Matter of Fat Podcast

This is it! The ultimate episode of Season 5 and Matter of Fat. Cat and Saraya take some time to reflect and thank the community that has been a part of the podcast. They trot out some old chestnuts in what has been the best over the entirety of Matter of Fat and this last year. Thank you, Matter of Fat friends and fans, for your support! We love you! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This is it! The penultimate episode of Season 5 and Matter of Fat. Cat and Saraya take some time to reflect and thank the community that has been a part of the podcast. This includes updates from previous assistants Cindy Kuehl and previous guest Erin Sandsmark as well as brief interviews with Lindsay Bankole and Sophie Warrick. Don't fret! There is a final reflection on the dirt and discourses past and present. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next (AND FINAL) episode. You can check out resources, and FAT CASH info on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features an interview with Alejandra Hernández Chávez, Cat and Saraya talk about infinite identity exploration, and how the reducing industries stay co-opting liberatory language to profit. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

The fat, fabulous duo of Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani check in a chatty Fat Dish episode. They talk about the transition of seasons and moving, amoebas, wacky getaway experiences, and so much more. You'll hear an update from previous contributor Koichi MacGregor and the gals explore both anti and pro-fat bias. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your Apple Podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. And, tag us on social media so we can reshare! fund us + get in touch: Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya's interview with Casey Snow who discusses self-discovery, superfat erasure in fat community, and the joys of food. Cat and Saraya chat more about food and fattness and revisit BloomChic in the Dirt and Discourse. This episode is brought to you by Cat's overuse of the word “demoralizing”. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Find Casey Snow on Instagram at @discoveringcasey. Find us + Get in Touch... Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It's the Fat Dish! Cat and Saraya catch up to talk about being corn friends, what they've been up to, media consumption, business plans in the enamel corn game, and health musings whilst fat. Saraya also overuses the phrase “in any case”. What fun! Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your Apple Podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Tag us on social media so we can reshare! You can check out resources, shownotes, and more on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It's been 5 seasons and Cat and Saraya have some things to say about it! They revisit the Body Positivity, Fatphobia, Fat Liberation, and Diet Culture minisodes from Season 3. The highlights: Cat wishes she was meaner about body positivity and also less mean about the minisodes, Saraya's 6th grade essay style stays useful and distasteful, but both are proud of how their conversation and the larger themes have grown and evolved over the years. Pah-pow! Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, FAT CASH, and more on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It's the Fat Dish, bb! Cat and Saraya catch up to talk about the state of the world, what they're doing, media consumption, somehow are living in the future and the past at the same time, talk about tik tok, and share an update from Ani Janzen. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your Apple Podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Tag us on social media so we can reshare! You can check out resources, shownotes, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Content Warning: This episode does discuss gun violence so please take good care of yourself and this theme. This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya in conversation with Summer Michaud-Skog about her story and book Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at any Size or Ability. And, Cat + Saraya talk about what it means to be outside and outdoors and what safety looks like when it comes to all of that. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Find more MoF on our website! Mager's and Quinn Event: https://www.magersandquinn.com/event/Summer-Michaud-Skog-presents-Fat-Girls-Hiking/70 Fat Beach Days: https://www.cakeplussize.com/beach Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat Dish: Last, First Fat Dish It's a Fat Dish! It's the last first Fat Dish of the season and the show! Cat and Saraya catch up after many months away and talk about the state of the world, what they're doing to care for themselves, media consumption, and fat fortune telling. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your Apple Podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Tag us on social media so we can reshare! You can check out resources, shownotes, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

TV is forever a fave topic on Matter of Fat and is the focus of a silly goofy start to season 5. Cat and Saraya are back to apply their same lens in Matter of Fat to a seemingly random series of TV shows… some old, some very old. MoF Considers may not be the most prolific or well-researched assessments of these TV series but contain lots of hot takes, too many spoilers to count, and colorful commentary… all as a matter of fat. Thanks so much to supporters who send a little Fat Cash or wrote us a review in order to have early access to these episodes before their initial release! In this episode, we get to know the Crane and KACL family as Matter of Fat considers CBS's hit comedy Frasier (1993-2004). Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt…st/id1440179404

