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🗓️ 30 July 2025
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Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications are everywhere. But with so much information available about this category of drug, it can be hard to know what to trust. Today, host Dr. Samantha Yammine speaks with Dr. Emma Beckett, a food and nutrition scientist, to unpack the facts and fictions behind GLP-1s and how we talk about them. Sam also talks with a research team who uncovered a brand new color using cutting-edge technology: Olo. Then, Sam gets to the bottom of a recent study that turns human blood toxic to mosquitos.
Tune into Animals on Drugs, hosted by recent guest Forrest Galante, airing on July 28th on Discovery.
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0:00.0 | Ozambic. The name is everywhere. It shows up in late night ads and TikTok hashtags with billions of |
0:08.9 | views in casual conversations at cafes and on red carpets. Headlines call it a miracle drug for weight loss. |
0:16.6 | And since it was one of our most highly requested topics to cover, let's do a deep dive. |
0:21.5 | We'll talk with Dr. Emma Beckett for all the piping hot tea about the science and the culture behind this popular medication. |
0:28.8 | And then, it isn't just Ozempic. |
0:31.2 | Drugs are repurposed all the time for various things. |
0:33.9 | And sometimes, even for mosquito control. |
0:37.0 | Yeah, we'll talk later about a prescription drug being studied to protect people from mosquito-borne diseases. |
0:42.3 | And if you want to learn more about how drugs can change the body and its behavior, |
0:46.3 | there's a series on discovery called Animals on Drugs. |
0:50.3 | It's all about how drugs are affecting wildlife adversely, the science behind it, and the steps we can take to reduce the impact on their habitats. |
0:58.6 | It goes deeper than cocaine shark. Try Florida gators on meth and bears on edibles. |
1:04.6 | Forrest Galante is hosting, and it premieres July 28th at 8 on Discovery. |
1:09.2 | And if you didn't hear it yet, go listen to the interview we did |
1:11.7 | with Forrest a couple of episodes ago. He talks about finding venomous sharks in Australia, |
1:16.4 | and we get into his obsession with tracking down new and lost wildlife. After you hear that, |
1:22.4 | you'll get why he's the only person who could host animals on drugs. But now, let's explore the vibrant world of |
1:29.2 | color, because it may have just become even more expansive. I'm Dr. Samantha Amin, and this is Curiosity |
1:35.2 | Weekly from Discovery. Whenever I want to have a wholesome trip out, I rack my brain to try to make up |
1:42.8 | a new color. I've literally been doing this |
1:44.8 | since I was a kid to no avail. I mean, can you do it? Picture something you've never seen before. |
1:51.5 | The answer is probably no, unless you're one of the seven people in the world who recently saw a |
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