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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Pseudoscience at the Grocery Store

    The same people who scoff at climate change deniers and creationism may be just as guilty of buying into pseudoscience as their conservative counterparts, according to our guest. Writer Michael Schulson says you just have to look to Whole Foods as an example.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The same people who scoff at climate change deniers and creationism may be just as guilty of buying into pseudoscience as their conservative counterparts, according to our guest. Writer Michael Schulson says you just have to look to Whole Foods as an example. GMO-free carrots, homeopathic nasal sprays for allergy sufferers, book titles like “The Coconut Oil Miracle” - what are these based on?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      The Daily Beast

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    6 of 6
    Ukrainian Identity, The Mind of Putin, and Peak Car
    1. 0:00The Mind of Putin
    2. 8:17Ukrainian Identity
    3. 16:41The Death of Sarah Jones
    4. 26:04California Dems Lose Supermajority
    5. 32:18Peak Car
    6. 41:13Pseudoscience at the Grocery StoreYou’re reading this
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