TV is forever a fave topic on Matter of Fat and is the focus of a silly goofy start to season 5. Cat and Saraya are back to apply their same lens in Matter of Fat to a seemingly random series of TV shows… some old, some very old. MoF Considers may not be the most prolific or well-researched assessments of these TV series but contain lots of hot takes, too many spoilers to count, and colorful commentary… all as a matter of fat. Thanks so much to supporters who send a little Fat Cash or wrote us a review in order to have early access to these episodes before their initial release! In this episode, Matter of Fat considers the torrid lives of Manhattan's elite on the CW's 2007-2012 hit show Gossip Girl. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt…st/id1440179404

TV is forever a fave topic on Matter of Fat and is the focus of a silly goofy start to season 5. Cat and Saraya are back to apply their same lens in Matter of Fat to a seemingly random series of TV shows… some old, some very old. MoF Considers may not be the most prolific or well-researched assessments of these TV series but contain lots of hot takes, too many spoilers to count, and colorful commentary… all as a matter of fat. Thanks so much to supporters who send a little Fat Cash or wrote us a review in order to have early access to these episodes before their initial release! In this episode, we get to know three generations of Villanueva women as we consider Jane the Virgin (2014 - 2019) a CW series that mixes a classic telenovela style with American drama. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt…st/id1440179404

TV is forever a fave topic on Matter of Fat and is the focus of a silly goofy start to season 5. Cat and Saraya are back to apply their same lens in Matter of Fat to a seemingly random series of TV shows… some old, some very old. MoF Considers may not be the most prolific or well-researched assessments of these TV series but contain lots of hot takes, too many spoilers to count, and colorful commentary… all as a matter of fat. Thanks so much to supporters who send a little Fat Cash or wrote us a review in order to have early access to these episodes before their initial release! In this episode, Matter of Fat considers a quirky show with loveable characters showing us that opposites can attract and, when they do, hilarious and often heartwarming antics ensue. That's right, we're considering ABC's Dharma and Greg (1997-2002). Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt…st/id1440179404

TV is forever a fave topic on Matter of Fat and is the focus of a silly goofy start to season 5. Cat and Saraya are back to apply their same lens in Matter of Fat to a seemingly random series of TV shows… some old, some very old. MoF Considers may not be the most prolific or well-researched assessments of these TV series but contain lots of hot takes, too many spoilers to count, and colorful commentary… all as a matter of fat. Thanks so much to supporters who send a little Fat Cash or wrote us a review in order to have early access to these episodes before their initial release! In this episode, we finally deliver the profile! After incessant musings about the 15 seasons of Criminal Minds (2005 - 2020), we finally dedicate a whole episode to this FBI crime drama. (Thank you in advance for indulging us!) Content Warning: We discuss serial killers in depth in this episode. If that's not for you, skip this one! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt…st/id1440179404

Another end to another season and, ope, it's a long one! Our co-hosts Cat and Saraya take some time to reflect on 2021 as best they can. They chat about some of the fabulous guests they got to know, favorite topics, and the best things ranging from memes to dirt and discourse. If you enjoy a chatty episode with lots of laughing, then this will be a good one for you. Also, some big podcast news was shared for season 5! Thanks for listening and reading! Visit our website for links to many of the bests we've mentioned here. We'll be less regular on social media for a bit but would still love to see you in our Friends + Fans Facebook Group and on Instagram! Even in the offseason, we'd love and appreciate reviews in apple podcasts, FAT CASH funds, and any/all shoutouts on social media! See you next year. . . or, maybe even a little sooner! ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matter-of-fat-podcast/id1440179404

