315: Lifestyles of the Rich and Optimized

Wellness for everyone. That’s how virtually every wellness event pitches their offering. If the everyman and woman did these practices or ingested these products or adopted these mindsets, we’d all be better off as a species.

Yet what happens when the wellness event in question is hosted in an expensive resort town on the French Riviera and features top-tier celebrities like Oprah Winfrey speaking to guests who paid thousands of dollars to attend? Does it really remain “for everyone?”

Show Notes

The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador

Shoeing the Children

Is Blake Mycoskie of TOMS an Evangelical

Do in-kind transfers damage local markets? The case of TOMS shoe donations in El Salvador

Instagram — @millennial.therapist

It's On Me

Sara Kuburic official site

Notes From My Phone

Alfried Längle's website 

Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism

Conspirituality Podcast

Conspirituality is a study of converging right-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism.

https://conspirituality.net/
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