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Yeah, do what you want. Yes. And today we are talking about Dr. Oz, no?

Dr. Oz, Mr. Oz. America's doctor. America's sweetheart. Dr. Oz.

I mean, this is another one of those episodes where it's so hard to research because you're like,

you know he's trash and then you read all the research and you're like, okay, he's like more trash

than I thought and like trash in slightly different ways.

That seems right to me. I feel like the things that I know about Dr. Oz are just these peak moments

of garbage nonsense. Like I know about him being an Oprah, not disciple. What's the word

that I'm looking for? A Frankenstein's monster. So I know about him being sort of Oprah approved.

I know about him like pretty consistently promoting fat camps. And I know about him getting

hauled in front of Congress. Yes, we're going to talk about that in great detail.

I feel like that's just from like moving through the world in which Dr. Oz exists. You know what I mean?

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