Says Who?

We are injecting ourselves with compounds bought online, on social media and from the back of sunbed shops, and most of us have no idea what is actually in them. The global wellness economy is now worth $6.8 trillion, and in its biggest ever UK bust, the MHRA seized over 12,000 doses of unlicensed weight loss drugs and peptides.Dean Henry has worked with peptides for 11 years. He owns a licensed compounding pharmacy, runs a peptide academy, works in the research-use-only market, and says his team speaks to more than 10,000 clients.Sitting down with host Brogan Garrit-Smith, Dean makes his case: that peptides are not new, and many have been used for decades; that the boom was driven by weight loss pens and social media; that contamination often happens after the certificate of analysis, when the peptide is put into the vial; that buying in the grey market is a lottery; that without the trials big pharma likes to see, we are basically the trial ourselves; that people are going to need therapy to come off weight loss jabs; that nobody under 21 should be taking peptides; and that you cannot enhance your body unnaturally and expect no downside long term.Brogan also shares her own experience of taking peptides since January, and why she wants you to think twice before you start.We have been told peptides are the future of health.Says Who?He explains:1. What a peptide actually is, and why the word is suddenly everywhere2. How to know what you are injecting, and where contamination really happens3. Why he says we are the experiment4. Why he says weight loss jabs are built to keep you on them5. Where optimisation ends and enhancement begins6. When healthy stopped being enough, and what tracking everything is doing to us7. And a bonus: exactly what Dean takes himself, and the new peptides he would not touchTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Trailer0:40 Why peptides are suddenly everywhere2:52 What is a peptide?4:18 Why peptides exploded now5:22 What the science actually says6:43 How do you know what you are injecting?8:56 Bought in the back of a sunbed shop11:53 Are we experimenting on ourselves?12:29 The hidden trade-offs14:22 The weight loss jab trap16:14 Are we losing what it is to be human?17:38 People will need therapy to come off these21:12 The jab that was not what it said22:52 Do weight loss pens expire?25:09 The cowboys, and what a compounding pharmacy is27:39 How young is too young?29:26 Are we raising Superman?30:11 Where optimisation ends and enhancement begins31:05 The Enhanced Games32:27 When did healthy stop being enough?34:18 What Dean takes himself36:10 Botox, fillers and contradictions39:45 The peptides he would not touch41:54 Pens vs vials43:42 How to think about peptides now45:29 Growth hormone, BPC and the cancer question48:10 Are we losing tolerance for being human?51:23 The belief he no longer holds51:40 Let's settle it52:21 Brogan's confessionThis episode is for information only and is not medical advice. Speak to a qualified health professional before taking any peptide or prescription medication.Says Who? with Brogan Garrit-Smith. New episodes weekly.Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/says-who/id1713423794Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sayswhothepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brogan.garritsmith#Peptides #DeanHenry #SaysWhoPodcast

79% of young people in the UK had seen violent pornography before they turned 18. The average age a child first sees porn is 13. For a generation, this has become sex education.Professor Clare McGlynn has spent more than 20 years researching pornography, sexual violence and online abuse, and her work has helped change UK law. Her new book, Exposed, investigates the rise of extreme pornography and what it is doing to how we understand sex.In this conversation with Brogan Garrit-Smith she makes her case: that the porn on the biggest free sites is sexually violent, misogynistic and racist, and has got far worse; that young people now think rough sex and strangulation are simply what sex is; that one in four women are fearful during sex; that we blame women like Bonnie Blue while never asking about the men watching and paying; that deepfakes have put every woman and girl at risk; that police still tell victims "the AI did it"; and that because all of this was built, it can be changed.We have been told porn is just entertainment.Says Who?She explains:1. Why she says mainstream porn is sexually violent, misogynistic and racist2. How porn is shaping what a generation thinks sex should be3. Why a generation with unlimited access to sex is lonelier and less satisfied4. What Bonnie Blue's pregnancy content says about all of us5. Why deepfakes are the latest form of sexual abuse, and what the law can do6. Why she believes it can still change7. And a bonus: the laws Clare would pass tomorrow if she could.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Trailer0:49 The numbers, and the premise2:46 What porn became, and why she wrote the book4:09 "Have I been living under a rock?"5:15 The genre that shocked her7:11 From Britney to the school uniform8:31 Bonnie Blue10:49 Nobody asks about the men11:49 Nothing is sacred13:52 The search engines nobody blames14:55 Is your desire even yours?17:29 Lonelier, and less satisfied20:05 Grok: 3 million sexual images in 11 days22:20 Non-consent is the point24:14 What the law says vs. what the police do25:20 If the images are real26:48 The phone in the repair shop29:36 It takes a princess30:42 "The gun didn't do it"32:29 Adam Raine, 1635:18 Raising a son in this37:45 Emily's case39:16 The boiling frog40:04 The laws she would pass42:19 Why she calls porn racist43:16 Empowerment, repackaged44:57 It can change48:33 See it, pay for it, ask what it's doing to you50:04 Brogan aloneExposed by Clare McGlynn: https://www.waterstones.com/book/exposed/clare-mcglynn/9781836431718Says Who? with Brogan Garrit-Smith. New episodes weekly.Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/says-who/id1713423794Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sayswhothepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brogan.garritsmith#ClareMcGlynn #OnlineSafety #SaysWhoPodcast

