Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels
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Jillian Michaels is renowned for transforming lives. Her fearless honesty, passion, and extensive knowledge on health, fitness, and nutrition have made her America’s go to motivator and wellness expert for the past two decades.
This new format features an impressive lineup of guests and broadens the conversation to tackle the tough topics which matter the most in helping us better understand ourselves and the world around us.
Through in-depth discussions and short form content, Jillian brings valuable insights, inspiring life stories, and actionable advice from leading thinkers, innovators, and change makers in a variety of fields. Her guests aren’t just experts they’re pioneers who’ve reshaped their industries and the way we think. From medicine to mental health, groundbreaking science to current events, relationships to career she explores the frontiers of knowledge and personal development that changes lives.
In an era where we’re inundated with conflicting information and compromised narratives, "Keeping It Real" stands out as trusted resource that informs, inspires, and empowers its audience. A forum where the power of dialogue and diverse perspectives reigns supreme and the information shared is actionable for everyone.
Tune in, stay curious, and be fearless. Join Jillian and her guests on a journey of growth, comradery, and candor. Together, we can navigate the complexities of our time, break down barriers, and unlock the potential for a better tomorrow!
PREVIOUS GUESTS HAVE INCLUDED: Lindsay Vonn. Tony Robbins. Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Suze Orman. Dr. Peter Attia. Lisa Ling. Gary Vee. And many more.
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Networks:
Wondery
Description:
Jillian Michaels is renowned for transforming lives. Her fearless honesty, passion, and extensive knowledge on health, fitness, and nutrition have made her America’s go to motivator and wellness expert for the past two decades. This new format features an impressive lineup of guests and broadens the conversation to tackle the tough topics which matter the most in helping us better understand ourselves and the world around us. Through in-depth discussions and short form content, Jillian brings valuable insights, inspiring life stories, and actionable advice from leading thinkers, innovators, and change makers in a variety of fields. Her guests aren’t just experts they’re pioneers who’ve reshaped their industries and the way we think. From medicine to mental health, groundbreaking science to current events, relationships to career she explores the frontiers of knowledge and personal development that changes lives. In an era where we’re inundated with conflicting information and compromised narratives, "Keeping It Real" stands out as trusted resource that informs, inspires, and empowers its audience. A forum where the power of dialogue and diverse perspectives reigns supreme and the information shared is actionable for everyone. Tune in, stay curious, and be fearless. Join Jillian and her guests on a journey of growth, comradery, and candor. Together, we can navigate the complexities of our time, break down barriers, and unlock the potential for a better tomorrow! PREVIOUS GUESTS HAVE INCLUDED: Lindsay Vonn. Tony Robbins. Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Suze Orman. Dr. Peter Attia. Lisa Ling. Gary Vee. And many more.
Twitter:
@JIllianMichaels
Language:
English
Contact:
Everyday Health, Inc. 4 Marshall Street North Adams, MA 01247 888-950-6611
Website:
http://www.jillianmichaels.com
Episodes
Victor Davis Hanson: The Dangerous Ideologies America Is Sleepwalking Back Into
11/16/2025
World-class historian and Hoover Institution senior fellowVictor Davis Hanson joins Jillian for a masterclass on how crony capitalism, socialism, communism, and religion are intertwined — and why the stakes right now could not be higher A renowned classicist who has spent his life studying war, empires, and the rise and fall of civilizations takes us inside the mind of Karl Marx — who he was, what he believed, and how his theories morphed into the socialist and communist movements that reshaped the world and still haunt us today. We examine the deadly pendulum swing between crony capitalism and communism: how unrestrained, corrupt capitalism breeds the resentment that fuels Marxist revolutions, and how those revolutions inevitably give rise to regimes just as oppressive — if not worse.
Victor then takes us back to the teachings of Christ and the religious roots of Western morality to reveal how our concepts of justice, equality, the individual, and the state all began as religious ideals — and how religion itself has been weaponized throughout history for both extraordinary good and staggering harm.
From the early church to medieval Europe… from the French and Russian Revolutions, to Mao, the Cold War, Mamdani and the cultural battles of today… Victor walks us through the entire arc of history to explain how we arrived at this moment: a West that is exhausted, divided, and once again flirting with ideologies that have already burned the world down.
