Welcome to The Lost Debata Show for Politically Ecclectics. I'm Ravi Gupta. And in this episode,

we're going to hit two big topics. In the second half of the episode, I talk with Maya King from the New York

Times, who is their reporter who covers politics in the South. She's been in South Carolina

covering the South Carolina, both Democratic and Republican primaries. And so she's going to give us

insight on how

those two races are shaping up, but also how black voters generally throughout the South are

viewing both of their likely options for the general election. She was in her car while I talked to her.

So the audio is less crisp than normal, but she has some really important insights into what's happening in the state.

So you could stick around for that.

But in the meantime, we start with a conversation with Dr. Drew Kohler from the New Yorker magazine.

He's a staff writer there where he covers topics in medicine and health.

And he's also a practicing physician.

We talk about a bunch of different sort of hot topics within medicine,

including OZemPEC and that whole class of weight loss drugs,

which is revolutionizing weight loss around the country.

And then we also talk about other innovations,

such as full-body MRI scans,

which are being made available commercially

and are prompting a lot of questions about efficiency and ethics within medicine.

And so with that, let's jump in.

Dr. Kalar, welcome to the podcast. Thanks so much for having me.

Well, of course we have to start with those. Empec because that's the hottest topic,

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