Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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We All Need to Relax About Quarantine Weight Gain
As pandemic restrictions relax, many people feel pressured to lose weight they might have put on during quarantine. Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture and author of the book The Eating Instinct and the newsletter Burnt Toast, talks about ways resist negative societal pressure and to be kinder to our bodies.