102: Chris Rock Special, Balaji’s Book & The Miracle Obesity Drug
Mar 08, 2023•57 min
Episode description
The NIA boys discuss the “miracle” obesity drug, Chris Rock’s new Netflix Special, Balaji's book, living a healthy lifestyle, and much more.
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) Intro
- (00:01:13) Meme of the Week
- (00:03:12) Chris Rock’s new Netflix Special
- (00:06:22) Debating Netflix's Binge Drop Model
- (00:08:45) Jack’s White Lotus Review
- (00:10:39) The best way to consume stand up comedy
- (00:12:59) The Anthology of Balaji | Exclusive Sneak Peek
- (00:18:13) Breakdown of Ozempic, The Obesity Drug
- (00:19:43) How drugs find new use cases
- (00:22:54) Debate over Ozempic being used as a Lifestyle Drug
- (00:24:08) The Economics of Obesity Drugs
- (00:25:59) How effective are drugs like Ozempic?
- (00:27:18) Illustrating the Complexity of the Obesity Epidemic
- (00:33:13) Healthy Eating
- (00:36:46) Jacked Jack
- (00:37:47) Quality of US Food vs European Food
- (00:39:19) Portion Sizing is Frustrating
- (00:42:26) Holistic Approach to a Healthy Lifestyle
- (00:44:44) The Economic Inequality of Eating Healthy
- (00:46:40) The Benefits of Being Young
- (00:48:08) Wrapping up the Obesity Drug Discussion
- (00:51:43) Defining “Healthy” is Relative
- (00:53:34) Final Thoughts
What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.
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Links Mentioned:
- Trung’s Tweet Thread about Ozempic: https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1631786977321418753
- The Booming Market for Backdoor Ozempic by Olivia Reingold: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-booming-market-for-backdoor-ozempic
- New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic by The Economist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/02/new-drugs-could-spell-an-end-to-the-worlds-obesity-epidemic
- Sam Parr’s Tweet about Ozempic: https://twitter.com/thesamparr/status/1610642156942671872
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