Fat Friendly Nonfiction
Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society
Fat Poets Speak 2: Living and Loving Fatly
Fat Poets Speak 3: FatDance Flying
edited by Frannie Zellman
Talking Fat: Health vs. Persuasion in the War on Our Bodies
and
Acceptable Prejudice? Fat, Rhetoric & Social Justice
by Lonie McMichael, Ph.D.
Taking Up Space: How Eating Well and Exercising Regularly Changed My Life
by Pattie Thomas, Ph.D. with Carl Wilkerson, M.B.A.
10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)
by Pat Ballard
Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature & Inner Growth
by Ellen Frankel
Fat Friendly Fiction
If We Were Snowflakes
by Barbara D’Souza
Fatropolis
by Tracey L. Thompson
FatLand: A Novel
and
FatLand: The Early Days
by Frannie Zellman
Josephine Fuller Mysteries:
Larger Than Death (Book 1)
Large Target (Book 2)
At Large (Book 3)
A Ton of Trouble (Book 4)
by Lynne Murray
The Falstaff Vampire Files
and
Bride of the Living Dead
by Lynne Murray
The Embers Series:
Fallen Embers (Book 1)
and
Blowing Embers (Book 2)
by Lauri J Owen
Measure By Measure
by Rebecca Fox & William Sherman
The Program
and
The Fat Lady Sings
by Charlie Lovett
Fat Friendly Romance
Once Upon Another Time | Adam & Evelyn | ASAP Nanny | Dangerous Love | The Best Man | Abigail’s Revenge | A Worthy Heir | His Brother’s Child | Nobody’s Perfect | Wanted: One Groom | Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories
by Pat Ballard
Kiss Me, Nate!
and
At Long Last, Love: A Collection
by Judy Bagshaw
The Giving Season
by Rebecca Brock
FREE PDF DOWNLOADS
12 Tips for Fighting Fat Stigma
by Pattie Thomas, Ph.D. & Veronica Cook-Euell, M.A, P.H.R.
Q & A on Size Diversity
by Miriam Berg
Super Duper Incontrovertibly Incredible & Unrelentingly Exciting Fat Acceptance Multiple Choice Test with Fat Definitions & excerpts from FatLand & Fat Poets Speak
by Frannie Zellman
The Queen of Rubenesque Romances’ Body Love Package
Peace Treaty with My Body in the War on Obesity
by Pat Ballard
FREE AUDIO DOWNLOADS
MP3 recordings of Pearlsong Conversations between
publisher Peggy Elam, Ph.D. and Pearlsong authors & fans.
Making Literary History through Size Diversity & Fat Activism featuring feminist literary historian Susan Koppelman (June 12, 2011)
Body & Age Diversity in Literature with Lynne Murray, Leslie Moïse, Linda C. Wisniewski, Pat Ballard, Karen Blomain & Tracey L. Thompson
(May 15, 2011)
Creating & Publishing Fat Friendly Fiction (Part 1) featuring Ellen Frankel, Charlie Lovett, Lynne Murray, Frannie Zellman, Rebecca Fox & William Sherman (July 8, 2009)
Creating & Publishing Fat Friendly Fiction (Part 2) featuring Pat Ballard, Ellen Frankel, Charlie Lovett, Lynne Murray, Frannie Zellman, Rebecca Fox & William Sherman (August 12, 2009)
Talking Fat—Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. discusses health vs. persuasion in the war on our bodies (September 9, 2012)
Conversation with Frannie Zellman, author of FatLand, on whether we need a FatLand & why we need fat fiction and fat poetry (January 14, 2009)
Body Gratitude—Pat Ballard, Lynne Murray & other authors (November 20, 2011)
Conversation with Tracey L. Thompson, author of Fatropolis
(November 11, 2012)
Conversation with Pat Ballard, Queen of Rubenesque Romances & author of 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are) (February 11, 2009)
Lynne Murray talks about The Falstaff Vampire Files & other works (October 16, 2011) | Bride of the Living Dead (June 9, 2010)
Lauri J Owen & the paranormal romance saga The Embers Series (September 18, 2011) | Fallen Embers (September 12, 2010)
Charlie Lovett talks about his young adult novel The Fat Lady Sings & other works (July 17, 2011) | Suspense novel The Program (April 8, 2009)
Ellen Frankel talks about her novel Syd Arthur (April 10, 2011)
Rebecca Brock talks about The Giving Season (November 12, 2009)
Conversation with Frannie Zellman & Lesleigh J. Owen [author of FatLand (Zellman) & editor (Zellman) & co-authors (Zellman, Owen)of Fat Poets Speak] (October 14, 2009)
Conversation with the Fat Poets’ Society (May 13, 2009)
Conversation with Judy Bagshaw, author of At Long Last, Love (September 9, 2009)
Conversation with Rebecca Fox & William Sherman, authors of Measure By Measure (June 10, 2009)
2008-2011 Health At Every Size Radio Show Archives
Audio recordings of the Health At Every Size radio show
with Dr. Peggy Elam & Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances
October 10, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.” Music includes “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Iz), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons), “The Flame” (Beth Neilsen Chapman) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
