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Strange Health
by The Conversation
Today: #60 in Health & Fitness, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #70 in Health & Fitness, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #146 in Health & Fitness, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #99 in Health & Fitness, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #127 in Health & Fitness, Mexico on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · United States
Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Health & Fitness combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
Episode releases
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | — | #200 |
| Oct 26 | #187 | #169 |
| Oct 25 | #181 | #162 |
| Oct 22 | #191 | #169 |
| Oct 14 | — | #200 |
Latest episodes
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Cottage cheese: protein superfood or fitness myth?
October 20, 2026 · 32 minCottage cheese is a TikTok sensation. Social media creators are blending the curdy, clumpy white stuff into everything from cookie dough and chocolate brownies to flatbreads and even slapping it onto hot dogs. All in the name of…
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Trailer: Strange Health is back for a new season
October 13, 2026 · 2 minWe're back with a new season of Strange Health, the podcast from The Conversation, that investigates the odd, awkward and occasionally disgusting questions raised by our bodies and the health trends surrounding them. This season we’ll be…
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What is period scooping? And other menstrual hacks you should think twice about
March 10, 2026 · 37 minPeriod scooping sounds like something you would only hear in a biology lab, not while doom-scrolling TikTok. Yet earlier this year, videos claiming you can “scoop out” your period to avoid the mess and shorten the whole thing racked up…
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Does light therapy work? The science of stroboscopic stimulation
March 3, 2026 · 38 minLight therapy sounds wholesome. Sit in front of a lamp. Feel better. But nowadays, it can also mean strapping on a flashing mask and watching your own brain generate kaleidoscopic hallucinations behind closed eyelids. In this episode, host…
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What your body odour says about you
February 24, 2026 · 40 minBody odour has a reputation problem. It is often treated as a hygiene failure or a social offence. In reality, it is biology at work, plus a big helping of culture. And yet people online are trying chlorophyll shots to make their BO smell…
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Meet the mites that live on you: from demodex to dust mites and scabies
February 17, 2026 · 34 minYou are not alone in your own skin. Millions of microscopic creatures live there too. Our skin is home to entire ecosystems of microscopic life. Bacteria and fungi get most of the attention, but mites are there too. Among the most common…
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What is the vagus nerve and can you really reset it?
February 10, 2026 · 36 minThe vagus nerve has become the internet’s favourite body part. On social media, it is everywhere. People hum into their phones, gargle with theatrical enthusiasm, dunk their faces into bowls of ice water and poke at their ears in the hope…
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Is cracking my neck and knuckles bad?
February 3, 2026 · 35 minJoint cracking is one of those habits most of us acquire without thinking about it. In our third episode, we turn our attention to one of the body’s most common and least understood noises. Knuckles, backs, knees and necks all feature…
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Tonsils, kidneys and gall: why your body makes stones
January 27, 2026 · 27 minThe human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right conditions and it will go about crystallising minerals, hardening secretions and, in rare cases, turning tragedy into rock. Gallstones…
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Is detoxing your liver worth the hype?
January 20, 2026 · 34 minSocial media is full of green juices, charcoal supplements, foot patches and seven-day “liver resets”, all promising to purge the body of mysterious toxins and return it to a purer state. But do you really need to detox your liver? In the…
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Introducing Strange Health from The Conversation
January 6, 2026 · 2 minIntroducing Strange Health, a new podcast from The Conversation. Time and again, the health stories that go viral are the ones that make people recoil slightly before clicking anyway. Worms. Smells. Leaks. Stones. Toxins. The things you…
About the show
Strange Health from The Conversation dives into the science behind the most bizarre, viral, and sometimes questionable health trends dominating social media from period scooping and menstrual masking to stroboscopic light therapy, demodex mites, vagus nerve hacks and liver detox myths. Expect honest, engaging, and sometimes stomach-turning discussions. Hosted by Katie Edwards from The Conversation and Dan Baumgardt, a GP and lecturer at the University of Bristol.