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Have you been wondering why so many people, including the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, are launching such an intense battle against synthetic food dyes like Red 40? What exactly is up with these "chemicals" they're "putting in our food"? What does the U.S. Food and Drug administration have to say about all this? This week, we're tackling the ever-distracting beast that is the Red 40 debate. And we're sure you'll be as surprised as we were about what we found.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Have you ever wondered what was behind all these weird, jacked dudes & their public "intellectual" buddies just going HAM on diets that required them to eat nothing but meat? Well, this week we're getting into the carnivore diet, some of the main characters responsible for the diet's rise in popularity, and the nebulous health & historical claims that come with it.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
The "wellness" industry has gotten so big in the last 10 years, it's even come for something we all hold sacred: our vacation time. Over the last few years especially, the rise of wellness tourism has become almost inescapable with people of all kinds - celebrities, influencers, your most hated boss - touting the benefits of getting away to "work on yourself" for a while. Even the media has noticed their increased popularity, giving way to the creation of series like HBO's The White Lotus and Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers. In this episode, we dig into this "trend" & all of the ridiculous attitudes that keep these places in business.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We're not strangers to taking on niche internet phenomena that is bugging the crap out of us, & this week is no different. This week, we're discussing the concept of "physique inflation" & the ecosystem built around its impacts all over social media. Some of the content here is a little difficult to digest, which is exactly why it needs to be addressed.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Brothers, sisters, & siblings, we're finally back from our little hiatus! This week, we're jumping right back into our third season, Optimized Idiocy, & taking a dive into what some media outlets are calling the "Top Wellness Trends of 2025." You might think you know what's coming, but trust us, you won't guess what some of these people are doing.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We're sorry to our fans who keep up with us bi-weekly. We've been away making a documentary (which you can watch here). We're back this week with a new episode on the latest (& one of the most absurd) grifts on the internet: finance-crypto-wellness bros who claim to have all the answers necessary for building a "good life." This week, we're taking aim at Luke Belmar, but the epidemic goes MUCH deeper than that. You'll see how.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Maybe you've noticed that a ridiculous, new trend has taken hold of many of the young men across different social media platforms. In this episode, we explore the phenomenon known as "Looksmaxxing," a surprisingly aggravating (& not very original) idea taking hold of the young masses. We get into what it is, what it looks like, & what happens when it's taken to the extreme.
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This week, we're diving head first into one of the greatest food safety concerns of our time: people drinking raw milk without fear or consideration of where it comes from. We'll talk about how & why raw milk has become so popular in recent years & the risks it poses, debunk some "influencer science," & connect to a larger cultural phenomenon we're witnessing right now.
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Over the last few years, you've probably seen people online & in the media making a big deal out of something we can't even verify: the average rates of testosterone changing in American men. This week, we're covering this "crisis" & the people who have created small empires by making men all over the country freak out about nothing.
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AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We know he's been discussed at length all over the media, but this week, we're getting into the methodology & psychology of Bryan Johnson, the man who think he deserves to live forever for some reason. We get into his "Project Blueprint," discuss the burgeoning "Don't Die" movement, & try to figure out why he's so obsessed with his 19-year-old son's nighttime boners.
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