September 26, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “TV Talk & More Salvos in the War on Fat People.” Music includes “The Boob Fairy” (Deirdre Flint) “Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style” (Candye Kane), “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr) & “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai).
September 19, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Healthy Hearts & Vessels in Fat Bodies.” Music includes “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster) & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
September 12, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tales.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel) & “Introduction to Belly Dancing” (Deirdre Flint).
August 29, 2011 show: “Effects of Early Malnutrition on Later Life Health.” Music includes “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell), “300 Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf), “Mister Five by Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “Fit, Fat & Fine (Candye Kane), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys) & “Hottie” (Jana Stansfield).
August 22, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Follow the Money.” Music includes “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan) & “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers).
August 15, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “What Not to Do to Your Child — or Yourself.” Music includes “Baby Got Back” (Jonathan Coulton) & “Big, Beautiful & Sexy” (Casey Donovan).
August 8, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “A Long Happy Life & America the Beautiful 2”. Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “More to Love” (Robin Mink).
July 25, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “More Collateral Damage in the War on Obesity.” Music includes “You’re the One for Me, Fatty” (Morrissey), “The Fear” (Lily Allen) & “You Need a Great Big Woman” (Candye Kane).
July 18, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Kidnapping Fat Children in the Name of Health?” Music includes “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills) & “When I Was A Child” (Suchi Waters Benjamin).
July 11, 2011 show: “Impossible Ideals.” Music includes “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), Mr. Five by Five (Ella Mae Morse), 300 Pounds of Joy (Howlin’ Wolf), I Like ’em Fat Like That (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “I Like A Whole Lotta Woman” (Josh Max’s Outfit) & “Well-Rounded Woman” (Kent Blazy).
June 20, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Collateral Damage in the War on Obesity.” Music includes “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan).
June 13, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Tennessee’s War on Fat Kids.” Music includes “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg) & “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots).
May 23, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Dangerous Love & Headless Fatties.” Music includes “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke).
May 16, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Arkansas Update & Food Fat Facts.” Music includes “Fat Meat is Good Meat” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential).
May 9, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “More Fat Facts!” Music includes “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys).
May 2, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Tornadoes, Bin Laden, & the F-Word.” Music includes “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakiwiwo’ole ) & “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin).
April 25, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fat Facts.” Music includes “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis).
April 18, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “School Lunches, Homegrown Tomatoes, & Body Profiling” Music includes “Homegrown Tomatoes” (Guy Clark), “Fat Women in Trailers” (Doyle & Debbie), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills) & “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway).
April 11, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Missing the Mark in Moral Panics About Weight.” Music includes “Fat-Bottomed Girls” (Queen).
April 4, 2011 show: “Which of These Things is Not Like the Others?” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “The Flame” (Beth Neilsen Chapman), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
March 28, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Ditch the 3Ds: Dieting, Drive for Thinness, & Body Dissatisfaction.” Music includes “Dorothy & Eve” (Cosy Sheridan).
