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Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen
Cookbook author Julia Turshen joins us to discuss her history with an eating disorder and how orthorexic thinking showed up in her work, how a loved …
3 years, 1 month ago
How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin
Journalist and medical doctor Seema Yasmin joins us to discuss why misinformation and conspiracy theories about health and wellness are so alluring; …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky
Author and podcaster Mary Jelkovsky joins us to discuss her history as a fitness influencer starting at age 16, and how it triggered and exacerbated …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Allure of Alternative Medicine and Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-Smith
Author and journalist Virginia Sole-Smith joins us to discuss the allure of wellness approaches for those with chronic pain and illness, her experien…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
Katie Dalebout guest-hosts the show to interview Christy about her new book, The Wellness Trap! Christy shares why she wanted to write a book about w…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
Nutritionist and author Laura Thomas joins us to discuss what it’s like for kids living in the long shadow of “clean eating,” the “almond mom” trend …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz
Alan Levinovitz, religious-studies scholar and author of Natural and The Gluten Lie, joins us to discuss the problems with framing eating and wellnes…
3 years, 4 months ago
Fitness Culture with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
Fitness and wellness historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela joins Christy to discuss her new book, Fit Nation; the historical shifts that made fitness go…
3 years, 4 months ago
Health Anxiety, Wellness Misinformation, and Media Literacy with Casey Gueren
Casey Gueren, award-winning health journalist and author of It's Probably Nothing, joins us to discuss how to deal with health anxiety, strategies fo…
3 years, 4 months ago
Wellness Culture and Infertility, the Challenges of Baby Feeding, and Unpacking Food Sensitivities with Jenee Desmond-Harris
Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate Magazine's Dear Prudence advice columnist, joins us to discuss her history with wellness culture, how infertility can mak…
3 years, 4 months ago