Chopping it up with Ronald Young Jr. About Building Dialogue When The Stakes Aren’t Equal

Text the Unruly Hotline HereThis week, the show features a long conversation between Chenjerai and his good friend Ronald Young Jr. Ronald is the creator and host of Weight For It, an award-winning narrative podcast that explores the ways we think about our bodies. They talk about the latest season of the show, which gets deep into questions of identity, safety, and what health even means. And they also have a long discussion about how people argue - the consequences of debate as sport, how to build better arguments, and maybe how to come out the other side of these situations feeling okay. Also, Chenjerai gives an update on the Contract Faculty negotiations at NYU, attends a special screening of an episode of Ms. Rachel’s show (and meets the legend herself!), and NPR’s Gene Demby enthusiastically shares an ice cream recipe. We make Unruly Subjects 100% independently - support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/UnrulySubjectsFollow Chenjerai on Instagram @chenjerai and Bluesky @chenjerai.bsky.social and follow Unruly Subjects @unrulysubjectspod. Get in touch [email protected] Engineered Conflict at Haymarketbooks.com. Listen to Proxy created & hosted by our friend Yowei Shaw.Additional Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Grizzly BeatzUnruly Subjects is created in partnership with Rowhome ProductionsFurther reading & sources from this episodeListen to Weight For Ithttps://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/weight-for-itFollow Ms. Rachelhttps://www.instagram.com/msrachelforlittles/Learn from Ms. Rachelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dDpryw3z5wNYU Professors Vote ‘Yes’, authorizing strike actionhttps://www.amny.com/education/nyu-professors-vote-strike-02232026/Contract Faculty Set Strike Deadline for March 23rdhttps://nyunews.com/2026/02/28/contract-faculty-set-strike-deadline-for-march-23/Iran After Khamenei https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/iran-after-khamenei/ Support the show