Suzy Chase, a podcasting veteran whose shows have amassed 8 million lifetime downloads, has made an unexpected pivot from cookbooks to GLP-1 medications. After losing 50 pounds on a GLP-1, Chase launched Dinner Party on a GLP-1, a podcast focused on what happens after the weight comes off. The show, which launched in May 2026, was featured on Apple Podcasts’ front page in August under New Seasons, signaling mainstream interest in the maintenance phase of GLP-1 treatment.
Chase’s career has followed a consistent pattern: identify an underserved conversation and build audio around it. She founded The Groove Radio in 2005, the original mixtape podcast. In 2015, she launched Cookery by the Book, interviewing cookbook authors about the stories behind their recipes. In 2021, she brought the same approach to interiors with Decorating by the Book. Now, with Dinner Party on a GLP-1, she applies that instinct to a new domain: life on GLP-1 medications after goal weight is reached.
The pivot matters because the public conversation around GLP-1s has overwhelmingly focused on weight loss—access, side effects, and the number on the scale. Chase argues that goal weight raises new questions: What happens when the scale stops being the measure of success? Where do strength and recovery fit? How does identity change after a major transformation? “Everyone wants to talk about losing the weight,” Chase says. “I’m interested in what happens after. Maintenance isn’t the finish line. It’s an entirely new chapter.” Two years into maintenance herself, Chase answers these questions through personal storytelling and conversations with others living on GLP-1 medications.
The announcement also underscores a broader shift in podcasting toward hyper-niche audiences. Long before niche podcasts defined the medium, Chase was building shows for audiences united by specific interests. That instinct still works: Dinner Party on a GLP-1 has already attracted coverage from Podnews, which featured its Summer School series in July, and Yahoo Health has interviewed Chase twice. “Podcasting has always given me the freedom to follow a conversation wherever it leads,” Chase says. “I started with music, moved into cookbooks and interior design, and now GLP-1 maintenance. The subjects change, but the instinct is the same: find a conversation worth having and give it a place to live.”
With this move, Chase is betting that the next chapter of the GLP-1 story isn’t about how people lose weight—it’s about how they live afterward. For the millions of Americans using GLP-1 medications, that shift in focus could reshape not only personal health narratives but also the media landscape surrounding weight loss and maintenance.
