The Ozempic Obsession with Jia Tolentino

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ozempic. It started with a lizard, and then transformed into a drug that, depending on who you ask, is either a miracle or the downfall of society. New Yorker writer and cultural critic Jia Tolentino joins Trevor and Christiana to give context on the media circus surrounding weight loss drugs, and how Ozempic is changing the conversation around fatness in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm not a scientist and none of this is actual advice.
0:03.6	Please take everything.
0:04.8	Imagine I am an idiot who has stumbled into your village.
0:07.6	Now you can listen to me.
0:14.1	This is What Now with Trevor Noah.
0:27.2	Christiana, nice to see you in person.
0:28.6	Good to see you. This is so much fun, friend.
0:29.7	I haven't seen you in so, like this.
0:31.7	I know.
0:32.2	In the flesh.
0:33.0	We used to do this every day.
0:34.4	Yeah.
0:34.7	Remember?
0:35.2	Yeah.
0:35.4	We used to make a show every day.
0:36.6	Every single day of our lives.
0:38.2	That was, I was like, I loved it.
0:39.7	You liked it so much, you quit.
0:41.2	And left us.
0:46.0	Oh, man.
0:47.2	I'm excited to have this conversation today because, I mean, I'm excited for all conversations.
0:52.1	But, like, this conversation is one that I don't even think we'll be able to complete today, which I think all good conversations are strangely enough.
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