Feb 26, 202635 min
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About this Podcast:
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
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What is Tubby about?
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.
What has Tubby covered recently?
Recent episodes include "It Was You, Me, and The Weight: A Conversation with Alan's Ex" (26 February 2026, 35 minutes), "The Mortality Issue with David Page" (12 February 2026, 39 minutes), and "Alan's powerful new film "Love, Harold" is now streaming" (6 February 2026, 7 minutes).
How often does Tubby publish?
Tubby publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 16 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Tubby?
Booking probability for Tubby is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tubby requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tubby's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
Tubby is a society podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Feb 12, 202639 minWhat 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...
Feb 6, 20267 minAlan wishes that he could tell people his latest film "Love, Harold" is about something happy - but it's not. As with much of his work, including Tubby, the film deals openly and honestly with something many experience...
Feb 5, 202642 minJust because Tubby is between seasons, doesn't mean you're going to have to live without your regular dose of Alan. He has another podcast to tide you over while you wait for season two and it's the worst. Most...
Jan 29, 202637 minAlan 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...
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Jan 15, 202639 minNew 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...
Jan 1, 202629 minOver 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...
Dec 18, 202541 minAlan 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...
Dec 4, 202542 minJessamyn just wants Alan to be happy, but, knowing he's an Aquarius, she thinks it will be challenging. In a wide ranging conversation, they discuss how the modern health and wellness industry has been co-opted by diet...
Nov 20, 202537 minTom is a sweet guy with a nice smile. Alan read Tom's staggeringly honest essay My Big Fat Obese Story and was moved by his story. Tom joins Alan to discuss how the past informs the person you become, how...
Nov 6, 202545 minAlan gets into it with the host of the Award Winning podcast Weight for It, Ronald Young Jr.. They talk about why seeing people you haven't seen in a long time is the worst, debate the "we did this to ourselves"...
Oct 23, 202539 minKimberly Dark is much more comfortable being fat than Alan is. The author of Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old helps Alan get used to using the word fat, discusses how horrific it is to be a fat girl in our culture...
Oct 9, 202528 minAlan became friends with Jeremy on Facebook where they bonded over their individual struggles with weight. In their first face to face meeting, they pull no punches, talking candidly about the need for human...
Sep 25, 202530 minIn the debut episode of Tubby, Alan finds a kindred spirit in podcaster Alex Goldman (Hyperfixed, Reply All). They share their experience with self-loathing, rationalizing away exercise, dating as a fat guy, and...
Sep 25, 202543 minAlan invites Shane O'Neill, the writer of The Washington Post's Style Memo , to find out whether or not it's possible to be fat and stylish? They discuss suffering for beauty, shopping with your mother, and...
Sep 17, 20252 minBeing fat has been the great challenge of Alan's life. He's spent decades hiding from it. He's not hiding from it any more. Tubby premieres Thursday, September 25. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Aug 7, 20252 minWhat should we call the show? The first episode of Tubby premieres Thursday, September 25, 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Recent guests
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David Page
creator of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, host of Culinary Characters Unlocked, author of Food Americana, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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Colin Mochrie
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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Kattie Laur
podcast producer, writer and consultant, Pod the North
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Jessamyn Stanley
yoga teacher and author of Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, Dear Jessamyn, Yoke, The Underbelly
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