March 21, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Spring! The Farm & Garden Episode.” Music includes “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
March 14, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Survival.” Music includes “Locust Years” (Kate Campbell).
March 7, 2011 show: “More Music.” Music includes “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Big Red Caboose” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Large Women” (Christie Hardwick Vianson), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Large & Lovely” (Crystal Senter Brown), “I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Well-Rounded Woman” (Kent Blazy), “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers) & “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots).
February 28, 2011 show: “For the Boys.” Music includes “Meat on their Bones” (Kristie Agee), “Mister Five By Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “Gitchua Fatboy” (FatBoy), “The Fat Man” (Fats Domino), 300 Pounds of Joy & “Built for Comfort” (Howlin’ Wolf), “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai), “Fat Boy Rag” & “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin), & “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakiwiwo’ole).
February 21, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “News You Can Use.” Music includes “More to Love” (Robin Mink).
January 31, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Journalistic Judo.” Music includes “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
January 24, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Casualties of the War on Obesity.” Music includes “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills) & “Mister Five By Five” (Ella Mae Morse).
January 17, 2011 show: “The Revolution Continues.” Music includes “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Freedom Now” (Sweet Honey in the Rock), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster) & “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell).
January 3, 2011 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “New Year’s Revolution.” Music includes “If I Had No Fear” (Jana Stanfield), “Revolution Earth” (B-52s) & “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin).
December 20, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Happy Holidays.” Music includes “Santa Was A Fatboy 2” (Fatboy), “The Flame” (Beth Neilsen Chapman) & “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons).
December 6, 2010 show: “Follow the Money.” Music includes “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “300 Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf) & “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell).
November 15, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Medical Research.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
November 8, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Eating & Weight.” Music includes “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Fat-Bottomed Girls” (Queen) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
November 1, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Kiss This!” Music includes “Please Don’t Miss Me” (Suchi Waters Benajmin) in honor of All Souls’ Day, “Passionate Kisses” (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) & “You Need A Great Big Woman” (Candye Kane).
October 25, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Relative Health.” Music includes “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane) & “300 Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf).
October 18, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Start A Revolution — Love Your Body!” Music includes “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Revolution” (B-52s), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Unconditional Love” (Tom Benjamin) & “U R Loved” (Victoria Williams).
September 13, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Dedicated to Judy Freespirit.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Change” (Tracy Chapman), “Freedom Now” (Sweet Honey in the Rock), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
August 30, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fat Politics, Abundia Retreat, & Fat TV.” Music includes “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (IZ) & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
August 23, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Huge Misconceptions & Guidelines for Therapists.” Music includes “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys).
August 16, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Mixed Messages.” Further discussion of the TV show HUGE, in comparison to Drop Dead Diva. Music includes “Dorothy & Eve” (Cosy Sheridan).
August 9, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Bariatric Medicine, Weight Stigma, & Huge Hopes Endangered.” Discussion of: concerns and whistle-blowing about bariatric surgery; weight stigma and its effect upon health; and The Doughnut Scene in last week’s episode of HUGE.
August 2, 2010 show: “Medicalization.” Discussion of research on weight management failing to meet the standards of evidence-based medicine, the cost of medicalizing “normal” conditions and problems, and “normality as an endangered species.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai) & “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr).
July 19, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “BMI, Health & Medical Prejudice.” Music includes “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin).
July 12, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Prescription for Problems.” Music includes “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell) & “Happy Childhood” (Marshall Chapman).
July 5, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Huge Hopes.” Music includes “Beautiful” (Spirit Foundry).
June 28, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Bathing Suits & Loving Your Body.” Music includes “All Alone with a Bathing Suit” (Cosy Sheridan), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg) & “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
June 21, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Summertime Fun.” Music includes “Fat Bottomed Girls” & “Somebody to Love” (Queen) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
June 7, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Divas.” Music includes “Diva with a Fever” (Josh Max’s Outfit) & “Hottie” (Jana Stanfield).
May 24, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Grabbag.” Music includes “The Locust Years” & “Lanterns on the Levee” (Kate Campbell).
