It’s rare that topics such as obesity get a sensitive and thoughtful write up in mainstream news publications, which is why I appreciated this recent Time article by Jamie Ducharme so much. In particular, I like how the article mentions how U.S. doctors address BMI which is an outdated method for measuring health and
Adam Bowen and James Monsees, the founders of Juul, declined to take part in Big Vape, the new Netflix docuseries about their company based on the book of the same name by journalist Jamie Ducharme. It’s easy to understand why. They took plenty of public abuse throughout the moral panic over vaping, and, having exited the company as reported billionaires, they have little reason to volunteer for another turn in the barrel. But it’s a shame that they didn’t. Big Vape tells a story more nuanced than the cheap alarmism that characterized contemporary reporting on the company.
This weekend, treat yourself to some great Netflix shows like the limited seires Bodies, a new season of Lupin, and the family friendly I Woke Up a Vampire.
Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) new docuseries tells the story of how a scrappy e-cigarette startup became a multi-billion dollar company that was riding high until a frightening epidemic blew its success up in smoke.