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

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Over the years there have been a lot of funny fat people. Does their fatness make them funny? Does losing weight make them less funny? Has the obesity epidemic made America funnier? Alan invites standup comedian Angelo Tsarouchas to mull over these questions and others. What's the deal with rice and potatoes on the same plate at all Greek restaurants? Where do you get a tuxedo when you are 410 pounds? Is a TOPS meeting a good place to meet women?

You can find Angelo's upcoming tour dates at tsarouchas.com or check him out on instagram or youtube.

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 tubby@leftofdialmedia.com 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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Alan was surprised to learn that his friend and podcast co-host Kattie considers herself a tubby person and thinks about her body every waking hour of the day. They commiserate about the agony of taking group photos with hot friends and the curse of thick thighs and big arms, and together they try to solve the common problem of wearing through jeans due to thigh chafe.

Kattie Laur is the co-host of Alan's other show (not about tubbiness) The Worst Podcast, host of Canardian, and the writer of the Pod The North newsletter.

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 tubby@leftofdialmedia.com 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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