World Health Investigation Podcast
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World Health Investigation Podcast
Latest Episodes
Commercial Determinants of Health: Are Your Choices Really Yours?
This week, we’re exposing the real drivers of “lifestyle diseases” - and spoiler: it’s not just your willpower. From Coca-Cola *allegedly* influencing public health conversations to baby formula companies selling anxiety to new parents, we unpa...
It’s Not “Just Hormones”: Why Women’s Health Still Gets Overlooked
In honour of Women’s History Month, we unpack endometriosis, PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), menopause and why women’s pain is still dismissed, delayed, and under-researched. We look into funding failures, the gender bias built into medicine,...
“Fat people can’t do pilates”: Ozempic and Fatphobia
Weight loss drugs are changing what’s medically possible, but are they changing what we expect from bodies too? In this episode, we unpack obesity, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, and the tension between public health and fatphobia. We dis...
I Saw It on TikTok: How Algorithms Are Fueling Anti-Intellectualism
In this episode, we unpack how TikTokers, WhatsApp aunty group chats, and everyone in between use social media for health advice. We explore how misinformation, overconfidence, and anti-intellectualism are turning opinions into “facts.” From Ti...
Incels (Involuntary celibates): How Online Loneliness Becomes a Public Health Crisis
Involuntary celibates, sketchy algorithms and gender wars. In this episode, we break down the world of incels and dig into why some men get sucked in, and how communities can stop the radicalisation. These networks give a fake sense of communit...
