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Weight For It
ohitsBigRon Studios
Frequency: 1 episode/32d. Total Eps: 23
Named one of the Best podcasts of 2023 by the New York Times, Vogue, and Vulture Weight For It is a three 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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Season 2 Trailer
Season 2
mercredi 21 août 2024 • Duration 02:18
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
jeudi 5 octobre 2023 • Duration 41:58
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 range of culturally desirable body shapes and identities, Mark meets with Ronald, a recently single man who has decided to take the way the world sees him into his own hands.
This episode is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Rebecca Seidel and Shaneez Tyndall. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.
Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.
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S1 E7: Wrapping Up
Season 1 · Episode 7
jeudi 28 septembre 2023 • Duration 33:55
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 share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Additional Mixing - Brian Rivera
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
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S1 E6: Destruction w/ Da'Shaun Harrison
Season 1 · Episode 6
jeudi 21 septembre 2023 • Duration 39:34
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 writer Da’Shaun Harrison.
Special thanks to Jon Breeding, Tracy Cox, and Da’Shaun Harrison
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
S1 E5: Articles of Weight
Season 1 · Episode 5
jeudi 14 septembre 2023 • Duration 46:36
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? Why do fat folks get the ‘cold shoulder’?
Special thanks to Mayra Mejia, Molly Goodman, Stacy Toth, Brittany Saunders, Maddie Hughes, Hannah Leonhard, Lauren Downing Peters, Jessica Hinkle, Jen Wilder, Marcy Guevara-Prete, Leila Kelleher, Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela, and Marissa Meltzer
Also special thanks to Avery Trufelman for hosting us in our apartment, feeding us cookies and bagels, and giving us seltzer water.
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and use the code WEIGHTFORIT at checkout to get $350 off your purchase at Big Fig Mattress!
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
S1 E4: Decision
Season 1 · Episode 4
jeudi 7 septembre 2023 • Duration 45:42
Host Ronald Young Jr. finds himself at a crossroads. He doesn’t feel equipped to make a choice so he seeks out the stories of those who have.
Special thanks to Caroline Hamric, Michael Jefferson aka Mass Potential, and Tracy Cox
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and use the code WEIGHTFORIT at checkout to get $350 off your purchase at Big Fig Mattress!
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
S1 E3: Weight, Don't Tell Me
Season 1 · Episode 3
jeudi 31 août 2023 • Duration 24:43
Host, Ronald Young Jr. goes through a breakup and thinks maybe it’s time to lose weight. But before he does he needs to take a quick visit to his doctor.
Special thanks to the doctor…
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and use the code WEIGHTFORIT at checkout to get $350 off your purchase at Big Fig Mattress!
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
S1 E2: A Shame Spiral
Season 1 · Episode 2
jeudi 24 août 2023 • Duration 41:13
In this episode, we take a trip with host Ronald Young Jr. to the past. Back to college in Richmond VA, at Virginia Commonwealth University. Where our host was just a straight sized teenager leaving his home for the first time and figuring out what type of person he was going to be, and what type of partner her would choose.
Special thanks to Damon Young, and Caitlin Scanlan
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and use the code WEIGHTFORIT at checkout to get $350 off your purchase at Big Fig Mattress!
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
S1 E1: The Perfect Moment
Season 1 · Episode 1
jeudi 17 août 2023 • Duration 31:48
In the premiere episode, Host Ronald Young Jr. is pondering his own desirability. Is he an eligible bachelor as a fat man? He seeks solace in body positive and size-affirming spaces and discovers something he finds a little unsettling.
Special thanks to Jessica Taylor Dicken, Mayra Meijia, and Dr. Caitlin Gunn
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and use the code WEIGHTFORIT at checkout to get $350 off your purchase at Big Fig Mattress!
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios and on Twitter @ohitsbigronstew
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
Coming Soon!
vendredi 5 mai 2023 • Duration 01:23
Introducing Weight For It! The show that tells the stories of folks who can't keep weight off their minds...
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