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Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”

Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”

FromMaintenance Phase


Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”

FromMaintenance Phase

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do you have weird feelings about Oprah? So do we, and so does our guest! Kimberly Springer, co-editor of "Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture," joins us to talk about the rise of Oprah Winfrey and her infamous "wagon of fat" weight loss episode.Buy Kimberly's books:Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American CultureLiving for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980Support us: Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase shirts, stickers and moreClips!Oprah Winfrey Rolls Out A Wagon Of Fat  (Buzzfeed)How Oprah's Weight Affected Her Relationship with Stedman (Oprah)MadTv - Oprah - Fat Cam (Mad TV)Links!The Importance of Being Oprah (New York Times Magazine)Oprah's 'Fattest' Mistake (CBS News)5 awesome objects from the new Oprah exhibit (Washington Post)Oprah's biggest on-air mistake? The wagon of fat (Today)Diet That Made Oprah Winfrey Slim Demands Discipline, Specialists Say (New York Times)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase)
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.