This Is Critical / The Twisted Road to Wellville

Summary

The $4.4 Trillion (with a T!) wellness industry has captured the minds, bodies, and wallets of many women. But what are we actually paying for? Longtime scholar of the fitness landscape Rina Rapheal, author of the new book The Gospel of Wellness, joins Virginia to try to understand our winding and often demoralizing quest to feel "better."

Subtitle: The $4.4 Trillion (with a T!) wellness industry has captured the minds, bodies, and wallets of many women. But what are we actually paying for? Longtime scholar of the fitness landscape Rina Rapheal, author of the new book The Gospel of Wellness, joins
Duration: 00:29:42
Publishing date: 2022-07-28 04:00
Link: https://this-is-critical-with-virginia-heffernan.simplecast.com/episodes/wellness-T1_DAGa6
Contributors: Stitcher; author
Enclosures: https://chrt.fm/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/58bb2e73-f61d-4cc0-9ba3-dc01b8bb9ce0/episodes/ac2d50a4-b1bc-45a4-bde3-1b51f9a69027/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=58bb2e73-f61d-4cc0-9ba3-dc01b8bb9ce0&awEpisodeId=ac2d50a4-b1bc; audio/mpeg

Shownotes

The $4.4 Trillion (with a T!) wellness industry has captured the minds, bodies, and wallets of many women. But what are we actually paying for? Longtime scholar of the fitness landscape Rina Rapheal, author of the new book The Gospel of Wellness, joins Virginia to try to understand our winding and often demoralizing quest to feel "better."