Alex Clark
Appearances
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What did he say would happen if we captured our scientists?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Oh, really?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Was it just for fun, like at a party someone suggested or because he was injured?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Today, we're diving deep into the issues with our current healthcare system, and Brigham's going to help us understand the corruption we're up against and how we can begin to fix it. Watch this interview on the Culture Apothecary Spotify or Real Alex Clark on YouTube. If you have ever heard something on this show that taught you something new, please leave a five-star review.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And so was this with your brother in the early 2000s?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So he had struggled with it since high school.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Everyone's out here trying to look 25 forever, including me, okay? I'm like, you know what? What if I could just cheat the system without going to the doctor for something weird? I think I found the solution. Taylor Duke's Wellness Blue Beauty Drink. You guys, this drink is like Botox in a glass, but with zero needles involved.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And I'm just sitting here sipping my way to glowing skin, shiny hair, and nails that could kill someone. Seriously. The Blue Beauty Drink is packed with the best stuff. Blue spirulina, collagen, biotin, and a bunch of other superfoods that actually do something for you. We're talking anti-aging hydration that'll make your skin glow like a light bulb.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
He's this guy who has the worst ideas when it comes to getting stuff done. Like the other day, she's in a meeting and he legit says, guys, I've got a great productivity hack. And she's like, oh boy, here we go. He says, okay, hear me out. What if we all start working while balancing on yoga balls? You know, get our core engaged, really get those tasks done faster. She
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
She tells me she's sitting there staring at him thinking, bro, are we in an office or a circus? Like next we're going to be juggling fire torches while writing emails. I told her to tell him instead of yoga ball chaos, try something that actually helps your brain focus and your immune system stay strong. Mushmore Co. Organic Mushroom Gummies. These little guys are packed with the good stuff.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Reishi, Lion's Mane, Chaga, actual superfoods that help you stay sharp, reduce brain fog, and keep your immune system ready to crush whatever gets thrown your way. You don't need to be doing backflips while you're working. Just take organic mushroom gummies from Mushmore Co. to feel like you're actually getting stuff done.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
If you wish that you had more like-minded friends who are into these topics, join the Cuteservatives Facebook group, follow me on Instagram at RealAlexClark, and the show at Culture Apothecary. Please welcome the founder of Ways Too Well, Brigham Bueller, to Culture Apothecary. Is it fair to point out that the more people seem to go to the doctor in the United States, the sicker they seem to get?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Mushrooms help regulate your brain, improve focus, and support your body's natural defense mechanisms. No balancing act required. These gummies from Mushmore Co. are high-potency, 100% organic, and actually work, unlike this clown's balance ball productivity revolution. Head to eatmushies.com. Use code ALEX for 20% off your first order. That's ALEX for 20% off at eatmushies.com.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Get yourself some mushies, because if this guy starts rolling in with a unicycle next, she's quitting. What is the solution then to helping people like your brother? Instead of just being like, you're off this, you're on your own, you know, which is going to lead them to the black market. Like, what's that?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And so they work for who?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why is this always left out of the conversation on pharma?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Because it just seems like there's a collusion happening between the pharmaceutical companies and then the big insurance companies.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why does pharma agree to do that to help insurance?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Well, and what's crazy is that we're so sick, what you're describing is like health is plummeting, and yet we're on an astronomical amount of medications per person in America. What is the average amount of medications an American's on right now?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
How do you know this stuff about the insurance model?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And what should they be doing instead?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I think that's what's interesting is that I think Americans today, they think that it's fate that like, oh, once I'm in my 40s, once I'm in my 50s, like you just start getting sick, things start falling apart. But something that one of my friends, Hilda Labrador says, which I think is so spectacularly put, is that in America right now, we're not living longer.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Like we think, oh, we're living longer because we're on all these medications. And she's like, no, you're dying longer. The dying process is actually starting so much earlier. And you're just like, Drawing it out instead of, you know, finally getting sick in those very, very end years of life. That's how it is supposed to be like that's more normal than starting to get sick.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You know, like my dad who just passed away at 56. I mean, that's just outrageous. Yeah. So but that's kind of what we're doing now. And we think because it's common, it's just that's oh, that's normal.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And I think people hear that and they're like, well, it's pre, it's not diabetes yet. I'm like, that is a massive warning sign.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And how does that compare to the rest of the world?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And the end result isn't only just diabetes because then that morphs into other things, you know, Alzheimer's and all these other things.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So that's why it's important.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why would insurance companies not want doctors to pull full blood panels on patients?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Because they want you to be sick longer.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What happened to Luigi?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
But is it far-fetched to say, kind of understand where he's coming from?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Probably longer and waiting even longer to get into that appointment.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Is there a better model? Is there something else we can do that, I mean, doesn't involve socialism? Like, is there something else?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Well, I actually, I like that analogy because that is true. When we pay, and I mean for women, like I think this is really helpful to understand because yeah, we're paying for our car insurance for those catastrophic incidents, but we are ourselves out of pocket. We need to pay for the oil change and all those different things. And we're willing to do that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
