Ronald Young Jr.

Ronald Young Jr. is an audio producer, storyteller and host based in Alexandria, VA. He created and produces the podcast Weight For It, A narrative show about navigating the world as a fat person. 

An official Tribeca Selection in 2023 Weight For It has received accolades from Vulture, Vogue, and The New York Times.  Weight For It was also awarded a historic three Podcast Academy Awards in 2024 including Best Society and Culture Podcast, Best Indie Podcast and Best Indie Podcast Host, and another in 2025 for Best Podcast Host

Ronald is also an avid pop-culture enthusiast; he's a regular contributor to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, and can frequently be seen on Fox 5’s Good Day DC dishing on the latest celebrity gossip.  He is also currently the host of the film review podcast Leaving the Theater.  

In the past, Ronald has hosted Pop Culture Debate Club from Lemonada and the BBC, Pushkin’s Solvable, HBO Docs Club, from Pineapple Street Studios, and Slate’s Working podcast.  Selected as Vulture Magazine podcaster to watch, 2023, he is passionate about social justice and equity and helped to tell historical and present accounts of black folks throughout American history with his work on Seizing Freedom from VPM, and Black History Year from Pushblack.

If you have a great idea that you’d like to collaborate with Ronald on, contact him here.