Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol
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Podcast Overview
<p>The Fat Joy podcast is a joyful rebellion against anti-fatness. Each episode is a conversation between host and Professional Coach Sophia Apostol and another fat person about how to flourish in our fatphobic world. We’re exploring the harms, biases, and oppressions we’ve experienced while living in a world that marginalizes plus-size & fat bodies and promotes the lies of Diet Culture. But most importantly, we’re sharing how we still dare to have the audacity and courage to reach towards joy and live our best lives while advocating for collective fat liberation & body positivity. And, at the end of every episode, Sophia reads you a poem. Topics include: body acceptance, self-love, fat activism, body positivity, fatbulous, anti-fatness, anti-diet, diet culture</p>
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8/25/2022
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Recent Episodes
February 17, 2026
Good-bye To The Creation Lab Capsule Collection -- Sophia Apostol
<p>Six conversations. So much creativity. And one last invitation.</p><p></p><p>In this final episode of the Creation Lab Capsule Collection, Sophia wraps the series with gratitude, reflection, and a return to ritual. After realizing she forgot to include poetry at the end of these episodes, she closes things properly with a poem.</p><p></p><p>She reflects on what the guests stirred in her, the creative risks she’s taking in her own life, and the deeper theme running through it all: fat joy as resistance.</p><p></p><p>This is also the final invitation to join Fat Joy Creation Lab, as Applications close on Friday, February 20, 2006. Please visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fatjoy.life/creation-lab">https://www.fatjoy.life/creation-lab</a> for program information and the Application form.</p><p></p><p>Keep connected with Fat Joy:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fatjoy.life/">Fat Joy Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fatjoy.life/">Fat Joy website</a></p>
February 10, 2026
Creativity, Fat Joy, And Building A Business That Lasts -- Vinny Welsby
<p><strong>In this episode of the Fat Joy Creation Lab capsule collection</strong>, Sophia talks with longtime fat liberation educator, podcaster, and consultant Vinny Welsby (they/them) about building meaningful work over time without burning out or shrinking yourself to fit.</p><p></p><p><strong>They explore creativity as a source of joy</strong>, a tool for connection, and a quiet force for cultural change. From podcasting before feeling “ready,” to building a consulting practice that brings fat liberation into corporate spaces, Vinny shares what it looks like to make things imperfectly and keep going anyway.</p><p></p><p><strong>In this episode, they talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>Why your first drafts, first episodes, and first offerings are supposed to be messy</li><li>Turning an idea into a Minimum Viable Product instead of waiting for perfection</li><li>Fat visibility as an act of resistance, especially in business and leadership</li></ul><p><strong>This episode is for you if you’re holding an idea that won’t leave you alone </strong>— and you’re ready to take one imperfect, brave step toward bringing it into the world.</p><p></p><p><strong>To learn more about how you can tap into your creativity and take an idea from napkin scribble to something alive in the world, check out the </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fatjoy.life/creation-lab"><strong>Fat Joy Creation Lab</strong></a><strong>. Applications close February 20th!!!</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Vinny Welsby (they/them) is a fat activist</strong> and diversity, equity and inclusion leader. They are a world-leading expert on dismantling anti-fat bias and diet culture, a TEDx speaker, podcast host and best-selling author. Vinny is trans-non-binary and is dedicated to shifting how society views fat and queer bodies through education and compassion.</p><p></p><p><strong>When Vinny isn’t talking about DEI stuff </strong>they love snuggling with their dog, cross-stitching swear words and singing in a pop choir.</p><p></p><p>Website:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fiercefatty.com"> www.fiercefatty.com</a></p><p>Website:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weightinclusiveconsulting.com"> www.weightinclusiveconsulting.com</a></p><p>Instagram:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/"> https://www.instagram.com/fierce.fatty/</a></p><p>Instagram:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/weightinclusiveconsulting/"> https://www.instagram.com/weightinclusiveconsulting/</a></p><p>TikTok: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fiercefatty">https://www.tiktok.com/@fiercefatty</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Fat Joy</strong> on the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.fatjoy.life">website</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fatjoy.life/">Instagram</a>, subscribe to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://fatjoy.substack.com/">Fat Joy newsletter</a>, and watch full video episodes on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtube.com/@fatjoy">YouTube</a>.</p><p></p><p>Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review.</p><p></p><p>Our thanks to Chris Jones and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://armedia.ca/">AR Media</a> for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.</p>
