Grab Bag: The Ballerina Farm Raw Milk Scandal, Hating on the Katies & Intellectual It Girls

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Technology, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.3 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Today’s episode is a grab bag — a hodgepodge of the stories people have been asking me about in my DMs for the past week. First up: the Ballerina Farm raw milk scandal. We break down the failed raw milk tests, the health concerns, and why the internet reacted with such gleeful ferocity. This isn’t really about unpasteurized dairy with cow poop bacteria in it. It’s about influencer perfection and the collective desire to take it down a notch. Then we get into “Hating on the Katies” — the online backlash against lifestyle influencers and everyday women who are only now speaking up politically and why progressive s might be getting this one very wrong. And finally: the rise of the Intellectual It Girl. From celebrity book clubs to “becoming disgustingly educated,” we unpack why smart is suddenly chic again and why I hope it destroys the soft girls, stay-at-home girlfriends trends. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:21.1	Hey all, Joe here and you are listening to Under the Influence.
1:29.6	Today's episode is a little bit different than what we normally do.
1:33.5	It's sort of, I guess, I'm going to call it a grab bag.
1:37.6	Sure, a grab bag. That sounds right.
1:39.5	A hodgepodge?
1:40.9	I'm doing it this way because I've been getting a lot of DMs from all of you, a lot of emails,
1:46.5	asking me questions about a variety of topics. And I have a lot of thoughts, a ton of thoughts on these
1:52.9	things actually. And I thought, hey, why not just hop on the microphone and chit-chat it out with all of you?
2:03.6	Here I am for our grab bag, hodge, podge,
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