I adore the diet book deep dives!!!🤩

I have been listening for about a year now and I really enjoy listening to this podcast. The hosts are hilarious and have great chemistry. I have noticed that the hosts claim to be journalists or journalism adjacent and you can definitely tell listening to the show that they do care and do a lot of research. However, true journalism is about facts not opinions and this is where the show loses some stars for me. They are absolutely 100% not non biased and as someone in the healthcare industry it’s fairly obvious that they cherry pick many of their “facts/ data”. Some episodes are great at providing fairly non-biased fact finding, and some episodes attempt to correlate oil pulling with antisemitism. So obviously I would suggest listening but listening with a healthy degree discernment.

Great podcast all around

You guys got me through the worst year of my life so far. I love laughing at stupid grifters with you! Kind of miss the more regular update schedule tho. I hope that there will be much more of this show in the future! P.S. could you please do an episode on autism misconceptions!!

I did turn it off after the animal abuse. I had to put on Heated Rivalry to recover. But I will come back to it, because I’m a masochist and I love hearing you lovingly and hatefully tearing this man apart.

I’m always so excited when I see their new podcast.

I’ve been a huge fan of this show for years now. I teach science writing and often assign the episodes on BMI and the “Obesity Epidemic” to my college students. I appreciate how the hosts demonstrate how to read scientific studies critically and have often wished they’d do an episode explicitly about how to read scientific literature. Thanks, you two!

Used to enjoy this show but started realizing how inaccurate the ideas are & found a substack that went through claims one-by-one. Now I feel betrayed and pretty foolish for having listened so long.

Absolutely love this podcast! Both Aubrey and Michael are insightful and downright hilarious.

I reallyyyyyy want to love it as my dietician recommended the show, but the yelling/screaming laughing straight into the microphone is so hard to listen to that I couldn't get through an episode.

I think the information is super interesting - just wish they released episodes more often 😭

The show is so fun and the interaction of Aubrey and Michael is just wonderful. They make me laugh! Additionally , the amount of research they put into this show is incredible. A lot of work goes into this gem!

Every episode makes me laugh out loud, while taking on the subject of fat phobia. The show calls out those who seek to gain money and fame from others insecurities, in an incredibly smart and empowering way. Each episode is thoughtful and well researched, providing both evidence and context. These hosts are doing God’s work, honestly.

Can you do an episode on Sakara? TYSM

I am a long time listener and I love the podcast. I just wanted to say that Audrey killed in the food funnel episode. So, so funny.

Love the podcast. Frustrated that what was free is behind a paywall. That didn’t feel hashed out. $5/episode??

nothing has helped to train me out of my anti-fat bias like this show. i feel cozy when i listen, like i can walk comfortably from the way i was raised to a deep understanding of the diet & wellness grifts that are making us unhealthy and mean. and somehow i’m laughing while i do! also aubrey’s laugh is absolutely the best, i’m so glad every episode ends with a michael zinger and and aubrey laugh because it always makes me smile to hear her

I do really enjoy this show. The hosts are great, do their research and make me laugh.

This show has taught me so much about the science of what we do and don’t know about nutrition and weight/our bodies in general. It has really helped me over the years with recovery from anorexia (alongside professional care) and I recommend it to my friends who are also struggling with eating disorders. I am so grateful to everyone who makes this show ❤️

Love the work you both do!

Really had high hopes for this show. The research is great, but coupled with the extreme political bias, makes me skip a lot of episodes. You can research a subject and give the facts, but when your opinion outweighs the research content, the facts get lost and it turns into a one-sided political bashing.

I work in science research and the hosts provide an egocentric USA based view on preliminary research to largely assert that lack of USA led evidence discredits preliminary evidence or studies in other countries. That’s just plain unscientific. The way science works is people disagree all over and you keep running studies until there is a consensus. It doesn’t mean small studies are wrong. Or rat studies are wrong. I found they oversimplified and misled via only mentioning things that supported their argument in the ep I listened to. It’s kind of hypocritical to roast other people while not providing adequate science debunking yourself. If you’re going to do it go all out. The show is comedic and the roasting is funny and IMO they’re doing god’s work telling people that their hoax internet protein powder won’t cure them but the hosts are wholly unqualified to discuss science research IMO. It’s clear they aren’t chemists or biologists. It’s clear they almost just seem like mean girls who enjoy roasting people. I’d prefer a more factual science vibe even if we do laugh

This podcast is excellent at taking very detailed research and making it enjoyable to listen to. Anyone who wishes to peak behind the curtain around public health policy in a way that is fun and understandable should give this a listen!

I love any show that unpacks popular misconceptions and misunderstandings, and this show manages to do that with some of the most important, sometimes sensitive health topics currently in the culture in a way that is not only thoroughly informed but really funny and engaging. It’s always equal parts exciting and humbling to listen to Michael and Aubrey debunk some piece of wellness “science” or advice I’d taken at face value as established fact, and their debunkings are always provided with empathy for anyone who is/was a believer. In an era where health misinformation is so prevalent, Maintenance Phase is a prime example of how to inform without judgment or boring your audience. Can’t recommend enough!

