Episode 226: Broadening Broadway

This week we talk about a new documentary exposing the Biggest Loser and an online tool from ProPublica to help reverse health insurance denials. Then we discuss fat casting in musicals. 

Pop Culture

• TV Insider | ‘Biggest Loser’ Contestants, Bob Harper & More Expose the Show’s Dirty Truth in Netflix’s ‘Fit for TV’ Doc

Fat Watch

• ProPublica| Find out why your health insurer denied your claim

Main Topic: Casting, Fatness, and Context

• Broadway Body Positivity Project | Not one, but TWO plus size Jennas in current productions of Waitress!

• Beda Margarita Spindola in Red Mountain Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama

• Karen Nicole Joseph in South Bend Civic Theatre in Southbend, Indiana (Majority Plus Size cast!)