But when it comes to our health and maintaining our health, we absolutely refuse if it's not covered by insurance, well, then I can't go there.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I can't go get this test done. Like, I guess I'm just not doing it.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Yeah. And you shouldn't have to be spending gobs of money at, you know, these different doctors and getting all this testing done unless, you know, you're already sick and then you're going to have to work your way back. But as far as preventing, this is why we focus, especially on my show, so much on the food.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Because that right there, if you can get that right, then hopefully you don't have to be, you know, trying to repair a bunch of issues. That's so preventative right there.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And, okay, interesting. So do they just reject all the stuff that you do?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That's how my dad was.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why do you I'm just surprised with everything, you know, like, why are you why do you offer insurance for your employees at all?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So you advise people to choose a plan. How?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That's why they're saying just take birth control.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You know, just do this.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay, confession time. I used to love those fancy toothpaste powders because I thought, oh, look at me being all Pinterest-y with my teeth routine. But girl, who has time for dipping a wet toothbrush into a jar of powder every morning? It's like a messy science experiment. And I'm just trying to get to work on time without looking like I have toothpaste all over my face.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And my team would say she just still doesn't get to work on time. But I digress. You should try Zebra's toothpaste tablets. These little wonders are a total life hack. You could even just chew them up and boom, foamy, fresh goodness, no mess, no fuss. Just a quick and easy way to get your teeth sparkling. You could do it on the go. Plus, they don't have any weird ingredients like hydroxyapatite.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
or fluoride for those of you who are a little bit picky about that stuff. Zebra is all about keeping it clean with simple, effective ingredients. You know, like the kind that actually get the job done without any drama. And the best part, even your kids are gonna love those toothpaste tablets from Zebra. My friend's kid actually asked me to brush his teeth now. When I come over, it's all special.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
He's like, I have your Zebra stuff. You want to brush my teeth? It's like, okay, I'm just over here brushing somebody else's teeth. If you're ready to upgrade your toothpaste routine, go to yayzebra.com. Use code Alex for 10% off. That's yayzebra.com. Code Alex for 10% off. You know how health insurance can sometimes feel like a scam?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Now for somebody who's, you know, I'm thinking the person listening in college or somebody who's literally never heard any of this about pharma or medicine in America before, what is the NIH and what are they supposed to be doing?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Like you think you're covered and then suddenly you're hit with all these crazy fees and exclusions? Well, I'm here to tell you, health insurance isn't the only industry full of frauds. The beauty industry is just as bad. Seriously, I was shocked when I started digging into some of the clean beauty products out there. that claim they're natural, but still pack in toxic chemicals.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Just because a product says organic or natural, it doesn't mean it is. And don't even get me started on the ingredients that they don't tell you about. But then I found Adele Natural Cosmetics, and let me tell you, this is the real deal when it comes to clean makeup. They're a family-owned business. They're passionate about clean, non-toxic beauty.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
They've been crafting skincare and makeup products with simple, natural ingredients since 2014. We're talking jojoba oil, raw coconut oil, and cocoa butter, not weird chemicals that you can't pronounce. Even their packaging is non-toxic. Their moisturizing foundation is so beautiful. I always get compliments. They're combining makeup and skincare in one with that foundation.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
It's hydrating, it's buildable, And it gives you that perfect natural glow that you want. And it pairs really well with their cream blush, which is like a double duty beauty stick because you can use that on cheeks and eyelids with a nourishing formula that actually moisturizes your skin. No BS, no toxic ingredients, just pure, simple beauty with Adele Cosmetics.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Plus, they even offer free foundation color matching to make sure you get your perfect shade. Ready to ditch the beauty frauds and go clean? Head to AdeleNaturalCosmetics.com. Use code Alex for 25% off your first order. That's AdeleNaturalCosmetics.com. Code Alex for 25% off your first order. So if you were going to choose an insurance company, who, I mean, who do you like?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
If you're like, if I have to choose, like these are who I would go with.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Yeah, I know we're picking the lesser of many people.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So do you like these people like Christian Healthcare Ministries where it's like shared and all that?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So where do you tell people to go? Because I get this question after every single time I do an interview sort of like this on the subject matter. It's, OK, well, how do I find one of those doctors?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why do you say you hate to say functional medicine?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Some of them are and some of them aren't.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Tell me, just because you mentioned them off the top of your head, who do you like in Arizona and California?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What do you think about that?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I don't know this.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That organization is cooked. It's so bad.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And now this, like that, they're toast.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That's insane.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I did not know that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
