Matter of Fat Podcast

Just a little update of when you can expect another full episode and first news about an end of season celebration!

Another Matter of Fat minisode! 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.

This minisode is brought to you by Take It Off: A Fat Burlesque Revue! Cake Plus-Size Resale and The Rose Academy Of Burlesque are together again bringing their second annual fat burlesque show to the Twin Cities! This dynamic duo has assembled a cast of multi-talented fat babes, ready to entertain audiences on Saturday, November 23rd at the Pourhouse downtown. (More info and tickets linked below.) Hope to see you there!

In this minisode, Cat and Saraya dive into their experience attending the Werk It Festival for Women in Podcasting! Werk It took place in Los Angeles October 3-4, 2019. They chat about taking their Midwest sensibilities on the road and share takeaways about the podcasting market and what they learned at the festival. There’s even a brief dirt and discourse moment in case you’ve been missing that with the recent batch of minisodes.

Thanks for listening! And, big thanks to all of the fab folks who made Werk It possible and to everyone we met there! Make sure to rate and review and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

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Mini Fat Dish!

Lindy West Talking Volumes: https://first-avenue.com/event/2019/11/talkingvolumes-lindywest

Take It Off: A Fat Burlesque Revue:

https://www.facebook.com/events/843941076008247/ + https://bit.ly/32YJCVT

LA Spots Referenced!

Gjusta: https://gjusta.com/

The Plus Bus: http://www.theplus-bus.com/

Konbi: https://konbila.com/

#WerkIt! https://www.werkitfestival.com/

Hear to Slay: https://www.heartoslay.com/

Danielle Perez: https://www.thedanielleperez.com/

Ashley Nicole Black: https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole

This Matter of Fat minisode is a chat with Cat about her business, Cake Plus-Size Resale, and life as an entrepreneur! 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.

Cat is frequently asked questions about her shop and life as a business owner so, with the help of Saraya, Cat answers some of your burning questions. We hear about how Cake got started, taking the leap into full-time entrepreneurship, tips for goal setting, how Cat gets shit done, and some inside info about Cake. Plus, Cat shares how folks can join her little business q&a group to ask more questions!

Cake Plus-Size Resale: www.cakeplussize.com

Goal Digger: http://catinspired.com/goaldigger

WomenVenture: https://www.womenventure.org/

Cat’s coach Shannon Schottler: https://www.instagram.com/shannonschottler/

Cat’s website: www.catinspired.com

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Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat

FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/

Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod

Email: [email protected]

FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

The first minisode of season two find Matter of Fat at camp! 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.

Cat and Saraya recorded their first live episode at the Radical Health Alliance’s Rad Fat Adventure Camp. It was rad! It was an adventure! And the gals heard from folks about past and present camp experiences. Gather round the fire and get ready to hear peoples’ stories as a matter of rad fat adventure camp.

Thanks for listening and reading! Thanks to the wonderful people who contributed to this special minisode! Make sure to rate and review and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

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Radical Health Alliance https://www.radicalhealthalliance.org/

It’s season 2 episode 11 of Matter of Fat: 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.

We’re going back for seconds and thirds in the Fat Dish with reminders of dishes we’ve brought to pass before! These events include: Cake Plus-Size Resale’s 2nd birthday on Oct 5, Flyover Fest presents Lindy West and Samantha Irby on Oct 12, and we’re going to WNYC’s Werk It Podcasting Festival. Cat and Saraya also share some joint personal dish about seeing Hustlers and Pink Sweat$.

This episode, Cat and Saraya talked with Ryan Kroening a queer, gender queer accidental entrepreneur, social justice warrior, musician and performer. We hear all about Ryan’s life as a matter of fat, chat about style, learn about his business Events by Lady K, and chat universal design for events that meet everyone’s needs.

In the Dirt and Discourse, Cat and Saraya have lots of thoughts about James Corden’s response to Fat Shaming from fellow comedian Bill Maher.

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

Find us!

Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat

FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/

Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod

Email: [email protected]

FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat Dish

Flyover presents Lindy West and Samantha Irby: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flyover-fest-presents-lindy-west-samantha-irby-tickets-59678252259

WNYC Studios Women in Podcasting Werk It Conference: www.werkitfestival.com/

Cake Plus-Size 2nd Birthday: https://www.cakeplussize.com/events/2019/10/5/2nd-birthday-celebration

Pink Sweat$: https://www.instagram.com/pinksweats

PJ: https://www.instagram.com/justpee

Hustlers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5503686/

Interview

Ryan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladyk_612/

Events by Lady K: https://www.instagram.com/eventsbyladyk/ https://www.eventsbyladyk.com/

Justin Levy: https://twitter.com/justlevy

Justin reports that his shirt is available at b. Resale! www.bresale.com

Dirt + Discourse

James Corden Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax1U04c4gaw

It’s season 2 episode 10 of Matter of Fat: 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 popping with a reminder about Flyover and Cake Plus-Size Resale and Que Tal’s business birthdays coming up. Saraya likes pumpkin drinks and is into Fat Finance. Cat is on all the panels and shares tv reccs (including a tease about her role on NCIS).

Cat and Saraya talked with Emily Saltzman this episode about, surprise, fatness and the midwest and some very important insights. Emily is incredibly thoughtful and engaging and the gals are excited for you to hear all of this.

The Dirt and Discourse is about some the etiquette of the word “spooky” and Saraya puts her English degree to some light use.

Thanks for listening and reading! Rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

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Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat

FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/

Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod

Email: [email protected]

FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat Dish

Flyover presents Lindy West and Sam Irby www.eventbrite.com/e/flyover-fest-…ets-59678252259

Radical Heath Alliance’s Rad Fat Adventure Camp: www.radicalhealthalliance.org/fatcamp

WNYC Studios Women in Podcasting Werk It Conference: www.werkitfestival.com/

Retail Revealed: Success Secrets from Hometown Brands: www.eventbrite.com/e/retail-reveal…ets-66604135763

Que Tal Birthday: https://www.facebook.com/events/1328053904024607/

Cake Plus-Size 2nd Birthday https://www.cakeplussize.com/events/2019/10/5/2nd-birthday-celebration

Fat Finance https://www.instagram.com/fatfinance/?hl=en

Dirt & Discourse

NPR Code Switch article https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/10/24/559502238/this-halloween-what-does-it-mean-to-call-something-spooky

Business Insider phrases https://www.businessinsider.com/offensive-phrases-that-people-still-use-2013-11

Welcome to season 2 episode 9 of Matter of Fat: 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 gals highlight the Radical Health Alliance’s Rad Fat Adventure Camp and book club part 2 of Fearing the Black Body: the Racial Origins of Fatphobia at Real Life Coffee and Yoga this September. They also share excitement over Lindy West and Sam Irby’s visit and their decision to attend the WNYC Studios Werk It Conference in October. Personally, Saraya repurposes the term “basicity”, loves people taking on challenges, and looks forward to attending the Pink Sweat$ concert coming up real quick. Cat worked through some allergies, chick lit audiobooks, and joined the board of the NLC. Don’t wait on those applications, y’all! They’re due in October. Also, Cat will be on the “Retail Revealed: Success Secrets from Hometown Brands” panel on September 22nd. Also, TPT is doing an MN Original on Cat! They came to record at the KFAI Studios and show off how our girl gets it done!

Cat and Saraya were so excited to welcome Patrice Anthony to the podcast! Patrice is a fellow Hamline Piper, creative, and absolute joy to talk to. We talk about finding friends as adults, how awkward middle school is *cough* Pen15 *cough*, and honestly so much more - just give it a listen. And listen to her Grey’s Anatomy podcast called Code Grey’s.

The Dirt and Discourse is about how creepy fatphobia is and we may have jumped the shark on the horror movie sounds. Honestly, Saraya is ushering in autumn and the state fair is over so let it be FAT GIRL FALL!

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

Find us!

Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat

FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/

Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod

Email: [email protected]

FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat Dish

Flyover presents Lindy West and Sam Irby https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flyover-fest-presents-lindy-west-samantha-irby-tickets-59678252259

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/events/332440084347043/

Radical Heath Alliance’s Rad Fat Adventure Camp: https://www.radicalhealthalliance.org/fatcamp

Pink Sweat$ at the Fine Line: https://finelinemusic.com/events/pink-sweat-pink-beginnings-tour-part-2/

WNYC Studios Women in Podcasting Werk It Conference: https://www.werkitfestival.com/

Jasmine Guillory: https://www.jasmineguillory.com/

Alexa Martin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168079/alexa-martin

New Leaders Council: www.newleaderscouncil.org

Retail Revealed: Success Secrets from Hometown Brands: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/retail-revealed-success-secrets-from-hometown-brands-tickets-66604135763

Interview with Patrice Anthony

Patrice’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/starcrossedcooks

Pen15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkEpO3k514

Code Grey’s Podcast https://www.facebook.com/pg/codegreys/posts/?ref=page_internal

Patrice’s Summer Jam https://youtu.be/cuI0u1Xvh2Q

Welcome to season 2 episode 8 of Matter of Fat: 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 rife with good news and exciting updates! First and foremost, Flyover is hosting their inaugural event in the Midwest featuring Lindy West and Sam Irby. The event is on October 12th and will feature the two in conversation discussing their work, life, contemporary culture, and body image. Get your tickets! Cat and Saraya were delighted to attend the 2019 MN Fringe Festival show Size and recapped the success of KFAI's Summer pledge drive. Thanks to Kristine Ramsay-Seaner, Harry Minot, & Anna Loth Gresser for their amazing contributions! Keep up with KFAI by collecting all the fabulous radio personality trading cards. Check the links below for more info.

Cat caught us up on the success of this summer’s fat splashes and mentions a beautiful write up in the City Pages. Cat was also able to see the Rose Academy of Burlesque’s student showcase and mentions future participation on a panel about sustainable fashion this September 4th. While Cat shared the joy of completing Jane the Virgin, Saraya offered some viewing suggestions: Fleabag, Four Weddings and a Funeral TV series, and the movie Plus One. Just, like, the opposite of Cat’s suggestion. Saraya’s been busy with grad school and joining the ranks of iPhone users. While she’s loving it she implores us to not let blue and green speech bubbles divide us all.

The interview is so good and it’s with Angela Callais! Angela is a Minneapolis-based speaker, therapist, and entrepreneur. She shares her own story and great advice on how to find a therapy provider and methodology that works for you. It is a frank and insightful conversation with a very rad therapist.

The Dirt and Discourse is hella topical to release date. Weight Watchers or WW or whatever the new rebrand is just released a weight loss program for children called Kurbo and the ladies call BS. Listen in for some takes on the harm in behavior and food modifications and check the links for some good reading.

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

Find us!

Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat

FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/

Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod

Email: [email protected]

FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat Dish

Flyover presents Lindy West and Sam Irby https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flyover-fest-presents-lindy-west-samantha-irby-tickets-59678252259

MN Fringe Fest show Size https://www.minnesotafringe.org/2019-show-information/size

KFAI Trading Cards - Collect ‘em all! https://www.kfai.org/trading-cards/

Sun’s out tums out - City Pages article http://www.citypages.com/arts/suns-out-tums-out-at-fat-splash-a-rad-body-positive-pool-party-that-is-part-of-a-national-trend/542734791

Rose Academy of Burlesque https://www.roseacademyofburlesque.com/classes

LAB Talks Sustainable Fashion https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lab-talks-sustainable-fashion-is-having-a-moment-but-what-does-that-mean-tickets-69231287645

Interview with Angela Callais

Angela’s website https://www.thecourageoustruth.com/

Angela’s IG https://www.instagram.com/the.courageous.truth/

Dirt + Discourse

Refinery 29 on WW defending children’s weight loss app https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240564/ww-weight-watchers-kids-diet-program-kurbo-controversy

NEDA Statement on Kurbo https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/neda-statement-kurbo-ww-app

Welcome to season 2 episode 7 of Matter of Fat: 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 popping! There will be a Big Babywearing class on the day of release. Both ladies are psyched to attend the MN Fringe show Size. The Fat Folx Ensemble present Fat Fest in Chicago from August 10th to the 11th. The Smitten Kitten will be hosting a Fat Sex 101: Fat Sex for Beginners on August 11th. Real Life Coffee and Yoga will be hosting a book group featuring “Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia” on August 15th. ALSO! At the time of episode release, KFAI has wrapped the first ever summer pledge drive. You can still contribute to KFAI to support this mission - for us and everyone misrepresented or underrepresented in media. You can donate at KFAI.org. Be sure to write in “Matter of Fat” when you select the program!

