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Revision as of 04:39, 31 May 2022
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| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Length | 60–90 minutes (approximate) |
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| Original release | October 11, 2020 |
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| Website | www |
Maintenance Phase is a health science and pop culture podcast that debunks health and wellness-industry myths and discusses anti-fatness in mainstream American culture. It is hosted by Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes. Launched in 2020, the podcast has addressed topics such as The Keto diet, The President's Physical Fitness test, Weight Watchers, and various fad diets.[1]
About
Aubrey Gordon is an American author and activist that writes about fat liberation. Michael Hobbes is an American journalist, and former reporter for the HuffPost. Both of them have written numerous times about the misinformation that originates from the health and wellness industry, as well as anti-fatness in American popular culture.
In each episode, one of the hosts talks to the other about a particular topic and they both discuss and give insight on the subject. The majority of their episodes focus on a particular health product or widely-accepted fact that Gordon and Hobbes then explain and debunk. They also analyze the culture around the subject and how it is a product of, or perpetuates, anti-fatness and anti-fat bias.
Many of their episodes focus on debunking scientific misinformation in an easily understandable manner. In their episode "Is Being Fat Bad for You?" they explain several of the most famous studies about weight, and use other scientific evidence to confront many of the myths about being fat.
The podcast is independently funded, and relies on crowd-funding. This is so that the hosts and the episode content don't have to be beholden to advertisers.
Reception
In 2022, The Atlantic[2], NPR [3], and Outside [1] regarded it as one of their top podcasts of the year. Emma Dibdin of the New York Times wrote, "This is essential listening for anyone who's ever been in the grips of the diet industrial complex, and wants to get deprogrammed."[4]
Episode List
2020
| No. | Episode title | Guest | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "What’s Our Deal?" | None | October 11, 2020 |
| 2 | "The President’s Physical Fitness Test" | None | October 20, 2020 |
| 3 | "Fen Phen & Redux" | None | October 27, 2020 |
| 4 | "Snackwell’s Cookies" | None | November 3, 2020 |
| 5 | "Moon Juice" | None | November 10, 2020 |
| 6 | "The Twinkie Defense" | None | November 17, 2020 |
| 7 | "Anti-Fat Bias" | None | November 24, 2020 |
2021
| No. | Episode title | Guest | Release Date |
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| 8 | "Halo Top Ice Cream" | None | January 5, 2021 |
| 9 | "The Biggest Loser" | None | January 19, 2021 |
| 10 | "Snake Oil" | None | February 2, 2021 |
| 11 | "Dr. Oz" | None | February 16, 2021 |
| 12 | "The Master Cleanse" | None | March 2, 2021 |
| 13 | "Weight Watchers" | None | March 16, 2021 |
| 14 | "Eating Disorders" | None | March 30, 2021 |
| 15 | "Olestra" | None | April 13, 2021 |
| 16 | "Diet Book Deep Dive: Ed McMahon’s “Slimming Down”" | None | April 27, 2021 |
| 17 | "The Wellness to QAnon Pipeline" | None | May 11, 2021 |
| 18 | "Celery Juice" | None | May 25, 2021 |
| 19 | "Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”" | None | June 8, 2021 |
| 20 | "Oprah Winfrey & “John of God”" | None | June 22, 2021 |
| 21 | "The Keto Diet" | None | July 6, 2021 |
| 22 | "School Lunches, P-Hacking and the Original “Pizzagate”" | None | July 20, 2021 |
| 23 | "The Body Mass Index" | None | August 3, 2021 |
| 24 | "The Obesity Epidemic" | None | August 17, 2021 |
| 25 | "The Great Protein Fiasco" | None | August 31, 2021 |
| 26 | "Marianne Williamson" | None | September 14, 2021 |
| 27 | "Rachel Hollis Part 1: Hashtag Relatable" | None | September 28, 2021 |
| 28 | "Rachel Hollis Part 2: Girl, Start Apologizing" | None | October 12, 2021 |
| 29 | "Diet Book Deep Dive: Angela Lansbury’s “Positive Moves”" | None | October 26, 2021 |
| 30 | "Is Being Fat Bad For You?" | None | November 16, 2021 |
| 31 | "Vibrators" | None | November 30, 2021 |
| 32 | "The “Sleep Loss Epidemic”" | None | December 14, 2021 |
2022
| No. | Episode title | Guest | Release date |
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| 33 | "Fat Camps" | None | January 4, 2022 |
| 34 | "Diet Book Deep Dive: The Karl Lagerfeld Diet" | None | January 18, 2022 |
| 35 | "Illness Influencer” Belle Gibson" | None | February 1, 2022 |
| 36 | "“Super Size Me”" | None | February 15, 2022 |
| 37 | "Jordan Peterson Part 1: The Carnivore Diet" | None | March 1, 2022 |
| 38 | "Jordan Peterson Part 2: The Moscow Diaries" | None | March 15, 2022 |
| 39 | "Bonus: Fad Diets" | None | March 29, 2022 |
| 40 | "Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore Dilemma”" | None | April 5, 2022 |
| 41 | "Zombie Statistics Spectacular!" | None | April 19, 2022 |
| 42 | "Diet Book Deep Dive: “How To Take 20 Pounds Off Your Man”" | None | May 10, 2022 |
| 43 | "The Trouble With Calories" | None | May 24, 2022 |
References
- ^ a b "This Is the Best Podcast We've Heard About Health". Outside Online. January 13, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ Nyce, Caroline Mimbs (January 29, 2022). "The Atlantic Daily: Six Podcast Episodes to Stream This Weekend". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "New podcast examines wellness trends and beliefs, like what weight means about health". NPR.org. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ Dibdin, Emma (January 27, 2022). "For an Antidote to Diet Culture, Try These 6 Podcasts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2022.