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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.
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S3E1 Treadmill
Support 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 thanks to Jessica Taylor,…
S3 Another Season 3 Update!
RYJ gives an update on the Season 3 premiere (January 15th) as well as shares a snippet of a current episode he's producing!Help us get Season 3 out by supporting the show through Patreon. Click…
S3 Season 3 Update
RYJ gives an update on Season 3 as well as shares a snippet of a current episode he's producing!Help us get Season 3 out by supporting the show through Patreon. Click Here to join us!
S3 The Biggest Loser w/Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays
In 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 For TV: The Reality…
S2E12 The Origin of Big Fig Mattress
Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down with Big Fig Mattress president Jeff Brown to find out how the mattress for the bigger figure came to beSpecial thanks to Big Fig Mattress for partnering with us on…
S2 Pop Culture Debate Club Android vs iPhone
This week, we’re bringing you another show hosted by Ronald Young Jr. Pop Culture Debate Club from Lemonada media, and the BBCBeing a pop culture fan naturally comes with a lot of opinions. You’ve…
S2E10 The Core
Host 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 simmering this entire…
S2E9 Lindy West is Older and Wiser
Host 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 the world has…
S2 Never Post - State of Podcasting
Weight 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 conversation with three…
S2E8 Live with Tigress Osborn
Host 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 Theater in Washington DC. …
S2E7 Desired yet Unwanted
In 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 Carmen Rene Smith for…
S2E6 BBW
Story 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 coined. Special…
S2E5 The Origin of a Break Up
Elna 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 popular episode of This…
S2E4 FFG
Typically 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. Kate ManneIf you have…
S2E3 Into Thin Air
Brigid 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 episode host Ronald…
S2E2 Running While Fat
In 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.Special thanks to Martinus…
S2E1 The Weight of Sorrow
In 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 Denise Young, my Father…
S2 Season 2 Trailer
Season 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
Enjoy 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 the hunt for a greater…
S1E7 S1 E7: Wrapping Up
Editor 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 about weight you’d like to…
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Weight For It has published 25 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Weight For It is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 38m.
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