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The 82% Miscarriage Myth, Covid Vaccines and the Fauci Texts Aug 22, 2026

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Eighty-two percent of pregnant women who got a COVID vaccine early in pregnancy miscarried — that's the claim now ricocheting across the internet, revived by newly released Fauci text messages and repeated to millions on Joe Rogan's podcast. In this bonus episode, Jeff walks through where that number actually came from, and why it doesn't mean what people think it means.

What Fauci's private 2021 texts really say about vaccine timing and pregnancy risk
How a preliminary CDC surveillance snapshot turned into a viral 82% statistic
The statistical error (called censoring) that explains the whole thing
What the completed research — meta-analyses of hundreds of thousands of pregnancies — actually shows
Why the same skepticism people apply to the CDC should apply to a gym owner's arithmetic

This episode is for anyone who's seen the 82% claim online, and anyone trying to think clearly about vaccine safety debates without picking a side first.

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Marianne Williamson on the DNC, Trump, and the 2026 Midterms Aug 20, 2026

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Marianne Williamson keeps a ticker running on her Substack, counting down the days to the midterms. In this episode, she and Jeff dig into why she thinks these midterms may be the last chance for a truly free and fair election in 2028, walk through the DNC dysfunction and the rise of the DSA, and get candid about her own two runs for president and what they taught her about the party.

Why Williamson believes the 2026 midterms are more consequential than any in recent memory
The redistricting battle reshaping the House, and why a "normal" Democratic wave may not be enough
How the DSA and candidates like Zohran Mamdani are pulling the party back toward its FDR-era roots
What her own 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns revealed about the DNC's instincts, including an FBI briefing and a DNC official's apology
Her case for why hope and reform are still possible, even in a "brutal" political moment

This episode is for anyone trying to make sense of the Democratic Party's internal battles, and anyone wondering what's actually at stake in November.

Marianne's new course, Midlife Awakening: Creating a Miraculous Next Chapter, guides students through the real work of this stage of life: atoning for old mistakes, practicing true forgiveness, and reframing midlife as a second puberty rather than a decline. Across eight sessions, it builds toward what she calls "rising as the phoenix," her framework for closing one chapter and consciously starting the next. Start the course for free at commune.to/awakening. Discover more from Marianne at marianne.com.

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Letting Go — Phoebe Leaves for Paris (Dispatch 10) Aug 18, 2026

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Tonight, Phoebe is sleeping in her childhood bedroom for the last time. Tomorrow she boards a flight to Paris, where she's starting college six thousand miles from the house she grew up in.

In this episode, Jeff walks through Phoebe's final night at home: cooking dinner together one more time, scrawling Buddhist maxims onto sticky notes for her nightstand, and quoting T.S. Eliot on beginnings and endings while she packs in the next room. He traces what it actually feels like to practice non-attachment when it stops being a concept from a book and starts being your own daughter leaving for good — and why the same lesson about breath and letting go that he learned the night she was born, eighteen years ago, turns out to be the hardest one to relearn now.

This is the tenth episode of Diaries of a Dance Dad, an audio memoir series in Jeff's own words. It spans the full arc of parenthood: the inhale of birth and early chaos, the grind of no sleep and travel with kids, the gut-punches of failure, and the slow exhale of letting go.

Order Diaries of a Dance Dad audiobook & hear the tales that bookend my paternal journey from cradle to empty nestdom at onecommune.com/dancedad.

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Body Composition After 40 with Dr. Joey Munoz Aug 13, 2026

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After 40, testosterone drops, muscle mass shrinks by 3 to 8% per decade, and the scale stops telling the truth about what's actually happening to your body.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Dr. Joey Munoz, a body composition coach and founder of Strong Standard, to break down what's really driving that decline and what to do about it.

Why body composition, not weight, is the real marker to track
The DEXA scan, waist-to-hip ratio, and at-home tools worth trusting
The science of muscle protein synthesis, and why "effective reps" matter more than total reps
How to build muscle without gaining weight through body recomposition
Protein targets, meal timing, and the supplements actually worth taking
Grass-Fed Shark: fasted cardio and the "zone two fat-burning zone" put to the test

This episode is for anyone in their 40s, 50s, or 60s trying to hold onto the body they used to have, and anyone who wants a clear framework instead of gym folklore.

Follow Dr. Joey Munoz across social media, or check out his podcast, "The Dr. Joey Munoz Show." Learn more about his coaching program at strongstandard.com.

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A Most Essential Oil: Lost Luggage, Lavender, and a Family Trip to France (Dispatch 9) Aug 11, 2026

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Jeff's lavender obsession has always been a family joke — until it's the only thing that gets his bag back.

In this episode, Jeff traces a family trip to the lavender fields of Provence that spirals into a canceled flight, a four-hour security line in 100-degree heat, and ten days of missing luggage, resolved only when a familiar scent leads him through a restricted door at LAX.

