear b

A political candidate has some questions and we have some extremely obvious answers.Support us:Hear

Pilates

2023/7/4

Somehow an episode about an old-timey fitness influencer ended up being one of our most wholesome ev

Brittany Dawn

2023/6/20

How a fitness influencer went from small-time scammer to one of the Internet’s leading villains. Sup

We're taking a much-needed break this week so to tide you over here is one of our bonus episode