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Episode 37: Is It Okay to Be Fat?

Episode 37: Is It Okay to Be Fat?

FromTerrifying Questions


Episode 37: Is It Okay to Be Fat?

FromTerrifying Questions

ratings:
Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Dec 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do we owe it to anyone (even ourselves) to be thin? Is being thin always healthier, sexier, better looking, or somehow more praiseworthy? Is it easier to be a great philosopher or to get into heaven if you’re thin? This week Eric and Taylor are joined by philosopher Kate Manne, whose new book examines diet culture and fatphobia. The truth, as it often does, might surprise you. 
Released:
Dec 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a distinguished but humble authority on matters of existence and existentialism, host a philosophy podcast that addresses the most unsettling questions concerning human life and the nature of things and finds a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and far-ranging intellectual philosophical investigation. Along the way they grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.