This is the ninth episode of Diaries of a Dance Dad, an audio memoir series in Jeff's own words. It spans the full arc of parenthood: the inhale of birth and early chaos, the grind of no sleep and travel with kids, the gut-punches of failure, and the slow exhale of letting go.

Order Diaries of a Dance Dad audiobook & hear the tales that bookend my paternal journey from cradle to empty nestdom at onecommune.com/dancedad.

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Fauci: Sinner or Saint? What the Diaries Really Show Aug 06, 2026

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Eighty-five years old, under subpoena, and asked the same question until he pled the Fifth 111 times. To Senator Rand Paul, that looks like a confession. In this episode, part of "The Middle Way" series, Jeff Krasno tries to hold two true things at once: Fauci's diaries reveal real vanity and overconfidence, and the push to make those flaws the central crime of the pandemic is disproportionate.

Why pleading the Fifth isn't the admission it looks like on TV
What's actually in the 1,141 pages of diaries, and what isn't
The lab leak theory, the furin cleavage site, and where the evidence really sits
Gain-of-function research, the EcoHealth grant, and two very different definitions of the same phrase
Why masks, Trump, and institutional trust all belong in this story too

This episode is for anyone trying to make sense of the Fauci hearings without picking a side handed to them by cable news.

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No Diapers, No Staying Home: Two Rules That Backfired at a Brooklyn Party (Dispatch 8) Aug 04, 2026

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Schuyler had two rules for raising babies: no diapers, and no staying home.In this episode, Jeff explains how letting his daughters toddle around bare-bottomed sped up potty-training, and how refusing to curb their social life meant babies at yoga retreats, dinner parties, and late nights with friends. Both strategies mostly worked, until they crossed paths one night at a party in Clinton Hill. John Currin's Hermès loafer never stood a chance.

This is the fourth episode of Diaries of a Dance Dad, an audio memoir series in Jeff's own words. It spans the full arc of parenthood: the inhale of birth and early chaos, the grind of no sleep and travel with kids, the gut-punches of failure, and the slow exhale of letting go.

Order Diaries of a Dance Dad audiobook & hear the tales that bookend my paternal journey from cradle to empty nestdom at ⁠onecommune.com/dancedad⁠.

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Momgevity: Redefining Longevity for Busy Moms with Dr. Robin Berzin Jul 30, 2026

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What does longevity actually look like when you have three kids, a full-time job, and zero time for cold plunges?

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Dr. Robin Berzin, founder and CEO of Parsley Health, to talk about momgevity, her term for longevity through the lens of motherhood.

They explore:

Why subtraction, not addition, is often the real key to health
How she decides which habits are genuinely non-negotiable.
Why momgevity is about subtraction, not just optimization
Her daily non-negotiables: meditation, whole foods, and protein
What her grandmother's 104 years taught her about stress
Navigating perimenopause, diastasis recti, and body changes after three kids
Building a "village" of support instead of doing it all alone

This episode is for parents juggling health and family, women rethinking longevity at midlife, and anyone tired of biohacking culture that treats wellness like a competition.

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Pirate's Booty: Life on the Road with the Wanderlust Circus (Dispatch 7) Jul 28, 2026

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Before the girls hit menarche, they trailed rainbow sorbet, tie-dye, and enough Pirate's Booty to leave a breadcrumb trail across every airport in North America.

In this episode, Jeff remembers the summers his family spent touring with the Wanderlust yoga festivals: one squeaky roller bag, three dozen Trader Joe's totes, and three young daughters who could double as walking coat racks. Pirate's Booty wasn't just a snack; it was how the ops team always managed to track him down. The story lands at a Vancouver airport ticket counter, where the "yogul" of Wanderlust finally, and very publicly, loses his equanimity.

This is the 7th episode of Diaries of a Dance Dad, an audio memoir series in Jeff's own words. It spans the full arc of parenthood: the inhale of birth and early chaos, the grind of no sleep and travel with kids, the gut-punches of failure, and the slow exhale of letting go.

Order Diaries of a Dance Dad audiobook & hear the tales that bookend my paternal journey from cradle to empty nestdom at ⁠onecommune.com/dancedad⁠.

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GLP-1s Gave Me the Ick: A Personal Metabolic Experiment Jul 25, 2026

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Ten pounds in two weeks. No hunger. No craving for coffee or alcohol. This is Jeff’s personal, week-by-week account of starting tirzepatide (sold as Zepbound), tracked through blood sugar, cholesterol markers, and a noticeable dimming of everyday motivation and joy.

What changed in the first two weeks: appetite, weight, and energy
Tracking glucose, LDL, ApoB, and other metabolic markers with a CGM and blood panels
Why alcohol and coffee stopped feeling rewarding
The emerging link between GLP-1s, dopamine, and the brain's reward circuitry
The trade-off between appetite control and a sense of vitality or spark

This episode is for anyone weighing GLP-1s for themselves, or curious what the drugs are actually like beyond the headlines.

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