I love you guys. Aubrey has changed my life-how I view and care about myself and others. I appreciate the humorous approach to questioning what we’ve all just assumed to be truth for so long. Thank you!

I listen to this at the gym and have almost harmed myself whilst combining weightlifting and wild laughter. And people think I’m weird but whatever. You are doing da lords werk. Or somebody’s. Please keep this up.

Love Mike and Aubrey! Love the content!

So well researched and presented by amazing hosts, Aubrey & Michael. Their chemistry and respect for each other is palpable. They both make me laugh and help me learn a lot about all things related to (broad) health & wellness and fraud within. I’m a patreon subscriber too and look forward to all their episodes!

Incredible show, love it. But gotta fix the mic - the popping on those P’s is out of control, fam.

This is great content. The kind of stuff that's right up my alley. Be prepared for a lot of loud, distracting laughter.

Just obsessed with everything you are doing.

I would give this 6 stars, but my shapewear just BARELY ran out of caffeine and I no longer have the vim and vigor

Love you guys. Thanks for helping me get through the year with a shred of sanity. Keep up the good work!

I read about this podcast in today’s New York Times and am interested in this type of content. Care worker specifically a nurse midwife. I couldn’t listen for more than about 10 minutes. Is interesting, it is ruined by the hysterical seemingly fake laughing by these guys it’s just out of control

If the hosts were D&D monsters, they’d be Aubrey Gorgon and Michael Hobbegoblin. Anyways, this show is great and I’ve learned so much from listening.

Aubrey and Michael can be a true pleasure to listen to; they are so funny, but I just can’t take this podcast too seriously. I think Mike and Aubrey think they are objective truth tellers just looking at the facts, but even I, a liberal black woman, can tell that they dismiss studies and information that go against their already held beliefs and eagerly embrace the studies that validate those beliefs. Additionally, Michael consistently makes wide sweeping generalizations and states them as fact. “no one actually does x or that’s just not true that anyone likes y”. I think Aubrey does her best to be more objective, but in general I don’t think they are as facts based as they claim to be. If you’re looking for some entertainment and some call out of BS in health and wellness, then I think you will enjoy it, like I do. But don’t hold these two too high up on the pedestal as the final say on all these topics.

I’ve listened to your entire back catalogue and love your show. I wanted to share that in the past year I’ve been to rehab twice for substance use disorder (alcohol) and have completed a long-term outpatient program. From what I’ve seen first person, the incidence of Kratom addiction is rising, and it’s really bad. The people I met who were detoxing had experiences similar to opiate withdrawal. Outpatient clients also are increasing some Kratom use. My counselors in both programs reported they are seeing addiction rates rise where there used to be no one in treatment for Kratom.

For the tears, the rage, and the laughs! Love this podcast!

Obsessed!! So good, so funny

why is there never any episodes? & when there is one released, it’s for subscribers?! lol like, who wants to subscribe to a podcast that only releases an episode every other month?

Just… the best. I love this podcast so much.

Dear Maga Republicans, Ignorance and lies are not another side of an issue. For instance, denying the existence of global warming is not a valid side to the issue. It’s just ignorant and selfish.

I found my way over here from Michael’s other podcast, If Books Could Kill. Michael and Aubrey are so delightfully witty and also do an amazing job with their research. I feel like I have learned so much through this show. They do a great job with balancing an informative critical analysis of the different wellness trends they address while also making it incredibly listenable. I’m currently training for an Ironman and this podcast has helped me get through many long runs and bike rides.

I love Michael and Aubrey. I found this podcast about two years ago and binge listened to every episode till I caught up. Now I wait impatiently every month to hear what they research next. Aubrey has put to voice so much feeling and sentiment I’ve felt my entire life and not to mention they are both absolutely lovely people. Great podcast, great podcasters, I love these people.

The hosts are two literal geniuses, they are hilarious and insightful. As an ED survivor I’m really grateful for this content.

i am a big enjoyer of the michael hobbes podcast universe and his work with aubrey gordon is great! she is such a great writer and has the same insight and interest in audio. also AWESOME to have rational voices for discussing health/wellness/junk science. without this we would all be stuck getting angry at yet another nyt oped that advocates for food as a moral signifier or something. thank you for the good work me and my coworker are both huge fans!! aubrey come to our portland grocery store 🫶🏻🫶🏻

I could listen to these two talk about raw milk for hours.

Thank you 🙏

Love you guys / please please do an episode on Aspartame/sweeteners and micro plastics (?) xxx

Incredibly entertaining and somehow they have tricked me into LEARNING STUFF. HIGHLY RECOMMEND