S1 E6: Destruction w/ Da'Shaun Harrison
Weight For It
ohitsBigRon Studios
4.9 • 987 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
After 5 episodes of pontificating on weight host Ronald Young Jr. starts to truly consider what escaping from our culture of fatphobia looks like. Featuring activist and writer Da’Shaun Harrison.
Special thanks to Jon Breeding, Tracy Cox, and Da’Shaun Harrison
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
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Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
Sound Design and Mixing - The Reverend John Delore of Starlight Diner
Show and Episode Art - Heather Wilder
Theme music - Jey Red
Additional music - Mass Potential, The Artist DT, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Information
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for listening to wait for it. |
| 0:05.1 | Before we start the show today, I wanted to ask for a favor that shouldn't take too much of your time. |
| 0:10.1 | If you're enjoying the show, please rate it five stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave us a good review as well. |
| 0:18.3 | This helps new listeners find the show and helps us to grow the audience. |
| 0:22.0 | We appreciate you so much. So many of you have reached out and shared how the show has |
| 0:26.7 | resonated with you, and I've really enjoyed hearing from you. With that in mind, we're planning |
| 0:31.1 | to do a mailbag episode, which is where we respond to some of your questions and stories |
| 0:35.3 | in an actual episode. So if you have a question |
| 0:37.9 | or want to share some of your experiences with weight, please email us at wait at oh, it's big |
| 0:43.1 | ron.com. Again, that's W-E-I-G-H-G-H-T-T at O-H-I-T-S-B-I-G-R-O-N.com. That email is also in the show notes. |
| 0:56.3 | And with that, let's start the show. |
| 1:03.8 | Weight for it is a show about the way we feel about our bodies. Consequently, each episode may include references to gaining and losing weight, eating disorders, weight loss |
| 1:08.0 | surgery, and weight stigma. If these topics are triggering to you, please take care while listening. |
| 1:13.8 | We have links to support resources for anyone who may need them in our show notes. |
| 1:21.6 | Wait for it. |
| 1:34.3 | You know, the bigger you get, the smaller you feel in some ways. The smaller you feel, the smaller you feel, the smaller you feel. |
| 1:37.3 | You start to feel like invisible. |
| 1:40.3 | Like you just don't count. |
| 1:42.3 | You don't matter. You don't matter. |
| 1:52.6 | You're, like, not a full person participating in the world or not participating fully the way that everybody else is. |
| 1:58.7 | That's the voice of my friend John. |
| 2:02.0 | He used to be fat until he decided to have weight loss surgery. |
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