Are Your Leggings Full of Toxins?

In today's episode, Kate debunks and discusses the latest trends in wellness! She touches on the viral vibration plates, red light masks, ditching your leggings because they have PFAs in them, beef tallow, the Plastic Detox Documentary, and the insane GOOP x AI weapon manufacturer podcast. Tune in …

The Wild World of Wellness

In today's episode, Kate unpacks the chaos of the wellness industry and talks about supplements! She touches on the lack of regulation on supplements, why peptides are so buzzy (and dangerous), and why so many Americans opt in for wellness practices. Kate looks at the ideology behind the wellness i…

GLP1s Everywhere

In today's episode, Kate talks about how GLP1s have altered our relationship to personal health and body image. She discusses the aggressive advertising, celebrity endorsements, and the accessibility of these drugs. Kate looks at the rampant fatphobia and obsession with thinness in society, questio…

Running: How to Start, Marathon Training, and Influencing

In today's episode, Kate answers all of your questions about running. She talks about how to start running, how to train for a half vs. full marathon, why you should strength train, how to prevent injury, and how to build successful routines. Kate opens up about her experience getting into running …

The Gender Data Gap for Women Athletes with Christine Yu

In today's episode, Kate interviews the journalist Christine Yu about her book Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. Kate asks Christine why we have such limited knowledge about women's bodies, looking at the historical and cultural biases that have led women to being excluded …

The Tradwife vs. The Girlboss

In today's episode, Kate analyzes the girlbosses and tradwives to better understand this economic and political moment for women. She unpacks how these seemingly harmless, lifestyle videos of women drinking raw milk serve a larger conservative agenda and how the tradwives are a reaction to both COV…

Don't Ask ChatGPT for Health Advice

In today's episode, Kate looks at how generative AI is being forced on us by tech oligarchs and reshaping our relationship to our personal health. She analyzes why people are using ChatGPT as their doctor, therapist, run coach, partner, etc. and what this reveals about our broken economic, social, …

Healthcare is a Human Right with Representative Ro Khanna

In today’s episode, Kate interviews US House Representative Ro Khanna about the intersection between politics, wellness, and inequality. We speak about the Epstein Files, Medicare for All, ending the war in Iran, and addressing wealth inequality. Ro talks about the need for a federal wellness polic…

Women's Fitness History + Myths

In today's episode, Kate analyzes the history of exercise culture and how fitness became popular. Kate looks at the patriarchal myths about women's capabilities and how body ideals changed throughout various points in history to reflect power, wealth, and social class. She looks at the German gymna…

Don’t Be Scared of Food! With Hydroxide Food Science

In today’s episode, Kate speaks with Hydroxide Food Science to learn about how our food system actually works. We talk about the intense fearmongering surrounding nutrition labels, ingredients, chemical-sounding names, and why you should feel safe when you walk into a grocery store. Hydroxide share…