EP 159: Gary Taubes on Why We Get Fat

EP 159: Gary Taubes on Why We Get Fat

What makes us fat? It’s a contentious debate in the world of health science. Is obesity caused by energy imbalance — consuming too many calories — as has long been conventional thought? Or is obesity caused by the effects of carbohydrates on insulin? My guest on today’s program attended an invite-only global gathering of obesity experts. The resulting paper in Nature Metabolism, co-authored with fifteen other researchers and published this fall, compares the two competing hypotheses side-by-s...

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EP 89: The collapse of Canadian media, part 2

EP 89: The collapse of Canadian media, part 2

Last week on Lean Out, we heard from Canadian journalist Jen Gerson. The response from listeners was overwhelming. You asked for more coverage of the collapse of our media, including, of course, contr...

19 Juli 202337min

EP 88: The Collapse of Canadian Media

EP 88: The Collapse of Canadian Media

If you listen to this podcast, you know that the Canadian media is in serious trouble. But in recent weeks, that crisis has intensified, with wave after wave of bad news for the industry. Bell Canada ...

12 Juli 20231h 1min

EP 87: A Childless World

EP 87: A Childless World

Earlier this spring, student protesters at the University of Cambridge successfully cancelled an event on campus, a screening of a documentary on fertility. Students accused the film of being misogyni...

5 Juli 202336min

EP 86: Free Speech and the Left

EP 86: Free Speech and the Left

This week Lean Out is back from our annual summer hiatus, and we are recharged and ready to get back to tackling the big issues of the day. One of the things that Tara did while she was away was atten...

28 Juni 202351min

EP 85: 'The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege'

EP 85: 'The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege'

In recent years, we have seen the diversity, equity, and inclusion industry explode in popularity and prevalence. But Tara's guest today says that at its worst, DEI runs from useless to counterproduct...

7 Juni 202326min

EP 84: Hell to Pay

EP 84: Hell to Pay

“What do falling fertility in the United States, a plague of loneliness and lack of friendship, bitter conflicts over racial and gender identity, and a politics of culture wars and moral panics have t...

31 Maj 202352min

EP 83: On Politicization and Trust

EP 83: On Politicization and Trust

People on the left have been reaching out to Tara for years, saying that they feel like the mainstream media has become politicized, is biased in favour of the left — and they no longer trust it to re...

24 Maj 202320min

EP 82: 'An epidemic of loneliness and isolation'

EP 82: 'An epidemic of loneliness and isolation'

Life in North America is becoming increasingly lonely — and this trend is impacting all areas of our lives, including our physical health. So much so, in fact, that the United States Surgeon General r...

17 Maj 202324min

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