Official Trailer: Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD

GLP-1s. Colostrum. Microplastics. Red light therapy. Vaccines. There’s a staggering amount of health and wellness news and information, and it’s bombarding us everywhere we look. Who’s got time to parse it out, to verify it, and then to actually do the work of improving our health? And what if those wellness influencers actually knew how to read a medical study?

That’s why we’re here. We are Emily Oster, best-selling author and data expert, and Perry Wilson, a medical doctor. And our goal is to separate fact from fiction, causality from correlation, so that you can stay informed without being overwhelmed. Every episode, we cover the health news of the week, take listener questions, and do a deep dive into a buzzy and misunderstood wellness topic so that you can actually make the best decisions for your own health.

So join us for a weekly dose of sanity. It might actually be just what the doctor, and the economist, ordered: health advice for real life.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Open up social media, or turn on the TV, or
open a newspaper.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Do people still read newspapers?

Speaker 3 (00:10):
I mean I do on my phone. But anyway, it's
no shock.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
What you'll find. There is new research that impacts you.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
If you're a coffee drinker on this Wellness Wednesday.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Is your gas still killing?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
A big lingering question about GLP ones?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
What do we know about the long term effects?

Speaker 1 (00:27):
According to our recent consumer report studies study study on
rats show that those recent studies show men are significantly
less fertile than just forty years ago.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Study was conducted. I'm Emily Ostro, I'm a data expert, and.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm Perry Wilson, I'm a medical doctor.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
And this is our new podcast. It's called Wellness actually.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Because you're getting a staggering amount of health and wellness
information nowadays from every source imaginable. And some of it is.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Awesome and some of it is well actually most.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Look at this, guys.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Let me show you my favorite food for gut health,
raw colostrum. Here are some things in the United States
that have microplastics in it and we didn't even know
about it. Old plunges are making you fat. Oh and
they are also harming your games. For the love of God,
before you jump on this down weighted best trend.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
They don't work unless you do. You're busy.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
You don't have twenty seven hours a day to assess
and implement every influencer trend from TikTok.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
And that's why we're here to review the data, to.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Separate correlation from causality, and to tell you which of
these ideas will actually make a real difference to your health.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
We actually give you the information you need to make
the best decisions for yourself.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Every episode of Wellness Actually will cover the health news
of the week and take one deep dive into a
misunderstood topic like what's the deal with microplass.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
What's the deal with colon cancer and young people? What's
the deal with protein, what's the deal with GLP one.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
What's the deal with declining sperm counts?

Speaker 2 (02:11):
But you will just be hearing from us. We want
to hear from you, answer your health questions, and hear
what topics you want us to cover. So join us
for a weekly dose of sanity. It might actually be
just what the doctor.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Or the economist ordered. Listen to Wellness Actually.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
Every Thursday, starting February twelfth on the iHeartRadio app

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.