How often do you hear from doctors who are just quitting medicine altogether because of how evil insurance companies are?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Um, no, but I am getting a prenuvo scan this week.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Is that like kind of the same thing?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Like, I don't know what they're going to say, you know?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Yeah.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I'm not saying that this is like just a drop in the bucket by any means. But when I was looking into doing one of these full body scans between you and I, I mean, I was anticipating. I'm like, oh, this is like going to be a twenty twenty five thousand dollar thing. Like that's what I assumed.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
It's like twenty one hundred.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And I'm just, for knowing decades in advance that you are on the path to some kind of brain aneurysm or cancer or whatever, I'm like, I just thought for what you're getting, that was an unbelievable price.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Yeah.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Right. The full works with ways to well.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
How much is that?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And then if and then you compare that to like, OK, starting to go to doctors because you just found out you are diagnosed with cancer. I mean, we're talking tens of thousands of dollars, you know, maybe even six digits or six figures. So it's like to me, it seems like a no brainer. But. I don't know, people are just really caught up in this.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Like you would look at different doctors and their patient database or something?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Who owns the majority of the insurance companies?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Now, why would they, why would BlackRock care about owning American insurance companies?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Why are co-pays before a surgery so expensive?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Right. So my question is, We need, like we talked about, families need to be able to have health insurance for those catastrophic events. But then it's like all of this mess, everything's going like, how do we fix that? How do we make insurance companies less corrupt?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Oh, we love that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So you're on the Hill talking to people.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Is this something that will be like decades, like it'll be a long time?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
If every aspect of our health as Americans is rigged and monetized, how do we escape that matrix?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So I think it's interesting. Ways to Well, which is your company that does all this testing and stuff for people, you guys worked publicly, that's why we can say this, with Joe Rogan, right? And Aaron Rodgers. And you guys were in this new documentary about Aaron's life and his injuries and all that. That's very cool. So, I mean, those are like the manliest men, right, out there.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
But also you guys do a lot of stuff for women that people don't know about.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Now you're going to get all these cute servatives.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You were fat?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So what were they telling you was wrong?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And what is a woman's testosterone usually?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You're like catastrophically low testosterone. What symptoms was that showing you?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
With testosterone levels figured out then, how has your life changed?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I wonder how many women are like, I don't know, I'm like struggling with attraction to my husband. And like their husband's testosterone is like, tragically low. And if they got that dialed in, I, cause that would affect, you know, all of those things changing in a man, I think would make women even more attracted to them and everything, you know?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Well, one of my most popular old episodes I did was with Dr. Patrick Flynn. And it's funny that you say that because the title of that episode was if your man isn't chasing you down for sex, he's sick.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And it was one of my most popular episodes, but what you're saying is that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You're not anti-GLP-1s like in a microdosing way, are you?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Well, what do you think about all this new information about people saying, I'm getting cancer diagnoses, you know, a year later, osteoporosis and all this?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
We've all heard the usual suspects when it comes to talking about the problems in health care. Big pharma, the food industry, all the chemicals we're exposed to. But there's one major player that often slips under the radar in these conversations. Health insurance. We're pulling back the curtain on an industry that profits off of illness and make sure you stay sick for as long as possible.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I've been doing a lot of episodes on hormone health and just how many things we as women experience that we've been told are normal, but debilitating period cramps are not normal. A little discomfort, sure, but doubling over in pain every month, that's a huge red flag. You might want to look at what you're using down there.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Have you ever thought about switching to 100% organic cotton period products? I did, and I've been using Garnu ever since. It's been years. I've been loyal to them, I'm telling you. Once I swapped out those chemical-laden pads and tampons that I've been using since middle school, my cramps went from ugh to manageable. Garnu's organic cotton tampons and pads are the cleanest on the market.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
They're made with 100% organic cotton, no forever chemicals, no dyes, no chlorine bleach, just pure cotton goodness. They even have a compact applicator made from sugar cane. And guess what? Garnu's working with women and girls in Nepal and Brazil empowering them with feminine health education and entrepreneurship opportunities for girls especially that have been ravaged by human trafficking.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That's what I call supporting the girls. If you're ready to join the girls-only club, head to Garnu.com, use code Alex for 15% off your one-time subscription or purchase. That's G-A-R-N-U-U.com with code Alex for 15% off. Go clean, go organic, and feel the difference.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Just for comparison's sake, because I think people really like takeaways of like, okay, I can do this and not this, or I can start this. What did your diet look like in your overweight era compared to what it looks like now?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What are the top minerals that Americans need to be, you know, supplementing with?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Let's talk about creatine because this is popping up a lot. Recently, I'm getting a lot of questions about it. You just like add it into your smoothie or something?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What is creatine supposed to do?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
