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Topics covered:

* Which American cities have the highest percentage of people wanking at work, and evidence that we've entered “a golden age of masturbation” for better or worse

* Is Ozempic also an anti-addiction drug? The secondary benefits are compelling

* How is the Martin Amis novel Money like foie gras?

* Amis, who died last week, joins the list of voices we miss: Tom Wolfe, David Foster Wallace, Christopher Hitchens

* How Anna Nicole Smith shape-shifted into the American dream, and what it cost

* The documentary scene about Smith’s life that super-disturbed Nancy

* That time Sarah almost got plastic surgery

* The men in our hot boxes

And much more!