Matter of Fat Podcast

Matter of Fat Podcast

Matter of Fat, co-hosted by Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani, highlights community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, & fat liberation. We hear guests' stories, chat social justice, popular culture, & Midwest life - all as a matter of fat. Find us at @matteroffatpod.

Episodes

Season 5 Finale: The Bests and Lasts

November 16, 2022 • 105 mins
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.co...
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MoF Assistants, Community, and Dishing Dirt + Discourse

November 2, 2022 • 74 mins
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 l...
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Alejandra Hernández Chávez, Identity Exploration, and It's All Connected

October 19, 2022 • 60 mins
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 informati...
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Fat Dish: Moving, Fall, and Fat Bias

October 5, 2022 • 58 mins
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 t...
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Casey Snow, Glorious Food, and a D+D Revisit

September 21, 2022 • 79 mins
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 podca...
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Fat Dish: Fair Memories, Corn Friends, and Medical Anti-Fat Bias

August 31, 2022 • 51 mins
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 r...
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Minisodes Revisited

August 17, 2022 • 68 mins
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 ov...
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Fat Dish: Swan Boats, Fat Folks, and Self-Loving your Way out of Anti-Fat Bias

August 3, 2022 • 60 mins
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...
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Summer Michaud-Skog, Outside Outside, + Safety Struggles

July 20, 2022 • 83 mins
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. T...
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Fat Dish: Last, First Fat Dish

July 6, 2022 • 85 mins
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. Ta...
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MoF Considers: Frasier

June 29, 2022 • 79 mins
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. ...
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MoF Considers: Gossip Girl

June 22, 2022 • 65 mins
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. ...
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MoF Considers: Jane the Virgin

June 15, 2022 • 75 mins
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. ...
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MoF Considers: Dharma and Greg

June 8, 2022 • 42 mins
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. ...
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MoF Considers: Criminal Minds

June 1, 2022 • 107 mins
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. ...
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Season 4 Finale: The Bests

November 24, 2021 • 116 mins
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 f...
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Kim Julin, Main Characters, + Shapewear Struggles

November 13, 2021 • 68 mins
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 ...
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Fat Dish: The Meh of it All, Fat Fame, + Vote No Yes Yes!

October 27, 2021 • 63 mins
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 l...
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Lauryn Barlow, Financial “Fitness”, + an Insidious Venn Diagram

October 13, 2021 • 63 mins
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...
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Fat Dish: Out in the World, Anti-Fat Pet Bias, + Get Ur Flu Shot

September 29, 2021 • 53 mins
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...
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