HeyJaredMaking It Awkward
What's going on with health and food policy right now? Each week dietitian and author Jessica Wilson shares her conversations with experts in their field or on their farm and figures out how we got here and why.
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Democratic Dark Money, the Influencer Economy and Sam Rosenholtz with Lindsay Lee Wallace (opens the original)
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As news outlets are being banned from the White House let's talk about the Democratic dark money funding influencers positioning themselves as journalists. Actual Journalist Lindsay Lee Wallace returns to the show to unpack dark money in social media influencing, and the social media economy. Lindsay talks about the there isn't a code of ethics for influencers, people aren't required to be experts in their field and what this means for journalism. We talk about how Jessica became the subject of
The SPAMisode! with Daphne K. Jenkins (opens the original)
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SPAM! Cultural traditions, recipes, the Hormel Girls and the history of SPAM. Daphne K. Jenkins returns to the show to talk about the history, cultural relevance and celebration of SPAM . Daphne shares the different ways in which she ate SPAM growing up n Hawaii and her recent elevation of the iconic food to butter mochi magic . The two discuss the need for shelf stable foods, especially when Hawaii has been under multiple hurricane warnings this year. And where does the term spam email come fro
Chemophobia and Science Literacy with Jillian Wilson (opens the original)
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HuffPost journalist Jillian Wilson joins the pod to talk about her article: More And More People Suffer From 'Chemophobia' — And MAHA Is Partly To Blame . She breaks down the history of the fear tactic and how it strikes a nerve with both conservatives and liberals alike. She tells us how she approaches her science reporting which is as impressive as it is encouraging. This episode topic was inspired by the recent episode with The Conscious Lee which highlighted his lack of science literacy and
"Poor People Food", Sponsorship, and Semantics; Is Health Science Up for Debate? Part 2 With Dr. Bethany Johnson (opens the original)
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Cigarettes, bacon, raw milk, raccoon, pork, chicken and The Conscious Lee! Today's guest, medical historian Dr. Bethany Johnson , returns to the show for the first follow up episode following the episode with The Conscious Lee's . In addition to her analysis of what went down in that episode, Bethany covers a lot of ground! Our conversation includes raw milk with formaldehyde, the idea of "poor people food" shifting over time and always connected to race, the history of eating other game meats l
Re-release! Eating Disorders, Dopamine, Salience, & The Status Quo with Molly Robbins (opens the original)
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Molly Robbins joins the show for a follow-up interview to Jessica's conversation with Dr. David Wiss , about his article , "Dismantling the Myth of 'All Foods Fit' in Eating Disorder Treatment." Dr. Wiss made some questionable claims during his interview and Molly joins the show to fact check them and provide context, new information and lived experience. Molly Robbins is a researcher and clinician with lived experience having gone through treatment for atypical anorexia while in a larger body.
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