Beyond Being Well: A Post Comedy Podcast Beyond Being Well: A Post Comedy Podcast

On the 10th episode of BBW, Ryan and Sy try something a bit... unusual. Documentarian Jason Arizo (Tyyon Powell) talks about the fallout of making a film about Harvey Lee Bush (Cody Norris), a controversial Physicist who claims he's worked with "crafts" at Area 52.

*This weeks guests are played by the hosts of Generally Speaking with Ty and Cody. Follow them on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or Soundcloud. For more from Sy and Ryan, be sure to check out when BBW joined their podcast.

**BBW Update: Unfortunately, Beyond Being Well has changed distributors and new episodes will no longer be added to Soundcloud. For new episodes, be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or our new YouTube channel. 

Episode 9 of Beyond Being Well has a sharper political angle than previous episodes, as it satirizes cultural appropriation and the phenomenon of corporate wellness. Special guest Dove White is a “corporate shaman” who exploits a religious practice common among Native American groups in order to make miserable employees calmly submit to corporate hierarchy. He illustrates the manner in which “workplaces have become ever more oppressive,” as Miya Tokumitsu writes, “intensely tracking workers’ bodies, demanding longer hours, and weakening workers’ bargaining rights while also instituting wellness and mentoring programs on an ever greater scale.”

In addition to police brutality, the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests have drawn attention to other problems in different industries, such as lack of representation and staggering wage disparities between Black employees and their White colleagues. These problems are what Dove White and other proponents of corporate wellness try to undermine, by diverting attention away from collective struggle and instead towards superficial self-care.

While this episode isn’t a straightforward critique, we hope it gives you a reason to laugh at neoliberalism and corporate culture. Also, BBW wants to again take this time to emphasize that we stand with Black Lives Matter and we support defunding the police in favor of investing in communities. Keep donating and redistributing wealth!

Ryan and Sy connect with Dr. Laramie F. Goode, a free-range farmer who Ryan just purchased a full cow from. She speaks on her alternative farming practices and what she's doing to save penguins from Global Warming.

How can we use essential oils on a daily basis? If there are essential oils, are there non-essential oils? Does the distillation process remove toxicity? Clement Rhine of essential oil company AllOils visits BBW to answer these questions.

Dr. Roderick Tungsten talks to Sy and Ry about his new Artificial Intelligence project J.M.E., aka "Jeremy." Sy has some news about his tea venture...

Professor Maggie Greenwald visits the pod to explain what we already know: that sleep is key; Sy attempts to get his reoccurring dream analyzed; and Ryan has some unfortunate, personal health news...