Matter of Fat Podcast

This episode is all about being fat at the doctor. Co-hosts Cat and Saraya share personal experiences seeking healthcare, interview Dr. Katherine Oyster to hear a first-hand account on being a fat medical professional and suggestions for patients navigating healthcare, and dive into the dirt and discourse around the BMI as an underlying condition for the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

Season 4 kicks off with The Fat Dish! Historically, this part of Matter of Fat has acted as a way to highlight community events, then it shifted into the co-hosts dishing about what is going on in their lives. Now, it has grown into its own stand alone episode. This new format allows for Cat and Saraya to provide some great takes on politics, culture, and their personal lives in a comfortingly chatty way. Much like a hot dish, this episode is meant to be shared with friends and neighbors!

Don’t fret! The usual interview-focused episodes will be offered every other episode and the gals have got some great people lined up for season 4. In this episode, Saraya teases about a fire playlist newsletter curated by the MoF team (available to those signed up for the newsletter), both hosts share BTS info about podcast production and the wonderful assistants (Erin, Lindsay, and Sophie), and announce the brand new way to show MoF some love through Fat Cash!

Personally, Cat and Saraya reflect on pandemic life, baby bubbles, business ebbs and flows, therapy, closet recording, memoirs, and share some hot, fat takes about white women who shall not be named and fat fashion faux pas.

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Kent Test https://clarkishakent.com/the-kent-test-updated

Moxie Movie https://www.netflix.com/title/81078393

“Critique Books, not Bodies” piece Saraya referenced https://www.shelfbyshelf.com/why-do-we-read/2019/8/22/critique-books-not-bodies-guest-post-by-kayla-manley

Season 4 is back, bb! Get ready for Matter of Fat to come back on Wednesday, April 14th!

Matter of Fat brings is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

It’s the end of 2020 so we find ourselves reminiscing on the best that persisted through one of the worst years in recent history. The best what you ask? You’re a dear for asking, let us tell you some things!

If you tune in you’ll hear the hosts break down the best moments of each interview, the best parts of the new info-packed minisodes this season, the best part about working with three marvelous podcast assistants, the best escapism and informative medias consumed, the best ways to cope and the best cries, the best food we ate and the best unexpected moments over the year. It’s a uh… it’s a doozy of an episode in length but at its core this episode is a culmination of joy, heartache, and friendship. Matter of Fat wants the best for you so we hope you enjoy all the behind the scenes and lukewarm to hot takes provided.

YOU’RE INVITED! Join us for our MoF Season 3 Celebration on Instagram Live at 7PM CT on Weds, Dec 30th. RSVP on to the Facebook event! https://www.facebook.com/events/1902085773264236

That’s right! We’ve got NYEE - New Year’s Eve Eve on lock for a celebratory time!!

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Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani discuss diet and weight loss culture in this MoF Mini. Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities! Full episodes highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

The gals chat about travel back to recorded diet beginnings, explore the whys and hows of it today, and position ways to push back on it whilst laughing. #VinegarBoiSummer

Check out research and recommendations on the website!

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Minisode resources can be found on the website - it’s worth a click to see the articles and info gathered.

Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani delve into why fitness and fatness are fast friends and confront why we may not immediately think so in this MoF Mini. Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities! Full episodes highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

The gals chat about fitness culture origins, it’s ostracization of fat folks, and more and better options for joyful movement. Check out research and recommendations on the website!

Thanks for engaging with MoF! If you dig what we’re doing, share it with a friend. Friends are the effing best. You can check us out on social media and through the beautiful website Cat has painstakingly put together. It’s a beaut!

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Minisode resources can be found on the website - it’s worth a click to see the articles and info gathered.

Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Full episodes highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

In this minisode, hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani share some scary listener-submitted microaggression stories! We hear terrifying tales of body-shaming bad vibes, hate on a plane, audacious assumptions, and a haunting pontoon ride. Halloween jokes aside (please see the special release date), we hear more about what microaggressions are, what they can look like, and some ideas of how to deal with them. Thanks to Susun Xiong for explaining microaggressions and Carly, Kristine, Nikki, Elizabeth, and Maria for sharing your stories!

