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Maintenance Phase

By: Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
  • Summary

  • Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
    © 2024 Maintenance Phase
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  • "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria"
    May 9 2024

    Panic! At the endocrinologist.

    Thanks to Jules Gill-Peterson (jgillpeterson.com) and Julia Serano (patreon.com/juliaserano) for help researching this episode and Evan Urquhart and Parker Molloy for fact-checking!

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    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Donate on PayPal
    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
    • Buy Aubrey's book
    • Listen to Mike's other podcast

    Links!

    • Origins of "Social Contagion" and "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria"
    • What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being?
    • Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care
    • Fresh trans myths of 2017: “rapid onset gender dysphoria”
    • Rapid Onset of Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults: a Descriptive Study
    • The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't
    • How the idea of a “transgender contagion” went viral—and caused untold harm
    • Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care
    • 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Is Biased Junk Science
    • A careful step into a field of landmines
    • Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Understanding Transgender Children Debates
    • Recognizing and responding to misleading trans health research

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
    Apr 4 2024

    In the 2000s, Jamie Oliver made a big splash with his work reforming kids’ meals in the UK and US. Was his work wicked slammin’, or just proper rustic?

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    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Donate on PayPal
    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
    • Buy Aubrey's book
    • Listen to Mike's other podcast

    Links!

    • BBC Profile - Jamie Oliver
    • Jamie Oliver Puts America's Diet on a Diet
    • All The Times Jamie Oliver Made Everyone Angry
    • Unpacking School Lunch: Understanding the Hidden Politics of School Food
    • A brief history of school meals in the UK
    • Turkey Twizzlers: A Complete History
    • Marcus Rashford Is Fighting the Government on Free School Meals. He’s Also Fighting Jamie Oliver’s Legacy
    • Has Jamie Bitten off More Than He Can Chew?
    • Jamie Oliver, you haven’t tasted real poverty
    • Jamie Oliver’s campaign against childhood obesity has classist undertones
    • Jamie’s jerk rice is a recipe for disaster

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • COVID Conspiracies
    Mar 7 2024

    What was missing from America's pandemic response? According to the internet, a sunshine vitamin, a malaria treatment and a whole lot of horse paste.

    Thanks to Health Nerd (Substack) for helping us fact-check this episode! And thanks to Abby Mahler (Twitter, Tiktok) for help with the research on hydroxychloroquine!

    Support us:

    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Donate on PayPal
    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
    • Buy Aubrey's book
    • Listen to Mike's other podcast

    Links:

    • How Musk Sold MAGA on HCQ
    • Prominent Anti-Vaxxer’s Snake Oil Store Has a Propaganda Outlet
    • Nine COVID-19 Myths That Just Won’t Go Away
    • Disinformation and coronavirus
    • COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Discussion on Twitter
    • Pain in the Nation
    • Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
    • Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
    • Vaccines vs. vitamins: COVID misinformation roils the worlds of wellness and nutrition
    • A Decisive Verdict on Vitamin D Supplementation
    • Why were Twitter Users Obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?
    • Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It
    • The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19
    • The Strange and Twisted Tale of Hydroxychloroquine
    • Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research?

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 28 mins
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my favourite podcast

loved it. love every episode. presenters are wonderful and hilarious and you learn something new every time

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Very entertaining - lots of fun facts

All kinds of interesting things you never knew about the founder of Pilates. Nothing controversial about the exercise method itself, just the interesting, amusing and sometimes strange history surrounding it. A great commute listen. Thank you.

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