The Biggest Loser

Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

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

4.8 • 16.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week we dissect the content and impact of one of America's most harmful TV experiments. Support us: Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PayPal Get Maintenance Phase shirts, stickers and moreLinks! 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 Examinat...

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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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