May 17, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “The War on Fat Kids.” Music includes “Dark Night of the Soul” (Kate Campbell).
April 26, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Plane Travel & Seat Size.” Music includes “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
April 19, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fat Hatred, Fearmongering & Diseasemongering.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “If I Had No Fear” (Jana Stanfield). [Note: There is a 30-second period of “dead air” at the beginning of the recording due to a microphone not working. After the theme song (“Freedom” by Suchi Waters Benjamin) plays, the show proceeds as usual via another microphone.]
April 12, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Body Size Calculus.” Music includes “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr) & “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke).
April 5, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Honoring National Poetry Month.” Music includes “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
March 29, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Peace Treaty with Your Body.” Music includes “Be At Peace” (Suchi Waters Benjamin) & “Hottie” (Jana Stanfield).
March 22, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Music!” Includes “Peel Me a Grape” (Anita O’Day), “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway), “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McClintock), “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Dinner At Aunt Stella’s” (Les Kerr), “Chicken Cordon Bleus” (Steve Goodman), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “So Round So Firm So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Unconditional Love” (Tom Benjamin), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), & “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch).
March 8, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Hungry Children & the ‘War on Obesity.'” Music includes “Empty Bowl” (Suchi Waters Benjamin) & “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway).
March 1, 2010 show: “Health Care Lobbying & Medication Misleading.” Music includes “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
February 22, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fearlessness.” What would YOU do this year if you had no fear? Music includes “If I Had No Fear” (Jana Stanfield).
February 8, 2010 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “We’re Back!” Live show returns with discussion of host Peggy Elam‘s recent surgery and how encounters with weight-focused health professionals may have delayed appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
December 21, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Speaking Up About Fat Prejudice.” Music includes “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
December 14, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Call for Peace in the “War on Obesity.” Music includes “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Hottie” (Jana Stanfield).
December 7, 2009 show: “Fat Acceptance Skit & Chat” with Frannie Zellman & Lesleigh J. Owens.
November 30, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Peace, Love, Gratitude, Forgiving & Charming.” Music includes “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway) & “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin).
November 16, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Making Peace with Your Body.” Music includes “Unconditional Love” (Tom Benjamin) & “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” (IZ).
November 9, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fox News & BodyTalk.” Music includes “Barbie” (Cosy Sheridan).
November 2, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Changes, Chitchat, & Crazymaking News.” Music includes “Hottie” (Jana Stanfield). [Note: WRFN’s frequency has changed to 107.1 lpfm.]
October 19, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Celebrate Love Your Body Day.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Beautiful” (Spirit Foundry) & “Unconditional Love” (Tom Benjamin).
October 12, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Good News on the Fat Front.” Music includes “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan).
October 5, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fat Facts.” Music includes “Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style” (Kristie Agee) & “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika).
September 28, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Writing & Health.” Music includes “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke).
September 21, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Stop to Hear the Music.” Music includes “Fat Bottom Girls” (Queen) and “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
September 14, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Fat on TV & in the News” Music includes “More to Love” (Robin Mink), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
September 7, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Have Your Cake & Enjoy It, Too.” Music includes “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway) and “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day).
August 31, 2009 show with co-host Pat Ballard: “Obesity” research, diseasemongering, fearmongering, & size discrimination.
August 24, 2009 show with Pat Ballard, Queen of Rubenesque Romances, as guest: “Drop Dead Diva.”
August 10, 2008 show with a food-positive theme features “Jesus & Tomatoes” (Kate Campbell), “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway), “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day), “Homegrown Tomatoes” & “Texas Cookin'” (Guy Clark), “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McLintock), “Beans & Cornbread,” “Boogie-Woogie Blue Plate” & “Hungry Man” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (Jimmy Buffett), “Chicken Cordon Bleus” & “The Vegetable Song (The Barnyard Dance)” (Steve Goodman) & “Shortnin’ Bread Rock” (The Collins Kids).
August 3, 2009 show critiquing “obesity cost” calculations in the news. Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “More to Love” (Robin Mink) & “Homegrown Tomatoes” (Guy Clark).
