Introducing Burnt Truths: Uncovering the Shady Side of Getting Sun-Kissed

Welcome to Burnt Truths — a spin-off series of The Ultraviolet Tide podcast, presented by Low Ultraviolet. I’m Erica Feggeler, and for the next 7 episodes, we’re uncovering the shady side of getting sun-kissed. Coming June 1st, 2026.Our most listened-to episode ever, The History of Tanning (ep.13), sparked thousands of listeners to ask the same question: Why do we still do this?Why, in 2025, do tanning beds still exist?Why is “looking tan” still such a beauty standard — even when we know the risks?That curiosity turned into this, Burnt Truths, a pop-culture-meets-public-health dive into how tanning became an obsession, an identity, and, for some, an addiction.In this limited series, we’ll peel back a different layer of the glow.Burnt Truths will make you laugh, cringe, rethink your bronzing habits, and maybe even text your old tanning salon to cancel that membership.Join us as we unpack seven decades of beauty culture, bad advice, and billion-dollar marketing, and uncover the truth hiding beneath the tan lines.This is Burnt Truths: Uncovering the shady side of getting sun-kissed.Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.