But isn't there like you shouldn't take zinc every day for a certain amount of time? Like it starts to do something not good if you take too much?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What's your favorite everyday magnesium? Because there's like, you know, a hundred different kinds.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And what were the side effects of long-term Valium use?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And you know, also, I just want to say Brigham's company is not a sponsor of the show. I have no affiliation, but I do enjoy talking to people who are creating solutions to such catastrophic problems when it comes to health. Um, and you know, I like hearing about all these different companies that are, that are doing these things.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So it's not like I'm getting something, having him on to talk about this or whatever. I'm just like genuinely curious and I like hearing about it. Um, I like having options, you know what I mean? And I think that's important to give the audience options. Like, you know, every guest I talk to or whatever, they're not all sponsors of the show. I think that's important.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Then you can, you know, make decisions. I have not talked really at all about stem cell stuff and I don't, it's cause I don't understand it.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So tell me like I'm a fifth grader, what is stem cells?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Now, was that mommy's little helper? Is that what Valium was? Or was that a different?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
But you can only get it through a C-section?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So then there's benefits of that, and you pre-plan the C-section to be able to get all of that. But then aren't you giving up all the microbiome stuff that's going on, having a vaginal birth and all that kind of stuff? So is there a little bit of a give and take there?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
He looks like a newborn baby, guys.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What do you think the right age is to start doing stem cell stuff?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay, so Congress had already gone after the Sacklers then before we even got OxyContin because I don't even know that I realized that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What do you think about medical marijuana?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So it's interesting because the whole OxyContin story, the whole Sackler family story is why I became enthralled in all of this subject matter in the first place during the pandemic.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Radicalize this on ketamine.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Give us like a little tea behind the scenes maha that you've heard lately.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I didn't know anything about the opioid crisis. It's just very privileged to have grown up where that didn't touch my family or anyone immediately close to me. And so I was just very ignorant on... how bad it was and then how we even got there in the first place. When, and this is silly, but like literally changed my life, when Hulu put out that show Dope Sick.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
What do you think the FDA hopefully will look like with Dr. Marty in charge?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You have this one thing that people do not realize about the FDA that would like melt their face off.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That's right.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
If you could offer one remedy to heal a sick culture physically, mentally, or spiritually, what would it be?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
That was the first time I'd really ever heard that story. And I was enthralled and horrified. I was like, this is the biggest true crime story in American history. And then I went and got the book. Dope Sick by Beth Macy. I'm reading that. And then going into pharma is what led me into food and what led me into all of this activism and why I'm so passionate about it.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
You're a healthcare entrepreneur. You have created some of the most innovative companies in the space. Remind people what they are and then what they do.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay. And then what is your Instagram for people to follow you?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay, perfect. Thank you so much for coming on.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Without a doubt, one of my favorite episodes so far on this season of Culture Apothecary. Next week is another one. You are about to get spoiled. Please leave a five-star review. Tell others why they should listen to Culture Apothecary and what episode blew your mind. We're on a mission to heal us at culture physically, mentally, and spiritually. Mondays and Thursdays at 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Pacific. Subscribe to Real Alex Clark on YouTube and follow me on Instagram at realalexclark and the show at cultureapothecary.com. Don't forget there's merch for sale. TPUSAMerch.com and code AlexClark there gets you 10% off. I'm Alex Clark, and this is Culture Apothecary.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I just I didn't know any of this.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
So if it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't know. So what was fascinating to me was like what they were doing to drug reps, people that had that job that you had. So you said you were right out of college doing this.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And how long were you doing it for?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
It's time to talk about the insurance Ponzi scheme and we have the perfect guest to help us expose it all. Brigham Bueller is my friend and also a healthcare entrepreneur who is on a mission. to completely dismantle and rebuild America's broken healthcare system. From his beginnings as a pharma drug rep, Brigham saw firsthand the devastating effects of a system that puts profits above people.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
And how many people are on an SSRI in America right now?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Didn't we just get denied on something with psychedelics?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
When you were a drug rep, you were doing that for how long?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
Okay, so in that, I mean, can we just be candid? Like, what were the perks you were getting? Were you making a ton of money?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
This drove him to become the founder of Ways to Well, ReviveRx Pharmacy, and BioReach. You may have already heard Brigham as a two-time guest on Joe Rogan, where he laid out his vision for a healthier, more transparent healthcare system. He's also someone that I had the privilege of testifying with at the United States Senate last September. alongside RFK Jr., calling for urgent reform.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Dismantling The Health Insurance Ponzi Scheme | Brigham Buhler
