30 episodes

In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. What is it? Who sells it? And will it bring you eternal happiness…and, perhaps, eternal life? 

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 14K Ratings

In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. What is it? Who sells it? And will it bring you eternal happiness…and, perhaps, eternal life? 

    S2 E1: What’s Your Frequency?

    S2 E1: What’s Your Frequency?

    Products and cures you can’t find at the doctor might just be the medicine you want.

    • 30 min
    S2 E2: A New Kind of Party

    S2 E2: A New Kind of Party

    Take a walk and find a crystal. Who knows, it might just heal you.

    • 30 min
    S2 E3: Magic Little Pills

    S2 E3: Magic Little Pills

    Can powders, pills and juices deliver on the promise to live longer and look younger?

    • 32 min
    S2 E4: Take With Caution

    S2 E4: Take With Caution

    What happens when no one is looking out for you?

    • 37 min
    S2 E5: Birthing a Bad Dream

    S2 E5: Birthing a Bad Dream

    Welcome to one of the cutest cults of wellness.

    • 37 min
    S2 E6: Magnets: How Do They Work?

    S2 E6: Magnets: How Do They Work?

    The road to wellness is paved with particles and protons.

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
14K Ratings

14K Ratings

GG from Seattle ,

Hate from grifters and griftees

Don’t listen to the 1-star reviews about how h the show is “biased”. It’s just not buying your health nonsense claims!

Pdxbbf ,

Birthing a bad dream is spot on

My eldest is 18 now and I still empathize so much with Alicia’s story. Beat by beat, delivery of my son was so much like this- and I hadn’t prepared for the outcome of a c-section at all, so a huge part of my PPD was grief that I had somehow failed. I had a healthy, full-sized baby but somehow my brain awash with post-partum hormones processed that into: I had failed. It took a long time to get over that. I hired a doula and pursued a VBAC at an academic hospital with my second, and it was a vastly different experience.

B3n S6z ,

Can’t stand the ads

I love the show, but I just cannot deal with the ads. Maybe I get different ads than other people, but mine are all really obnoxious ads for cell phone providers and things like that. It’s like listening to commercial radio. I hate it. Sorry! Just can’t get past that, I really tried, many episodes and I finally gave up. And I even tried subscribing to the Pushkin paid channel but apparently this show is not one that goes ad free when you do that. Bummer.

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