Barry Hearn OBE built Matchroom from a £100 company into a global sports empire worth well over £1 billion. He is the son of a bus driver from an Essex council estate, a chartered accountant by training, and a promoter for more than 50 years across snooker, darts, boxing and pool. His son has left for Monaco. Barry is staying.In this conversation with Brogan Garrit-Smith he makes his case: that Britain is governed by the politics of envy, and the people who build things are being treated as easy targets; that the millionaires who have already left are not coming back, and nobody is replacing them; that a working-class saver can now face up to 67% tax on a pension and another 40% when they die; that Great Britain Limited is borrowing too much and failing at the very top; that he nearly lost everything before Sky TV arrived like the cavalry; that he missed his son's birth to win £50 at snooker; and that the only thing he really fears is his wife.We have been told Britain is still a place where anyone can build something.Says Who?He explains:1. Why he says Britain runs on the politics of envy, and what it is doing to the next generation2. Why he says the people who have left will not be coming back3. What he says a Martian would make of the British tax system4. What a £50 snooker game taught him about the price of winning5. Why he says money buys you the freedom to tell the truth6. Why, with every reason to leave, he is stayingAnd a bonus: Barry predicts Joshua vs Fury, and the round he thinks it ends!0:00 Trailer/Intro1:01 The numbers will frighten you2:02 The world of politics of envy3:00 Dumbing down society4:11 They won't be coming back5:24 My wife's got a dog7:02 A £100 company8:44 Not leaving the office until I've sent an invoice11:13 Bad news is not to be shared13:00 I missed Eddie's birth for £5013:33 Unbeatable, but you've got to kill me15:20 Are you a billionaire, Barry?16:44 Your candle will burn longer19:31 Explaining British tax to a Martian21:37 Great Britain Limited23:04 A dirty grey wall that says The End23:25 The first time I voted Reform23:54 You wouldn't appoint her, even on Mars26:13 Retired for six weeks30:16 Sky came over the hill like the cavalry31:08 We nearly doubled the business in COVID32:02 Boxing in the back garden34:11 Elocution lessons and Bertolt Brecht36:18 I hit him very hard and he didn't go down37:27 When the man upstairs is ready, I'm ready40:19 Telling the truth is a luxury45:15 Joshua vs Fury46:17 I don't draw any money, I buy farms50:47 Three heart attacks52:01 Is it harder to build in Britain?57:09 Born in England, I'll die in England57:32 What I took away from BarrySays Who? with Brogan Garrit-Smith. New episodes weekly.Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/says-who/id1713423794Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sayswhothepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brogan.garritsmith

