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Word of Mouth

2.2.17: Viral Pro Bono Ads & Fat Shaming Makes Losing Weight Harder

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Word of Mouth

Published February 2, 2017 at 1:03 PM EST

On today's show:

This Popular Donate Life Ad Was Made for Free - with Tony Case, Executive Editor of AdWeek
Curate - Listen to this story again at PRX.org
Why Fat Shaming Doesn't Work and Makes Losing Weight Harder with Alex Orlov from Mic.com
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

Listen to the full show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVLxcekEsw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_8qaQ3DD0

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