Episode #1: Breatharianism

In this episode, Hannah and Victoria do their best to keep an open mind as they discuss Breatharianism, aka the influencer-led trend of living on bread breath alone.

No food.

No water.

Just prana.

The book that led Vic to try Breatharianism for a short stint in her 20s

An image from Survival Into the 21st Century - living on energy

The original Hippocrates Health Institute in Boston, MA

The same location in 2024, up the street from Vic’s apartment

Full show notes:

Dunning-Kreuger effect: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10626367/ 

Wiley Brooks: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508172/How-Michelle-Pfeiffer-seduced-deadly-cult-says-live-air-alone.html

Ellen Greve aka Jasmuheen: https://jasmuheen.podia.com/darkroomretreats 

Ray Maor: https://raymaor.com/expand-your-consciousness-portal/retreats/ - Some retreats cost over $3000 

Audra Bear: https://www.instagram.com/audrabear/ 

“Claims of anomalously long fasting: An assessment of the evidence from investigated cases”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830720302032?via%3Dihub

Nirjal Upvas in Ayurveda

Inedia: Latin for “fasting.”

Bigu in Taoist tradition: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728740/, https://journals.sfu.ca/jnonlocality/public/journals/1/PREPRINTS/BiguStudy081413r.pdf 

Survival into the 21st Century: https://www.amazon.com/Survival-into-21st-Century-Planetary/dp/0933278047