The New Year’s Resolution Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann are joined by special guest Elly Trickett, editor-in-chief of IBM.com and former director of content for Weight Watchers. They discuss:
•How weight loss programs make money
•The enduring trend of wearable fitness tech
•The economics of gym memberships and yoga studios
Felix’s number: How Americans got so fat.
Under Armour's new UA Record fitness app.
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Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein
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| 1:04.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:13.3 | Hello! Hello! |
| 1:15.3 | And welcome to the New Year's Resolution edition of Slate Money. |
| 1:21.1 | Normally your guide to the business and finance news of the week, but this week is |
| 1:25.5 | kind of the beginning of the year. |
| 1:27.2 | It's the New Year's resolution time of year. |
| 1:30.0 | I hope that all of you resolved to have more sex in 2016. |
| 1:36.3 | I think this is the only resolution we can all get behind. |
| 1:39.3 | Yes. |
| 1:39.8 | We are going to talk about one of the side benefits of sex today, which is you get, it's good exercise. |
| 1:45.1 | Way to segue. |
| 1:46.1 | That was brilliant. |
| 1:47.1 | Wow. |
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