Exercise is more important than ever : It's Been a Minute

✍️ Brittany Luse Liam Mcbain Neena Pathak, Brittany Luse, Liam Mcbain, Neena Pathak 📅 November 12, 2025 12:00 AM 🕐 Scraped: November 12, 2025

Summary: Have you picked up a couple weights recently? Started walking, or jogging, or doing pilates? So have a lot of other people. You see the fitness Instagram accounts and gym tips all over TikTok, but how does exercise culture fit into our broader culture? And how does more enthusiasm for exercise square with the focus on fitness in our politics? Brittany gets into it with Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox’s Explain it to Me podcast, and Shelly McKenzie, author of Getting Physical: the Rise of Fitness Culture in America.Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluseFor handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.

Exercise is more important than ever

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