The Fat Spotlight

Travel host and creator Jeff Jenkins joins Tigress in the Fat Spotlight to talk about a life lived on the road: from a childhood Greyhound bus trip that first sparked his love of adventure, to hosting National Geographic's Never Say Never, to a nearly year-long sabbatical that's made Bali a second home. Jeff gets candid about what it's like to travel the world as a fat Black American, why he now insists on giving every experience equal time to process, and how being the one who keeps showing up and inviting people in is the only way to build real community.

You can find Jeff Jenkins at chubbydiaries.com or on your favorite social media @chubbydiaries. 

In each episode, we ask our guest to name someone who deserves a spotlight on what they’re doing in the world. Jeff picked comedian Devonte West. Listen to learn why, and find Devonte @_devontewest.

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The Fat Spotlight is a production of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.

Host/producer: Tigress Osborn 

Producer: Brianna Snyder 

Assistant: Julianne Wotasik 

Our theme music, “NAAFA Day,” is performed by Griefcat (⁠@griefcatpartytime)⁠.

To keep this podcast going and to support all of NAAFA’s work to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination, visit naafa.org/podcast and become one of our Passionate Ongoing Donors. As a thank you for your support, POD members get exclusive bonus content. 

Don't forget to follow us on Instagram ⁠@naafaofficial⁠⁠.

Tigress Osborn (host and producer) and Brianna Snyder (producer) introduce The Fat Spotlight, NAAFA’s first podcast, and explain why the show exists now. This episode lays out the mission behind the podcast, the meaning of fat liberation, and how the project will help connect listeners with fat community, advocacy, and culture. In this episode, Brianna is in the hosting chair as Tigress shares how podcasting became a natural extension of NAAFA’s existing work, from virtual events to media advocacy. Brianna helps frame the show’s bigger purpose: spotlighting audacious fat people doing meaningful work across many fields and making fat community more visible.

Key topics:

• The Fat Spotlight is NAAFA’s first podcast, created to bring existing conversations and interviews into the podcast world

• Tigress shares a bit of NAAFA history and describes how we work today, including NAAFA’s role in outlawing size discrimination in New York and Minnesota

• The show will feature well-known fat creators, scholars, activists, and public figures. We’ll also introduce new badass fatass folks we think you should know.

The Fat Spotlight is a production of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.

Host/producer: Tigress Osborn 

Producer: Brianna Snyder 

Assistant: Julianne Wotasik

Our theme music, “NAAFA Day,” is performed by Griefcat (@griefcatpartytime).

To keep this podcast going and to support all of NAAFA’s work to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination, visit naafa.org/podcast and become one of our Passionate Ongoing Donors. As a thank you for your support, POD members get exclusive bonus content. 

on't forget to follow us on Instagram @naafaofficial⁠.