497: Is Protein Political Now? The War on Wellness and What It Means for Your Health | Luke Cook
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Luke Cook is an actor, comedian, wellness enthusiast, and creator best known for his roles in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the new series Good Cop/Bad Cop, as well as co-founder of the clean-label protein company Shakewell.
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| 0:15.0 | Something terrible happened last summer, |
| 0:17.0 | and I have no memory of what or who hurt me. |
| 0:20.0 | No one in my family will tell me. |
| 0:22.7 | When you're left for dead, you want answers. |
| 0:25.2 | We Will Liars. New series, watch now. |
| 0:28.1 | Only on Prime Video. |
| 0:29.9 | What up, everybody? |
| 0:30.6 | It's episode 497 of the Genius Life. |
| 0:34.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:36.3 | Genius. |
| 0:37.4 | A boomer. Max, look at me here. of the genius life. Let's go. |
| 1:02.6 | What up, What up everybody? I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to The Genius Life, the show where we cut through the wellness noise with real talk, good science, and the very occasional expletive. |
| 1:12.6 | Today's guest is a returning guest to the show. He's the multi-talented actor, comedian, and wellness enthusiast, Luke Cook. And wow, what a conversation do we have for you today. |
| 1:17.8 | Fresh off my recent trip to the White House, Luke joins me for a wild ride through some of the most urgent and absurd stories shaping health and culture today. We talk about how podcasters are |
| 1:22.8 | quickly becoming the new mainstream media, why restaurants ditching seed oils are actually |
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