The Biggest Loser
Maintenance Phase
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
4.8 • 16.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week we dissect the content and impact of one of America's most harmful TV experiments.
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- Aubrey’s article on The Biggest Loser
- That's not reality for me': Australian audiences respond to the Biggest Loser
- "Cheapening the struggle:" obese people's attitudes towards the Biggest Loser
- The Effects of Reality Television on Weight Bias: An Examination of The Biggest Loser
- 'It's a miracle no one has died yet': The Biggest Loser returns, despite critics' warnings
- The Retrograde Shame of The Biggest Loser
- Analysis of all contestants
- Neoliberalism And The Realities Of Reality Television
- The “Reality” of Health: Reality Television and the Public Health
- Life after NBC's "The Biggest Loser": The Experiences and Perspectives of Former Reality TV Contestants
Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, welcome to Maintenance Phase where we are taking your 2000s TV obsessions |
| 0:17.0 | and exploring them with an uncomfortable level of detail. |
| 0:20.8 | Oooo! |
| 0:21.8 | Is this one going to be about Buffy the Vampire Slayer? |
| 0:24.4 | Is that what you're saying? |
| 0:25.4 | Look, we're going to talk to you about Angel today. |
| 0:27.2 | I know. |
| 0:28.2 | I'm not going to like what you see. |
| 0:29.2 | I am Michael Hobbs. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm a reporter for The Huffington Post. |
| 0:33.8 | I am Aubrey Gordon. |
| 0:35.5 | I am an author and columnist for Self Magazine. |
| 0:38.9 | You can also find us on Patreon. |
| 0:40.7 | We are at patreon.com slash maintenance phase. |
| 0:43.5 | That is also linked through our website and in the show notes. |
| 0:46.3 | The same goes for t-shirts which you can get through T-Public. |
| 0:49.6 | You are beautiful! |
| 0:50.6 | I'm going to do that every time you mention the Patreon from now on. |
| 0:55.0 | Please just do as many Christina Aguilera impressions as you want. |
| 0:59.2 | And today we're talking about the biggest loser. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm very excited about this one. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm like equal parts excited and like a little bit of dread because I've looked into |
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