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Duration:01:29:20
Jillian Michaels: No More Hostage to the Clinically Insane—Exposing Cowardice in Both Parties
11/14/2025
Jillian Michaels addresses the pressing issue of cowardice in American politics, arguing that the real problem isn't extremism but the lack of courage to confront it. She discusses how both Democrats and Republicans avoid holding their own extremists accountable, resulting in a more mainstream presence of fringe ideologies. Jillian also calls for responsible leadership, emphasizing the need to marginalize actual hatred and promote a shared standard of decency and accountability.
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Duration:00:10:22
Bill O'Reilly: The REAL dangers of MAMDANI and The FAKE Shutdown Scam!
11/11/2025
Bill O’Reilly joins Jillian to break down two massive stories.
First: Was America forced through a fake shutdown — a staged crisis engineered for election optics? O’Reilly exposes how fear, headlines, and political theater were used to manipulate voters.
Then, in a completely separate bombshell, O’Reilly lays out the real risks of Mamdani no one is talking about. He explains why Mamdani’s ideology is far more extreme than anyone realizes, how he’s already dangerously influenced left wing politics, and his deep concerns regarding what’s coming next for New York.
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Duration:00:31:03
This Changes Every Election From Now On!
11/9/2025
Jillian Michaels sits down with Glenn Beck for one of the most explosive political conversations of the year. Beck warns that Zoran Mamdani’s shocking win in New York City isn’t just a local upset it’s a preview of what comes next as socialism sweeps major American cities. He breaks down how Soros backed campaigns, color-coded revolutions, and Occupy Wall Street tactics quietly evolved into today’s political machine replacing prosecutors, collapsing justice systems, and reshaping elections city by city. Jillian and Glenn reveal how California’s Prop 50, Maine’s rejection of voter ID, mass illegal immigration, and collapsing tax bases all connect to the same strategy: break the system, overload it, and rebuild it under a new ideology. Beck pulls the curtain back on how these movements are funded, how corporations got pulled in, and why the U.S. is now seeing the same playbook once used to flip governments overseas. If you want to understand what just happened and why every election from this point forward could look different this episode maps the entire blueprint.
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Duration:01:18:21
RIOT INC EXPOSED: The SECRET Money Behind the Chaos
11/5/2025
Protests, riots, and coordinated campus takeovers… From “No Kings” to pro-Palestine encampments, Antifa, and BLM, America is watching chaos erupt in sync across major cities and universities. But who is paying for it - and why? Jillian Michaels sits down with investigative researcher and author of Controligarchs, Seamus Bruner at The Government Accountability Institute, to follow the money and expose the billionaire networks, dark-money foundations, NGOs, and foreign influence suspected of fueling civil unrest, lawless streets, and the breakdown of public order. From Soros to Gates, Walmart Heiresses to Chinese Billionaires with CCP connections - no stone is left unturned
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Duration:01:15:12
ERIC BOLLING: Government Shutdown, Socialist Shift & Trump’s Next Move
10/31/2025
Jillian Michaels sits down with Eric Bolling for a no-BS look at the country’s breaking points, a five-week government shutdown, food-stamp chaos and a potential shift in socialism.
They preview next week’s elections in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, where socialism and security are both on the ballot.
The two also break down Trump’s trade talks with Xi Jinping, Fentanyl drug boats, and the controversy over his White House ballroom renovation funded by private donors. This episode is fast, fiery, and unapologetically real, cutting through headlines to reveal what’s actually at stake for America’s future.
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Duration:01:19:44
Kelsi Sheren EXPOSES the System Profiting From EUTHANASIA: Inside the MAiD Crisis Horrors!
10/29/2025
Kelsi Sheren survived war — but what she experienced after coming home was far darker.
In this episode, Kelsi exposes the horrifying reality of Canada’s MAiD program: a system offering euthanasia not just to veterans, but to the disabled, the mentally ill, those battling depression, and — in proposed expansions — even minors. Instead of offering treatment, care, or hope, the government is quietly offering death.
She explains how a program that was “only for the terminally ill” rapidly expanded into a system that targets vulnerable people… and why similar policies are now being discussed in the United States.
We also break down:
What war is actually like: the trauma, the guilt, the invisible wounds
Why veterans are being offered euthanasia instead of healthcare
How disabled citizens and the depressed became eligible
How minors could be next
The financial and political incentives to choose death over treatment
Psychedelic therapy and breakthrough treatments that actually heal PTSD and brain injury
This isn’t just a Canadian problem.This is a warning.