July 13, 2009 show on the CDC’s new discriminatory weight-focused workplace initiative & NPR Weekend Edition’s “Top 10 Reasons Why the BMI is Bogus.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness).
July 7, 2009 show with an independence/freedom theme. Music includes “I Want to Break Free” (Queen), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Freedom Now” (Sweet Honey in the Rock), “A Change is Gonna Come” (Aretha Franklin), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Free At Last” (Jackie Day), “For Free” (Joni Mitchell), “When I Was A Child” (Suchi Waters Benjamin) &”Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell).
June 30, 2009 show providing music to love & move your body by, as well as two poems by Mary Oliver (“Wild Geese” & “The Journey”). Music includes “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Big Red Caboose” (Kristie Agee), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Louis Jordan) & “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin).
June 22, 2009 show providing the soundtrack for a mind-body-spirit liberation workout, featuring “Freedom” (Suchi Waters Benjamin), “The Voice” (Eimear Quinn), Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Big Boned Gal” (kd lang), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “I Dance” (Spirit Foundry) & “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell).
June 8, 2008 show featuring Pattie Thomas, Ph.D. reading excerpts from her book Taking Up Space. Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style” (Kristie Agee) & “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika).
June 1, 2009 show featuring guest Pat Ballard, author of fat-positive romance novels and the inspirational nonfiction book 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are). Music includes “I Want to Break Free” (Queen) & “A-Hugging and A-Chalkin'” (Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band).
May 25, 2009 show featuring a conversation with Fat Poets Society authors Kathy Barron, Anne S. Kaplan, Corinna Makris, Lesleigh J. Owen & Frannie Zellman, authors of Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society.
May 18, 2009 show featuring fat & happy music: “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “You Need A Great Big Woman” (Candye Kane), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy” & “Built for Comfort” (Howlin’ Wolf), “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Meat On Their Bones” (Kristie Agee with Big Potential), “Mister Five By Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai) & “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr).
May 11, 2009 show featuring homegrown tomatoes & veggies. Music includes “Homegrown Tomatoes” (Guy Clark), “Jesus & Tomatoes” (Kate Campbell), “The Vegetable Song (The Barnyard Dance)” (Steve Goodman), Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), & “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika).
May 4, 2009 show featuring International No Diet Day & selections from the new book Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society. Music includes “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin) & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
April 6, 2009 show celebrating National Poetry Month with fat-positive poetry. Music includes “I Dance” (Spirit Foundry), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster) & “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell).
March 9, 2009 show featuring January 1998 New England Journal of Medicine editorial advising against weight loss pursuits. Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “You Need A Great Big Woman” (Candye Kane), “Large Women” (Christie Hardwick Vianson), “Fat Gal” (Johnny Bond), “I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis) & “Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential).
Feb. 23, 2009 show highlighting Eating Disorder Awareness week, with guest Shelli Yoder, Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee.
Feb. 9, 2009 show celebrating movement & featuring “Big Boned Gal” (kd Lang & the Reclines), “I Dance” (Spirit Foundry), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Revolution Earth” (The B-52s), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
Feb. 2, 2009 show featuring “Built for Freedom” (Abby Burke), “Built for Comfort” (Howlin’ Wolf), “Fat Gal” (Johnny Bond), “So Round, So Firm So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Huggin’ & A-Chalkin'” (Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band), “Fat Man” (Torelli’s Jive Bugs), “Mister Five by Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “You Need A Great Big Woman” & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness).
Jan. 26, 2009 show featuring Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances [and author of the nonfiction self-help book 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)]. Music includes “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen).
Jan 12, 2009 show featuring “The Little Train” (Cosy Sheridan), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell), “Everybody Eats When They Come To My House” (Cab Callaway), “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) & “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day).
Dec. 29, 2008 show featuring “Ascend” & “Ask My Soul” (Laurie McClain), “When I Was A Child” (Suchi Waters Benjamin), “Forgive Myself” (Tom Benjamin), “Happy Childhood” (Marshall Chapman), “Dorothy & Eve” & “You Can Always Go Home” (Cosy Sheridan) & “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole).
