What wellness costs us

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Americans are investing billions in their health and wellness. What good do all these green powders and costly club memberships actually do? This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Matthew Billy, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Image of a guest floating in a saline sensory deprivation pool at the Chiva Som Health Resort by Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	We all want to live long healthy lives without people. All lowercase.
0:41.8	We all want to live long, healthy lives without pain.
0:44.5	That is like the single most important thing.
0:49.9	The problem is that often what we see in the wellness world is that the cart is put before the horse.
0:58.4	So if I'm coming in here on a day-to-day basis, I'm definitely hitting the cold plunge,
1:00.0	and I'm definitely hitting the sonnet.
1:05.1	A couple weeks back, producer Hadi Mawadhi Mawadhi got an opportunity to improve his mood,
1:08.2	enhance his muscle recovery, and to have a great night's rest.
1:12.6	We got to get you to cold plunge with me, bro. Come on. I should have brought shorts.
1:13.6	You know what they have here?
1:15.6	Shorts for you.
1:17.6	All he had to do was decide to take the plunge.
1:20.6	We're literally taking a different wellness.
1:23.6	Oh, man.
1:24.6	All right, I'm ready.
1:25.6	I'm ready.
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