I was listening to Oprah's podcast and she was interviewing Tina Fey. I had no interest in leaving house party. We sold our company to Epic Games, we built a lot of all the best parts of house party into Fortnite so that we could build a more empathetic, trusting metaverse. That ends up being the outcome for a lot of the new ways of connecting engaging people is that they make the networks that are already out there, you know, better, better. And this company was founded 60 years ago by woman, Jean Niedich, and it has all of the dynamics around what we consider to be some of the leading ways people connect. It's got repeat
WeightWatchers recently announced a $132 million deal to acquire telehealth company Sequence and enter the prescription drug space (think: GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic). It begs the question: why is a company built on personal accountability facilitating medical interventions? We ask our guest, WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani. Before and after the interview, Nayeema and Kara discuss their own experiences with diet fads and whether drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic will help America deal with the obesity epidemic or simply avoid tackling underlying issues like food supply, corporate greed and light regulation.
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