I was just talking to somebody a couple weeks ago on the show, and that was – the whole episode was on SSRIs. And she and I both discussed how this talking point of like let's destigmatize mental health and all of that, that that was actually just a pharma message put out there to kind of change – culture into being more accepting of people being on antidepressants. Would you agree with that?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What is so glaringly wrong with almost all collagen powders on the market?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Melissa's amazing. In Phoenix, I'd always recommend people go in there if you're in town because not only do they have a bunch of clean skincare and body care and things, but they also have tons of clean makeup brands. Mm-hmm. And it is a beautiful boutique store. They do classes and events, like having Jenna out to teach people things. And it's just a really phenomenal place.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And I also even have had guests on the show that are super into like health and wellness and stuff, contact Citrine and be like, what clean makeup artists in Phoenix would you recommend? And they even know people. So yeah, it's a really cool place to know if you're local.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Who do you think is the most fraudulent clean brand on the market?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Jenna is not just a CEO. She's a muse and a thought leader in the beauty industry, advocating for independent thinking and research. And yes, I mean independent thinking not only when it comes to beauty, but also politics. And let me tell you, she's got some pretty strong opinions, especially when it comes to the term clean beauty. And she's going to tell you why she hates it.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Yeah. That's who comes to mind for me. And I really liked their deodorant. Then I found that out and I was so bummed out.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
So here's a question. When was the last time you tried to figure out what blood tests you actually need? The list is endless, right? Hormones, thyroid, cholesterol, vitamins. And the worst part is there's no clear answer. It's like being lost in a maze. And every turn leads to another appointment. A lab appointment here, a doctor appointment there, and don't even get me started on insurance.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It's like, can someone just tell me what to do to feel my best? Enter Jevity. They figured it out. You don't need to schedule a bunch of appointments with different doctors. With Jevity, they send a phlebotomist straight to your door for at-home blood work within 10 minutes. And they will test 90 biomarkers, actually more than 90 biomarkers.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
That's more than your average doctor could ever dream of testing. And then you hop on a virtual consultation with one of their experts who builds you a custom health plan. You want hormone therapies, supplements, anti-aging treatments, peptides. They've got it all. And here's the best part. It's $129 a month free. One price, all in, no surprises, no running around, just results.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And it's monthly so that you can keep getting tested to see how you're going and consult with your free health team that's wrapped up in that package. If you want to skip the wait list and get 20% off your first month, use code Alex at GoJavity.com. Health optimization has never been this easy. That's GoJavity, G-E-V-I-T-I.com with code Alex.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
One occupational hazard I have in this job is everybody wants to give me strange food to try. Well, one person just came up to me at an event recently. They put some meat stick in my face and they're like, I know what's good. Trust me, I know what's good. It was gross. The texture was all wrong. I don't even know what animal it came from, but it wasn't beef.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Before we dive in, I do want to just say this. Agent Nature is not a sponsor of this podcast, nor do I have any affiliate codes, at least right now, or discounts to share. I'm simply fascinated by the brand and Jenna's unique perspective. She's truly a pioneer in this space, and I couldn't wait to get her on the show. So if you're enjoying the podcast, take a second, leave a five-star review.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
My teeth got stuck in it and I'm just sitting there thinking, Am I supposed to be chewing this for the next 40 minutes? What is this, some kind of lizard? I was one step away from pulling out my Paleo Valley beef sticks, but I held back to be polite, and then I went and ate them without them looking. Paleo Valley beef sticks are made from 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
That's right, happy cows, no antibiotics, no weird hormones. None of that sketchy factory farm nonsense. Not even any conventional spices. The spices are organic. And while other sticks are just, well, sad, Paleo Valley's got gut-friendly probiotics because they ferment their beef the old school way. This is unbelievable. Like actual probiotics, not just random mystery powders.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And do you know how many chemicals other snack sticks have? Don't even get me started. Paleo Valley doesn't use any of that. Just real organic spices, nothing weird. If you want to snack like a real adult who's not playing games, head to paleovalley.com slash Alex and use code Alex for 15% off. That's paleovalley.com slash Alex, code Alex. Get your beef stick game on point, okay?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Do you think that there is such a thing as a clean perfume? Like, are you wearing perfume at all? I do. I love my Killian.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, I really need you to come up with some kind of truly natural perfume. I am. I trust you.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Okay. I trust your taste.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Okay. I want to be described like that. Can I just say that? One day, I want to be described as a nose. You know whose nose I love? Alex Clark's. Like, what a beautiful descriptor of this woman. She is a nose you love because she just has a good sense of smell. I love it. Okay. She's a perfumer. Yes, yes. Oh, I get it right away.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Before launching Agent Nature, before being in clean beauty, you also worked in fashion. You were kind of gaining this reputation in that industry as being like, oh, Jenna, she's the health and wellness girly. So what advice were you giving coworkers and acquaintances in the industry that they were like coming to you for knowledge?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It's free. It really helps us out. Be sure to follow us on Instagram at Culture Apothecary or me at Real Alex Clark. You can also join the Cute Servetus Facebook group where we dive into the topics that we discuss here and connect with like-minded women. All Also, an interesting and fun personal life update. I recently went and got a radiation-free, full-body MRI with Prenuvo.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And who was your favorite to work with?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I mean, I believe it. I mean, remember this whole thing he did with the Bidens? And then allegedly he was like, I regret doing that, like telling everyone to vote for Joe or whatever. Remember that? Yeah, I remember. That was weird.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
