Skinny and sad on GLP-1s

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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GLP-1 drugs are easier than ever to get. But losing weight might also mean losing your personality. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Ads for GLP-1 drugs are everywhere. A Super Bowl commercial for GLP-1 drugs. Photo by Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our greatest living athlete is hawking GLP-1s.
0:04.7	I'm on row, 34 pounds down on GLP-1s.
0:12.0	She wasn't alone.
0:13.8	Just about all the major players for these weight loss drugs had commercials during the Super Bowl.
0:18.5	Weight loss treatments that can be microdose to fit your goals.
0:22.6	Big news, America.
0:24.2	Wagovi now comes in a pill.
0:25.8	So a dose with obesity can lose weight and keep it all along with diet and exercise.
0:30.8	Yes, thank you, DJ Callet.
0:32.2	Another one.
0:33.6	And most of those ads, including Serena's, were for companies that offer knock-off versions of the popular trucks.
0:40.4	So, how is that legal exactly?
0:44.4	I'm John Glyn Hill sitting in today.
0:46.8	The sort of sketchy world of compound pharmacies and the GLP1 symptom that people didn't see coming.
0:52.7	That's coming up on today, explained from Vox.
0:55.9	And another one. And another one.
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