Everything Is Content

Happy Friday EICompetitors! This week on the podcast, what lengths will humans not go to, to feel a little bit special?

First up, a 2025 survey by the American Academy of Dermatology revealed that half of Gen Z participants got a sunburn in 2024, with 10% getting burns severe enough to cause blisters. They also found that 37% didn’t know the risks of tanning and 57% believed common tanning myths- e.g. that a base tan protects you from sunburn. More than a fifth of Gen Z respondents prioritise getting a tan over protecting their skin, and 25% said that it’s worth looking good now even if it means their skin looks worse down the line. Is this just the naivety of youth? Or does it signal something shifting in culture? We talk everything tanning!

Secondly, what does extreme wealth do to the brain? This is the title of a piece for New York magazine by Lane Brown, and the question he tries to answer within it. So Lane Brown you may also remember authored The Feed Is Fake, about stealth marketing online which we discussed in last week’s episode. And for this piece about the ultra-rich, he spent two months interviewing the 0.1 and 0.001% and asking them how money has changed the way they think, how their worldview shifted when they were no longer under the same financial constraints and how becoming mega rich altered their perception of status, friendship, obligation and maybe even reality itself.

And lastly, while we were enhancing the UK bank holiday heatwave with picky bits, day drinking and ice lollies, over in Las Vegas, another kind of enhancement was going on at The Enhanced Games. Is this just inevitable in a world of optimisation? We discuss.

We hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and share the show, it helps others to find it and us to keep making it! LY! O,R,B xx

Beth's been loving: I want to go home but I'm already there, Patrick Radden Keefe on Adam Buxton

Ruchira's been loving: Two Weeks In August,

Oenone's been loving: The Crash, It Ends With Us

What Will It Take to Get Young People to Stop Tanning (Again)?

AAD survey: half of Gen Z got sunburned in 2024 — and many still don’t know the risks

RFK Jr. pushes “personal choice” over teen tanning bed ban

As influencers spread ‘toxic’ claims, what is the truth about sunscreen?

Sam Faiers slammed for pushing ‘dangerous’ suncream conspiracy theory

The myth of good skin, with Jessica DeFino

Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

What Does Extreme Wealth Do to the Brain?

Enhanced Games devolves into daft, 'high school-level' sporting circus

Record 50m freestyle time at controversial Enhanced Games

The Enhanced Games fit right in with the rest of 2026’s longevity vibes

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Happy Wednesday EICreations!

In today's episode we sit down with bestselling author and former host of the brilliant Should I Delete That Alex Light to discuss everything from weight loss jabs to bikini bodies. She also offers invaluable advice on how to limit the impact of social media on kids, raise body positive sons and get through to older generations about their toxic relationship to food and thinness. Alex's new non-fiction book The Price of Pretty is out now, and deftly examines the unbearable and unattainable beauty standards that women are subjected to while also exploring the relationship between a waning body positive movement and the rise of Ozempic and AI. Other topics include motherhood and body image, eating disorder recovery, tweakments, filters and social media.

We loved chatting to Alex and you can follow her on Instagram here!

Links:
NICE Guidance on Semaglutide
Body Happy Kids by Molly Forbes
Waterstones - The Price of Pretty by Alex Light
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Hello EICorroborators! Happy Friday and welcome back to Everything Is Content- your one stop podcast shop for everything pop culture and beyond.

This week- and trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence and abuse- we're discussing BBC Panorama's harrowing new documentary ‘The Dark Side of Married at First Sight' in which former MAFs UK contestant Shona Manderson alleges that her on-screen partner had sex with her without a condom against her wishes. She alleges the team took her to get the morning after pill, but that nothing else was done. The show has pulled all of its episodes from the internet while discussions continue to rage on about how reality TV can't seem to stop failing its subjects. We share our takes as (former) fans of the show.

Next up we're talking about Harry Styles' new tour- which has been criticised after some attendees reported having little to no visibility of their fav as he happily scampered around his enormous walkway stage set-up. Has the singer prioritised his Strava over his set design? We investigate.

Then we mull over Jacob Elordi's love life after the actor was spotted out and about with model and the inventor of tequila, Kendall Jenner. The internet has separated into two camps in response to the possible pairing- people saying "huh??" and people saying "duh...". Plus: Everything In Conversation with... Kylie?

Also (and we're sorry) we chat about Elon Musk's latest MORONIC OUTBURST after the friendless loser suggested that Oscar winning actress and generational beauty Lupita Nyong'o was somehow badly cast as the fictional generational beauty Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. We insult Elon Musk's pathetic existence discuss with consideration for all sides.

And finally we revisit the topic of internet fakery and advertising creep after a new piece in Vulture by Lane Brown suggested that just about everything we see online nowadays has been placed there to sell us something. From the piece: "On social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce... can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas." In other words... is it time to log off?

This week Ruchira was loving Legends on Netflix and Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash, Oenone was loving Sister Europe by Nell Zink and Beth was loving SNL UK and London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe.

Thank you SO much for listening, commenting, agreeing, disagreeing, sharing us on socials or leaving us a review. It means the world and really does help us keep making the show. See you Wednesday! O, R, B x

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BBC iPlayer - The Dark Side of Married at First Sight / Panorama
Vanity Fair - Why Can’t Elon Musk Shut Up About Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
Forbes - Musk Boosts Misinformation About ‘The Odyssey’ In Days-Long Crusade Against Christopher Nolan Movie
Vulture - The Feed Is Fake by Lane Brown
Waterstones - The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
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Hello EICeo's, lean in for a second – we're talking about the return of the girlboss.

Emma Grede is the entrepreneur and business partner of a handful of Kardashian businesses. She's recently entered the media circus promoting her debut book, Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life, and in the process started a few conversations around work, motherhood and WFH culture.

Thank you for all of your incredible thoughts for this one <3 love O,R,B xoxo

Emma Grede: the real mastermind of the Kardashian empire

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Hello EICookies, we've got a thought-provoking episode for you this week.

Firstly, we have to discuss the depressing local election results and how we begin to process it and move forward. A Substack essay on the end of the Western earnest tourist our interest on if we'll ever regain the sense of wonder and charm from a path rarely travelled in the age of TikTok travel content, and Google Earth shining a light on every corner, far and wide, on the planet. Finally, she's back: Amanda and her cringy exploits have returned to screens.

Also Beth is back next week, so do not fear our third essential ingredient will be back in the mix ASAP.

This week Oenone loved Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion and wanted to dive into Charli XCX's Rock Music. Ruchira loved Gen Z's New "Anti-Woke Voice" and Hacks season 5.

Also could we request a lovely review on Apple or Spotify? It's a huge push for the podcast and helps us continue to grow <3

Lots of love, O,R,B xoxox

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The More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Week

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins?

Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections

The End Of Elsewhere

The Myth of Authentic Travel

Amandaland

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