God Awful Movies

Urine Good Health

·1 hr 25 min·5 clips
A woman in the documentary details drinking her urine every morning, bathing in it, and putting it in her eyes, nostrils, and enemas.
In this episode of God Awful Movies, hosts Eli Bosnick, Michael Marshall, and guest Dr. Alice analyze the documentary 'Urine Good Health.' The film advocates for urine therapy, claiming drinking, bathing in, or injecting urine can prevent or cure ailments, including AIDS and cancer. The hosts note the documentary features both proponents, like health influencers and a nun promoting urine use, and real experts, such as medical researchers who express skepticism or horror. Key moments include an opening audio clip of a woman detailing her extensive urine routine, discussions of AIDS denialist groups promoting urine therapy, and segments on historical and cultural claims about urine use. The hosts critique the film's pseudoscience, highlighting errors like misspelled chyrons, dangerous advice like urine enemas, and absurd comparisons, such as equating urine therapy with homeopathy. They also explore the film's production quirks, including trolling elements and the inclusion of a failed business, Truchinase, that filtered chemicals from urine. Throughout, the hosts use humor and skepticism to debunk the claims, emphasizing the lack of scientific evidence and potential harms of urine therapy.

As heard by us

A urine-therapy takedown where kidney science, placebo logic, and stray tangents keep the jokes sharp.

The episode turns a Christian-cinema health-woo movie into a brisk, highly specific takedown of urine therapy. The panel moves from a placebo-effect defense to the obvious problem that M&M's could do the same job, with Eli Bosnick and Michael Marshall keeping the jokes pointed…

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Why you'd press play

Press play when you want urine therapy, placebo logic, kidney chat, and a wildly specific javelin-cheating tangent in one sitting.

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