2.11. Satire, Wellness & Woke Capitalism (with Leigh Stein)

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Jo and Adam are joined by Leigh Stein, author of the new satirical novel Self Care, to talk about the wellness industry, women, forms of feminism (or things that look like feminism), social media, soundbites, and the relationships between wellness, wokeness, and capitalism. So, give yourself permission to listen to our intuition. 

In this episode, Jo and Adam and Leigh talk about:  

Algorithms

America

Americanos 

American Dreams

Andrew Doyle

Audrey Gelman

Boris Johnson

Brexit

Briefs 

Burnie Bros 

Burnie Sanders

Capitalism 

Coke Pepsi 

Cookies

COVID-19

Diet Culture

Diversity

Donald Trump

Feminism 

Gender

Girlboss 

goop

Gwyneth Paltrow 

Holly Johnson

Instagram

Inclusivity 

Jeremy Corbyn 

J K Rowling 

Joe Biden

John McWhorter 

Judith Butler 

Julie Burchill 

Kier Starmer 

Memes

Metrosexual 

Microsoft Teams

Nasty Gal

Oreos 

‘Out of the Binders’

Pampering 

Pants

Presidential campaigns 

Psychic Space

Racial Politics

Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility (2018)

Shropshire Farm foods

Slack

Social Media

Social Justice 

Solipsism

Sophio Amorouso  

Start up businesses 

That Mitchell and Webb Look 

The Biggest Loser

“The End of the Girlboss is Here” (by Leigh Stein)

Titania McGrath

Twitter

Victimhood 

Wellness 

Wokeness

Women

Yoga