In this episode, Hannah and Victoria do their best to keep an open mind as they discuss Breatharianism, aka the influencer-led trend of living on breath alone.

No food.

No water.

Just prana.

- Dunning-Kreuger effect: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10626367/

- Wiley Brooks: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508172/How-Michelle-Pfeiffer-seduced-deadly-cult-says-live-air-alone.html, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV6Xizszik8, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN8cmcNC6Y 

- Ellen Greve aka Jasmuheen: https://jasmuheen.podia.com/darkroomretreats 

- Ray Maor: https://raymaor.com/expand-your-consciousness-portal/retreats/ (Some retreats cost over $3000) 

- Audra Bear: https://www.instagram.com/audrabear/ 

- “Claims of anomalously long fasting: An assessment of the evidence from investigated cases”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830720302032?via%3Dihub

- Nirjal Upvas in Ayurveda

- Inedia: Latin for “fasting”

- Bigu in Taoist tradition: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728740/, https://journals.sfu.ca/jnonlocality/public/journals/1/PREPRINTS/BiguStudy081413r.pdf 

- Survival into the 21st Century: https://www.amazon.com/Survival-into-21st-Century-Planetary/dp/0933278047

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