Maintenance Phase

By: Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
  • Summary

  • Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
    © 2024 Maintenance Phase
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Episodes
  • Richard Simmons Isn't Missing
    Nov 21 2024

    The internet gets weird investigating the "disappearance" of America's gay best friend.

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    • Watch Aubrey’s documentary in AU & NZ, or watch it at home anywhere else!
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    • Richard Simmons Show
    • Richard Simmons, the Original Queer Eye
    • The Grand Duke of Diet and the Clown Prince of Fitness
    • The Sultan of Svelte
    • The Deregulation Of Commercial Television
    • Simmons Says Slapping Mesa Man Was Meant as Playful
    • Richard Simmons’ Life Was a ‘Never-Ending Work in Progress’
    • Richard Simmons ordered to pay $130,000 after transgender lawsuit
    • Richard Simmons' family asks Pauly Shore to please stop
    • Pauly Shore's Richard Simmons biopic might actually be dead
    • Richard Simmons' Death Was an 'Accident'
    • Richard Simmons' Housekeeper of 35 Years Breaks Her Silence
    • How eating disorders can damage the heart

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Richard Simmons
    Oct 25 2024

    Part 1: The Early Years

    Before building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton from New Orleans.

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    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
    • Watch Aubrey’s documentary in AU & NZ, or watch it at home anywhere else!
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    • Still Hungry...After All These Years by Richard Simmons
    • "Hair-Do"
    • Anatomy Asylum Commercial
    • Richard Simmons: New Orleans's hometown hero
    • A Speedy History of America’s Addiction to Amphetamine

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Myers-Briggs Personality Test
    Sep 12 2024

    How a mother, a daughter and a crackpot Swiss psychologist gave us the world's most popular Buzzfeed quiz.

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    • Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
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    • Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
    • Watch Aubrey's documentary
    • Buy Aubrey's book
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    • The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre
    • Myers Briggs Type Preferences
    • What Personality Tests Really Deliver
    • The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work
    • Cautionary Comments Regarding the MBTI
    • The Barnum Effect in Personality Assessment
    • The Mysterious Popularity Of The Meaningless Myers-Briggs
    • Why the Myers-Briggs personality test is totally meaningless
    • Can you truly know yourself in a quiz?
    • What You Don't Know about This Personality Test Can Hurt You
    • MBTI, If You Want Me Back, You Need to Change Too
    • Personality Tests Aren't All the Same
    • The Utility of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

    Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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    55 mins

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One of my favourite podcasts

Love it so much that I give them money.
It's a delight.
Now available on Audible, cool.

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