This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya in conversation with Kim Julin about fatness as a facet of just being, the vibrant fat community in the Twin Cities during the early 2000's, and how being kind is it's own gift. Saraya finally finished “If the Shoe Fits” and the gals encourage everyone to be their own main character, and dig into what is and isn't shapewear and how it feels for bopo to bump up against it. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It's a Fat Dish! The gals were together IRL to see Hasan Minhaj and enjoy a Grand Catch Patio Moment Tee Em! Cat is meh (aren't we all really?) but got to see some guests IRL from this season and had a small and successful surgery. Saraya is feeling out being a new pet owner and successfully rearing Cat's dog nephew. Lots of media and considerations of Rebel Wilson and Adele in the news. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya in conversation with Lauryn Barlow about existing, resting, and healing as revolutionary practices. Lauryn is a phenomenal healer with experience in massage therapy and shares openly about her story as a matter of fat as well as some tips for care and rest. This episode also features our intrepid co-hosts painting a word picture to describe a grind and diet culture venn diagram as well as the yucky fallacy of diets in financial metaphors. They also ask the big question of whether or not MoF is a cult. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It's a Fat Dish! Hear our intrepid cohosts talk about so much and so little at the same time. We've got media recommendations, a question on whether pets face anti-fat bias, a K sister taking over the role of body positive icon, and all the chit chat your wonderful heart could want. All as a matter of fat. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya in conversation with Ben Voas about fat liberation, gender identity, and seeking joy for yourself and others. Of course there's a mention of tumblr (this podcast is hosted by millennials), deep questions about self and what we'd do if we weren't afraid, and then a truly scary topic: the continued reliance on fat suits to represent fat characters in film and television. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;)

This Fat Dish focuses on co-hosts Cat and Saraya diving into their many midwestern, media, and fat opinions. This episode covers everything from shop re-opening projections, a marvelous dinner with the MoF team, taking care of yourself through days off, Saraya's “well-researched car corner”, state fair quandaries, and recommendations for Julie Murphy, Da'Shaun Harrison, and Maintenance Phase (and a few other media suggestions bc of course). Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. We are recognizing Jozie for an incredibly generous Fat Cash contribution! Thank you Jozie ! You can check out resources, shownotes, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features co-hosts Cat and Saraya as they talk about whether or not their wardrobe can truly exemplify their personalities, interview social media star and Cake Plus-Size Resale 2nd in command Paxyshia Yang, and demonstrate some “super sleuthing” skills to break down shady fashion moves and further uplift Saucye West's fat liberation #FightForInclusivity. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This Fat Dish focuses on co-hosts Cat and Saraya diving into their many midwestern, media, and fat opinions. This episode covers everything from the reacting to Minnesota classics with Fischr Media to another wildly long reflection on Criminal Minds to a follow up on how to #FightForInclusivity in plus-size fashion to fat-friendly seating tips and tricks. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. Thanks to HareYoh for their kind words on Apple Podcasts! You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This episode features the rad and wonderful Emilie Robinson! Prior to the interview, Cat and Saraya talk tattoos (or lack thereof in Saraya's case). Then the gals chat with Emily about her story as a matter of fat, what it means to apply inclusionary tactics in a tattoo shop for clients and practitioners, navigating a small business during a pandemic, celebrating successes in community, and weird little rugs. The dirt and discourse dives into the fashion industry's false claims on size inclusivity. The audacity! Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;)

This Fat Dish is hot off the presses and on the record with co-hosts Cat and Saraya diving into their many midwestern, media, and fat opinions. This episode covers everything from the Fargo wood-chipper... to Samantha Bee's piece on the weight loss industry targeting all of us and our post-pandemic bodies... to getting mindful with rest... to how ridiculous the show Dave and Criminal Minds are... to the almost medieval weight loss device unveiled in 2021. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Don't get it twisted, this episode's guest J Aprileo is the farthest thing from disappointing! Apart from learning more about and from J (@comfyfattravels), Cat and Saraya delve into Tumblr's influence on their early fat liberation exploration, and the dirt and discourse talks about some disappointments in fat representation. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ J's Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ComfyFat

This Fat Dish dives into the weather (obvs), Criminal Minds (again), venturing out into the world, twitter scaries, and opinions on the Hulu movie Plan B and the conclusion of Shrill. Thanks for listening and reading! We'd love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It's the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Fat liberation is radical and so is this episode! Co-hosts Cat and Saraya discuss what pushed them to envision a more liberated world, talk with co-founder of Black Visions Kandace Montgomery about her work, and invite you to celebrate the first annual Fat Liberation Month. Thanks for listening and reading! We’d love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes with links to what we discuss in this episode, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website! It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

