Book · 2024 · Social Science
Magic Pill
The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
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I recommend everybody to go and get Magic Pill right now.
What they say about it
- Discusses weight loss drugs“the new weight loss drugs”3
- Explores reasons for eating“reasons why we eat”3
- Calls it a terrific book“It's a terrific book”2
The best things said about it
It's a terrific book.
Great book, I've finished it, I think it's terrific.
I go through loads of evidence for this in my book.
Johann Hari Big Technology Podcast · Aug 2026 There's scientific evidence for five reasons why we eat that I go through in the book.
Johann Hari Big Technology Podcast · Aug 2026 I had a conversation with Johan hary about his new book uh Magic pill about OIC and um it it's crazy just how much of modern human weight gain Health Downstream health problems heart disease stroke all of that stuff is just food is way easier to overc consume because of how palatable it is.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jun 2024 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Magic Pill by Johann Hari explores the science, extraordinary benefits, and potential risks surrounding modern weight-loss medications like Ozempic, alongside an analysis of ultra-processed foods. The book was enthusiastically recommended by Alex Kantrowitz on the Big Technology Podcast, who praised it as a terrific resource for understanding the economy and health impacts of these drugs. Jay Shetty discussed the research and experts featured in the book on On Purpose, while Steven Bartlett strongly urged listeners to grab a copy on The Diary Of A CEO. Johann Hari also appeared on the Big Technology Podcast to discuss the evidence presented in his book, detailing how ultra-processed foods undermine human satiety and explaining the scientific reasons behind modern overeating patterns.
Every mention
Alex Kantrowitz He's a New York Times best-selling author, and his new book, Magic Pill, The Extraordinary Benefits and Dis… 4
Recommended
“He's a New York Times best-selling author, and his new book, Magic Pill, The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs, is out in any bookstore you could hope for, and I've read it. It's a terrific book.”
Recommended
“And we're back here on Big Technology Podcast with Johan Hari he's a New York Times best-selling author you can grab the new book Magic Pill the Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs and a Bookstore Near You great book I've finished it I think it's terrific”
Discussed
“he's a New York time bestselling author and his new book magic pill the extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight loss drugs is out in any bookstore”
Recommended
“I hope my book will help them make a more informed choice but I really empathize with them because that is the hardest of the hard questions that are brought up in my book magic pill the book is Magic pill”
Jay Shetty We actually interviewed I interviewed Yan Harry a good friend of mine who wrote the book The Magic pill he'… 1
Recommended
“We actually interviewed I interviewed Yan Harry a good friend of mine who wrote the book The Magic pill he's on ozm pic and he's gone and done all the research from the biggest experts in the space and the naysayers in the space”
Steven Bartlett So, I recommend everybody to go and get Magic Pill right now. 1
Recommended
“So, I recommend everybody to go and get Magic Pill right now.”
Chris Williamson so I had Johan Harry on the show and he's written this new book magic pill about asmic 4
Discussed
“Johann Harry's new book magic pill he came on”
Discussed
“so I had Johan Harry on the show and he's written this new book magic pill about asmic”
Discussed
“another interesting element I just had a conversation with Johan Harry who's written the book magic pill about the dangers of asmic”
Discussed
“I had a conversation with Johan hary about his new book uh Magic pill about OIC and um it it's crazy just how much of modern human weight gain Health Downstream health problems heart disease stroke all of that stuff is just food is way easier to overc consume because of how palatable it is”
Johann Hari And I go through loads of evidence for this in my book, and there are many different ways in which processe… 4
Discussed
“And I go through loads of evidence for this in my book, and there are many different ways in which processed food has this effect on us. But you allude to an experiment that, to me, just totally nailed the effect. I nicknamed it Cheesecake Park.”
Discussed
“There's loads of factors like that going on here with processed and ultra-processed food. I go through them in the book, which explain why it leads us to so massively overeat and why it so profoundly undermines our sense of satiety, our sense of being sated, of having had enough and not wanting more.”
Discussed
“So what these drugs do is they interrupt your eating patterns radically obviously that's key to how you lose weight and it's obviously a good thing in many ways but there's scientific evidence for five reasons why we eat that I go through in the book only one of them is you know to sustain our bodies”
Discussed
“so I think there's all I go through a lot more in the book but there's all sorts of complicated psychological phenomena that are going on a lot of women who've been sexually abused consciously or unconsciously gain a huge amount of weight in the aftermath to make themselves safer”
Casey Means I mean, literally, the book by Johann Ari is called Magic Pill. 1
Discussed
“I mean, literally, the book by Johann Ari is called Magic Pill.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“You know, my book is called Magic Pill because there's three ways these drugs can be magic, right? The first is the most obvious, it could just solve the problem, right? And there are days when it feels like that, I've got to be honest with you,”
Plugged
“we've got to deal with the wider forces that have got us into this shitty situation in the first place and then parents have to make that agonising choice I hope my book will help them make a more informed choice but I really empathise with them because that is the hardest of the hard questions that are brought up”
Plugged
“and and with the magic pill book about the new weight loss drugs, I like I was like, well, wait a minute.”
Plugged
“I think is missing the much more important nuance and complex point which is you know the subtitle of my but magic pill is the extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight loss drugs”
Plugged
“my book is called Magic pill because there's three way these drugs could be magic right the first is the most obvious it could just solve the problem”
Plugged
“my book is called Magic pill if you think about the classic stories of magic that we grew up with you find the lamp you rub it you get the genie you make the wish and your wish comes true”
Plugged
“and this is something I thought about really deeply for my book magic pill because you know the worst moment for me in the whole writing of the book was it was a while into working on the book and obviously taking the drug I got a”
Plugged
“my book is called Magic pill because there's three ways these drugs could be magic right the first way is the most obvious they could just solve the problem right”
Plugged
“yeah the book is called Magic Pilker”
Plugged
“So, yeah, if we were talking in 2007, when the day Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, I don't think we could have gained out, you know, 1/10 of what was about to hit us.”