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SIO112: Fat-Shaming Trump or Hypocrisy-Shaming? plus Listener Voicemails!

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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***For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit HelloFresh.com and enter seriouspod30! Today's episode begins with some thoughts on what can be a moral blindspot when it comes to fat shaming and looks shaming Trump. Is there a way to hit all the criticism we want to while not unnecessarily insulting and offending innocent bystanders? I think so, and I outline my case. Then I go through several listener voicemails! They cover a range of recent topics from reparations to Sam Harris. Athletes with Trump's Weight and Height; The Case for Reparations Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point! Support the show at seriouspod.com/support! Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh for $30 off your first week of Hello Fresh.

0:05.8

Visit hello fresh.com and enter promo code serious pod 30.

0:44.7

You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and welcome to serious inquiries only this is episode 112 I'm your host Thomas Smith

0:50.8

all right couple things to mention before we get to the bulk of today's show first up

0:55.8

Monday show I have scheduled right now a recording of people on kind of opposite sides of the Aziz and sorry thing. I'm very interested to have this

1:01.7

conversation because I have seen frankly very intelligent

1:05.9

feminists come out on either side of this. It really seems to be a divisive thing. I think that more conversation is important rather

1:14.9

than less. I think that the more we can try to get on the same page, the more we're

1:20.5

going to effectively learn the lessons of me too and we're going to be able to apply them in a way that makes sense for everybody and it's not going to be too far one direction or the other. So I'm really looking forward to trying to find a

1:35.0

sensible set of lessons we can learn from the Aziz and sorry article.

1:40.3

So that's what's up Monday today I'm going to be taking your calls, your

1:44.4

voicemail's got some great ones to talk about some of my favorite episodes or

1:48.6

voicemail episodes. I hope you enjoy them as well. First I want to talk

1:51.8

about something though just to lead off. I pose the

1:55.2

question on my Twitter essentially talking about Trump and Fat slash Looks Shaming.

2:01.8

It came up for me because I'm sure you've heard by now but his

2:05.5

doctor issued another one of these really ridiculous reports where he's a

2:10.3

picture of health he's everything that is man.

2:14.0

Now there were some negatives.

2:15.6

He said he was 10, 15 pounds overweight and needs to eat better,

2:19.5

but they reported his height and weight

2:21.7

and it's frankly completely unbelievable.

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