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S6 Ep6 - Protein Mania

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 58:49


Forget Beatlemania, Protein Mania seems to be taking over the World. Is it a wellness trend or just another diet? Grace & Conor do a deep dive. Article Links; https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/06/us-health-supplements-men-idUSKCN0QB2B320150806/ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24049505/protein-intake-fiber-plant-based-vegetarian-vegan-meat https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/04/protein-mania-the-rich-worlds-new-diet-obsession https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/sep/15/muscles-and-methane-how-protein-became-the-food-industrys-biggest-craze https://www.nylon.com/beauty/tiktok-diet-culture-unhealthy-obsession-with-protein-animal-based Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6 Ep5 - Body Horror in The Substance

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 55:16


Grace and Conor dig into their favourite movie of 2024 The Substance to discuss its themes of body image through the lens of Body Horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6 Ep4 - Secret Eaters

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 63:56


Reality TV strikes again! Grace & Conor do a deep dive into the early naughties Channel 4 documentary show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6 Ep3 - Can Kids Save Themselves From Fatphobia?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 54:33


Fat shaming starts at such a young age it sometimes feels like we're born with it. In this episode Conor and Grace explore some of the potential sources and dangers of fatphobia in childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6 Ep2 - Where Has All The Plus Size Clothing Gone?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 58:37


Is it our imagination or are our favourite brands ditching plus size clothing? The answer - It's not our imagination. Grace and Conor do a deep dive into the great disappearing act of plus size clothing. Article Links; https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/beauty/face-lifts-and-new-wardrobes-predictions-for-the-luxury-industry-in-the-age-of-ozempic https://www.elle.com/fashion/a45139956/plus-size-new-york-fashion-week/ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/long-people-stay-ozempic-stop-2-years-analysis-shows-rcna161216 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/08/weight-loss-drugs-retail-food/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fad Chat: Instagram Knows I'm Fat - Bonus Clip

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 4:30


A little snippet of the kinds of topics Conor and Grace get into during their unfiltered Fad Chat bonus episodes. Available only on Headstuff plus. Hear the full bonus episode here: https://headstuff.memberful.com/checkout?plan=96895 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S6 Ep1 - Instagram Knows I'm Fat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 60:43


Ever felt like Instagram knows too much about you? It might have something to do with how social media algorithms work. Conor and Grace try to wrap their heads around why we see so much targeted weight loss ads on our feeds these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best of HeadStuff 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 30:40


Happy New Year HeadStuff Listeners! As a special New Year's treat, we've compiled the very best moments from all our HeadStuff shows into one episode. Relive the laughs, surprises, and unforgettable moments of 2024! To find your favourite HeadStuff shows go to the timestamps below. This is a HeadStuff Podcast produced by Hilary Barry. Edited by Claire Patena. Hosted by Hilary Barry and Jack Kelly. 1:40 - The Lovely Show  4:55 - Young Hot Guys  6:24 - Listen, I'm, Delicious  8:00 - The G Spot  10:11 - The Baby Tribe  13:08 - Fad Camp  15:59 - For Tech Sake  18:16 - The Greatest Matter  19:55 - Double Love  21:35 - Keep It Tight  23:37 - Agony Rants  26:30 - I Know That Face Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Little Announcement

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 5:47


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S5 Ep10 - You're Not Ugly, You're Just Poor

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 59:45


Pretty Privilege. Botox. Bleached areseholes....Grace and Conor discuss the price of beauty is in a cost of living crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep9 - How To Fight Fatphobia with Kate Manne

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 66:17


Acclaimed feminist author and philosopher Kate Manne stopped by Fad Camp to chat to Grace and Conor about her illuminating new book, Unshrinking: How To Fight Fatphobia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Presenting: The Jump - Bridget Jones's Diary episode

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 64:28


Exciting news Fad Camp listeners - Grace has a new podcast, The Jump! It is a brilliant comedy podcast where Grace and pop culture obsessive Niamh King ask the question 'what makes a great adaptation?'! We thought you would especially enjoy the Bridget Jones's Diary episode as it touches on some diet culture topics. As well as 90's London culture, smug marrieds, emotional fuckwits and bad hair! In each episode of The Jump Grace and Niamh take a beloved book that has been made into a movie or TV show and do a deep dive into what the production got right (or very wrong). From banger soundtracks to dodgy casting, we get into what it takes to make The Jump from page to screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep8 - Celebrity Morning Routines

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 72:39


How oiled up should a man be? How many showers should one person have in a day? Conor and Grace do a deep dive on some of the wildest celebrity routines out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep7 - Diets For Athletes: Swim Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 59:07


A Fad Camp listener wrote to us about her experience as a teenager being a professional athlete and swimmer. She has allowed us to share her powerful story and talk about its wider context in the world of professional swimming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep6: The Carnivore Diet

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 63:27


Vegans vs Carnivores? We know who Joe Rogan has his money on, but what do Grace and Conor think of this all meat all the time diet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fad Chat - Bonus Episode Clip

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 11:10


Grace and Conor share an intimate chat with listeners. Subscribe to Headstuff + for the full episode and more bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S.5 Ep5 - Almond Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 28:21


 An internet term that perfectly encapsulates the complicated relationship between parents, their children and diets. Or is it just overly produced reality TV bait featuring Yolanda Hadid? Grace and Conor talk about the 'Almond Mom'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S.5 Ep. 4 - The Dr Oz Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 70:51


 'America's Doctor' has been accused of promoting dubious weight loss supplements. From Green Coffee Bean Extract - 'the magic weight loss cure for every body type' to Raspberry Ketones - 'number one miracle in a bottle to burn your fat'. Grace & Conor do a deep dive into this controversial physician and the TV show that made him famous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep3 - The Werewolf Diet

