(Un)Well
Episodes
Episodes
EP 1· ★ 6· 55m

Essential Oils

Once fringe but now at the center of billion-dollar multilevel marketing companies, plant extracts can help us cope with anxiety. Are they a remedy?

EP 2· ★ 5· 48m

Tantric Sex

Sexual healing releases energy and improves intimacy, advocates say. But accusations of abuse and cultural appropriation have dogged the practice.

EP 3· ★ 5· 52m

Bulking Up with Breast Milk

Bodybuilding is just one reason why some adults are pumped to drink so-called "liquid gold." Yet is breast milk sharing considered safe — or ethical?

EP 40· 55m

Fasting

Fasting has vaulted beyond weight loss as biohackers have used it to optimize body and mind and enhance healing. But the practice holds real dangers.

EP 5· ★ 4· 58m

Ayahuasca

Once reserved for Indigenous shamans, this powerful hallucinogen draws those hoping to unlock trauma and quell addiction. Can it also cause psychosis?

EP 6· ★ 5· 56m

Bee Sting Therapy

Expensive and labor-intensive bee venom promises to soften wrinkles and treat chronic Lyme disease. But do the risks outweigh the rewards?