Episode 67- Shallow Gal: Gwyneth and the Goop Lab (ft. Rachey)

Rachey joins us to dive into the weird world of the Goop Lab, Netflix’s new show about Gwyneth Paltrow’s snake oil female empowerment lifestyle brand. In what amounts to a collection of scenes resembling pandering QVC sales pitches, awkward HR seminars, and devoted anti-vaxxer retreats, the show forces upon us a flagrant dose of native advertising for bizarre scammers such as psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson and orgasm coach Betty Dodson. If you discuss auras or energies in the workplace, think you may have undiagnosed chronic lyme disease, or sincerely believe you have a gluten “sensitivity,” this show is for you. If not, listen to this episode instead - we fill in the blanks in this bizarre world where half-truths, vague correlation, and endless gullibility are currency. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/business/goop-vaginal-egg-settlement.html https://undark.org/2020/01/13/goop-paltrow-netflix-series-science/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2017.1332152?af=R&journalCode=hjsr20