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Podcast: Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
Episode: How Much Do You Weigh?
Description: We all live in fear of the dreaded "F" word... Fat. Our weight might be summed up in the number on a scale, but that's far from where its effect ends. If that number falls into the "fat" zone, it can have real-world effects. Not just on our physical health, but our ability to attract a mate, how much other people like us and how the world sees our value as a person.Yet, not long ago, humans had no idea what they weighed! So how did we so from living in this blissfully ignorant utopia to...