This Fat Dish dives into criminal minds, asks us to give up body talk as we reintroduce ourselves into social scenarios (shout out to previous guest and friend of the pod Andrea Sanow and her twitter skills), Cat’s incandescent rage on behalf of Demi Lovato, and a budding love for Rutherford Falls on Peacock. Thanks for listening and reading! We’d love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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. Thanks for listening and reading! We’d love to shout out your social media shares and apple podcast reviews or recognize your contributions to FAT CASH in the next episode. You can check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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. Thanks for listening and reading! We’d love a rate or a share on your social media. Like, how is Saraya still surprised that people communicate through social media? Aside from us building an unending cycle of admiration with you,, you can also check out resources, shownotes, podluck information, newsletter sign up, and FAT CASH on our website ! It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com Fat Cash: www.matteroffatpod.com/fatcash Facebook: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ 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!! Thanks for listening and reading! If you’d be so so kind, please rate us where you get your podcasts or share the pod with a friend or loved one. You can also check out resources, show notes, and other episodes on the website. We didn't even mention the beautiful, brand-new website in our accomplishments. Maybe next year! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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! Thanks for engaging with MoF! If you dig what we’re doing, share it with a friend. It’s a great free of contact and free of a price tag gift! You can check us out on social media and through the beautiful website Cat has painstakingly put together. It’s a treat for at least two senses… maybe three? Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ 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! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ 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! Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. Check us out on social media and Find more information about the Super Coat Fund to donate, apply, or share here https://bigfatsuperswap.org. Here's the quick link to their PayPal: http://paypal.me/superswap Annnnnd! Last chance to fill out our fall audience survey! Please head on over by Sunday, Nov 1st! https://mofpod.typeform.com/to/yCKqXPEL Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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! Fall Audience Survey: https://mofpod.typeform.com/to/yCKqXPEL This episode's sponsor, the Rose Academy of Burlesque: https://www.roseacademyofburlesque.com/ Links to everything else you'll need on our website! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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 ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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 Voas, 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/ Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

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, your friends in the podcast business Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani explain how being unapologetically fat has made their lives better. Our co-hosts reflect on how the narrative of being fat as exclusively bad isn’t really based in reality. While we still live in a world full of nasty isms and schisms, the gals share how being fat has positively shaped their lives. Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. Check us out on social media and through a brand new website. If you don’t, Cat will keep making listicles and Saraya can only handle so much! Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Minisode resources can be found on the website - it’s worth a click to see the articles and info gathered.