Dec. 8, 2008 show featuring Charlie Lovett‘s talk on his novel The Program at the 2008 Southern Festival of Books; music includes “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
Dec. 1, 2008 show on size acceptance & the war on “obesity” in the Middle East, featuring an interview with Dubai-based journalist Fatima Parker, head of the Middle Eastern branch of the International Size Acceptance association.
Nov. 24, 2008 show on food insecurity & Thanksgiving, featuring “Empty Bowl,” “Be At Peace” & “The Waters Edge” (Suchi Waters Benjamin), “This Side of Heaven” & “Funeral Food” (Kate Campbell) & “The Flame” (Beth Nielsen Chapman).
Nov. 17, 2008 show on food, pleasure & the eating season, featuring “Dorothy & Eve” (Cosy Sheridan), “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House,” (Cab Callaway), “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McClintock), “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” & “Beans & Cornbread” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Shortnin’ Bread Rock” (The Collins Kids), “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (Jimmy Buffett), “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day), “Dinner At Aunt Stella’s” (Les Kerr) & “Texas Cookin'” (Guy Clark).
Nov. 10, 2008 show on change featuring “When You Wish Upon A Star” (Kristie Agee), “Beyond My Wildest Dreams” & “Happy Childhood” (Marshall Chapman), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons) & “Revolution Earth” (B-52s).
Nov. 3, 2008 show featuring size-positive fiction & music: The Southern Sisters mysteries by Anne George, “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Deep Tang” (Kate Campbell), “Cluck Cackle Peck” (Minton Sparks), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “So Round So Firm So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) & “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch).
Oct. 27, 2008 show featuring audio recordings of Pat Ballard [author of 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)] & Charlie Lovett (author of The Program) at the 2008 Southern Festival of Books, as well as the music of Suchi Waters Benjamin (“Freedom”), Ruthie Foster (Phenomenal Woman), Mika [Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)] & Big Dee Irwin (“Happy Being Fat”).
Oct. 20, 2008 show featuring audio recording of Bunkie Lynn (author of The Big Girls’ Guide to Life) and Peggy Elam, Ph.D. at the 2008 Southern Festival of Books presenting “Tell Me Why I Should Love My Body.”
Oct. 13, 2008 show featuring “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Dorothy & Eve” & “You Can Always Go Home” (Cosy Sheridan), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), “Me” (Paula Cole), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Forgive Myself” (Tom Benjamin), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster), & “Meat On Their Bones” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential).
Oct. 6, 2008 show featuring “Freedom” (Suchi Waters Benjamin), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills) & “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr).
Sept. 29, 2008 show on liberation of mind body spirit. Music includes “The Voice” (Eimear Quinn) & “The Waters Edge,” “Please Don’t Miss Me I’m Not Gone,” “Freedom,” “This Must Be Be Paradise,” “Be At Peace” & “When I Was A Child” (Suchi Waters Benjamin).
Sept. 15, 2008 show raising consciousness about weight-profiteering and size acceptance. Music includes Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Dorothy & Eve,” “Iphigenia” & “The Losing Game” (Cosy Sheridan), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness) & “Use What You Got” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential).
August 25, 2008 show on food apartheid & body politics. Music includes “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (Jimmy Buffett), “Beans & Cornbread” & “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” (Louiis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Homegrown Tomatoes” & “To Live is to Fly” (Guy Clark), “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McLintock), “Shortnin’ Bread Rock” (The Collins Kids), “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg ) & “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers).
August 18, 2008 show celebrates newly published research showing (yet again) that fat people can be healthy. Music includes “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Big Boned Gal” (kd lang & The Reclines), “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys), “Well Rounded Woman” (Kent Blazy) & “Built for Comfort” (Howlin’ Wolf).
August 11, 2008 show on fat-fearmongering, with “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Calloway), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Iphigenia” (Cosy Sheridan, “Even Free” (Kristi Martel) & “Freedom” (Suzee/Suchi Waters Benjamin).
August 4, 2008 show with guest Pat Ballard discussing her new book 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Your Size) and the Health At Every Size movement. Music includes “Me” (Paula Cole) & “Barbie” (Cosy Sheridan).
