Redux: Trust Your Body

In this first episode of "You Could Make This Beautiful," actor Henry Winkler tells hosts Maggie Smith and Faith Salie about the poetry he's found in everything from fly fishing, to the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, to the acting performances of the late Robin Williams. Poet and t ...  Show more

In this second episode of You Could Make This Beautiful, hosts Maggie Smith and Faith Salie talk to Peter Sagal, host of the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! about a prophetic reading at his first wedding, the poem that has haunted him throughout his life, and about ...  Show more

Long time friend and Patron Sadie joins the fellas and kicks the whole thing off with a top notch roast! Sadie shares how trauma, cultural messages about food and body, lessons from her family growing up, and genetics caused her to be fat starting in my pre-teen years. Sadie had ...  Show more

Gaby Grossman is no stranger to weight gain. From her childhood stint at a fat camp to the daily struggles of daring to wear a (gasp!) cute shirt in public, she's never been allowed to get totally comfortable in her body. That is until she tried one last thing: not trying to lose ...  Show more

Each decade brings a new standard of beauty, and with it, a new set of body issues. Why is 'fat' bad and 'skinny' good? Can you judge someone's health based purely on how they look? Jess Davies, Nicole Quigley and Lucy Wyndham-Read talk candidly about their own issues, and how to ...  Show more

TW: In this episode we talk about disordered eating, weight, and negative body image. Sometimes it’s hard not to take one step forward and two steps back (give or take). In a very honest convo, Remy and Emily share their recent struggles with body image and falling back into old ...  Show more