9 episodes
The Vaping Fix Wondery
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4.2 • 140 Ratings
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Two young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set out to rid the world of smoking with an incredible new product. The device stands to disrupt the tobacco industry and make them rich, until it falls into the wrong hands and lives are ruined. From classrooms to hospitals, boardrooms to the Oval Office, what can be done to protect teenagers and is it too late? From Laura Beil, the reporter behind Dr. Death and Bad Batch, comes The Vaping Fix, the inside story of the rise of Juul and the making of a crisis.
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Playing with Fire
James Monsees and Adam Bowen, two Stanford graduate students, have an idea - one they believe could save millions of lives and rid the world of smoking. The goal is personal: they’re both smokers. But even good intentions can have unintended consequences?
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Vaporized
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It’s a race against time to design, manufacture, and ship James and Adam’s new device Everyone is stretched to breaking point and along the way decisions are made that will haunt the company forever. Even the surprising intervention of a popular late-night TV host isn’t enough to stop what’s coming. -
I Think I’m in Love With a Juul
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Juul sales skyrocket. From regulators to Youtube it seems like everyone is in love with the sleek new device . The only problem? Among the new fans is a group no one wanted to see: teens. -
Public Enemy
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Everyone is breathing down Juul’s neck - parents, teachers, elected officials and the FDA. As the company scrambles to keep their devices out of the hands of teenagers, is it too little, too late? -
Up In Smoke
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Juul desperately needs help and they find it from an unexpected source. Will their decision actually save the company from going up in smoke, or have they just accepted a deal with the devil? -
The Rational Future of Smoking
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As one father wrestles with his son’s intensifying nicotine addiction, Juul’s founder finds himself in the hot seat in front of the country’s highest powers. The company is fighting to defend its reputation, but some mistakes can be hard to forgive.
Customer Reviews
Interesting back story on Juul
Enjoyed this pod but felt juul’s/vapes are being unnecessarily positioned as evil monsters. Teenagers have been drinking, smoking, and doing drugs for ever and they always will. None of these things are made for them but they do it anyway. Wish the pod had presented a bit more of a nuanced view in that sense
Good background but zero science re: health claims
This podcast does a good job telling the story of how Juul began. But throughout all the episodes, they continue to use Juul’s main marketing message: that vaping is not as unhealthy as smoking traditional cigarettes. Yet there is no actual science, evidence, data to suggest that this is true and the show just leaves you with the impression that you should vape instead of smoke cigarettes. We actually have no clue if vaping is “safer” - and if you include the public health perspective (ie that hundreds of thousands of kids picked up vaping who would never have picked up a cigarette) then in fact it’s NOT a safer alternative. I just feel like this whole podcast was actually pretty pro-vaping, when the science is just NOT there for us to determine if vaping is safer. A hell of a lot of those unsubstantiated claims are made without any evidence to back it up.
Love This show!
This show is done really well and I thought it was super interesting. My only complaint is that it’s too short!