Maintenance Phase

By: Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
  • Summary

  • Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
    © 2024 Maintenance Phase
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Episodes
  • Richard Simmons
    Oct 25 2024

    Part 1: The Early Years

    Before building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton from New Orleans.

    Support us:

    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Watch Aubrey’s documentary in AU & NZ, or watch it at home anywhere else!
    • Buy Aubrey's book
    • Listen to Mike's other podcast
    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more

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    • Still Hungry...After All These Years by Richard Simmons
    • "Hair-Do"
    • Anatomy Asylum Commercial
    • Richard Simmons: New Orleans's hometown hero
    • A Speedy History of America’s Addiction to Amphetamine

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Myers-Briggs Personality Test
    Sep 12 2024

    How a mother, a daughter and a crackpot Swiss psychologist gave us the world's most popular Buzzfeed quiz.

    Support us:

    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Donate on PayPal
    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
    • Watch Aubrey's documentary
    • Buy Aubrey's book
    • Listen to Mike's other podcast

    Links!

    • The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre
    • Myers Briggs Type Preferences
    • What Personality Tests Really Deliver
    • The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work
    • Cautionary Comments Regarding the MBTI
    • The Barnum Effect in Personality Assessment
    • The Mysterious Popularity Of The Meaningless Myers-Briggs
    • Why the Myers-Briggs personality test is totally meaningless
    • Can you truly know yourself in a quiz?
    • What You Don't Know about This Personality Test Can Hurt You
    • MBTI, If You Want Me Back, You Need to Change Too
    • Personality Tests Aren't All the Same
    • The Utility of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    55 mins
  • BONUS: Breaking Down The Latest Anti-Trans Victory Lap
    Jul 1 2024

    We went a little easy on the Cass Report in our last main feed episode, so we're back to [Mortal Kombat voice] FINISH HIM!!!

    This was supposed to be a Patreon bonus episode but we'd rather you support the lovely trans people who helped us with the research and fact-checking of this episode!

    Julia Serano: https://www.patreon.com/juliaserano
    Parker Molloy: https://www.readtpa.com/
    Katelyn Burns: https://www.patreon.com/katelynburns
    Evan Urquhart: https://www.assignedmedia.org/support
    Erin Reed: https://www.erininthemorning.com/

    Or organizations that work with trans youth in the UK:
    Gendered Intelligence: https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/
    Mermaids: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
    Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 3 mins

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my favourite podcast

loved it. love every episode. presenters are wonderful and hilarious and you learn something new every time

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Addictive, mind-blowing, intelligent: myth-busting at its best

Funny, smart, and important, the duo addresses bad science and social attitudes based on bias rather than facts. A refreshing take that keeps growing on you.

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Very entertaining - lots of fun facts

All kinds of interesting things you never knew about the founder of Pilates. Nothing controversial about the exercise method itself, just the interesting, amusing and sometimes strange history surrounding it. A great commute listen. Thank you.

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