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Tubby

Tubby

Written by: Left of Dial Media
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Named one of Apple Podcast's and Amazon Music's BEST PODCASTS OF 2025.



Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt uncomfortable with your body—too chunky, bloated, tubby, or just not yourself? You’re not alone.



Iconoclastic filmmaker, podcaster, and noted curmudgeon Alan Zweig has built a career diving into the messy parts of life—obsession, insecurity, loneliness—and speaking the truths most of us avoid. But there’s one subject he’s wrestled with silently for years: his weight.



Tubby takes an unflinching, funny, and deeply human look at what it means to live in a body that feels too big—or never feels good enough. Each episode, Alan talks with friends, special guests, and occasional experts about weight struggles, body image issues, health, diet culture, self-esteem, and the reality of living fat. Sometimes sad, often hilarious, and always real, it’s a podcast for anyone who wants honest conversations about what it means to feel at home (or not) in your own skin.



"Candid and far reaching" - Hannah J. Davies, The Guardian

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  • Save Some Bitter Herb For The Rest Of Us with Rabbi Minna Bromberg

    Save Some Bitter Herb For The Rest Of Us with Rabbi Minna Bromberg
    Jan 15 2026

    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 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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    39 mins
  • When There's a Will, There's a Way with Angelo Tsarouchas

    When There's a Will, There's a Way with Angelo Tsarouchas
    Jan 1 2026

    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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    29 mins
  • Boxy Body and a Weird Shape

    Boxy Body and a Weird Shape
    Dec 18 2025

    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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    41 mins
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