Weight For It

By ohitsBigRon Studios

Named one of the Best podcasts of 2023 by the New York Times,

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4.8

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FAQs about Weight For It:

How many episodes does Weight For It have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

Weight For It episodes:

October 17, 2024 Desired yet Unwanted
In a conversation with influencer Carmen Rene Smith, host RYJ discusses her experiences as a plus sized influencer and how that frames her thinking on weight.
Special thanks to Carmen Rene Smith for being a part of this episode. You can follow Carmen on IG @eatthecaketoo
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Additional Editing - JC Howard
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
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40min
October 10, 2024 BBW
Story Editor and Guest Host Sarah Dealy goes on a journey to find the origin of the term BBW and discover how its meaning changed so drastically in the years since it was first coined.
Special thanks to Carole Shaw, Tigress Osborn, Lauren Downing Peters, Cristie and Rachael, and everyone at the beach! for being a part of this episode.
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Episode Editor - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Episode Producer - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC
In Boston with Lindy West!!
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46min
October 03, 2024 The Origin of a Break Up
Elna Baker joins host Ronald Young Jr. for a conversation recorded live at On Air Fest in Brooklyn in February 2024. In it Elna reveals more about her story featured in the popular episode of This American Life entitled Tell Me I'm Fat.
Special thanks to Elna Baker for being a part of this episode. You can hear more from Elna Baker on her podcast Pretty Sure I can Fly with Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Additional Editing - JC Howard
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
36min
September 26, 2024 FFG
Typically the stories we hear about fat women and dating are about undesirability and rejection. But today's story is not one of those.
Special Thanks to Cristie Wilson and Dr. Kate Manne
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
25min
September 19, 2024 Into Thin Air
Brigid was headed on vacation, she strapped into her seat prepared for what should have been an uneventful flight. But then she got a lot more than she bargained for. In this episode host Ronald Young Jr. examines the state of flying as a fat person with special guest Aubrey Gordon.
Special Thanks to Brigid Quinn McDonnell, Aubrey Gordon, Hannah Sampson, Andrea Sachs, Diyana Howell and the rest of the kind folks at the Washington Post.
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
40min
September 12, 2024 Running While Fat
In a conversation with fat marathon runner Martinus Evans, host Ronald Young Jr discusses how running can be exclusionary for fat folks and ways that Martinus overcame that.
Special thanks to Martinus Evans for being a part of this episode. You can find out more about his work by clicking this link or following him on IG @martinusevans
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Additional Editing - JC Howard
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
36min
September 05, 2024 The Weight of Sorrow
In this Season 2 premiere episode host Ronald Young Jr grapples with the impending loss of his mother while still thinking about his weight.
Special thanks to my sister Marilyn Denise Young, my Father Ronald Young Sr. our dear friend Carolyn Perry, and of course to my mother, the late and always great forever loved Peggy Lee Young
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at [email protected]
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on X, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
In the market for a new mattress? Click this link and the Big Fig Bed Builder quiz for discounts on your next sleep system
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Story Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Episode Art - Andy J Pizza
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
You can find out more about this show and other ohitsbigron studios shows by following us on IG @ohitsbigronstudios
Check out our sister podcast television and film review show Leaving the Theater, available everywhere you listen!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
32min
August 21, 2024 Season 2 Trailer
Season 2 of Weight For It begins on Thursday September 5th!
This season is sponsored by Big Fig Mattress Company!
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3min
October 05, 2023 Bonus: Other Men Need Help: Cover Boys
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.
Subscribe to our newsletter for monthly secrets and Instagram to look at pretty pics. For ALL your info go to othermenneedhelp.com.
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
42min
September 28, 2023 S1 E7: Wrapping Up
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 [email protected]
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!
Support Resources
Come See Weight For It Live!
In DC (use the discount code THEWORM for $10 off)
In Boston with Lindy West!!
...more
34min

FAQs about Weight For It:

How many episodes does Weight For It have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

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