About this podcast
Named one of the Best podcasts of 2023 by the New York Times, Vogue, and Vulture Weight For It is a four time Podcast Academy Award winning narrative podcast that explores the ways we think about our bodies. Through personal storytelling and deep dive interviews, host Ronald Young Jr. unpacks the navigation of the world around him that just doesn't seem to fit.
Episodes
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- Treadmill · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 1Support Weight For It by joining us on Patreon! In the season 3 premiere episode host Ronald Young Jr gets into an internet fight with his cousin. Also abolish ICE. Special…
- The Biggest Loser w/Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays · 1 h 34 min · Season 3In this bonus episode, Weight For It host, Ronald Young Jr. joins the hosts of Text Me Back (Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays) for a discussion about the Netflix docuseries Fit…
- The Origin of Big Fig Mattress · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 12Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down with Big Fig Mattress president Jeff Brown to find out how the mattress for the bigger figure came to be Special thanks to Big Fig Mattress for…
- Pop Culture Debate Club Android vs iPhone · 39 min · Season 2This week, we’re bringing you another show hosted by Ronald Young Jr. Pop Culture Debate Club from Lemonada media, and the BBC Being a pop culture fan naturally comes with a lot…
- The Core · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 10Host Ronald Young Jr. and story editor Sarah Dealy sit down to answer some listener questions. But one question makes Ronald reflect on his body with thoughts that have been…
- Lindy West is Older and Wiser · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 9Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down for a live conversation with Lindy West, writer of the book Shrill Notes from a loud woman. (adapted to the hit show on Hulu) They discuss how the…
- Never Post - State of Podcasting · 57 min · Season 2Weight For It returns on December 5th, until then enjoy this episode of Never Post, a podcast about the internet and the world we live in... Senior producer Hans Buetow leads a…
- Live with Tigress Osborn · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 8Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down for a conversation with Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance Tigress Osborn recorded Live at the Miracle…
- Desired yet Unwanted · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 7In a conversation with influencer Carmen Rene Smith, host RYJ discusses her experiences as a plus sized influencer and how that frames her thinking on weight. Special thanks to…
- BBW · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 6Story Editor and Guest Host Sarah Dealy goes on a journey to find the origin of the term BBW and discover how its meaning changed so drastically in the years since it was first…
- The Origin of a Break Up · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 5Elna Baker joins host Ronald Young Jr. for a conversation recorded live at On Air Fest in Brooklyn in February 2024. In it Elna reveals more about her story featured in the…
- FFG · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 4Typically the stories we hear about fat women and dating are about undesirability and rejection. But today's story is not one of those. Special Thanks to Cristie Wilson and Dr…
- Into Thin Air · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 3Brigid was headed on vacation, she strapped into her seat prepared for what should have been an uneventful flight. But then she got a lot more than she bargained for. In this…
- Running While Fat · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 2In a conversation with fat marathon runner Martinus Evans, host Ronald Young Jr discusses how running can be exclusionary for fat folks and ways that Martinus overcame that…
- The Weight of Sorrow · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 1In this Season 2 premiere episode host Ronald Young Jr grapples with the impending loss of his mother while still thinking about his weight. Special thanks to my sister Marilyn…
- Season 2 Trailer · 2 min · Season 2Season 2 of Weight For It begins on Thursday September 5th! This season is sponsored by Big Fig Mattress Company!
- Bonus: Other Men Need Help: Cover Boys · 42 minEnjoy this bonus content from our friends at Other Men Need Help, See you in January with new episodes of Weight For It! Who gets to be on the cover of your romance novel? In…
- S1 E7: Wrapping Up · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 7Editor Sarah Dealy sits down with Host Ronald Young Jr. as they reflect back on this season of Weight For It, and pontificate on the future of the show. If you have a story…
- S1 E6: Destruction w/ Da'Shaun Harrison · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 6After 5 episodes of pontificating on weight host Ronald Young Jr. starts to truly consider what escaping from our culture of fatphobia looks like. Featuring activist and writer…
- S1 E5: Articles of Weight · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 5In a collaboration with Articles of Interest, Host Ronald Young Jr and Editor Sarah Dealy work with Avery Trufelman to find out what’s the deal with plus sized clothing? Why do…
