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Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 27: Permission to Stay FatA print version of this essay is available here.CreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by MuttNotesRagen ChastainRagen writes Weight and Healthcare, a research-packed newsletter “examining weight science, weight stigma, and what evidence, ethics, and lived experience teach us about best healthcare and public health practices for higher weight people.” Regan has been doing this for a long time and is a national treasure. She has covered the science and marketing of weight loss drugs extensively. Start with Ragen’s work...
2025-02-2227 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 26: What did I do with my hair?CreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by MuttLinksTressie McMillan CottomBlonde NYT Opinion PieceHere’s the original video:Here’s one of her responses to commenters:This duet is hilarious:Finally, here’s a little wrap-up video she made at the end of a day and a half of talking about blonde:Cameron EspositoCameron on IGThe Autostraddle PieceThe Just For Laughs set:The...
2024-12-1951 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 25: American Daddy IssuesWelcome to season two of Fancy Meeting You Here!I’m Kelly Rafferty, a writer and an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer based in Alameda, CA, a little island between Oakland and San Francisco. In this newsletter, I send you personal essays in text and audio from the land of queer embodiment. If you listen to the audio version of Fancy Meeting You Here, you’ll get to know Lisa Weaklim, my fiancée and producer. She’s a musician, filmmaker, and all-around creative genius. (I’m biased but also picky.) We end up talking a...
2024-10-1821 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 24: StrongmanCreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2024-04-2314 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 23: I can't stop thinking about these gems.Over the past month, Lisa and I had conversations about trauma-informed movement training with four experts in the Bay Area that I have come to trust over the years:As we wrap up this series on trauma and movement, I want to share three of the gems I’ve been treasuring. These are the insights I find myself returning to, mulling over, and trying to incorporate into my life. I’d also REALLY love to hear what stuck with you. What did you find yourself nodding along to? Sharing with a frien...
2024-04-1627 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 22: Do I need an emotional support redneck?For the last installment in our series of conversations about trauma-informed training, we’re talking with Patrick Barnes. Patrick is based in Oakland and he is the swiss army knife of movement coaches. He coaches ballet, weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, parkour, kettlebells, martial arts, swordfighting, and basic gymnastics. This is the last interview in our series of conversations about trauma-informed training, and it’s a fun one. Patrick’s available for personal training, hybrid remote coaching, and something that he calls “movement problem solving.” If you have a persistent problem that is hindering your existing practice and you want to wor...
2024-04-1148 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 21: Erica is Moving for Radical Presence and Radical Self AcceptanceWe’re continuing our series of interviews about trauma-informed movement with this conversation with marriage and family therapist Erica Gibbons. If you’d rather read instead of listen, there’s a lightly-edited transcript of this conversation here.Links1000% Me: Growing Up MixedRadically FitErica’s Therapy PracticeCreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by MuttSeries on Trauma-Informed MovementWant to check out the rest of this series of essays and inte...
2024-04-0238 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 20: Did You Roll Your Eyes Again?Are you new to Fancy Meeting You Here? Welcome! If you like personal essays about sports, queer stuff, critical theory, or bodies, you’re in the right place. I’m an academic who became a documentary producer. I record this podcast with my partner, Lisa Weaklim, who is a filmmaker and musician. For some more context on who we are and what we’re doing here, you can listen to Podcast Episode 1: Do my golf clubs go in the U-Haul?We’re currently in the middle of a series of interviews about trauma-informed movement practices. For more...
2024-03-2649 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 19: A Conversation with Erin Gilmore about Trauma-Informed YogaErin’s Website + InstagramSign up here for her weekly email, Living Room Yoga.Looking for the transcript? It’s over here.CreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2024-03-1948 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 18: I'm thinking about the Kavanaugh hearing again.CreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2024-03-1214 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 17: New Gym, Old BusinessContent Note: Mention of the existence of sexual assault and rape culture. CreditsProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2024-02-2722 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 15: Professional Golf's Odd Weekly RitualHere’s a more detailed look at the history of LIV Golf from Sportico, “PGA Tour - LIV Golf Timeline: From Creation to Merger.”Other Sources in Order of AppearanceGolf Magazine “Inside the costly — but worth it — nature of pro-ams”Golfweek “With Super Bowl in town, 2024 LIV Golf Las Vegas has loaded pro-am field”New York Times “The Alliance of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour: Here’s What to Know”Richard Blumenthal “Blumenthal Opens Probe Into PGA Tour & LIV Golf Agreement”The Hill “Saudi investment fund fights S...