We have replaced God with Google, spirituality with self help, and prayer with scrolling, and we call it progress. Gen Z now spends 7 hours and 43 minutes a day looking at a screen. That is 122 days a year, gone, and the self improvement industry those same people turn to for an answer is worth 46 billion dollars.Danny Morel built a career in business before walking away from the idea that success alone was enough. He is an author and a spiritual teacher, and the voice behind The Higher Self, and he spends his year between the Dominican Republic and Austin.In this conversation with Brogan Garritt-Smith he makes his case: that personal development has become a way of outsourcing your own power, so the guru is always going to let you down and the answer was never in the book or at the event; that feeling stuck in life is not a sign you need another course, it is the predictable result of looking outside yourself for twelve years; that the midlife crisis is not a breakdown but a spiritual awakening arriving late; that the disconnection is by design, because the people selling you the cure are the ones who need you searching; that you can go through anger and let it go in ninety seconds rather than carry it for a lifetime, and most people carry it for a lifetime because nobody ever told them; that your self worth was set by how much love you received, not by what you earn, and that whatever anyone calls self love starts there; that the work the inner child needs cannot be done in your head, which is where everyone tries to do it; and that British children now spend more time indoors than inmates do in prison.Brogan says she has been doing this dance of self development for twelve years, and what she thinks it actually takes.We are being told that the way out is one more book, one more ice bath, one more guru.Says Who?He explains:Why the guru is always going to let you down, and what outsourcing your power costs youWhy you feel stuck in life after years of personal development, and what the stuckness is actually telling youWhy a midlife crisis is a spiritual awakening nobody prepared you forHow to let go of anger in ninety seconds, and why almost nobody is ever taught itWhere self worth is set, and why no amount of money moves itWhat inner child healing needs that no course can give you, and where people look insteadHow to find your purpose when you have spent a decade asking an algorithmWhat screen time is doing to a generation, and the number nobody adds upChapters:0:00 Living In Fear As A Society0:58 We Replaced God With Google And Spirituality With Self Help1:56 Why Your Phone Keeps You Spiritually Disconnected6:23 The Cost Of City Life, And Feeling Stuck In It10:44 The Midlife Crisis As A Late Spiritual Awakening13:13 Money Is Energy, And It Mirrors Your Self Worth20:02 Self Love, And Where Your Self Worth Was Really Set23:14 How To Let Go Of Anger In 90 Seconds29:18 The 46 Billion Dollar Self Development Industry33:18 Find Your Purpose, With No Destination To Arrive At37:07 Fear Is Love, Distorted40:58 Phones, Partners, And Switching Off The News44:00 Inner Child Healing Is A Process, Not A Fix45:03 Parenting Tips For Protecting A Child From Your Wounds46:34 Screen Time, And Children Indoors More Than Inmates51:42 Define Success And Happiness For YourselfSays Who? with Brogan Garritt-Smith. New episodes weekly.Subscribe on YouTubeInstagramFacebookListen on Apple Podcasts

2.5 million Brits are on weight loss drugs and another 3.3 million are waiting to start. In America it is more than 30 million people, and children as young as 12 are being prescribed them.Dr Courtney Raspin is an eating disorder specialist and psychologist, and co-author of The Weight Loss Prescription alongside Dr Max Pemberton. She has spent her career helping people understand their relationship with their bodies, weight and food, which makes her the person to ask what happens when a drug designed for one group of patients reaches everybody else.In this conversation with Brogan Garritt-Smith she makes her case: that these drugs are a tool, powerful for the patient who genuinely needs them and dangerous for the one who does not; that most people come off them and put the weight back on four times faster than if they had lost it any other way; that what you lose along the way is muscle, which matters most for the people who can least afford to lose it; that the food industry and the pharmaceutical industry are paid twice over, once for making us unwell and once for the cure; that the drug dims hunger and dims everything else with it, the gym, alcohol, desire, the whole appetite for living; and that nobody is born hating their body, which means somebody taught us.Brogan tells her own story in this one. She says that if these drugs had existed when she was younger she would have grabbed them with both hands, and what it took instead to get out.We are being told that weight loss drugs are the safest and most effective way to lose weight.Says Who?She explains:Why the weight comes back four times faster, and what that does to a body that has already been through itWhat you are losing that is not fat, and why it hits the older population hardestWho is actually making the money, and which part of the problem pays nobodyWhat she sees happening to girls who are 12, and what she says is being taken from themWhy the dimming reaches alcohol, exercise and desire as well as foodWhat a healthy relationship with food looks like in practice, and where it starts0:00 The cold open1:30 Here's the question, Dr Raspin2:38 You'll gain it back four times faster4:17 Easier to sell a solution in a syringe9:29 Nobody is born hating their body11:29 The lesser of two evils, until it isn't13:16 You upload a picture and the pen arrives18:02 Children as young as twelve21:09 The lights go dim on everything24:18 The three phases, and the one nobody does28:27 A real life experiment on the public, in real time31:04 The pills are coming33:34 Who benefits, and where there is no money34:25 How you rebuild a relationship with food36:39 My son made me heal my relationship with food42:09 So let's settle it44:08 AfterSays Who? with Brogan Garritt-Smith. New episodes weekly.Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/says-who/id1713423794Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sayswhothepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brogan.garritsmith