As for personal dish, Cat loves audio books and talks about meeting a favorite author Jasmine Guillory, both gals finally experienced the timeless magic of the Riverview Theater. Saraya is out of touch with the youths and Fat Girl Fall but is excited about finding a new doctor and figuring out if she’s haunted or into sleep walking. Both lasses wax poetic on their dreamy experience at the Fat Splash.

The guest this episode is the original Amy Siegel. Amy is a beam of joy and tells us about growing up and making space for herself and others, a budding burlesque experience, dominating the women’s arm wrestling arena, giving us all the insight into Mall life *meow*, and extolling the virtues of building a virtual community of music lovers through the Suga Network and the Emotional Response Hour, her history with Wynonna Judd, and a take on Old Town Road. Let it be noted that OTR (not to be confused with Jay and Bey’s On the Run) was just breaking at the time of this interview. Here’s to Lil Nas X and his endless remixes so this is still relevant. Saraya has no regrets for this question.

The Dirt and Discourse is quick and dirrty. Maybe you know, maybe you don’t. Forever 21 sent a buncha diet bars in their packages and there was a HULLABALOO. The gals, bless their hearts, are not fazed or surprised by F21 making poor decision. Cat does love a good lemon bar, tho.

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

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Fat Dish

Size MN Fringe Show - last showing on August 8th https://www.facebook.com/events/427551151173280/

Big Babywearing Class with Doula Kaytee https://www.facebook.com/events/1116121065263798/

Fat Sex 101: Fat Sex for Beginners https://www.facebook.com/events/362168734457884/

Smitten Kitten www.smittenkittenonline.com

“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia” book group https://www.facebook.com/events/332440084347043/

FAT FEST in Chicago https://www.facebook.com/events/475454253015799/

Cat’s audiobook recc Jasmine Guillory https://www.jasmineguillory.com/

Riverview Movie Theater http://www.riverviewtheater.com/

Interview with Amy Siegel

Arm Wrestling Feature http://www.startribune.com/women-arm-wrestlers-focus-on-fun-and-philanthropy/199896731/

The Coven https://thecoven.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcikSr9ef89oVDF06M5EYRueiNM8umi9VJEfyISS5uTwRgkhUFI3XBocaAussEALw_wcB

Welcome to episode 6 in the 2nd season of Matter of Fat: 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.

In the Fat Dish, S talks about embodying “Hot Girl Summer” both in attitude and well… temperature. This summer is hot and, as good midwesterners, both ladies lay it on thick with the weather talk. Fortunately, Friends and Fans provided some good tips and tricks for staying cool in this heat. C shared more about her marvelous road trip travels and exuding Chill Girl Summer. S waxed poetic about spending summer weekends outside with friends (surprise surprise). She may have taken up the hobby of sleepwalking or has a casper in her home - not the mattress.

ALSO! At the time of episode release, KFAI is amping up to the summer 2019 pledge drive. KFAI is a volunteer-based community radio station that exists to broadcast information, arts and entertainment programming for an audience of diverse racial, social and economic backgrounds.

They’re here to help provide a voice for people ignored or misrepresented by mainstream media! Folks in larger bodies are constantly ignored or misrepresented by mainstream media and our little podcast at this little community radio station is a way of pushing back.

Contribute to KFAI to support this mission - for us and everyone misrepresented or underrepresented in media. You can donate at KFAI.org. Be sure to write in “Matter of Fat” when you select the program!

The guest this episode is the marvelous Midwest artist Erin Sandsmark. Erin talks about her growth as an artist, shares thoughts on nakedness and fatness, encourages us to support local artists at every level, and so much more.

The Dirt and Discourse is so much and so little at the same time! The ladies attempt to talk about complexities of who belongs to fat liberation, body positivity/body neutrality, and how to leverage your place in that to make positive change for everybody.

Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate, review, and engage with the MoF hosts further through the Friends and Fans Facebook group. Thanks to KFAI!

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Fat Dish

Hot Girl Summer https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained

Support KFAI http://old.kfai.org/support-us

Interview with Erin Sandsmark

Erin’s Website http://www.erinsandsmark.com/

Albert Lea Tribune Article https://www.albertleatribune.com/2019/03/celebrating-women-in-her-body-of-work/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/erinsandsmark/?hl=en

Dirt and Discourse

Hope your thirst is fully quenched!