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Homeopathy

Dec 15, 2021

wtf is homeopathy? Does it refer to all holistic health practices, or one modality in particular? How is it different from herbalism? And most importantly, does it have any credibility? 

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Culty Hot Yoga

Dec 8, 2021

What drives someone to do vigorous exercise in a hot room packed with smelly, stinky people? Is sweating actually an effective form of detox, and does hot yoga really deliver the workout you think it does? This episode investigates three specific hot yoga brands- Bikram Yoga, Forrest Yoga and Baptiste Yoga- and explores...

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James Arthur Ray

Jul 6, 2021

What happens when cultural appropriation becomes deadly? James Arthur Ray killed three people in October 2009, but has been able to successfully re-launch his career as a spiritual self-help salesman. How was he able to manipulate people to override their most hard-wired survival instincts, and how was he able to...

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A Cult Murder Mystery Dilemma

Jun 25, 2021

This episode does two things: 

1. Explores the story of the mysterious death of Carla Jean Shaffer and the local self-fashioned guru, Aaravindha Himdara, who swears he had no part in it
2. Explores the dilemma of what happens when both sides of a story give you red flags 
 

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Holistic Pseudoscience Diets

Jun 16, 2021

This episode delves into two particularly dogmatic and pseudoscientific diets within the holistic wellness world: raw veganism and the Weston A Price diet. We also revisit the Medical Medium as Katya reports back after doing his celery juice challenge

Support this work: https://www.patreon.com/katyaweissandersson

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