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The Story

Why weight loss drugs will change even more than you think

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy aren't just changing bodies - they're rewiring society. Half a million Britons have tried them and that number’s soaring. So what will be different in this slim new world? Sunday Times science editor Ben Spencer explains how the drugs are fundamentally altering everything from alcohol to airlines. We also hear Harriet Walker's experience of taking the drugs, and why the expression "on the pen" is now firmly in the vernacular of fashion week.


This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory


Guests: 

  • Ben Spencer, Science Editor, The Sunday Times.
  • Harriet Walker, Fashion Editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further reading:

I tried Ozempic microdosing, the secret way the rich lose weight

All the ways Ozempic will change our world, from alcohol to airlines

Clips: Times Radio, Doctor Mike / Youtube, Mark Lewis / YouTube, Fox, @Alexanderweightjourney / YouTube, @DoctorYoun / YouTube, Dr Emma Anders / YouTube, FatOldClimber / YouTube, @ChrisWilx / YouTube, SouthPark / Paramount Plus / Comedy Central, TikTok / Kasiedate, TikTok / @Gabysuecum, TikTok / sistershred. 

Photo: Romas Foord for The Times magazine. 

Get in touch: [email protected] 


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0:00.0

I'm Charlie from Siemens' new 200 million pound train factory in Gull, Yorkshire. I started as an

0:05.5

apprentice, now I'm delivering the new Piccadilly Line trains. Next, I'll be working on our battery

0:11.0

bi-mode trains. Built right here in Yorkshire, they'll not only help phase out diesel trains,

0:16.0

but they could also save the UK 3.5 billion over 35 years. It's all part of Siemens' goal to transform

0:23.3

rail travel and transport for Britain. Find out more at seamens.co.uk forward slash trains.

0:31.6

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1:31.8

From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvine Rana.

1:42.1

Imagine it's the year 2040.

1:45.3

The current generation of weight loss drugs have been around for almost two decades

1:49.6

and they've probably been improved and become cheaper.

1:53.9

We've now been catapulted into a slim new world.

2:00.9

So in 15 years' time, half the population of taking these weekly weight loss injections

2:08.8

or daily pills.

2:11.3

And it's having a huge impact on our society.

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