1366: Gut Health | Skeptical Sunday

Welcome to Skeptical Sunday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. Today I'm here with Skeptical Sunday co-host, writer, and researcher Jessica Wynn. On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better informed, more critical thinker. During the week we have long form conversations with a variety of amazing folks, from spies to CEOs, athletes, authors, thinkers, and performers. On Sundays, though, we do Skeptical Sunday, a rotating guest co host and I break down a topic you may have never thought about. And debunk common misconceptions about that topic, such as why tipping makes no sense, banned foods, internet porn, targeted ads on the internet. Diet supplements, Reiki healing, ear candling, and more.

And if you're new to the show or by the way, you know what was funny? The one of the most controversial episodes of this show we've ever done was ear candling. The amount of people who swear that it works, even though it like absolutely doesn't, and that it's from like an ancient uh native American blah blah they're like I'm one sixteenth Cherokee and my great grandmother used to do this and I'm just thinking Okay, but it's still fake. I l actually lost listeners. Because of ear candling. But you can do pretty much anything else and people are like, Oh, okay, interesting.

ear candling apparently was the one sacred cow. We just could not Touch. I thought that was kinda fascinating. If you're new to the show or you want to tell your friends about the show, I suggest our episode starter packs. These are collections of some of our favorite episodes on persuasion, negotiation, psychology, disinformation. Junk science, crime and cults and more that'll help new listeners get a taste of everything we do here on the show.

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