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Thrilling Tales: Weight Watchers

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Society & Culture, News, Business

3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In 2018, the company once known as Weight Watchers changed its name to “WW.” Is its best chance at survival to convince people that it’s not that interested in dieting after all? Podcast production by Asha Saluja and Cleo Levin. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This year at Asda we say Sip Sip Hooray for Christmas.

0:04.0

Our luxurious extra special chocolate espresso martini cream liqueur

0:08.0

is made from cold-brew South American Arabica coffee,

0:11.0

combined with triple distilled vodka and indulgent cream.

0:14.4

It's so good. Even the Good Housekeeping Institute loved it,

0:18.0

yet it's still only a sweet 8 pounds per bottle.

0:20.8

Put on a show this Christmas.

0:23.0

Asda, that's more like it.

0:25.2

Selected stores subject to availability 70c.

0:27.3

If you like this show, another podcast from Slate, we're looking for a little bit of feedback from listeners like you.

0:36.0

We have a brief survey, it'll only take a few minutes, and you can find it at slate.com slash survey. Thanks so much for listening to our show.

0:47.0

There was a commercial a few years ago that it just it made like steam come out of my ears.

0:53.0

This is Erica Nicole Kendall,

0:56.0

and she's talking about an ad for Weight Watchers.

0:59.0

It was like,

1:03.0

and you know it, eat a snack. If you're angry and you know it, eat a snack.

1:05.0

I want to eat a snack.

1:08.0

I wanted to punch my television screen because it's like you're making fun of this

1:16.7

very serious thing. If you're sleepy and you know it if you're guilty and you know

1:22.3

it if you're guilty and you know it if you're stressed.

1:24.0

Eat a snack.

1:26.0

He a s fatty, he does smat, he does smaty, he does your thing, he does smack,

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