July 21, 2008 show on “diets in disguise.” Music includes “Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster), & “The Losing Game,” “Demeter’s Daughter,” “Underworld” & “You Can Always Go Home” (Cosy Sheridan).
July 14, 2008 show on appetite, food, fat, & revolution. Introduction to Stacy Bias’s The Fat Experience Project. Music includes “Homegrown Tomatoes” (Guy Clark), “Dorothy & Eve” (Cosy Sheridan), “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” (Cab Callaway), “Shortnin’ Bread Rock” (The Collins Kids), “Saturday Night Fish Fry” (Louis Jordan), “I Like My Chicken Fryin’ Size” & “Fat Gal” (Johnny Bond), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg) & “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers).
July 7, 2008 show discussing new “obesity paradox” research & the movies Disfigured & Wall-E. Music includes “”Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots) & “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).
June 9, 2008 show was mostly music after initial commentary on research indicating that being physically active benefits people of all sizes/weights/BMIs and a New York Times story reporting failure of prominent psychiatric researchers to report millions of dollars in consulting fees from the pharmaceutical companies whose drugs they were researching―and recommending. Featured music: “Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style” (Candye Kane), “Huggin’ and A-Chalkin'” (Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band), “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Mister Five by Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen) & “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika).
June 2, 2008 show was music, music, music: “Happy Being Fat” (Big Dee Irwin), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “All Alone with a Bathingsuit” (Cosy Sheridan), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster), “More to Love” (Robin Mink), “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf), “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakiwiwo’ole), “Meat On Their Bones” (Kristie Agee), & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
May 19, 2008 show with a movement-positive theme. Music includes “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Start the Commotion” (The Wiseguys), “Big Boned Gal” (kd lang and The Reclines), “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “I Dance” (Spirit Foundry), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Suit Yourself (Kate Campbell) & “Respect” (Aretha Franklin).
May 12, 2008 show with a food- and eating-positive theme and Ellyn Satter‘s definition of “normal eating.” Music includes “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McClintock), “Dinner at Aunt Stella’s” (Les Kerr), “Funeral Food” & “Jesus & Tomatoes” (Kate Campbell), “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (Jimmy Buffett), “Beans & Cornbread” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five), “Homegrown Tomatoes” (Guy Clark) & “Chicken Cordon Bleus” (Steve Goodman).
May 5, 2008 show celebrating International No Diet Day (May 6) with discussion of the problems of dieting (including the Council on Size & Weight Discrimination‘s “Top 10 Reasons to Give Up Dieting”). Music includes “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “The Losing Game” (Cosy Sheridan), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “More to Love” (Robin Mink), “Let My People Go-Go” (The Rainmakers) & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane).
April 28, 2008 show with guest Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, and discussion of a new survey by Self Magazine & the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in which 65% of American women aged 25-45 reported engaging in disordered eating behaviors. Music includes “Barbie,” “The Losing Game” & “Iphigenia” from Cosy Sheridan‘s CD The Pomegranate Seed.
April 21, 2008 show featuring interview with Lisa Sarasohn, author of The Woman’s Belly Book, and the Cosy Sheridan songs “Demeter’s Lost Daughter” & “Iphigenia.”
April 14, 2008 show featuring 20 Ways to Love Your Body (compiled by Margo Maine, Ph.D. for the National Eating Disorders Association) and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), “Dorothy & Eve” & “All Alone With A Bathingsuit” (Cosy Sheridan), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg) & “How Could Anyone” (Shaina Noll).
April 7, 2008 show celebrating National Poetry Month with body- and fat-positive poetry, as well as “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke featuring The Manly Band), “All Alone with a Bathingsuit,” “Barbie,” “The Losing Game” & “Dorothy & Eve” (Cosy Sheridan).
March 31, 2008 show featuring Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, as guest. Music included Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” & Hayseed Dixie’s cover of the Queen hit, “Fat Bottom Girls.”
