Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn
Episode: Being Sold A Better You During COVID-19 with Amanda Montell
Description: We’ve talked about buying a better you. But how are we being sold our health and wellness during “these trying times?” Gaby talks to linguist and author Amanda Montell about the capitalistic language shifting to sell people wellness and “immunity-boosting” products of varying levels of harm during the coronavirus pandemic. What scams should we be looking out for? Is it possible to buy total safety from COVID-19? Why are we so desperate to believe the language of advertising? And, like in every episode of this season, we ask: Are we all just trying to buy control?
Learn more about your ad ch...