Episode #422
Skeptics with a K
Skeptic Media Limited
4.8 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Alice looks at the science underpinning Ozempic and Wegovy, and the impact they have on society. Meanwhile, Mike goes to see Hamilton again. And again. And again.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday the 10th of July 2025 in your listening to Skeptics with the K |
| 0:11.1 | podcast for science, reason and critical thinking. |
| 0:14.3 | Skeptics with a K is produced by Skeptic Media in association with the Merseyside |
| 0:18.0 | Skeptic Society, a non-profit organization for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseyside around the UK and internationally. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm your host, Mike Hall. With me today is Marsh. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello. |
| 0:28.5 | And Alice. |
| 0:29.4 | Hello. |
| 0:30.8 | Okay. So I think it's finally time to have the conversation that I have thrown forward to and said, |
| 0:35.8 | we'll talk about it at some point so many times it is unreal. We should have a conversation about a Zempic. |
| 0:41.4 | Okay, okay. Because, I mean, just today, as of recording, which is a couple of weeks before this |
| 0:48.0 | goes out, I just checked for Googled, Asambic, and clicked news. And there's a news article from 18 hours ago, a different one from 13 hours ago, |
| 0:58.0 | a different one from a day ago. |
| 0:59.8 | These are all three completely different stories. |
| 1:02.2 | Another one from a day ago, another one from a day ago. |
| 1:04.8 | Again, different stories. |
| 1:06.2 | Another one from 18 hours ago, two hours ago, 11 hours ago, three days ago, three days ago. |
| 1:11.0 | Like, it is constant the conversation on ZemPic. |
| 1:15.0 | And also, bear in mind that the vast majority of these articles are using Zemphic in the title |
| 1:19.0 | because that's the term people know. |
| 1:20.3 | But Zemphic is not what they're talking about. |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah, I was about to say that's just a Zemphic. |
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