Snake Oil Was Real and It Worked

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Snake oil was a real thing and it actually worked. This is one of the first things that ive discovered in research for this episode. It's just fascinating to me that, like, all these sort of templets for advertising ritin. We just keep doing the same thing over and over nad, lik, nothing changes.

The world of dieting and wellness is full of so-called snake oil salesmen—but what IS snake oil? This week, we take a wild ride through the history of health scams and discover a startling twist about an everyday idiom. Along the way, Aubrey delivers fun facts about sanitation from memory and Mike roasts the state where most of his family lives.

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