Matter of Fat brings you 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 confronts the rapidly passing summer, commemorates the co-hosts’ love of “WAP”, celebrates continued learning, teases out the tension in our democracy, and goes deep into Big Brother. Who knew it could all happen in one segment? Ani Janzen is the guest for this episode! MoF has shared Ani’s work through the Radical Health Alliance, the Twin Cities Fat Community, and so much more over the years. It’s the perfect time to hear about her fat liberation experience and how research and facts are secondary to human dignity. Listen, the Dirt and Discourse isn’t the same old same old. Our co-hosts aren’t here to trot out what everyone else is talking about? In fact, they decided to share their hot takes on the Democratic VP candidates, specifically Stacey Abrams. MoF is pro Stacey Abrams and the gals wanted to discuss how fatphobia and misogynoir contribute to the public discourse around her. 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, check out resources that Ani has shared and we’ve compiled, and/or sign up for the newsletter. It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Matter of Fat is serving you 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. That Fat Dish conversation picks up where the last episode’s interview left off. Cat and Saraya talk about modern romance novels, being mindful about genres, how grand the first Podluck went, zoom backgrounds, and their roles with the Twin Cities’ chapter for the New Leaders Council. There are NLC chapters almost everywhere in the US and applications are due early September so check it out! Our co-hosts talk with Alexander Jacques who was an NLC-TC Curriculum Co-Chair with Cat this year. Check out his interview to hear more about his queerness and fatness, his thoughts on education in Minnesota, and what anti-racist work can look like. Also, he shares some joys he’s finding during the pandemic. The gals trot out a good ole standby for the Dirt and Discourse: wear what ya want pandemic edition! No, they’re not saying that masks are optional. Rather, how do we take care of ourselves when our schedules and social lives have adjusted. What does that look like for you? 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 or sign up for the newsletter. It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Matter of Fat is back with a full-length episode serving you 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 been around... uh…. 8 months since the last full episode came out so the Fat Dish is robust. Cat and Saraya started out the episode with an updated version of the segment with a more specific check in about their lives. Any community events will be shared at the end of each episode going forward. In the Fat Dish, the co-hosts acknowledged the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, the importance of police abolition in social change, personal changes over the past 8 months, and the first Podluck taking place the day after release. You’ll be delighted to hear an interview with Kachina Yeager. Kachina shares her story as a Matter of Fat which includes her internship through Cake Plus-Size Resale. She also provides some beautiful insight into the Dakotah language, independent publishing through her fellowship with Milkweed Editions, and some audio/book recommendations that both Cat and Saraya have added to their rotation. In the Dirt and Discourse, our intrepid podcasters wade into the excitement and discomfort around relevant pop and cultural happenings. This time around, there isn’t much excitement but it sure is relevant. Cat and Saraya discuss how unhelpful and downright harmful it is to lament gaining weight in the midst of a worldwide panic. “Riots not diets” makes more sense now than ever before. Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and go to our website to win big at BINGO. While we haven’t actually generated MoF BINGO cards (yet?), we have compiled a great list of organizations to support like Black Visions Collective, Reclaim the Block, the Minnesota Freedom Fund, MPD150, and Women for Political Change. Also, Kachina provided links to her recommendations and we’ll share out her instagram so you can see for yourself the great content she’s created. Alright, now’s the time to mosey on over to the website. It’s the first link below ;) Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

Body positivity is something we all need to practice… right? Well, like most things, it’s a little more complicated than that. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani consider the pros and cons of body positivity with this Matter of Fat 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. This minisode explains how we use BoPo and why it’s just one, imperfect part of larger sustainable change. Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. Check us out on social media and through a brand new website. It’s BEYOND. Beyond what? Idk, check it out and join those in the know. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Find minisode resources on the website - take a moment and deepen your knowledge.

What is fatphobia? You can probably guess but what does it actually look like and where does it come from? Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani break down fatphobia and sizeism in this Matter of Fat 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. This minisode explores what fatphobia looks like today, the devilish roots in Protestantism and the Transatlantic slave trade, and how to acknowledge and work to unlearn such an insidious cultural facet. Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. Check us out on social media and through a brand new website. It’s BEYOND. Beyond what? Idk, check it out and join those in the know. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Minisode resources can be found on the website - it’s worth a click to see the articles and info gathered.

What is fat liberation? Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani explain fat liberation and body acceptance in this Matter of Fat 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. In this minisode, we’re introduced to the history of the US’s fat acceptance movement, compare and contrast the goals of activists 50 years ago with treatment of fat people today, and explain why fat liberation is important. Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate + review. You can check us out on social media and through a brand new website. It’s *chef kiss*. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Minisode resources can be found on the website - it’s worth a click to see the articles and info gathered.

You can have a season 3 teaser, as a treat! Matter of Fat is back, baby! New episodes start on June 3, 2020 with so many amenities like a new website, a newsletter, and some fabulous assistants! What more could you want? Oh, "what about listener survey?", you say out loud to no one in particular. It's okay, there's one of those too! Thanks for engaging with MoF! We’d love a rate and a review. You can check us out on social media and through a brand new website. It’s *chef kiss*. Find us! Website: www.matteroffatpod.com FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/

