This week the boys talk about a sleigh-load of Santa-related news items—merry and otherwise. Then we examine the biggest question of the season: Why has the sale of Grinch decorations surpassed those of Santa this year!?

This week the boys talk about DXL’s new app for right-sizing and a Pakistani artist’s investigation into the taboo parts of ordinary bodies. Then we talk about feeling sexy in winter wear.

We’re back! We discuss a new Miss Piggy movie in the works and Miss Manners’s response to fat shaming pets. Then it’s story time recounting some pleasant recent surprises.

This week the boys talk about halloween horror! First up is a drag zombie movie now in limited release: Queens of the Dead. Then we look at Josh Pangborn (Skeleton Crew) and his new recurring role on HBO’s The Chair Company. Finally, we have a spirited discussion around the 2004 horror/comedy Shaun of the Dead.

This week the boys talk about Major Attaway’s Little Shop of Horrors music video and operatic tenor Nicky Spence’s new scholarship for aspiring singers. Then we discuss our recent sliming and candying (bad & good) encounters with fatness. 

The boys highlight Harvey Guillén’s pitch to star in Broadway’s Oh Mary! and a plus-size figure skater who’s inspiring young girls everywhere. Then we tell stories of recent happy surprises. 

An update on our schedule and a call to watch Shawn of the Dead before the 30th.

This week the boys discuss Ryan’s Reynolds’s remarks about journalists’ cruel interviews with John Candy and another story about a fat black ballerina dancing on point as part of New York Fashion Week. Then to kick off spooky season, we look at body horror and fatness as monstrosity. 

The boys talk about an Indian initiative to slim down mythological figure and one Japanese woman’s struggle to make her way as a sumo wrester. Then we discuss the documentary, Body Electric.

This week the boys talk about Bear Week, that annual popularity contest to decide the coolest, fattest bear in the woods. Then we highlight a body-positive figure-drawing class before moving on to our main topic: Fat Boy Fall.