As I'm starting to really take control of my health for the first time in my life, knowing if I had anything scary on the horizon was really important to me. That way, I could have some extra precious time to come up with a plan to deal with it. Prenuvo is a transformative new healthcare company that uses advanced MRI to perform a proactive scan.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
They are able to detect solid cancerous tumors at stage one and around 500 other conditions, including aneurysm, spine herniations, musculoskeletal conditions, fatty liver disease, etc. Unlike other screening mechanisms, PRENUVO does not use radiation or contrast, making this the safest proactive screening tool.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I mean, it might have just been finding love, finding your person, like the stress. He was able to melt some of that stress away.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I don't even have to take like an Aleve or anything, nothing. Well, I think that advice about the different types of estrogens is game changing. And I've not had any guests when we've talked about endometriosis bring that up. So that's super good information. What is so glaringly wrong with almost all collagen powders on the market?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What is special about the ingredients in your collagen? Because stuff that you have in yours, I've never seen in anybody else's.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
On average, PRENUVO gives potentially life-saving insights to 1 out of every 20 people that get scanned. The vast majority of cancers and medical conditions found are at a very early stage and occur in mostly asymptomatic patients. So you may not know that you have anything unless you get this scan.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I adore him.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It took about a week to get my results, and then I had a one-hour consultation with a doctor explaining what we found, which, thank God, was just some cysts that I don't need to worry about and then a deviated septum and a little arthritis in my neck. Praise God. Wouldn't it be great for yourself and your family to have that peace of mind?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Okay.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What is that? There's different types of collagen.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I just won't be surprised, Jenna, if we start seeing these huge popular supermarket collagen powder brands sourcing their stuff from a fish tank and a red lobster. You know what I mean? That's basically what you're getting. Red lobster collagen. Good luck. And then, you know, people have the audacity. I share your links and I'm like, this is the collagen.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Everybody wants to bitch and moan whenever I share your collagen powder because this is expensive. This is expensive. But now we know, well, it could be red lobster collagen. Mm-hmm. that you're getting.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Oh, yeah.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I've told you, I've said this for years before I even had Health and Wellness Podcast. I said, this is the collagen powder I use.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I know we should. Well, here's what's interesting. What I love is that Air One does these cool collaborations with the it girl celebrity of the moment. Haley Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter. These are top A-list stars who are all creating smoothies with Air One and using your collagen powder.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
So my question is, does Air One choose the ingredients or are these celebrities saying, no, I want Holy Main in my smoothie? Both. Cool.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Prenuvo is available in select cities across the United States. You can find out where and get $300 off your scan at prenuvo.com slash alexclark. So let's dive in now to today's episode with the incredible Jenna Covello, founder of Agent Notor. Is beauty capped out at a certain age? No. No, of course not. And you can kind of start over at any time. You can start caring about your skin at any time.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
No, that's hilarious.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Have you ever heard your kids snoring at night and think, oh, how cute, only to realize it's not cute? Well, that was me spending the night at my friend's house a few months ago. Turns out mouth breathing is way more than just a little noise. It's a silent epidemic that is silently robbing our kids of their health.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I didn't know this, but our kids' faces are literally shrinking and their jaws are narrowing, and it's all due to them breathing through their mouths. I know it sounds wild, but here's the thing. Mouth breathing leads to some serious stuff like crooked teeth, sleep issues, even symptoms that look like ADHD. And if your child has any of these symptoms, it's not normal, even if it feels like it is.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
That's where Toothpillow comes in. So Toothpillow has partnered with Airway Dentists. to create a virtual dental program that gets to the root of these problems before it's too late. You start with a virtual assessment, and then they help guide you and your child through the process of correcting these issues.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
So go to ToothPillow.com, click Is My Child a Candidate, and use code ALEXCLARK for a free video assessment today. It's time to help our kids breathe, sleep, and grow the way they're supposed to. No more Band-Aid solutions. We're going to fix it from the inside out. That's ToothPillow.com. Go to Alex Clark.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Listen, I'm not here to mess around with energy bars that taste like cardboard and give you a crash harder than your last relationship. I found the solution. You Again's raw super honey. It's sweet, it's natural, and it won't leave you face down in a pile of regret an hour later. You know how energy bars act like they're your best friend, but then really they're just setting you up for failure?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Like that one friend who's always just like, one more drink at 2 a.m. No, thank you. Super Honey, it's like a calm, stable energy relationship. It's clean. It's steady. It doesn't ghost you when you need it the most. I keep a little single-serve pouch in my purse at all times. And moms, Super Honey by You Again is the stroller snack of the century.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It will not turn your toddler into a crying sugar-fueled maniac. You're welcome. Unlike most honey, which is just syrup in a fancy jar pretending to be good for you, You Again Super Honey is raw, 100% glyphosate-free, and NMR-tested for your purity is... The bee's knees. Well, literally, pun intended.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And check out my episode with Dr. Axe, where he dives into all the amazing benefits of eating unadulterated raw honey just like you against. It is sourced from family farms in Texas and North Dakota, so you know that it's very, very good. They have four delicious blends with no natural flavors, preservatives, or junk.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Head to Amazon and just put You Again Raw Super Honey in your cart, and then you can use code Alex Clark for 15% off your cart. Add You Again Raw Super Honey into your Amazon cart. And then use code Alex Clark for 15% off. Do you think a lot of this ingestible beauty stuff that we're seeing online, a lot of it is a gimmick?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Like, it's never too late.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What is your second bestseller? Calm Beauty. The tart cherry little sachet thing. Yeah, the sachet, yeah. I love those and I had all of my team try them. What is so special about this little tart cherry thing?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
