The Weigh In with Samhita Mukhopadhyay

The honest conversation about weight, health and GLP-1s that nobody’s actually having. Not a puff piece, not a panic piece — a weekly show that treats people on these journeys like the smart, complicated adults they are. We’ll talk about the science, the side effects, the body politics, the unexpected identity shifts and the shifting relationships: with partners, friends, family and with yourself. No topic off limits. No easy answers.

Hosted by Samhita Mukhopadhyay — author, journalist, and Head of Content and Impact at Weight Watchers. The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Latest Episodes:

Why Community Could Be the Secret to a Sustainable Health Journey Nov 04, 2026

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This week’s conversation with Julie Rice is about the ways building community can help sustain a healthy life — not a goal weight, but a life. After turning SoulCycle into a cultural phenomenon, Julie co-founded Peoplehood around the idea that human connection is a profound practice; it’s also at the forefront of how she is reshaping the Weight Watchers experience.

Julie opens up about her own health and career trajectory, her changing relationship to her body, and why connection should be at the heart of wellness conversations.

Guest: Julie Rice

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

Dressing a Changing Body Oct 28, 2026

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Nobody talks about how emotionally weird it is to dress a body that's changing. The closet purges. The grief of giving away clothes you loved. The dressing room moments that catch you off guard. Whether to dress the body you have or the one you imagine is in your future.

In this episode, Samhita Mukhopadhyay talks with celebrity stylist, creative director, and author Erin Walsh about style as identity when your identity is in flux, and the psychology of body image underneath it all.

Guest: Erin Walsh

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

Growing Up on Screen in a Bigger Body Oct 21, 2026

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Raven Goodwin has been navigating weight and body image in public since she was a child actress. At 18 she starred in Huge, a show about teenagers at a weight-loss camp. Now she's a WW cover star, a mother, and a woman whose relationship to her body has played out on screen for two decades.

This conversation is about what it's like when Hollywood has opinions about your body before you've even formed your own — and what it means to come full circle.

Guest: Raven Goodwin

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

Hacked Hunger and The Role of GLP-1s Oct 14, 2026

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What happened to our food, our bodies, and our ability to stop eating — and who's responsible? Writer and journalist Johann Hari tracked down the scientists who discovered GLP-1, and traveled the world investigating the food system that was engineered to override our satiety signals.

Here, Hari discusses his personal journey on a GLP-1—from losing food as a coping mechanism to embracing self-compassion in a world that says weight loss should involve punishment.

Guest: Johann Hari

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

Shame, Stigma, and Saying It Out Loud Oct 07, 2026

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Some things you only say to your best friend. This time, Susie Banikarim — Emmy-winning journalist, podcast host, and one of Samhita's closest friends — is saying them out loud .

The shame she has felt for being overweight, wanting to lose weight, and being on a GLP-1 (and still not being thin). How women privately support each other and share information about these medications. Intentional weight loss as a dirty word. And Susie's radical declaration: she doesn't care about being thin or what people think about her journey anymore.

Guest: Susie Banikarim

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

The Science of GLP-1s Sep 30, 2026

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You've heard what GLP-1s can do to the scale for those who need them. This episode is about why these medications are not a quick fix, and why it’s crucial to incorporate lifestyle changes and the guidance of doctors while you’re on them.
On episode 3 of The Weigh In, Samhita Mukhopadhyay sits down with Dr. Amy Shah to unpack GLP-1s and the importance of nutrition, and why Weight Watchers — of all places — is the right home for this conversation.
Guest: Dr. Amy Shah
Dr. Shah is a doctor, but she is not your doctor. The content discussed is for educational purposes only. The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.
Produced by Dear Media

Love, Weight, and the Taylors Sep 23, 2026

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Weight and GLP-1s are too often solo journeys. This week, Samhita Mukhopadhyay sits down with Taylor Strecker and Taylor Donohue — The Taylors — who are on theirs together, out loud, as a couple.
In this episode:
- Taylor S's unapologetically public weight loss journey — including becoming a WW cover star, and the "comment warriors" that came with it
- Taylor D's health journey through pregnancy and postpartum
- How being a queer couple shapes the way they each experience body image
- What it actually looks like to navigate this together — the meals, the conversations, the intimacy, and the moments nobody sees
Guests: Taylor Strecker and Taylor Donohue
The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.
Produced by Dear Media

The GLP-1 Story Everyone's Missing Sep 16, 2026

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Every headline about GLP-1s tells you what the drugs do. Almost none tell you what it's actually like to be on — or off — one.

For episode one, Samhita Mukhopadhyay sits down with Lindsay Peoples, Editor-in-Chief of The Cut, to unpack that gap: the stories the media keeps getting wrong, the ones still waiting to be told, and what it took to publish one of the most talked-about GLP-1 essays of the year.

In this episode:
- What the media keeps getting wrong about GLP-1s — and the stories Lindsay wishes existed
- Behind some of the most viral GLP-1 pieces published in The Cut
- How pop culture quietly sets the rules for what bodies are "supposed" to look like
- The unspoken hierarchy of who "deserves" to be on these medications
- Lindsay's own health journey, and why she's chosen not to take a GLP-1

Guest: Lindsay Peoples, Editor-in-Chief of The Cut

The Weigh In is a Weight Watchers podcast and is not intended as medical advice. Talk to your doctor.

Produced by Dear Media

Introducing The Weigh In with Samhita Mukhopadhyay - Coming September 16th Sep 09, 2026

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The honest conversation about weight, health and GLP-1s that nobody's actually having. Not a puff piece, not a panic piece — a weekly show that treats people on these journeys like the smart, complicated adults they are. We'll talk about the science, the side effects, the body politics, the unexpected identity shifts and the shifting relationships: with partners, friends, family and with yourself. No topic off limits. No easy answers.