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Your body wasn’t built for a desk

Vox Conversations by Vox Media Podcast Network

Sep 4, 202644:19Society & Culture

We’ve all heard that "sitting is the new smoking," but the research behind that phrase goes much deeper. How bad is sitting for you really? In this episode guest host Bryan Walsh is joined by Manoush Zomorodi — host of N...

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