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It's been about a year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order, "<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/">Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission</a>." Since then, MAHA has brought together a lot of strange bedfellows, ranging from <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/rfk-trump-dietary-guidelines-protein-sugar-00713828">people who want Americans to eat less sugar</a> to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/13/rfk-jr-aaron-siri-polio">others who want to ban the polio vaccine</a>. Which begs the question — what, exactly, is the Make America Healthy Again movement… and is any of it actually making America healthier? To find out, we spoke to Rina Raphael. She's a journalist focused on wellness culture and the author of The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care.And in headlines, U.S. and Iranian representatives <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/15/iran-diplomat-geneva-00782760">are set to meet today</a> in Switzerland, funding for the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-ice-funding-7bf62bc50ca0a6a6013a714bee2ffdb4">expired</a> over the weekend, and former President Barack Obama <a href="https://apnews.com/article/obama-aliens-podcast-area-51-a23f03ebb1b4c3009415b20bec3df26b">feeds our inner conspiracy theorist</a> by talking about aliens on a podcast.Show Notes:</div><ul>
<li>Check out Rina's work – <a href="https://www.rinaraphael.com/">https://www.rinaraphael.com/</a>
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<li>Call Congress – <a href="tel:2022243121">202-224-3121</a>
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<li>For a transcript of this episode, please visit <a href="http://crooked.com/whataday">crooked.com/whataday</a>
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