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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Gwyneth Paltrow turned wellness into a business and reinvented herself in the process

    Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP is the place millions go to for beauty products, crystals, tinctures, and other assorted wellness items. Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes about Paltrow’s success in the latest issue of the New York Times Magazine.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 25, 2018 • 1 min read

    Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP is the place millions go to for beauty products, crystals, tinctures, and other assorted wellness items. Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes about Paltrow’s success in the latest issue of the New York Times Magazine.

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    The full episode

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    LAPD Chief explains Trader Joe’s shootout
    1. 0:00LAPD Chief Michel Moore supports officer’s decision to stop Atkins by using deadly force
    2. 12:41Preparing for a new, hotter normal
    3. 26:25Will California benefit from Trump’s $12 billion farm aid package?
    4. 35:41Gwyneth Paltrow turned wellness into a business and reinvented herself in the processYou’re reading this
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