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Annnnnd! Last chance to fill out our fall audience survey! Please head on over by Sunday, Nov 1st! https://mofpod.typeform.com/to/yCKqXPEL

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Matter of Fat brings is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

This episode is sponsored by the Rose Academy of Burlesque. The Rose Academy where they offer classes, workshops, private lessons, and events for students of all body types, gender expressions, ages, abilities, and levels of experience. Use code MOF to get a free drop in class by the end of 2020. Like, one really great thing in 2020 for you!

The gals really dish it up in the Fat Dish. This segment has it all: backyard hangs, triangles, worries about the winter, sweatshirt beef and skirt steak, awards, Rachel, moms, democracy, and disillusionment with the powers that be. It’s all there! All that you wanted and some that you didn’t but are glad you had. Also, the Fall survey just dropped and it is HOT. Get to it if you’re interested in getting some MoF swag or a choose your own adventure raffle entry.

Siomai Moore is the esteemed guest this episode! Siomai is a Chicago-based traveling burlesque performer, podcast producer and host, social media consultant, content manager, brand ambassador, & fat babe. Cat and Saraya turn the table and interview Siomai about her burlesque origins, a role she usually takes on in her podcast the Pastie Tapes, and so much more!

The Dirt and Discourse is about fricken bears! Katmai National Park hosts Fat Bear Week every year and the co-hosts delight in the way these ursine friends and their fatness are lovingly described. Annnnd they acknowledge ties to fat and survival and reveal the ridiculousness in fatphobia… per ush tbh.

Thanks for listening and reading! Please do rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and go to our website to RSVP for the next Podluck - we’ll be listening to Caleb Luna’s interview on Gender Reveal. You can also check out resources, show notes, the newsletter sign up, and a survey on the website!

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This episode's sponsor, the Rose Academy of Burlesque: https://www.roseacademyofburlesque.com/

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Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

The Fat Dish is v full. Full of what? Weellllll, I’ll tell you what. Our co-hosts talk about fall road trips, podlucks (not padlocks, potlicks, pollocks, or podclucks), and so much information consumption. Cat and Saraya talk about the lack of justice for Breonna Taylor, how the pandemic is still very real and to take care of yourself and your neighbors. Cat also shares some book recommendations - Lindy West’s “Shit Actually” and Alyssa Cole’s “When No One is Watching”.

Christa Mims is the guest for this episodes interview! Saraya describes Christa as “one of [her] favorite people” and our intrepid co-hosts talk with Christa about her time abroad, how anxieties about being the biggest person should not hold you back from exploring, and Christa’s current campaign for Minneapolis Public School Board. If you’ve ever wanted a way to learn more about local elections, Christa has some great advice. Very important, folks, please vote!

The Dirt and Discourse is dirty and discoursey. While we’re not RIP-ing any celebrities, we are talking about what it means to grieve a fat icon when they’re no longer fat. The gals talk about body representation and autonomy and consider what that may look like on pedestal of celebrity. It’s the most adjacent to TMZ you’ll see on MoF.

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and go to our website to RSVP for the next Podluck - we’ll be listening to Caleb Luna’s interview on Gender Reveal. You can also check out resources, shownotes, the newsletter sign up, and a survey on the website! It’s the first link below ;)

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Matter of Fat is a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Full episodes highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.

In this minisode, hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight men’s experiences and perspectives within body positivity and fat liberation. Ben, Ian Harris, Jeff Jenkins, Koichi Macgregor, and Gianluca Russo are featured in this mega minisode.

Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. Check us out on social media and through our website. You can also RSVP to our upcoming Podluck AND submit a story for an upcoming minisode at www.matteroffatpod.com!

Here’s a quick link to each of the guys featured in this ep. Please visit our website for all of the links to references in this minisode.

Ben Voas - www.instagram.com/genderben_der/

Ian Harris - www.instagram.com/ian_harris_/

Jeff Jenkins - www.instagram.com/chubbydiaries__/

Koichi Macgregor - www.instagram.com/koichimynichi/

Gianluca Russo - www.instagram.com/g_russo1/

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