If the public stays silent, this will spread — and it’s already being proposed in America.
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Duration:01:17:14
Riley Gaines: Border Lies, Shutdown Showdown, National Guard Portland, Trans Athlete Ruling
10/26/2025
Riley Gaines joins Jillian to share opinions, feelings, and expertise on this week’s trending news stories in America. From week 3 of the historic government shutdown (polls, paychecks, fallout) to the Ninth Circuit’s National Guard ruling in Portland Oregon (federal vs. state power), No Kings Protests, ICE Tracker Controversy, the USA Powerlifting/Minnesota Supreme Court case (fairness in women’s sports), and what Democrats actually stand for on immigration (Title 8, expedited removal, sanctuary city policies, then-vs-now with Clinton/Obama). Plus: Fetterman’s viral moment, new data on trans identification trends, and more.
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Duration:01:21:49
The Woke Left Can’t Stand Her — Virginia’s Gubernatorial Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears Won’t Back Down
10/22/2025
The Trump-Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears came to America from Jamaica with nothing but grit and a dream — and made history.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, small business owner, and Virginia’s first woman of color ever elected statewide, Winsome Earle-Sears shattered barriers to become Lieutenant Governor — and now, she’s running for governor.
In this powerful episode, Winsome opens up about the beliefs and experiences that shaped her journey: her positions on abortion, gay marriage, ICE, Immigration, DEI, and right-to-work laws; the Jay Jones controversy that ignited debate across Virginia; and her bold vision for a state united by freedom, opportunity, and accountability — not identity politics.
For the first time, she also speaks from the heart about the tragic loss of her daughter, and how that pain transformed her into a more compassionate, purpose-driven leader.
Courage, conviction, and compassion — Get to know the firebrand that is taking Virginia’s gubernatorial race by storm.
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Duration:01:17:13
SCOTT JENNINGS: HAMAS ERUPTS, ANTIFA SPREADS, AND AOC & BERNIE GO FULL SOCIALIST MADNESS
10/19/2025
Scott Jennings joins Jillian to disseminate the week’s political firestorms: Trump team brings peace to the Middle East but will Hamas block "phase 2"? No Kings protests rage. We look at who's behind the Antifa riots and specifically who is funding it. Then, the government shutdown, and the AOC–Bernie socialist revival.
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Duration:01:17:35
CONGRESSMAN DONALDS EXPOSES THE LIES: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, NEWSOM’S POWER GRAB & THE LEFT’S IDENTITY POLITICS GAME
10/17/2025
Congressman Byron Donalds sits down with Jillian Michaels for a fiery, unfiltered conversation on everything shaking Washington — the government shutdown, Newsom’s Prop 50 gerrymandering scandal, the fight over healthcare for undocumented migrants and his viral showdown with Rashida Tlaib, calling out the left’s toxic identity politics and the media’s double standard. From power plays to political theater, he lays bare how corruption and culture wars are reshaping America’s future.
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Duration:01:00:01
The Truth About Race and America’s Fracture - Kaizen Aseidu
10/15/2025
Political extremism has gone off the rails — and America’s obsession with tribalism and identity politics is tearing us apart. From nonstop race-baiting to media manipulation, our culture is literally creating new racists.
In this explosive episode of Keeping It Real, Jillian Michaels and Kaizen Asiedu break down what’s really fueling the divide — and ask the questions no one else will:
Can we still talk about race without hate?
Can we find common ground in a culture built on outrage? And if can't... are we headed for civil war?
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Duration:01:19:28
The Radical Left Is Playing with Fire - Bill O’Reilly Warns What’s Coming Next
10/8/2025
In this explosive episode, Bill O’Reilly joins Jillian to tackle one of the most urgent questions of our time — is America on the brink of repeating the darkest chapters of history?
Drawing from his new book Confronting Evil, O’Reilly lays out chilling parallels between the rise of totalitarian regimes of the past and the political radicalism infecting America today. From street mobs to online echo chambers, he exposes how propaganda has gone on steroids in the age of social media, and how truth itself is being weaponized.
O’Reilly doesn’t hold back — he calls out Democratic leaders like Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker for fueling lawlessness, ignoring federal statutes, and turning moral cowardice into political currency. He warns of the radical left’s march toward socialism, embodied by figures like Zohran Mamdani, and makes the case that unchecked ideology always ends the same way — with chaos and control.
