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Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic

Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic

Update: 2025-10-072
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In the last few years, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound have been radically reshaping the people’s lives, changing appetites and health.

But the drugs also have the power to affect other parts of consumers’ lives, including their romantic relationships.

Lisa Miller, who writes about health for The New York Times, tells the story of how these drugs upended one couple’s marriage.

Guest: Lisa Miller, a domestic correspondent for the Well section who writes about personal and cultural approaches to physical and mental health.

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Photo: Katherine Wolkoff for The New York Times

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Michael Ackley

When one person needs and misses the romance and intimacy, and the other feels like "Jean" does, you can only mourn the loss of intimacy in a long term marriage for so long before a little resentment sets in for the one who still wants it. Sorry to say, but I think they're gonna be goin through the big D and I don't mean Dallas.

Oct 7th
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Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic

Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic

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