It’s the last season 2 episode 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. This episode, our hosts reflect on all that happened this season. They check in about fabulous guests, the dirt and discourse of it all, and the bests of 2019. You can check out links below for spoilers or just give it a listen. Check out the deets for the end of season celebration! 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!See you in early 2020 for season 3 of Matter of Fat! Find us! Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/ Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Fat Dish Season 2 Finale Celebration - Dec 1: https://www.facebook.com/events/509093536613623/ Best Of’s on MoF Everyone we interviewed this year: Deeva Rose - https://www.instagram.com/deevarose/ Blaze Bordeaux - https://www.instagram.com/blazebrdx/ Nancy Alyon - https://www.facebook.com/quetalstreeteats/ Sean McPherson - https://twitter.com/twinkiejiggles Erin Sandsmark - http://www.erinsandsmark.com/ Amy Siegel - https://www.instagram.com/maybesiegel/ Angela Callis - https://www.thecourageoustruth.com/ Patrice Anthony - https://www.instagram.com/starcrossedcooks/ Emily Saltzman - https://www.emilyashersaltzman.com/ Ryan Kroening - https://www.instagram.com/ladyk_612/ Sonalee Rashatwar - SonaleeR.com Best Of’s Together Olives - http://nightingalempls.com/ Best Of’s Individually Universal Standard https://www.universalstandard.com Supergoop https://supergoop.com/ Cat’s Media Recs: Books, The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield Thomas, The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory TV: Shrill, Jane the Virgin, Rhythm + Flow, Styling Hollywood, Frasier Podcasts: final season of Gimlet’s Start Up Movies: Booksmart, Think Like a Man, The Long Shot Music: Cat started using Spotify (finally), Old Town Road, Lizzo Saraya’s Media Recs: Book - Indian(-ish) by Priya Krishna TV - Pen15, Atlanta, Succession Podcasts - The Dream, The Adventure Zone Movies: Booksmart Music: Booksmart soundtrack + too much great stuff to name + Lizzo Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Yr Fat Friend https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend @Fat_baaaby https://www.instagram.com/fat_baaaby/ Plus-Size For http://plussizefor.com/ Rad Fat Adventure Camp: https://www.radicalhealthalliance.org/fatcamp

It’s season 2 episode 12 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. This episode is sponsored by Superfit Hero. This woman-owned brand is on a mission to make fitness more inclusive with premium activewear in sizes XS-5XL. Cat and Saraya review their superfits in the Fat Dish! Listeners can use code FAT to save 15% off Superfit Hero’s leggings (with pockets!), shorts, and sports bras. Visit superfithero.com to see their full selection and use our code FAT. First, the Fat Dish! Cat and Saraya remind us about the upcoming fat burlesque show - Take it Off: A Fat Burlesque Revue. The two are excited to share more about the season finale celebration and review superfits from Superfit Hero. Personal dish includes Saraya’s jet setting to NYC, seeing Lindy West IRL, Cat attending PItchfest, and delighting in the TPT Original about Cat and Cake and MoF. This episode’s interview features Sonalee Rashatwar, @thefatsextherapist on social media. Sonalee (she/they) is Philly-based “award-winning clinical social worker, sex therapist, adjunct lecturere, and grassroots organizer” who presented a workshop with Cake this year in the Twin Cities. The Dirt and Discourse reviews the recent Twin Cities Film Festival showing of the documentary A Perfect 14. Cat recounts her takes on the bopo film which covers the state of the plus-size modeling industry. 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: matteroffatpod@gmail.com FB Fans and Friends Group: www.facebook.com/groups/625543661184306/ Sponsor: Superfit Hero www.SuperfitHero.com Use code FAT to save 15%! Fat Dish Take it Off: Fat Burlesque Revue - Nov 23: https://www.cakeplussize.com/events/2019/11/23/take-it-off-fat-burlesque-revue Season 2 Finale Celebration - Dec 1: https://www.facebook.com/events/509093536613623/ Super Coat Fund: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QnmvblzRG/ or https://bit.ly/2Op6Z4T Lindy West’s The Witches are Coming: http://www.lindywest.net/the-witches-are-coming-1 Women for Political Change: https://www.womenforpoliticalchange.org/ Cat’s TPT Original: https://www.tptoriginals.org/one-local-fashionista-wants-you-to-know-fat-is-not-a-bad-word/ Sonalee Rashatwar (she/they) Sonalee’s Personal Website: SonaleeR.com Sonalee’s Business Website: RadicalTherapyCenter.com @TheFatSexTherapist: https://www.instagram.com/thefatsextherapist/ Dirt + Discourse A Perfect 14: http://www.aperfect14.com/

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