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Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

History, Science, Health, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Education

4.8 • 16.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

They hit the market in 1992. Three years later, they were the best-selling cookie in America. This week, Mike and Aubrey dive into the low-fat craze of the 1990s and sample the snack that became the symbol of its rise and fall. Support us: Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PayPal Get Maintenance Phase shirts, stickers and moreLinks! How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America “Eat More, They’re Healthy”Anthology of “Cookie Man” ads“What if It’s All Been A Big Fat L...

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.7	Uh, did we decide how we're opening the show?
0:14.3	Of course we should.
0:15.3	Um, I don't think we did.
0:19.7	I have my opening from last time.
0:21.8	We could also change it up.
0:23.5	We could also skip it.
0:24.5	I don't know.
0:25.5	I kind of like coming up with a new tagline every week, but then that's the same as the
0:27.8	beginning on my other fun show.
0:31.5	What do you just do?
0:32.5	I don't have it, but I'm going to start talking and hope that something comes up.
0:35.9	Yeah, just go.
0:36.8	Just use nouns.
0:37.7	Um, welcome to Maintenance Phase.
0:39.5	I'm Aubrey, and this is Michael.
0:42.2	Oh, yes, I am.
0:43.7	And we are here to tell you all about the secret histories of dieting weight loss, wellness,
0:51.0	and health that you never knew you needed to know.
0:53.6	Ooh, the secret garden.
0:55.2	Sure.
0:55.7	Secret, something.
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