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January 2025

Why Is the WNBA Running Weight Loss Ads Right Now?
Listen now | Frankie de la Cretaz on the intersection of anti-fatness, anti trans bias
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Virginia Sole-Smith
 and 
Frankie de la Cretaz
22
40:45
Taking Ozempic for "Wardrobe" Reasons
Plus what to do when your partner eats faster than you, and the UPFs we cannot live without. It's your January Indulgence Gospel!
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Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
43
40:41
Birds Are In, Social Media Is Out
Listen now | And other strong opinions, lightly held, for 2025.
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Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
53
32:59
"You Can Count Your Protein and Still Be Nice to Fat People."
Reconciling diet-y habits with anti-diet values. Plus: Can we do 30 days no Amazon?
 • 
Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
82
43:57

December 2024

Your Five Favorite Episodes of 2024
And the episode you liked the least. Plus: Over 1 million downloads, baby!
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Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
14
35:24
Santa is a Fat Icon
Plus family pajama rants, should you gift fitness gear, and hot fat people having great Christmas sex. It's your Holiday Mailbag episode!
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Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
63
51:48
A Pudgy Belly Can Be a Strong Core
Listen now | Plus the truth about Kegels and how to workout when movement is not joyful, with Anna Maltby.
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Anna Maltby
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
45
52:37
The Tyranny of the Millennial Camisole
Why everything you learned about "dressing for your belly" is trash.
 • 
Virginia Sole-Smith
 and 
Corinne Fay
39
53:28

November 2024

What Are We Doing All Day on Our Phones?
Plus who is "fat enough," unpopular Thanksgiving food opinions, and when to throw that smart watch in a drawer.
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Corinne Fay
 and 
Virginia Sole-Smith
55
48:22
The Curious Evolution of Emily Oster
Listen now | Are we feeding our kids "the wrong foods," or is Emily's new take on kids, weight and health just... diet culture.
 • 
Virginia Sole-Smith
 and 
Corinne Fay
66
54:28
Healthcare is Ground Zero for Fatphobia
Listen now | On not yelling at patients to lose weight, centering body autonomy, and other tenets of size inclusive medicine, with Dr. Mara Gordon
 • 
Virginia Sole-Smith
 and 
Mara Gordon, MD
26
49:07
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