Tubby
Tubby

Tubby

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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.Support Tubby and help Alan and the team make season two by subscribing to Tubby 3XL at https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/. Not only will you help ensure we can make more episodes, 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". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recent Episodes

The Mortality Issue with David Page
FEB 12, 2026
The Mortality Issue with David Page
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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Yo-Yo People with artist Casey McGlynn
JAN 29, 2026
The Yo-Yo People with artist Casey McGlynn
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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Save Some Bitter Herb For The Rest Of Us with Rabbi Minna Bromberg
JAN 15, 2026
Save Some Bitter Herb For The Rest Of Us with Rabbi Minna Bromberg
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-belovedWe 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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When There's a Will, There's a Way with Angelo Tsarouchas
JAN 1, 2026
When There's a Will, There's a Way with Angelo Tsarouchas
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 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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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29 MIN