Ryan Broderick

Yeah, it's just nothing but lore here.

Yeah, it's just nothing but lore here.

After the break, a British orthodontist named John Mew.

After the break, a British orthodontist named John Mew.

After the break, a British orthodontist named John Mew.

Welcome back to the show. So before the break, we were about to get into the lore of jaw maxing. Ryan says that story actually starts many decades earlier.

Welcome back to the show. So before the break, we were about to get into the lore of jaw maxing. Ryan says that story actually starts many decades earlier.

Welcome back to the show. So before the break, we were about to get into the lore of jaw maxing. Ryan says that story actually starts many decades earlier.

In the 1960s, a British orthodontist named Dr. John Mu comes up with an idea that he's calling orthotropics. So to simplify it, orthotropics is that your teeth and your jaw and all that stuff is not fucked up from genetics. It's fucked up from your environment.

In the 1960s, a British orthodontist named Dr. John Mu comes up with an idea that he's calling orthotropics. So to simplify it, orthotropics is that your teeth and your jaw and all that stuff is not fucked up from genetics. It's fucked up from your environment.

In the 1960s, a British orthodontist named Dr. John Mu comes up with an idea that he's calling orthotropics. So to simplify it, orthotropics is that your teeth and your jaw and all that stuff is not fucked up from genetics. It's fucked up from your environment.

So John Mu, he sets up a dentistry practice in the 70s in the London suburbs, and he starts testing his idea of orthotropics on his own children.

So John Mu, he sets up a dentistry practice in the 70s in the London suburbs, and he starts testing his idea of orthotropics on his own children.

So John Mu, he sets up a dentistry practice in the 70s in the London suburbs, and he starts testing his idea of orthotropics on his own children.

The details of Mew experimenting on his own children, some of them are in a 2020 New York Times Magazine profile of him. According to Dr. John Mew, his three kids were treated almost like an in-home medical trial. He fed his daughter only soft foods until the age of four.

The details of Mew experimenting on his own children, some of them are in a 2020 New York Times Magazine profile of him. According to Dr. John Mew, his three kids were treated almost like an in-home medical trial. He fed his daughter only soft foods until the age of four.

The details of Mew experimenting on his own children, some of them are in a 2020 New York Times Magazine profile of him. According to Dr. John Mew, his three kids were treated almost like an in-home medical trial. He fed his daughter only soft foods until the age of four.

He fed his two boys hard foods and tried to ensure they would breathe through their noses so they could keep their mouths shut as often as possible. He even claims that he made a head strap with a spike in it for one of his sons to try to force him into a correct mouth posture, though his son disputes this.

He fed his two boys hard foods and tried to ensure they would breathe through their noses so they could keep their mouths shut as often as possible. He even claims that he made a head strap with a spike in it for one of his sons to try to force him into a correct mouth posture, though his son disputes this.

He fed his two boys hard foods and tried to ensure they would breathe through their noses so they could keep their mouths shut as often as possible. He even claims that he made a head strap with a spike in it for one of his sons to try to force him into a correct mouth posture, though his son disputes this.