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The Dream

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Feb 10, 2020 • 39min

S2 E8: Your Call is Important to Us

These Shills and Sugar Pills will make you feel better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 3, 2020 • 35min

S2 E7: Green Eggs and Scams

The podcast explores the lack of scientific evidence behind wellness products, controversial practices at Goop, the impact of parasocial relationships on health behavior, the blurring line between journalism and sales in contextual commerce, deceptive advertising tactics, celebrity health habits and diets, the Goop lawsuit for deceptive advertising, and brief mentions of production credits and advertisements.
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Jan 27, 2020 • 41min

S2 E6: Magnets: How Do They Work?

The road to wellness is paved with particles and protons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 20, 2020 • 37min

S2 E5: Birthing a Bad Dream

This podcast covers the overwhelming messaging and pressures of pregnancy, the uncertainty and pain of childbirth, exploring alternative treatments in Los Angeles, assumptions about pregnant women's bodies, and the tension between medical and experiential approaches to childbirth.
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Jan 13, 2020 • 37min

S2 E4: Take With Caution

What happens when no one is looking out for you?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 6, 2020 • 32min

S2 E3: Magic Little Pills

Can powders, pills and juices deliver on the promise to live longer and look younger?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 23, 2019 • 39min

Revisiting Women’s Work

Opportunity might still be knocking… we’ll be back with new episodes in January.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 16, 2019 • 31min

S2 E2: A New Kind of Party

Take a walk and find a crystal. Who knows, it might just heal you.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 9, 2019 • 31min

S2 E1: What’s Your Frequency?

Products and cures you can’t find at the doctor might just be the medicine you want.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 21, 2019 • 3min

Coming Soon...The Dream Season 2

Oils, crystals, juices and more have been said to bring us eternal happiness and health- but how much of that is based in truth? Who benefits and loses from the wellness industry as a whole? We’ll be talking to some familiar voices and new ones about broader questions like these in Season 2 of the Dream- premiering December 9th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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