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 53:25


Is this diet real, or is it the stuff of legend? Hear Grace and Conor howl about this tabloid fodder, lunar fast from the past. Make sure to stay tuned for an exclusive clip from our latest bonus episode from Headstuffplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S5 Ep2 - Social Media Filters

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 85:16


Snapchat Dysmorphia. Photo Manipulation. The Instagram Face. In this episode, Grace and Conor discuss the link between the rise of social media filters and body dysmorphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S5 Ep1 - Kristen Meinzer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 54:35


Podcasting legend Kristen Meinzer (How To Be Fine, By The Book, The Daily Fail) joins Grace and Conor to talk all things diet culture in the media and her experience with the infamous fad diet French Women Don't Get Fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fad Camp LIVE at Dublin Fringe

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 8:21


Get your tickets now! September 17th https://www.fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/fad-camp-podcast-live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mini Episode: Weight Loss Drug Update

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 30:51


Conor and Grace take shelter from the rainy Summer weather to discuss a recent RTE investigates article about a massive pharmaceutical company's attempts to get their diabetes drug used for weight loss purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mini Episode: Weight Discrimination Law

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 24:10


On May 26th, 2023, New York City enacted a weight discrimination law. Grace and Conor talk about what this means for New Yorkers and stumble upon the topic of the 'Fat In'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mini Episode: Treadmill Disaster

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 15:27


A listener recently shared an article with us that we thought everyone needed to know about. As we all know, treadmills are responsible for 10000% of fatalities every year in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announcement

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 3:37


Summer Break (And mini episodes announcement!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S4 Ep10: I Lost My Period

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 74:48


On the Rag. The Crimson Tide. Aunt Flo. Falling to the Communists. Grace and Conor delve into the phenomenon of missing periods linked to restrictive dieting and exercise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S4 E9: Fat Camp For Kids

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 66:56


A Fad Camp listener wrote to us about their experience in a fat camp for kids, so we asked them if we could share their powerful story on the show.

Presenting: The List of Absolutely Everything That Might Kill You

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 39:10


Fad Camp will return next week, but this week we are showcasing an episode from a brilliant new comedy podcast hosted by Adam Kay (This Is Going To Hurt), and BBC radio's Matt Edmonson. What's the most dangerous item in an office? Are fireworks more likely to kill you than bumble bees? Matt Edmondson and Adam Kay are on a mission to compile the definitive list of absolutely everything that might kill you. And they're leaving no stone unturned in their search. From the animal kingdom to deadly jobs and even acts of god, they want to know what's most likely to kill us, and even how to avoid an untimely exit from planet earth. In every episode they make a case for an item to be included on the rapidly growing list. And with the help of Professor Jennifer Visser-Rogers, they'll find out EXACTLY how dangerous their items are, and where they rank on our lethal list.

S4 Ep8: Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 71:03


Khloe Kardashian has long been associated with the term Revenge Body. And even used the phrase in the title of her controversial weight loss show. Grace and Conor do a deep dive into how this all came about.

S4 Ep7: The Wellness Trap

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 53:52


Grace and Conor welcome back author Christy Harrison for a deep dive on her revelatory new book The Wellness Trap.

S4 Ep6: BMI - The Body Mass Index

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 67:04


Grace and Conor do a deep dive into the history of the dreaded chart that hangs in every doctor's office.

S4 Ep5: The Blood Type Diet

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 49:04


What's blood got to do with it? Grace and Conor finally put the pseudo scientific blood type diet to rest.

S4 Ep4: The Wedding Diet

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 67:34


Buff Brides, Shredding for the Wedding, the Bridal Bubble.....Grace and Conor do a deep dive into the extremes some Brides go to before their big day. 

S4 Ep3: Weight Cutting: Cutting 25lbs For a Fight

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 56:45


If Conor McGregor jumped off a cliff would you? Hopefully not. Well, Grace & Conor are hoping you also don't try any of the crazy things MMA fighters do to cut weight for fights in this weeks episode.

S4 Ep2: Fat Families

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 63:10


Conor & Grace watch and discuss what has been described as 'TV's most brutal weight loss reality show'

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S4 Ep1: Revolutionary Weight Loss Drug

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 59:37


Conor & Grace go deep on the new viral weight loss drug that all the celebs are supposedly taking. But is it a game changer, or just another fad?

Fad Camp Season 4 Update

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 15:48


Grace and Conor touch base to tell everyone what's in store for the next season of Fad Camp, launching January 2023!

S3 Ep9: #32 - Victoria's Secret

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 71:28


The most famous lingerie brand of the 90s & 00s, Victoria's Secret has had a major cultural impact. But as society has evolved with body diversity & inclusion, Victoria's Secret had to cancel its famous fashion show. Grace & Conor do a deep dive into a company that has long set beauty standards. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more.

S3 Ep8: #31 - Fat Hollywood

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 65:20


 From The Nutty Professor to Jan from Grease, Grace and Conor do a deep dive on Hollywood's questionable representation of fat characters in film and TV throughout the years. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more. Article by Kate Hagen - Fat Girls on Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film/

S3 Ep7: #30 - James O'Hagan: Fatphobia in the gay community

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 57:20


In this episode Grace & Conor are joined by the brilliant James O'Hagan, host of Sissy That Pod & the Champions Programme Manager at LGBT Ireland, to talk about fatphobia in the gay community. This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more.

S3 Ep6: #29 - Julie Jay

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 52:26


The latest special guest on Fad Camp is the hilarious Julie Jay. She is a brilliant Irish comedian, who is currently touring her show Opps I Did It Again, & is the host of the true crime comedy podcast Crimeland. AND who the iconic comedian Tommy Tiernan once said to be, 'the funniest thing I've seen in a long, long time. Let's dive into Julie's fad diet history! This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more.

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