Hater Season: Victoria Song & Alex Cranz

Hater Season: Victoria Song & Alex Cranz

Better Offline’s “Hater Season” - an ongoing roundtable with tech’s greatest haters - continues as Ed talks with Victoria Song of The Verge about “wellness products,” bullshit workout metrics and black market peptides.

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