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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, FIT NATION: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Julie Chavez interviews leading political historian, fitness instructor, and author Natalia Mehlman Petrzela about Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession, a well-researched history of exercise in America that traces how the definition of health has changed over time. The two discuss activism, fitness as a product, and the destructive dynamics around women and exercise, as well as the role of exercise in their own lives. Finally, Natalia shares her vision for the future of exercise, which includes improved accessibility to fitness for all.


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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

0:06.7

This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.

0:14.9

I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.

0:21.9

Our books are already out now.

0:23.5

You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.

0:25.6

And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle

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features.

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That's at Zibbymag.com.

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We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.

0:35.4

And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop

0:40.3

at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of

0:47.9

our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.

0:56.5

And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Natalia Petzella is the author of FitNation, the gains and

1:07.2

pains of America's exercise obsession. This-hosted by Julie Chavez,

1:12.3

who is the podcast host of Zivie Audio Show, Ask a Librarian, and the author of an upcoming

1:17.5

Zivie books title. Natalia Melman Petstrella is a historian of contemporary American politics

1:23.9

and culture. She is the author of Classroom Wars, Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern

1:28.2

Political Culture, and Fit Nation, which I just discussed. She is co-producer and host of the

1:33.0

Acclaim Podcasts, Welcome to Your Fantasy from Pineapple Street Studios, Gimlet, and the co-host of

1:38.1

Past, Present Podcast. She's a columnist of The Observer, and a frequent media guest expert,

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public speaker, and contributor to outlets,

1:46.0

including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and The Atlantic.

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