S3 E8: Striving Is Bad for Your Health

This week, host Jane Marie talks to particle scientist and friend of the show, Dr. Liam Bollmann-Dodd, to talk about the Trump administration's war on words and the effects the banned words list will have on science and research around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr ...  Show more

Jane Borden has written a book all about cults, the key thesis of which is that Pilgrims, Puritans, etc. were part of a doomsday cult and that manner of thinking was what founded the United States.You can find Cults Like Us wherever you get your books. There's more from Jane Bord ...  Show more

On The Dream, host Jane Marie gets to know the life coaches and gurus who claim they know the secret to living our best lives. Is it all in our mindset? Or our privilege? Or are we all under a spell? Tim Harford is joined by Jane Marie to talk about who coaching works least well ...  Show more

Forrest and Dr. Rick discuss what's really wrong with the self-help industry, going beyond the obvious pseudoscience and snake oil to examine deeper structural issues. They explore the industry's mixed-bag focus on individual responsibility, the risks of turning healing into a ne ...  Show more

Personal training is unfortunately a field that many can give a bad name. From the “fitness influencers” who don’t have any real qualifications, to the clients who sexualize those in the profession, personal trainers are constantly fighting an uphill battle to help give people th ...  Show more