Emmy Award winning host and producer Mickela Mallozzi joins to discuss the sixth season of “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi,” a travel series where the lens is focused on dance. This season centers completely in New York and features a diverse range of dance from Sri Lanken to Latinx.
As part of our dance hour, we speak to writer, reporter and dance lover Alexandra Starr about the winter dance season and what to see, from classic ballets at the New York City Ballet to the acrobatic style of Algerian-born Hervé Coubi.
As injectable drugs used for weight loss like Ozempic become more mainstream, how will we as a society view body diversity? And, given that these drugs are so expensive, how will that divide who is thin and who is not? We speak about Ozempic’s impact on the body positivity movement and feminism with Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady, who wrote an article, “The Year of Ozempic Bodies and Barbie Botox.” Plus, we take your calls.
In this age of Ozempic, it can feel even harder to exist in America if you’re not thin. Kate Manne, professor of Philosophy at Cornell, joins us to discuss her new book, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia, which combines research and memoir to discuss what it’s like facing discrimination for the size of your body, and what to do about it. Plus, we take your calls.
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