You don't need that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What is the story behind Agent Intour becoming the most controversial luxury beauty brand?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, it also tastes phenomenal because it just tastes like tart cherry juice.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
That's something you want to look out for on packaging. When my dad died and I was home with my mom recently, that was the one thing like right before bed, which she's really having trouble. Thank you. She's really having trouble sleeping and things like that. And so I had my tart cherry calm beauty And so I was like, mom, it's tart cherry time. So she'd be like, okay.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And if I would forget while I was there for those like three weeks or whatever, she'd be like, are we going to do the tart cherry? So that was like the one thing that kind of gave her a little bit of relief. And like, she still is not sleeping great, but like it helped. Like she was like, it is helping a little. She should do Weston Price. That'll make her sleep.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And I like too is that you've talked about you don't only need to take those at night before bed, but you can also take those like if you're nervous flying or you're just like having a stressful moment in the middle of your day. Like it doesn't have to only be at nighttime. You're not going to conk out and sleep. Right.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
But it does give a state of relaxation, which is helpful when wanting to go to sleep.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What's really going on with the beauty awards that magazines do every year? It's all bought and paid. So when they say like number one hairspray of 2024 or whatever, it's fake? It's not all fake.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
You raise a very interesting point that the magazines right now are broke. So my question to you, as somebody who has been super brave, outspoken for Trump, despite working in the luxury beauty industry, working in the fashion industry, do you think that within these next four years, Anna Wintour is going to say, OK, let's give Melania a cover?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I'm thinking from a monetary standpoint. Vogue needs some sort of revival and to get people excited to buy physical copies. I cannot imagine a bigger driver of sales than to finally give Melania Trump her cover and then just say, go crazy, everybody would buy it. And the Trump frenzy we're seeing, the majority of the country voted for Trump. The majority of the country is fascinated by the Trumps.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
She's so elegant and beautiful.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
But even think about the spirit and just the cultural zeitgeist of the Trump name now compared to first term. Oh, God. It is totally different. Like everybody likes him. Everybody likes that family. Did you see him at the Super Bowl? Of course. And they booed. Taylor Swift, my girl. I know. Don't get me started, Jenna. What are the most overrated cult following luxury beauty products?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
The newest product of yours that I'm really intrigued by is this Holy Growth 84, which you're saying can help stimulate hair growth in just 84 days. What is going on with this compared to other hair growth products out there?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Thank you.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What sorts of things were you experiencing living in California as a beauty CEO that were concerning to you and made you think, I think I got to support this Trump guy?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Governor Gavin Newsom doesn't vaccinate his children. No, he doesn't. But he makes it required to attend school in California that your kids have to. There's no religious exemptions.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
The way the city of Los Angeles has handled the fires this year, Do you think, because there was some celebrity exodus of Los Angeles during the pandemic, do you think now with the disaster of how they handled the fire, how it was totally preventable, they did nothing, do you think that we're going to see an even bigger celebrity exodus of L.A. ?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Imagine this. You're in the bathroom doing your business when, bam, a toilet snake pops up and bites you right on the butt cheek. Like, seriously? Your butt cheek? It's a low blow, but it's happening, okay? Happened to a Florida woman. Not joking. You're in pain. You're confused. You just want to pretend it never happened. But you know what would make everything better? Some masa chips.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
When you came out for Trump, which Hollywood A-lister sent her friend group to ruin your life?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Childhood friends.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, they obviously didn't have a problem with Kim being buddy-buddy with Ivanka or going to meet with Trump about criminal justice reform.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I love your taste when it comes to all things fashion. What's my favorite look of yours? I love the ad campaign that you did with Agent Notor and you have on these like really bunched up thick socks. I don't know if it was leg warmers or what, but you have big trainer sneakers on and you've got little shorts on. And I thought that was darling that you decided to do that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It was like one of your lotion campaigns. Oh, do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. But I just thought it was really it was it was really cute. It was really fitness focused. And I don't know, showed off your legs. Well, I don't know. It was just like a cool idea. You were outdoors. And I just thought like that for lotion was different than like I would think being in a bathroom or whatever.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
There's nothing wrong with that. It was just different. I wasn't the black vintage Versace dress.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
It was a sporty outfit. For lotion. And I just thought that that was interesting take. Do you think that the Margo is replacing the Birkin? What is the Margo? What's that? From the row. No, nothing replaces it. It's everywhere. This is what everybody wants. Everybody's carrying the Margo. Nobody's wanting the Birkin. Yeah, right. Because you know why? Trust me. How do you not know this?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Walmart started carrying Birkins. I saw it.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I was going to say, if you're talking about the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Mm-hmm. I mean, that was years before we knew a pandemic was going to happen. And you were saying that there was going to be mandated vaccines back then.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
