Suzy Chase, a New York City-based lifestyle podcaster with 8 million lifetime downloads across her shows, has launched Dinner Party on a GLP-1, a podcast focused on life after weight loss on GLP-1 medications. The show, which debuted in May 2026, was featured on Apple Podcasts' front page in New Seasons in August and has been covered by Podnews and Yahoo Health. Chase's pivot comes after she lost 50 pounds on a GLP-1 medication and found that reaching goal weight raised new questions about maintenance, identity, and success.
Chase's career has followed a consistent pattern: identify an underserved conversation and build audio around it. In 2005, she founded The Groove Radio, the original mixtape podcast. A decade later, she launched Cookery by the Book, interviewing cookbook authors about the stories behind their recipes. In 2021, she applied the same approach to interiors with Decorating by the Book. Each show targeted a specific interest and gave it a dedicated audio home.
With Dinner Party on a GLP-1, Chase is betting that the next chapter of the GLP-1 story isn't about how people lose weight but how they live afterward. "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." The show explores questions such as what happens when the scale stops being the measure of success, where strength and recovery fit, and how identity changes after a major transformation. Two years into maintenance, Chase answers these through her own experience, personal storytelling, and conversations with others living on GLP-1 medications.
The implications extend beyond podcasting. As GLP-1 medications become more widely used, the conversation around them has centered on weight loss, access, and side effects. Chase's show shifts focus to maintenance, a phase that affects millions of people but receives less attention. For the podcast industry, her move underscores the value of niche audio and the enduring appeal of personality-driven shows that build trust with specific audiences. "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."
For listeners, Dinner Party on a GLP-1 offers a space to explore the emotional and practical challenges of life after weight loss. For the broader GLP-1 market, it signals a growing demand for content that goes beyond the numbers on a scale. As Chase puts it, "I spent years talking about food through cookbooks and the people who write them. Now I'm talking about what happens when your relationship with food changes completely." The show's success may encourage other creators to explore similar underserved topics in health and wellness.