This isn’t nostalgia or fear-mongering — it’s a reality check from one of America’s most seasoned truth-tellers, connecting the dots between history’s monsters and today’s moral drift.
If you care about freedom, accountability, and the fight for America’s soul — don’t miss this one.
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Duration:00:41:54
Dave Rubin: Groundbreaking Gaza Deal: Trump’s Peace Ultimatum
10/1/2025
Dave Rubin—host of The Rubin Report—joins us for a detailed breakdown of the plan: what’s actually in those 20 points, what history tells us about their chances, and how the narratives are already being spun on both sides. We cut through the headlines to reveal the devil in the details—and what this deal could really mean for the future of the Middle East.
Dave also opens up about his friendship with Charlie Kirk, and we widen the lens to tackle one of the biggest challenges of our time: misinformation. From propaganda to political gaslighting, how do we separate truth from fiction before it tears us apart?
This episode is part political analysis, part history lesson, and part personal reflection—designed to give you clarity on what’s truly at stake.
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Duration:00:57:27
Why I walked, Gaza Misinformation, California Fraud & Health Lies with Investigative Journalist James Li
9/26/2025
Jillian Michaels and investigative journalist James Li engage in a good-faith dialogue on Gaza: the homan toll, the information war, and how to disagree without dehumanizing. Then, they go deep on California policy scandals—from waste and fraud to the perverse incentives behind them. Plus, they address the most dangerous health cover-ups that shape what information the public is and isn’t told.
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Duration:02:05:07
Leland Vittert on the Middle East War, legacy media corruption, and his journey with autism.
9/10/2025
From the battlefields of the Middle East to the struggles of American families at home, journalist Leland Vittert brings his signature insight and unflinching honesty to the conversation. In this episode, we cover everything from shifting alliances in Gaza and Iran, to the political battles playing out in Washington, Kennedy and the Autism debates. Leland also opens up about his deeply personal journey, captured in his forthcoming book Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism. This is not the soundbite version you’ll hear on cable news — it’s raw, wide-ranging, and reveals the human stories behind the headlines.
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Duration:01:06:36
The Other Side of Rob Riggle: Marines, 9/11 & Forever Wars, Vax Mandates, and Taking on Woke Culture
9/4/2025
You know Rob Riggle as the hilarious comedian from The Daily Show and countless films—but there’s another side you’ve never heard. In this explosive conversation, Rob opens up about his years as a U.S. Marine, his experience on 9/11, and the reality of America’s forever wars. We dig into the culture clashes reshaping the country, from COVID vaccine mandates to the rise of woke ideology, and why he believes comedy—and courage—matter more than ever. Unfiltered, raw, and thought-provoking, this is Rob Riggle like you’ve never seen him before.
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Duration:00:45:19
Follow the money. Inside the Trans Industry Machine
9/3/2025
Who really profits when children are diagnosed with gender dysphoria? In this explosive episode, we uncover the billion-dollar transgender medical industry—from puberty blockers and hormone therapies to surgeries and lifelong treatments. Follow the money trail and discover how powerful institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and medical providers are fueling one of the fastest-growing sectors in healthcare. Is this about compassion and care, or about cash and control? Join Jillian Michaels and Chris Moritz as they break down the economics, expose the incentives, and ask the tough questions no one else will.
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Duration:00:20:13
The Surprising TRUTH about Anti-Aging, Food as Medicine & What They’re Hiding About Alzheimer’s with Max Lugavere
8/27/2025
Max Lugavere—NYT bestselling author of Genius Foods and brain-health crusader—joins us to reveal the secrets to living longer, sharper, and stronger. From food-as-medicine hacks that have gone viral to his provocative take on MAHA (Make America Healthy Again), Max brings the science and the controversy. We dig into shocking new twists in Alzheimer’s research, why everything you thought you knew about brain health might be wrong, and the cutting-edge discoveries that could change how you eat, age, and thrive forever.
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Duration:01:11:13
Thomas DeLauer: THE HUMAN UPGRADE BLUEPRINT!!
8/19/2025
Unlock your body’s full potential as Jillian Michaels sits down with Thomas DeLauer to break down peptides, HRT, psychedelics, gene editing, supplements, and more. Discover the science behind human upgrades, longevity hacks, and peak performance in this no-BS conversation. Your blueprint to Humans 2.0 starts now.
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Duration:01:42:41