March 24, 2008 show featuring “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), Women’s Bodies (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Let My People Go-Go & “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “More to Love” (Robin Mink), “She’s Bringing Sexy Back” (Diva) & “Large & Lovely” (Crystal Senter Brown).
March 17, 2008 show―Making History in Massachusetts, featuring “Respect” (Aretha Franklin), “Revolution Earth” (The B-52s), “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr) & “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke featuring the Manly Band;” plus The Fat Underground’s Fat Liberation Manifesto and Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.’s Declaration of Taking Up Space.
March 10, 2008 show featuring “Use What You Got” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential), “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), “Peel Me A Grape” (Anita O’Day), “Big Boned Gal” (kd lang & The Reclines) & “Freedom” (Suzee/Suchi Waters Benjamin). Commentary on the recent fake memoir controversy and the healing effects of writing your own (true) story.
March 3, 2008 show featuring “How Could Anyone” (Shaina Noll), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” (Mika), “Let My People Go-Go” & “Big Fat Blonde” (The Rainmakers), “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel), “Suit Yourself” (Kate Campbell) & “Well Rounded Woman” (Kent Blazy).
February 25, 2008 show featuring “Chubby Man Blues” (Les Kerr), “Fat Boys” (Uncle Bonsai), “Mister Five by Five” (Ella Mae Morse), “I Like A Whole Lot of Woman” (Josh Max’s Outfit), “You Need A Great Big Woman” & “Fit, Fat & Fine” (Candye Kane), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Even Free” (Kristi Martel) & “The Bathing Suit Song” (Minna Bromberg).
February 18, 2008 show featuring “Big Long Slidin’ Thing” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke & the Manly Band), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “So Round So Firm So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “Built for Comfort” & “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf), “I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) & “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster).
February 11, 2008 Valentine show emphasizing loving yourself and your body. Music includes “My Funny Valentine” (Kristie Agee & Big Potential), “U R Loved” (Victoria Williams), “Choose Love” (Fortunate Sons), “Big Big Love” (kd lang & The Reclines), “Passionate Kisses” (Mary-Chapin Carpenter), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Unconditional Love” (Tom Benjamin) & “More to Love” (Robin Mink).
February 4, 2008 show on Mississippi House Bill 282, the proposed legislation that would prohibit restaurants from serving food to fat people. Featuring Kate Campbell’s “Mississippi & Me” & “Lanterns on the Levee,” Les Kerr’s “The Camellia Grill” & “Dinner at Aunt Stella’s,” Tricia Walker’s “Funeral Food” & Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five’s “Boogie-Woogie Blue Plate.”
Jan. 28, 2008 show with guest Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, and featuring “The OBGY-Me Blues” (Karen Taylor Good) & “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Queen).
January 21, 2008 show honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day and featuring Kate Campbell’s “A Cotton Field Away,” “Crazy in Alabama” & “Bus 109,” as well as Rebecca Riot’s “Women’s Bodies,” Suzee Waters Benjamin’s “Freedom” and the B-52s’ “Revolution Earth.”
January 14, 2008 show with “Let Yourself Go”/inspirational theme, the poems “Aunt Shines Face Lift” & “Cluck, Cackle, Peck” (Minton Sparks), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “See Rock City” (Kate Campbell), “If I Were Brave” & “A Small Star” (Jana Stanfield), “Let Something Go” (Tom Benjamin) & “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World” (IZ).
January 7, 2008 show with size-positive music offered as an antidote to New Year dieting pressures, including Big Fat Blonde (The Rainmakers), “Built for Luxury” (Abby Burke featuring The Manly Band), “Wide Clyde” (Blue Lunch), “Huggin’ and A-Chalkin'” (Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band), “Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter” (Squirrel Nut Zippers), “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (Merle Travis), “Roly Poly” (Bob Wills), “Fat Bottom Girls” (Hayseed Dixie), “Built for Comfort” & “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy” (Howlin’ Wolf), “Big Boned Gal” (kd lang & The Reclines), “Fat Girl” (Creamy Goodness), “Women’s Bodies” (Rebecca Riots), “Phenomenal Woman” (Ruthie Foster) & “Even Free” (Kristi Martel).