(Un)Well - Season 1
1 - Essential Oils
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Once fringe but now at the center of billion-dollar multilevel marketing companies, plant extracts can help us cope with anxiety. Are they a remedy?
2 - Tantric Sex
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Sexual healing releases energy and improves intimacy, advocates say. But accusations of abuse and cultural appropriation have dogged the practice.
3 - Bulking Up with Breast Milk
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Bodybuilding is just one reason why some adults are pumped to drink so-called "liquid gold." Yet is breast milk sharing considered safe — or ethical?
4 - Fasting
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Fasting has vaulted beyond weight loss as biohackers have used it to optimize body and mind and enhance healing. But the practice holds real dangers.
5 - Ayahuasca
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Once reserved for Indigenous shamans, this powerful hallucinogen draws those hoping to unlock trauma and quell addiction. Can it also cause psychosis?
6 - Bee Sting Therapy
Air Date: August 12, 2020
Expensive and labor-intensive bee venom promises to soften wrinkles and treat chronic Lyme disease. But do the risks outweigh the rewards?