Maintenance Phase
Aug 23, 2022
The Scarsdale Diet Murder feat. Sarah Marshall
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In 1982 a murder captured America's imagination. Forty years later, two podcasts joined forces to talk about it.
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- Diana Trilling’s “Mrs. Harris”
- Shana Alexander’s “Very Much a Lady”
- "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet"
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May 23, 2023
Oprah v. Beef Part 2: Apocalypse Cow
The closing argument of our two-part Oprahsode starts in a Texas courtroom, wanders through some British slaughterhouses and ends with an emu.
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* "How the Cows Turned Mad" by Maxime Schwartz
* “Deadly Feasts” by Richard Rhodes
* "Mad Cow USA"
* UK Parliamentary inquiry
* How The West Was Won Over
* Texas Cattle Feeders v. Oprah Winfrey: The First Major Test of the “Veggie Libel Law”
* Having a Cow: Reactions To "Veggie Libel" Laws and the Oprah Trials
* The Unconstitutionality Of Iowa's Proposed Agricultural Food Products Act And Similar Veggie Libel Laws
* Appeal
* Original Lawsuit
* Food Safety Vs. Promotion Of Industry: Can The USDA Protect Americans From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy?
* Apocalypse Cow
* Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
* Mad Cow congressional hearing
* GAO report
* The Harvard Risk Assessment
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May 9, 2023
Oprah v. Beef Part 1: The Rise of "Veggie Libel"
On April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey did a show about mad cow disease. Six weeks later, a couple of Texas cattlemen had a cow (sorry).
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* Original Lawsuit
* Appeal
* How Oprah Got Sued for Dissing a Burger
* Two Degrees of Speech Protection
* Texas Cattle Feeders v. Oprah Winfrey: The First Major Test of the “Veggie Libel Law”
* Having a Cow: Reactions To "Veggie Libel" Laws and the Oprah Trials
* Howard Lyman talk
* The Unconstitutionality Of Iowa's Proposed Agricultural Food Products Act And Similar Veggie Libel Laws
* How the Cows Turned Mad
* Food Safety Vs. Promotion Of Industry: Can The USDA Protect Americans From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy?
* Apocalypse Cow
* GAO report
* A is for Apple, Alar, and ... Alarmist?
* Alar Five Years Later
* Auvil v. CBS 60 Minutes
* Alar and Apples: Newspaper Coverage of a Major Risk Issue.
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Apr 25, 2023
The 10,000 Steps Myth
This week we're digging into the weird history of an omnipresent fitness goal. Episode comes free with a happy meal.
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* Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
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* 10,000 Steps: A Brief History
* Do We Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day for Our Health?
* A Japanese first-mover in the fitness wearables race
* Counting Every Step You Take
* When does wearing a fitness tracker do more harm than good?
* McDonald's Enlists Trainer To Help Sell Its New Meal
* Get happy with McDonald's Go Active Happy Meal for adults
* McDonald's Stepometer
* McDonald's pushing salads and pedometers
* The fight for healthier McDonald's Happy Meals
* Step-It Canadian TV ad
* McDonald's serves up Happy Meals for grow-ups
* McDonald's removes fitness tracker from Happy Meals
* A Very Serious Review of McDonald’s Flesh-Burning Fitness Tracker
* McDonald’s quietly ended controversial program that was making parents and teachers uncomfortable
* Watch your step: why the 10,000 daily goal is built on bad science
* When does wearing a fitness tracker do more harm than good?
* Why Counting Your Steps Could Make You Unhappier
* How many steps are enough?
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