Baloney Detection: Episode 6 - Celebrity Worship

Episode Description

Celebrities have been selling their own products for ages. These celebrities are either the face of a particular product, or have developed their own lifestyle brands. We will dig into how some current celebrities are using their status and power for the sake of profit and how pseudoscience is inextricably linked with how celebrities sell products.

Resources from this episode

• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/jenny-mccarthy-were-not-an-anti-vaccine-movement-were-pro-safe-vaccine/
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/health/covid-vaccine-celebrity-influence-study/index.html
• https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-aaron-rodgers-mia-stars-who-still-anti-vaxx-1751603
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039410/

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