If Jenica Vela doesn't even know what the Margot is, then I'm like, wow.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Top fashion and beauty trends for 2025 that you're the most excited about. Just a couple.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Top emerging like mid-tier price range designers that you're liking right now?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
What do you think about Silver Lake Jeans?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Right. Yep. Yeah. I think it might be the eye. I think it's S-L-V-E-R or something like that.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I'm loving Kate.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I never talk like high fashion designer stuff on the show. So that's like a fun little thing. What are your favorite designers? Right now it probably is Kate. I really like the row. I really like Kate. And I do like Miu Miu a lot. Yeah. And I've been liking Zimmerman. But that's why I wanted to ask you about Zimmerman is because, I don't know, I'm like, wait, is it starting to become uncool?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, and you understand my body type.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, we're just, you know, frail little hamster women. And you understand that better than anybody. That's just you and me. It's like very hard for other people to understand how to how to dress me.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Yes, that's what it is.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
OK, well, that's a really good tip because I didn't know that. But, you know, my Roman Empire is the Olsen twins disappearing. I need them back badly. I love them.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
How do you hope the Maha movement will greatly and positively impact the beauty industry?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I hope you do, too, because that would be fabulous. We'd start looking. Talk about Make America Hot again. Jenna Covello at the crux of that would be iconic. So would you. Oh, well, thank you. If somebody wants to try Agent Nature, obviously we sold them on it. They're getting holy mane. But what other beauty product? Because I like the skincare and everything. What other thing do you think?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Try this first.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Yeah.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
No, that's good. I have all of these products, by the way. One thing with the essence, do you spray before you do the oil? No, you don't.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And then you do moisturizer after?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
And you guys do little blogs and all kinds of stuff. And you can follow Agent Natour on Instagram. Obviously, follow Jenna. What's your Instagram?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
I always ask every guest, if you could give one remedy to heal a sick culture, and it could be physically, mentally, or spiritually, what would it be? A healthy relationship. Just any. Friend. It could be platonic or romantic.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, Jenna, this episode really had it all. We had everything from fashion to beauty to skin care to politics, celebrity gossip. I mean, this really hit all of the things for the girlies. So thank you for letting me like kind of get out of my food pharma, you know, thing that I'm in and I can get trapped in that for a while.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
This was like a really fun departure and also releasing right around my birthday, which is exciting for me.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Thank you.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
This was such a departure for me while still being on brand. And I love when I get a guest where that can happen. So some of you may know this, but for those that don't all throughout middle and high school, I plan to go into fashion, specifically a fashion journalist. That's what I wanted to be. I wanted to major in journalism and minor in fashion merchandising.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
So I wrote a state award winning fashion column in our student newspaper. I had like 100 books on the fashion industry in my room. I mean, I was serious and planning on going to Columbia College of Chicago and then last minute bailed when I got an internship at my favorite local radio station. And well, the rest is history.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
So to geek out on beauty and fashion in this episode felt like trying on this other life that I almost had for a minute. So I hope you enjoyed it too. Please leave a five-star review. Tell others why they should listen to Culture Apothecary. We are on a mission to heal a sick culture twice a week. New guests bring a unique remedy Mondays and Thursdays, 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Today's guest is someone I've been wanting to interview for a long time. Her story is inspiring, her approach to clean beauty is groundbreaking, and her brand, Agent Nature, has become a game changer in the world of luxury skincare and wellness. Jenna Kovelloff's journey into the world of natural healing began when she was diagnosed with endometriosis at the age of 23.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Yeah. You know, what's interesting is that Barack Obama, though, was campaigning on the fact that we should label GMOs. And then he completely abandoned those promises and then ended up putting a ton of people in his administration that were for GMOs. working for Monsanto and stuff, right?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
When you say that people in the beauty industry were trying to cancel you for just talking about the dangers of aluminum deodorant, what types of things were going on?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
Well, and I think it's interesting when you bring up Goop because they're supposed to be the mecca, the standard, the gold standard of health and wellness and freedom of choice when it comes to clean living.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
How did you crawl from the ashes then, from them trying to cancel you and slander the brand and yourself, to now being, I mean, every time I refresh Vogue, there's a new article featuring one of your products.
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
After enduring years of pain, five surgeries, and countless conflicting medical opinions, she was left feeling hopeless. And that is when Jenna took matters into her own hands, seeking alternative healing methods and educating herself on natural remedies. What was once her last resort became the solution to her chronic health struggles, leading her to create Agent Notor's flagship product,
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
When I describe Agent Nature to people, I'm always saying like, oh, this is like luxury clean beauty brand. You hate the term clean beauty. Why is that not a great term?
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Collagen Powder Dos & Don'ts + Is the Birkin Over? | Agent Nateur's Jena Covello
the holy stick deodorant. But Jenna didn't stop there. She expanded Agent Nature to offer a full line of luxury skincare and supplements, all crafted with natural eco-certified ingredients that are as safe as they are effective. Agent Nature is now an international brand, featured in some of the most exclusive spas around the world, resorts, and stores like Air One and Net-a-Porter.