ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Ozempic is quietly distorting U.S. jobs data, and your favorite wellness podcast might be lying to you — Dick and Paul debunk viral health claims (bananas, creatine, Chernobyl) and explain why lifting weights matters more than any biohack.
Dick and Paul dig into how GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, etc.) are quietly distorting U.S. jobs data — with roughly a million women returning to the workforce after losing weight, masking bigger economic trends like an aging population and shrinking immigrant labor pool. From there, they turn to the wellness industry's credibility problem, calling out popular podcast guests (Zach Bush on Rogan, Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Peter Attia's show) for confidently stated claims that don't hold up — from mixed-up Chernobyl facts to a debunked banana-cancels-blueberry-polyphenols theory to overhyped creatine dosing advice. The conversation broadens into why so much health content chases novel, marginal optimizations (VO2 max hacks, supplement stacks) while ignoring the boring basics that actually move the needle: sleep, diet, exercise, and — especially — strength training. They make a compelling case for lifting weights as we age, pointing to the staggering mortality rate after hip fractures in older adults, and call out the "form police" and social-media fitness culture that shames beginners out of the gym. They close by noting how AI chatbots may be making health anxiety worse by endlessly validating whatever fad someone feeds them.
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Two of the sharpest minds in tech, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky, pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future that’s rushing toward us. With insider access, fascinating guests, and a healthy dose of irreverence, they’ll make you laugh while they explain how the world might end (and how we might still save it).
