mike rothschild is one of our favorite cunon reporters. He's also working on a book called the storm is upon that comes out in october or september, september 20 first. Mike used to cover welmouth scams and wrote about pseudo-scientific cures for everything from skin conditions to cancer. This week he talks about oil pulling: The idea that if you swish a small amount of oil,. whether it's cocoanut oil or olive oil, in your mouth then spit it out, you will be ridding your body of toxin tis Ike fuge thing.
Special guest Mike Rothschild tells us how the road to wellness can be an on-ramp to a conspiracy theory. Along the way we debunk oil pulling, explore Instagram aesthetics and bemoan anti-vaxx argumentation tactics . Mike gets the date of the January 6th insurrection wrong and he is sorry.
Mike Rothschild is on Twitter and you can pre-order his book here!
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