2024-02-1329 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 14: What happens when you call a person an "image problem" . . .* If you have questions about including trans people in sports or you find that the conversation makes you uncomfortable or you’re excited to learn more, please go read Frankie de la Cretaz’s work. Frankie’s a trans journalist who covers this beat and has real expertise here. This piece is a good overview of current challenges facing trans athletes and this one focuses on trans kids in sports.* And here’s a link to Muffin Spencer-Devlin’s glassblowing business!* Credits:Produced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly R...
2024-02-0645 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 12: A Tale of Two Spring BreaksAs promised, here are the Gravity Golf practice drills that improved our swings but put our social standing at risk:This transfer drill makes you look like Happy Gilmore:This one makes you look like a preppy flamingo:And this one makes you look like you’re just farting around:If you need more ‘90s nostalgia before we move on, please enjoy this amazing Gravity Golf infomercials that ran on the Golf Channel day and night:The fashions! The aspect ratio!And here’s luca...
2024-01-2328 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 11: Somebody's CloserHere’s the rope drill that my dad taught Lisa. It was created by Dr. Kwon at Texas Woman’s University:Produced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2024-01-1727 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 9: Public Displays of AffectionAs promised, a cornucopia of links: * Here’s the long-ass IG caption about how we became friends with Kate and Lauren. I wrote after Lisa and I attended their wedding. * To read more about their wedding, check out this piece in the New York Times. * To read a lovely thing that Kate wrote about their wedding, go here to her Substack, I Love What You’re Doing. * Have you subscribed to Kate’s Substack yet? It’s so good. Her most recent piece, an interview with the artist and activist Miriam Klein St...
2023-12-1220 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 8: Pace of PlayProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by MuttWorks Cited Cook, Kevin. Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents, Swing Science and the Future of Golf. Gotham Books, 2008.Dinshaw, Carolyn, Lee Edelman, Roderick A. Ferguson, Carla Freccero, Elizabeth Freeman, J. Halberstam, Annamarie Jagose, Christopher Nealon, and Nguyen Tan Hoang. “Theorizing Queer Temporalities: A Roundtable Discussion,” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. Duke University Press, 2007. 13(2-3): 177-196.Stockton, Kathryn Bond. The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Cent...
2023-12-0525 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 7: Lightning Crashes + Queer TemporalitiesProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by MuttWorks CitedDinshaw, Carolyn, Lee Edelman, Roderick A. Ferguson, Carla Freccero, Elizabeth Freeman, J. Halberstam, Annamarie Jagose, Christopher Nealon, and Nguyen Tan Hoang. “Theorizing Queer Temporalities: A Roundtable Discussion,” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. Duke University Press, 2007. 13(2-3): 177-196.McCann, Hannah, and Whitney Monaghan. Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.Rylan, Jules. “Heterotemporality and ‘Queer Time.’” Medium, 16 Oct. 2020,radiantbutch.medium.com/heterotemporality-and-queer-time-b91cce4f538e.Sto...
2023-11-2835 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 6: NapaProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyWatch someone play Beavis and Butt-Head: Bunghole in One on YouTube. Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-2128 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 5: Commitment, Part 2Produced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-1417 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 4: Commitment, Part 1Produced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-0718 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 3: The Golf GendersProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-3118 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 2: White Rabbit Country ClubProduced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-2413 min
Fancy Meeting You Here: The PodcastPodcast Episode 1: Do my golf clubs go in the U-Haul?Produced and Engineered by Lisa WeaklimWritten by Kelly RaffertyMusic by Mutt Get full access to Fancy Meeting You Here at kellyrafferty.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-1714 min