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Episode 16 - Supplement Scams: What Brands Hide From You
Health & Wellness Emily Rask 9/20/26 Health & Wellness Emily Rask 9/20/26

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.

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Episode 8: Astrology Marketing
Consumer Culture & Psychology Emily Rask 9/20/26 Consumer Culture & Psychology Emily Rask 9/20/26

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.

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Episode 5: 10,000 Steps
Health & Wellness Emily Rask 9/20/26 Health & Wellness Emily Rask 9/20/26

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.

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Episode 2: Eight Glasses a Day
Health & Wellness Emily Rask 5/28/19 Health & Wellness Emily Rask 5/28/19

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.

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Episode 1 : Most Important Meal of the Day
Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 5/28/19 Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 5/28/19

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.

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