Weight For It

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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. Sp

Feb 4
17 min

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 docuse

Sep 18 2025
1 h 34 min

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 be Special thanks to Big Fig Mattre

Mar 28 2025
5 min

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 BBC Being a pop culture fan naturally comes wi

Jan 23 2025
38 min

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

Dec 19 2024
36 min

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 discus

Dec 12 2024
51 min

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

Nov 21 2024
56 min

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 Mirac

Nov 14 2024
54 min

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 th

Oct 17 2024
39 min

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

Oct 10 2024
45 min

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

Oct 3 2024
35 min

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

Sep 26 2024
24 min

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. I

Sep 19 2024
39 min

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 th

Sep 12 2024
35 min

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

Sep 5 2024
31 min

Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 of Weight For It begins on Thursday September 5th! This season is sponsored by Big Fig Mattress Company!

Aug 21 2024
2 min

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 nove

Oct 5 2023
41 min

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 st

Sep 28 2023
33 min

S1 E6: Destruction w/ Da'Shaun Harrison

After 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

Sep 21 2023
39 min

S1 E5: Articles of Weight

In 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?

Sep 14 2023
46 min

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I was plus size my entire life. Though I’ve had weight loss surgery in 2021 I will always be plus size at heart. I finished this podcast in two days and sent an email soon after. I appreciate your representation not only as someone with weight challenges but as an African American male. To speak on something is to have experienced it firsthand.

Water Signs Unite · Dec 2024

This episode on his mother’s passing was so amazingly beautiful. They were so vulnerable and transparent. It was hard to listen to because I recently loss my mom to cancer as well and watched her suffer with a similar situation as Ron’s mom Mrs Peggy. Lord have mercy, I needed to hear this and thank him for sharing this with us. I’m going back to the beginning to listen to other episodes since I’m just now hearing the podcast. I’m a fluffy person too and have very similar feelings and thoughts. Weight is ALWAYS present. I love how the podcast focuses on all facets. Definitely a must listen, weight challenged or not. Keep them coming please.

Wannabemilla · Dec 2024

This is so thoughtful and vulnerable. Any adult, no matter their (current) size will leave each episode with something to reflect on.

yogi_on_the_lawn · Dec 2024

This pod has help me reckon with systemic body shaming I have witnessed as a personal trainer. I have new language, perspectives and tool to be a better ally in gyms and other spaces where weight, fatness and skinniness is often used to perpetuate toxic diet culture. Thank you so much for all the hard work y’all have done making this pod, I have learned a lot and hope to be a better ally today as a result! Huge fan, fantastic pod!!

zach the goldfish · Dec 2024

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