Rachel Hollis Part 2: Girl, Start Apologizing

Panic! At the endocrinologist.

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• 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

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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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• 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

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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!

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• 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?   

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Ozempic is being hailed as “the end of the Obesity Epidemic.” This week, Mike and Aubrey dig through the sensational claims. But will they make it past the caveats?

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• How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic 
• The Discovery and Development of Liraglutide and Semaglutide 
• Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor 
• Insurers clamping down on doctors who prescribe Ozempic for weight loss
• Ozempic prescriptions can be easy to get online. Its popularity for weight loss is hurting those who need it most    
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: real-world evidence from a Mediterranean area
• Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity
• Real-world weight change, adherence, and discontinuation among patients with type 2 diabetes initiating glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the UK
• Safety of Semaglutide
• Semaglutide for the treatment of overweight and obesity: A review
• Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity
• Semaglutide 2.4 mg for the Treatment of Obesity: Key Elements of the STEP Trials 1 to 5
• Association of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use With Risk of Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases
• Real-World Adherence and Discontinuation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the United States
• Medications and conditions associated with weight loss in patients prescribed semaglutide based on real-world data

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How a plant-based pejorative went from an alt-right burn to a core concern of mainstream Republicans.

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• Joe Explains the Term "Soy Boy" to Donnell Rawlings
• Alex Jones Gay Bomb Rant
• Soyboys and Sensitivity: Mocking Meat Avoidance from Punch to Twitter
• How the alt-right uses milk to promote white supremacy
• Men's Health 2009 piece
• Neither soy nor isoflavone intake affects male reproductive hormones
• A Brief History of Conservatives Using Tofu-Eating as an Insult
• The Soy Conspiracy 
• Alex Jones’ Protegé, Paul Joseph Watson, Is About to Steal His Crackpot Crown
• Why Men Think Plant-Based Meat Will Turn Them Into Women
• Stangle: Impossible burgers are made of what?
• Plant-based meat and the knock-down, drag-out fight for the American diet
• Why Republicans Can’t Stop Talking About Masculinity
• Real American men and the liberal war on meat
• “The Great Replacement:” An Explainer

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Join us for a 75 minute answer to a 5 word question: Is there mercury in vaccines?

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• Paul Offit’s “Autism's False Prophets”
• Peter Hotez’s “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science”
• Seth Mnookin’s “The Panic Virus”
• Jonathan M. Berman’s “Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement” 
• Steve Silberman’s “Neurotribes”
• Transcript of the Simpsonwood meeting
• A Kennedy’s Crusade Against Covid Vaccines Anguishes Family and Friends
• Immunizations and Autism: A Review of the Literature
• CDC Studies on Thimerosal in Vaccines
• RFK Jr’s 2005 article on mercury and vaccines
• RFK Jr.’s Inside Job
• Vast Majority of Americans Say Benefits of Childhood Vaccines Outweigh Risks
• Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• When Vaccine Injury Claims Go to Court
• Vaccine Compensation Hearing Decision

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A political candidate has some questions and we have some extremely obvious answers.

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• Eric Garcia’s “We’re Not Broken”
• Mike and Sarah’s episode on autism and the anti-vaxx movement
• Seth Mnookin’s “The Panic Virus”
• Jonathan M. Berman’s “Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement” 
• Brian Deer’s “The Doctor Who Fooled the World”
• Paul Offit’s “Autism's False Prophets”
• Steve Silberman’s “Neurotribes”
• Peter Hotez’s “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science”
• Behind The Bastards episode on smallpox anti-vaxxers 
• RFK Jr.’s Inside Job
  The Conspiracy Candidate
• David Pitts's "Jack and Lem”
• RFK Jr.’s autobiography
• Immunizations and Autism: A Review of the Literature
• Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent
• Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine ‘facts’

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Somehow an episode about an old-timey fitness influencer ended up being one of our most wholesome ever. We're as surprised as you are.

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• Pilates and the “powerhouse"
• Sick Architecture - Ibiayi Briggs - Body Culture and Contrology 
• World War One: Internment centre 'will unlock' family tales
• The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp
• The exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner-of-war camp
• History of Pilates
• An Introduction to Clinical Pilates
• The Fight for the Soul of Pilates
•  Did you know Pilates was born in prison and inspired by cats?
•  Inside The Shocking (Black) History Of Pilates 

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How a fitness influencer went from small-time scammer to one of the Internet’s leading villains.

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• THIS IS DISTURBING
• goodbye for now… 
• How Dallas-area influencer Brittany Dawn found herself at the mercy of social media's double-edged sword
• Conversations with the Inspiring Brittany Dawn
• Influencer Asks Customers to Sign NDA Before Refund
• Brittany Dawn's archived apology video
• Influencer Called 'Scammer' for Not Providing Coaching
• ‘You can’t cancel me’: embattled TikTok star reinvents herself as a warrior for Jesus
• Here’s what to know about the lawsuit against Texas influencer Brittany Dawn
• Followers Of Christian Influencer Brittany Dawn Said They Are Angry That She Pivoted To Religion To Avoid Scrutiny
• Fitness gurus and 'muscular Christianity': how Victorian Britain anticipated today's keep fit craze
• The Fitness-Driven Church | Christianity Today
• Christian influencer Brittany Dawn defends her foster parent journey amid criticism of her past, monetized baby posts
• Police Brutality Against Black Kansas City Man Caught on Video
• Brittany Dawn Fitness LLC 

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We're taking a much-needed break this week so to tide you over here is one of our bonus episodes!

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Special guest Kimberly Springer joins us to talk about an infamous, dangerous faith healer and his two — two! — appearances on Oprah's talk show. This episode contains, we're sorry to say, detailed descriptions of sexual assault. 

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• Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture
• Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980

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• Behind the Bastards podcast series on John of God 
• The O Magazine article
• John of God, the Miracle Healer
• Celebrity Healer in Brazil Is Accused of Sexually Abusing Followers
• Oprah’s 2012 article

Texas is frozen over and the lack of human contact I have had since I haven't left my house for three days has made me super introspective about how humans will either evolve with technology and AI away from our primitive needs or we fail and Elon Musk leaves us behind. The idea that future humans may be considered aliens is based on the belief that our evolution and technological advancements will bring about significant changes to our biology and consciousness. As we continue to enhance our physical and cognitive abilities with artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies, we may transform into beings that are fundamentally different from our current selves. In this future scenario, it's possible that we may be considered as aliens in comparison to our primitive ancestors." Enjoy