Inflammation Pseudoscience (Conspirituality podcast #321)

Inflammation is an important and necessary part of the body’s healing process. It’s also long been a wellness buzzword used to sell products that do very little to treat it. This week, we look at inflammation through the lens of a new Mother Jones article, “The Great Inflammation Panic,” including an interview with the author, Julia Métraux, in segment two. We’ll also discuss what inflammation is, how wellness influencers weaponize it, and what it represents in the context of Ayurveda.

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https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/321-inflammation-pseudoscience

Wellness is the New Big Pharma [feat Mallory DeMille] (Conspirituality podcast)

The pharmaceutical industry is filled with greedy businessmen getting innocent consumers hooked on their toxic products in order to barely keep them alive. But if you want to actually thrive, an entire array of natural supplements are just a click away.

So goes most every wellness pitch on social media. Mallory DeMille returns to break down the marketing techniques as we dive into the sordid world of supplements and peptide creation, which, in reality, is not dissimilar from pharmaceuticals. In fact, many products use the same manufacturing processes and production plants, as Derek discusses.

In the final segment, Julian revisits Bryan Johnson, the centimillionaire on a quest to live to 200, and what his recent chronic illness diagnosis says about pumping your body filled with experimental drugs.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/318-wellness-is-the-new-big-pharma-mallory-demille

Brief: The Gospel of MAHA Apologetics (Conspirituality podcast)

After being confirmed as Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr started installing his cabal of wellness influencers and contrarian doctors across the government's many public health agencies. And that means they have to apologize for their boss. 

Derek and Julian listen in on some of the most outrageous takes so far.

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https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-the-gospel-of-maha-apologetics

Quacks, Cancer, and Kangen Water (feat Mallory DeMille) (Conspirituality podcast, Episode #256)

Cancer, as physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee writes, is the emperor of all maladies. The disease—the over 200 different diseases all falling under this umbrella term—has been with us as long as we’ve been us. If anything is truly ancient, it is the cancer cells that are in all of our bodies, just waiting to be turned on if the conditions are right, or if our genes dictate the inevitability.

Deep in wellness land, cancer is something entirely different. It’s avoidable if you stop consuming seed oils, stop using 5G, stop thinking negative thoughts, and by god, stop taking those jabs that cause all the turbo cancers going around. And with every wellness warning comes a wellness solution. Today our correspondent, Mallory DeMille, returns for a deep dive into the treacherous depths of one of the more insidious grifts: treating cancer with the power of…water.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/256-quacks-cancer-kangen-water-mallory-demille

Mind the Science: How the Wellness Industry is Scamming Us (with Dr. Jonathan Stea)(Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist podcast)

Dr. Jonathan Stea is a psychologist and author of the new book, Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry.  He joins us to talk about everything from detox to depression. 

        Dr. Stea's website: https://www.jonathanstea.com/

Interview: 

https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast-1/episode/78f1a1ba/mind-the-science-how-the-wellness-industry-is-scamming-us-with-dr-jonathan-stea

Slavery is Not a Form of Hustle (Conspirituality podcast)

One piece of connective tissue between the right and wellness influencers we cover is their liberal use of the language of Civl Rights to describe their completely incomparable grievances. Derek covers a few recent examples, centered around one particularly troublesome analogy by a tech-bro entrepreneur using slavery as an analogy for his hustle.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-5y4g7-1a90bef6

REAL Wellness (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

Guest: Don Ardell. The news is filled with state/church battles, politicking preachers, and religious threats to women's lives. After hearing a sneak preview of the Godless Gospel song "Life Is Good," we talk with U.S. and world triathlon and duathlon champion Don Ardell about his newest book, Freedom From Religion in 30 Days: A REAL Wellness Approach to Critical Thinking, Exuberance and Personal Freedoms.

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