In the 1990s, sitcom star Suzanne Somers introduced Americans to one of the bestselling pieces of exercise equipment of all time: The ThighMaster. On this episode, we explore her harrowing early years. Chat, where are we at on punching nuns?

Watch Your Fat Friend on YouTube, Apple TV, Prime Video and Kinema

Support us:

• Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
• Watch Aubrey's documentary
• Buy Aubrey's book
• Listen to Mike's other podcast
• Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more

Links!

• Suzanne Somers Fought Back Against Her Abusive Father—and Changed Her Life Forever
• Kristen Wiig reads Suzanne Somers' poetry
• TV GAMBLE: HIGH SALARIES VS. LOW RATINGS
• After the Fall by Suzanne Somers
• Keeping Secrets by Suzanne Somers
• Touch Me: The Poems of Suzanne Somers

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

Support the show

The rise, fall and rise of the most nonsensical conspiracy theory we've ever heard.

Thanks to Gregg Gonsalves for helping us fact-check this episode!

Support us:

• Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
• Watch Aubrey's documentary
• Buy Aubrey's book
• Listen to Mike's other podcast
• Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more

Links!

• Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories and Pseudoscience in a Post-COVID World
• Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
• The Duesberg Phenomenon
• AIDS Denialism Beliefs among People Living with HIV/AIDS
• HIV Denial in the Internet Era
• HIV Denial in the COVID Era
• How COVID conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
• The Man Who Thought AIDS Was All In The Mind
• AIDS "Dissident" Seeks Redemption
• Truth and Heresy About AIDS
• Defending the boundaries of science
• Justice After AIDS Denialism
• AIDS Denialism vs. Science
• The Unbeliever
• Estimating the lost benefits of ARV use in South Africa
• Conspiracy beliefs about HIV/AIDS
• Are HIV/AIDS Conspiracy Beliefs a Barrier to HIV Prevention Among African Americans?
• HIV causes AIDS: Koch's postulates fulfilled
• AIDS And The Scientific Governance Of Medicine In Post-Apartheid South Africa
• The Denialists
• Has Duesberg a right of reply?

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

Support the show

We’re nearly halfway through Trump's second term and we still don’t have a Surgeon General. What gives?

Support us:

• Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
• Watch Aubrey's documentary
• Buy Aubrey's book
• Listen to Mike's other podcast
• Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more

Links!

• White House withdraws nomination of Janette Nesheiwat
• Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Distorted Key Parts of Her Résumé
• Dr. Janette Nesheiwat takes role at Walter Reed treating Havana Syndrome
• When Did RFK Jr Start Listening to Calley and Casey Means?
• What Casey Means and MAHA Want You to Fear
• Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Tearing the MAHA Movement Apart
• Trump surgeon general pick said mushrooms helped her find love
• The Dizzying Rise of MAHA Warrior Calley Means
• Casey Means Poised to Become Nation’s Top Doctor
• Casey Means discloses financial ties to supplement industry
• Laura Loomer Targets Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General
• The Bad Science of Good Energy
• Trump's Surgeon General Pick Tried to Trademark MAHA
• Can Trump's latest pick for surgeon general make it through confirmation?
• New surgeon general pick in deleted posts criticized Trump, RFK Jr
• Trump’s pick for SG sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
• Trump’s new surgeon general pick deepens MAHA-MAGA rift

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

Support the show