Tubby

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What happens to a marriage when one partner is obsessed with their weight — and the other isn’t?

Alan’s ex-wife Julie is worried about him. He thinks that making Tubby is allowing him to confront and come to terms with his fatness. She disagrees and thinks that the podcast is intensifying his fixation with his weight and making him miserable.

In the season one finale of Tubby, Alan sits down with his ex for an intimate, unfiltered conversation about body image, fatness, and the quiet ways weight obsession can shape a relationship. Over coffee, they revisit a marriage lived without mirrors, a honeymoon nearly derailed by body anxiety, the unexpected reason hugging became complicated, and the painful question: did Alan’s obsession with his body help end their marriage?

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Alan powerful new documentary Love, Harold premieres on streaming April 13. In Canada: Streaming free on NFB.ca and the NFB Films App. Internationally: Buy or rent on Prime Video or Apple TV (US, UK, Australia, Belgium, France, New Zealand) In Ontario? Join Alan at select advanced live screenings in Toronto and Hamilton March 29 & 30. Details & tickets

Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (@alan.robert.irwin) and produced by Kevin Sexton (@soundofsexton). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (@alanpaulblack). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (brettlamb.com). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (@zweig_michael). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
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We're approaching the end of the first season. With only one more episode to come, we are thinking a lot about the future of the show and whether or not we can keep making it.

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The season finale drops February 26th.
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What do you do when you love food but if you keep eating the way you've been eating, you're going to die? David Page, the creator of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and host of Culinary Characters Unlocked joins Alan to talk about compulsive eating, how society treats fat people like assholes, and feeling guilty about your calorie count while trying to enjoy a world class meal. They ask whether or not Ozempic takes away the desire to eat emotionally and if the pleasure you get from food can be more rewarding than the satisfaction you get from losing weight.

We want to keep making the show for you, but we can't do it without your help. Please consider joining Tubby 3XL at https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/. Not only will you help ensure we can start working on a second season, but you'll get all episodes ad-free, exclusive special episodes, rants, and musings, access to the new Tubby subscribers forum and community, and the 1st 200 subscribers will get exclusive access to Alan's unreleased show "I'm Alan, and I'm Obese".

We want to hear from you. Share your story, your thoughts on tubbiness, or let us know what you thought about this episode. Send us an email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby.

Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (@alan.robert.irwin) and produced by Kevin Sexton (@soundofsexton). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (@alanpaulblack). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (brettlamb.com). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (@zweig_michael). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
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Alan met artist Casey McGlynn when he interviewed him for his latest film "Love, Harold". The two discuss how Casey bullied his way to self acceptance, the moment Alan decided to make a change, having private confidence while being insecure in public, feeling like Tom Cruise when you lose 50 pounds, and how fat people are invisible to the world.

We want to keep making the show for you, but we can't do it without your help. Please consider joining Tubby 3XL at https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/. Not only will you help ensure we can start working on a second season, but you'll get all episodes ad-free, exclusive special episodes, rants, and musings, access to the new Tubby subscribers forum and community, and the 1st 200 subscribers will get exclusive access to Alan's unreleased show "I'm Alan, and I'm Obese".

To check out Casey's work, head to https://caseymcglynn.com/ or follow him on Instagram where you can see his latest painting "Overweight Celebrities that Have Influenced My Live Vol. 2"

Presented by the National Film Board of Canada, Alan's latest film, Love, Harold will be available to stream as of April 13 for free on NFB.ca and the NFB films app in Canada and internationally on digital VOD (Amazon and Apple).

We want to hear from you. Share your story, your thoughts on tubbiness, or let us know what you thought about this episode. Send us an email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby.

Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (@alan.robert.irwin) and produced by Kevin Sexton (@soundofsexton). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (@alanpaulblack). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (brettlamb.com). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (@zweig_michael). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
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New Year, same Alan! Rabbi Minna Bromberg calls in from Jerusalem to talk about the bible's attitude towards fatness, what it means to live in a society that values fat people less, shaming at the holiday table, and whether or not good health is a sign of moral virtue.

Rabbi Minna Bromberg is the founder of Fat Torah. Her new book Every Body Beloved courtesy of Wayne State University Press is available now. https://bookshop.org/lists/every-body-beloved

We want to keep making the show for you, but we can't do it without your help. Please consider joining Tubby 3XL at https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/. Not only will you help ensure we can start working on a second season, but you'll get all episodes ad-free, exclusive special episodes, rants, and musings, access to the new Tubby subscribers forum and community, and the 1st 200 subscribers will get exclusive access to Alan's unreleased show "I'm Alan, and I'm Obese".

We want to hear from you. Share your story, your thoughts on tubbiness, or let us know what you thought about this episode. Send us an email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby.

Subscribe to Tubby on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@TubbyPodcast.

Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (@alan.robert.irwin) and produced by Kevin Sexton (@soundofsexton). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (@alanpaulblack). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (brettlamb.com). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (@zweig_michael). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
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