February 3, 2026
Food Joy And Creating with Community -- Erica Joy
<p><strong>In this episode of the Fat Joy Creation Lab capsule collection</strong>, Sophia sits down with community organizer, baker, and spiritual practitioner Erica Joy (they/she) for a wide-ranging conversation about co-creation, identity, and what it means to build liberatory offerings without rushing the process.</p><p></p><p><strong>Erica shares the story of co-creating Cosmic Healing with her sister</strong> (the multiple-person readings kay does are called "synastry") and also dives into Erica’s newest offering, Cooking Fulla Joy, a liberatory approach to food, cooking, and pleasure that actively divests from diet culture. Erica speaks beautifully about food as connection, nourishment, and joy, and why cooking support must be emotional, embodied, and communal, not prescriptive.</p><p></p><p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong></p><ul><li>Co-creating with different people brings unexpected gifts</li><li>Creativity as leadership, organizing, and future-making</li><li>Food, cooking, and pleasure as liberatory practices</li><li>Building offerings from lived experience and integrity</li><li>The power of affinity spaces and creating what you needed but couldn’t find</li></ul><p></p><p><strong>This episode is a love letter to multi-passionate people</strong>, co-creators, and anyone longing to make something meaningful without having it all figured out first.</p><p></p><p><strong>To learn more about how you can tap into your creativity and take an idea from napkin scribble to something alive in the world, check out the </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="/creation-lab"><strong>Fat Joy Creation Lab</strong></a><strong>. We start on March 3, 2026!</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Erica Joy is a Black, fat, queer, enby</strong> who is continually machete-ing The Hydra of cishetero + anti-Black fatphobic messaging that they've received since childhood. She has been planting and cultivating a field of liberation-centered evergreens + perennials that honor her + their communities. Erica has several creative passions that ebb and flow through life, and some that stay constant like baking and cooking. Their lifelong love for food, the kitchen, and cooking has led her to begin a set of offerings called Cooking Fulla Joy to support folks through their relationship with and practices of this major aspect of life.</p><p></p><p>General link to all things Cosmic Healing: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linktr.ee/cosmichealingfam">https://linktr.ee/cosmichealingfam</a></p><p>Cooking Fulla Joy newsletter: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://comradery.co/cookingfullajoy">https://comradery.co/cookingfullajoy</a></p><p>Email: cosmichealingfam@protonmail.com</p><p>Instagram: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/itsericafullajoy">https://instagram.com/itsericafullajoy</a></p><p></p><p>Connect with Fat Joy on the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.fatjoy.life">website</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fatjoy.life/">Instagram</a>, subscribe to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://fatjoy.substack.com/">Fat Joy newsletter</a>, and watch full video episodes on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtube.com/@fatjoy">YouTube</a>.</p><p></p><p>Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review.</p><p></p><p>Our thanks to Chris Jones and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://armedia.ca/">AR Media</a> for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.</p>
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- What is Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol?
<p>The Fat Joy podcast is a joyful rebellion against anti-fatness. Each episode is a conversation between host and Professional Coach Sophia Apostol and another fat person about how to flourish in our fatphobic world. We’re exploring the harms, biases, and oppressions we’ve experienced while living in a world that marginalizes plus-size & fat bodies and promotes the lies of Diet Culture. But most importantly, we’re sharing how we still dare to have the audacity and courage to reach towards joy and live our best lives while advocating for collective fat liberation & body positivity. And, at the end of every episode, Sophia reads you a poem. Topics include: body acceptance, self-love, fat activism, body positivity, fatbulous, anti-fatness, anti-diet, diet culture</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 10 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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