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The Dream Season 2 review: How the wellness industry ropes people in

The second season of podcast The Dream debunks much of the wellness industry, but creating empathy for the people caught up in it is where the show shines

By Wendy J. Fox

4 March 2020

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The Dream – Season 2

Jane Marie and Dann Gallucci

 

WELLNESS is a booming industry encompassing everything from fitness and personal care to crystals meant to interact with a person’s “energy field”.

Season 2 of podcast The Dream attempts to separate science from pseudoscience by delving into the scams, the regulation of vitamins and supplements, and why people find wellness so compelling.

Season 1 took a similar approach in addressing the predatory nature of multi-level marketing schemes.

Many of the products and services mentioned in the…

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