Tanning is back
7/12/202630 min
Never mind skin cancer. Summer 2026 is all about tanmaxxing.
This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Matthew Billy, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill.
Young women sunbathing. Photo by Krisztian Elek/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Speaker 20:38
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Speaker 31:00
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Speaker 41:09
[static] When I was a teenager, we went to The Bahamas. We didn't realize how intense the sun was down there.
Speaker 51:17
[static] I'm at the beach with my friends. I don't put on any sunscreen.
Speaker 61:21
Becomes a song [static] I'm Jonquille Hill.
Jonquilyn Hill· Host1:26
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