109 episodes
Maintenance Phase MP After Dark
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- Health & Fitness
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4.7 • 14.6K Ratings
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Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
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Jamie Oliver
In the 2000s, Jamie Oliver made a big splash with his work reforming kids’ meals in the UK and US. Was his work wicked slammin’, or just proper rustic?
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Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreBuy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's other podcastLinks!
BBC Profile - Jamie OliverJamie Oliver Puts America's Diet on a DietAll The Times Jamie Oliver Made Everyone AngryUnpacking School Lunch: Understanding the Hidden Politics of School FoodA brief history of school meals in the UKTurkey Twizzlers: A Complete HistoryMarcus Rashford Is Fighting the Government on Free School Meals. He’s Also Fighting Jamie Oliver’s LegacyHas Jamie Bitten off More Than He Can Chew?Jamie Oliver, you haven’t tasted real povertyJamie Oliver’s campaign against childhood obesity has classist undertonesJamie’s jerk rice is a recipe for disasterThanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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March Bonus: Plandemic!
Despite being almost 90 minutes long, our COVID Conspiracies episode covered just a fraction of the misinformation bouncing around the country in 2020. So to cover some of the viral myths and zombie statistics we didn't get to, we decided to have a little watch party for a coronavirus conspiracy classic: "Plandemic."
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COVID Conspiracies
What was missing from America's pandemic response? According to the internet, a sunshine vitamin, a malaria treatment and a whole lot of horse paste.
Thanks to Health Nerd (Substack) for helping us fact-check this episode! And thanks to Abby Mahler (Twitter, Tiktok) for help with the research on hydroxychloroquine!
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Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreBuy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's other podcastLinks:
How Musk Sold MAGA on HCQ Prominent Anti-Vaxxer’s Snake Oil Store Has a Propaganda OutletNine COVID-19 Myths That Just Won’t Go Away Disinformation and coronavirus COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Discussion on Twitter Pain in the Nation Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. Vaccines vs. vitamins: COVID misinformation roils the worlds of wellness and nutrition A Decisive Verdict on Vitamin D Supplementation Why were Twitter Users Obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic? Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19 The Strange and Twisted Tale of Hydroxychloroquine Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research? Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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February Bonus: Diets for your Brain!
Can someone's diet cure their schizophrenia? Of course not! But some real jerky psychologists & MDs in the '70s decided to tell people it could. This month, we're diving back into Aubrey's diet book collection—and this time, we're focusing on diets that claim to have psychological and behavioral effects. Buckle up, it's even more unhinged than you think!
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January Bonus: Erewhon Taste Test
From its $22 smoothies to its celebrity clientele, Erewhon has become the go-to super-woo supermarket for America's super wealthy. But what's the story behind this pop culture punching bag? What does the name mean? And what do $14 kale chips taste like??
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Also, some news! Aubrey is back from her whirlwind tour of the UK and diving into the research for a Jamie Oliver episode. Mike is still fighting the respiratory infection he got over the holidays but is still managing to add to his notes on the Anti-Vaxx to Vitamin D Truther pipeline. In other words, see you back on the main feed ASAP! -
Customer Reviews
Can’t stop listening
So smart, so funny. I’ve listened to the whole catalogue at least twice.
Insufferable
If you like complaining and biased opinions, this one’s for you. Ughhh likes nails on a chalkboard.
Good entertainment, feels like a money grab, numerical/scientific literacy is missing
They are making over 1.5 million annually in subscriptions. To the hosts: YOU CAN AFFORD A FIELD SPECIFIC FACT CHECKER please hire a couple. You have a responsibility to your subscribers to present the truth.
———————-my past review —————————- Very entertaining, has a lay person’s perspective on the nuanced systems that create our health environment and the hosts generally approach their biopics with empathy and compassion, though at times it feels like they edge into derision, in a way that is unkind. My major complaint is that while entertainingly presented, the actual numbers they present are more often than not misinformation or misrepresentations of the facts. I think they do present things in good faith, but have busy lives and don’t have the time or scientific literacy to read into statistical basics or the entire background of articles, even for the sources they provide. I get it—a lot of jargon is just “turn your brain off” boring until you’ve read a lot. This results in a lot of biased telling and misinformation—it's an opnion podcast so like, who cares, and their non technical or background knowledge is great, but they frequently joke about being “methodology queens” which is a misrepresentation even if it’s a joke. As always—do your own research, and consider people’s motivations :) it would be useful if they spoke with a scientist or fact checker and cited the entirety of the studies they present. It would also be great to read a statistical primer and do a quick review of the basics of each issue before diving into the study. They’re diving into a lot of unfamiliar topics, and a nice basis before reading into the journals might help them not misrepresent the facts. Also: they suddenly became subscriber only and the subscription is super expensive??