Episode 16 - Supplement Scams: What Brands Hide From You
Why supplements don't need FDA approval before they reach the shelf, and what a 1994 law has to do with your daily multivitamin.
Episode 8: Astrology Marketing
Astrology went from a 4,000-year-old survival tool used by kings to a scalable modern brand. How belief gets built, simplified, and sold.
Episode 5: 10,000 Steps
The 10,000 steps goal wasn't based on research. It came from a 1960s marketing idea that ended up on every smartwatch in the world.
Episode 2: Eight Glasses a Day
How drinking water turned from a basic need into a lifestyle, a lifestyle brand built on the eight-glasses rule that was never based on real science.
Episode 1 : Most Important Meal of the Day
"Breakfast is the most important meal" didn't come from science. It came from a cereal mogul's sanitarium and a PR man who sold bacon and eggs to America.