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Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD

Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD

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A staggering amount of health and wellness news and information is bombarding us everywhere we look – and who’s got time to parse it out, to verify it, and then to actually do the work of improving our health?

We do! We are Emily Oster, best-selling author and data expert, and Perry Wilson, a medical doctor. And unlike the influencers, we actually know how to read a medical paper. This podcast separates fact from fiction, causality from correlation, so that you can stay informed without being overwhelmed. Every episode, we cover the health news of the week, take listener questions, and do a deep dive into a buzzy and misunderstood wellness topic so that you can actually make the best decisions for your own health.

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Episodes
  • What's the deal with full body scans?

    What's the deal with full body scans?
    Jun 25 2026

    This week, Emily and Perry debate full body scans: MRIs that scan your entire body like a giant humming hammer in search of nails. Will it find something wrong with you? (Yes.) Will it be something you should be worried about? (Almost always no.) But what if that one time it's the one thing that ends up saving your life? (Yeah, this is actually kind of complicated.)

    Plus: a totally not shocking flu outbreak amongst our troops, fantastic news about the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer, and RIP blue and brown M&Ms.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • What's the deal with sleep?

    What's the deal with sleep?
    Jun 18 2026

    This week, Emily and Perry tackle the weirdest, most wonderful thing all living things do: sleep. If evolution has forced us to be completely vulnerable for eight hours at a stretch, there must be a darn good reason. So what is actually happening to our brains when we sleep? What disrupts it, and how do we optimize for quality and quantity? And what are the risks of getting too little sleep...and enlisting chemical help to get more?

    Plus: screwworm is (appropriately) nightmare fuel, a cure for Ozempic butt, and hard seltzer vs. your kidneys.

    Submit a question for our weekly mailbag at wellnessactually.fm.

    ParentData episode on the placenta.

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    58 mins
  • What's the deal with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)?

    What's the deal with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)?
    Jun 11 2026

    This week, Emily and Perry are coming in hot to discuss the existence of sex, specifically whether or not women have a DSM-5-designated disorder when they don't want it, or if that's a pathology designed to sell women meds. Turns out the data of sexual desire is a complicated and noisy thing to study, but fortunately that's a turn-on for our intrepid hosts.

    Plus: a diabetes conference gets politicized, losing sleep over getting sleep, and preventative HIV drugs in South Africa.

    Submit a question for our weekly mailbag at wellnessactually.fm.

    ParentData survey on sex after kids

    ParentData episode with Emily Nagoski

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    Previous episodes referenced:

    What's the deal with testosterone?

    What's the deal with HRT?

    What's the deal with peptides?

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    54 mins
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