Have you ever wanted to learn more about gaining and feedism? Maybe you’re curious about these communities and the people within them. Maybe you’ve encountered sensationalised portrayals online or in the media. Or maybe you found us completely by accident, without even knowing this world existed.

Whatever brought you here, welcome to Thicc Radio.

We’re a podcast dedicated to exploring the worlds of gaining, feedism, fat identity, and plus-size life through honest conversation, lived experience, and community storytelling. Hosted by Tim and James, both longtime members of these communities, the show exists to foster open dialogue around subjects that are too often misunderstood, misrepresented, or reduced to spectacle.

For many people outside these spaces, their first exposure to gaining or feedism comes through exploitative documentaries, shock television, clickbait articles, or sensationalised social media coverage. Fat people - especially fat people whose relationships to fatness intersect with sexuality, kink, or intentional weight gain - are frequently framed as curiosities, cautionary tales, or punchlines rather than as full human beings with agency, complexity, and interior lives.

Too often, stories about us are told by outsiders, and when outsiders control the narrative, truth disappears.

Experiences become flattened into stereotypes. Consent is ignored. Relationships are mischaracterised. Bodies become symbols instead of bodies belonging to real people. Entire communities are discussed, but rarely invited to speak for themselves in meaningful ways.

Thicc Radio exists to change that.

This podcast is built on the idea that community members deserve the opportunity to define themselves in their own words, and that plus-size people deserve spaces where they can share their stories openly and honestly. We believe lived experience matters, and we believe people should be able to discuss their identities, relationships, desires, and bodies without being reduced to caricature or spectacle.

Every week, we sit down with guests from around the world to talk openly about the realities of their lives, relationships, identities, and experiences. Some conversations are deeply personal. Some are funny, chaotic, emotional, educational, political, or unexpectedly relatable. Together, they create a broader picture of a community that is far more diverse and human than mainstream portrayals would ever suggest.

We’re not interested in presenting a single unified perspective or speaking on behalf of everyone; our goal is to reflect the breadth, contradictions, and diversity that already exist within these communities.

We discuss:

  • gaining and feedism;
  • body image and self-perception;
  • kink and sexuality;
  • relationships and intimacy;
  • gender and identity;
  • fashion and accessibility;
  • media representation;
  • food, culture, and embodiment;
  • work, mental health, discrimination, and social stigma; and
  • the everyday realities of living in bodies that society often scrutinises or misunderstands.

 

Who Is This For?

Thicc Radio is for:

  • people already involved in gaining or feedism communities;
  • people questioning or exploring their identities and interests;
  • fat and plus-size listeners looking for honest representation;
  • partners, friends, and loved ones wanting to understand better someone they care about;
  • curious outsiders approaching the subject in good faith;
  • researchers, writers, and creatives seeking perspectives beyond sensationalism; and
  • anyone interested in conversations about bodies, desire, identity, stigma, and community.

You do not need to arrive here with expertise or experience; curiosity and respect are enough.

 

What We Value

At the heart of Thicc Radio is a commitment to:

  • honesty over spectacle;
  • empathy over judgement;
  • consent and bodily autonomy;
  • respectful curiosity;
  • community-led storytelling; and
  • making space for marginalised voices to be heard.

We know these conversations can sometimes be complicated, vulnerable, or misunderstood; that’s exactly why they deserve care and nuance.

This podcast isn’t interested in mocking people, “exposing” communities, or creating outrage for entertainment. We’re interested in documenting experiences, fostering understanding, and building a space where people can speak openly about themselves without shame.

In many ways, Thicc Radio is also an archive; a record of conversations, experiences, and perspectives that are rarely preserved with care or humanity elsewhere.

Because ultimately, this isn’t just a podcast about feedism or gaining.
It’s a podcast about people.

Their relationships. Their identities. Their struggles. Their joy. Their bodies. Their lives.

And maybe, along the way, you’ll leave with a better understanding not only of us, but possibly of yourself too.

New episodes every Tuesday.