The Burnt Toast Podcast

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Emily Ladau , a disability rights activist, and author of Demystifying Disability . Our conversation today is about the many intersections between anti-fatness and ableism. This is such an important conversation, even if you feel like you’re new to both of these worlds. We investigate who is considered a “worthy” disabled person or a Good Fatty —...

Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! We are Corinne Fay and Virginia Sole-Smith . These episodes are usually just for our Extra Butter membership tier — but today we’re releasing this one to the whole list. So enjoy! (And if you love it, go paid so you don’t miss the next one!) Episode 212 Transcript Corinne Today is a family meeting episode. We’re catching up on summer breaks, back to school,...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Denise Hamburger , founder and director of Be Real USA. Be Real is a nonprofit that imagines a world where every child can grow up with a healthy relationship to food and their body. They work with body image researchers, psychologists, teachers and public health officials to design curricula about nutrition and body image that are weight neutral...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your September Indulgence Gospel! It’s time for a mailbag episode, so we’ll be diving into your questions about: ⭐️ How to clap back when people say, “Wow, you’ve changed!” ⭐️ What to do with ageist grandparen...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Mara Gordon, MD . Dr. Mara is a family physician on the faculty of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, as well as a writer, journalist and contributor to NPR. She also writes the newsletter Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon about her efforts to make medicine more fat friendly. Dr. Mara is back today with Part 2 of our conversation about we...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Ash Brandin of Screen Time Strategies , also know as The Gamer Educator on Instagram. Ash is also the author of a fantastic new book, Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family . Ash joined us last year to talk about how our attitudes towards screen time can be…diet-adjacent . I asked them to come back on the podcast this week bec...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay . For our last August hiatus episode, we’re looking back at a conversation we ran back in February of this year — exploring the work of attorney turned self-help guru Mel Robbins. Did Mel steal the concept of “let them?” Is she jus...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! First up: Please take our listener survey here: https://bit.ly/3HwYVhT Today, we’re going to revisit our conversation about Emily Oster, and her evolving views on kids, weight and health. This episode first aired in November 2024, right after the presidential electi...

Today Virginia is chatting with Anna Maltby.  Anna is a health journalist, editor, content strategist, personal trainer, and author of the newsletter  How to Move . Anna also created Pilates For Abortion Funds , a monthly online class that has raised about $30,000 for abortion funds since July 2022. She has been an ACE-certified personal trainer since 2015, and a certified mat pilates instructor s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! We are Corinne Fay and Virginia Sole-Smith , and this month we’re discussing… Things Thin People Say. 👀 The list includes: ⭐️ The most bananas comment about swimsuit shopping ⭐️ That thing where they think their boyfriend’s clothes will fit you ⭐️ How Caroline C...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Mara Gordon, MD . Dr. Mara is a family physician on the faculty of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, as well as a writer, journalist and contributor to NPR. She also writes the newsletter Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon about her efforts to make medicine more fat friendly. And she was previously on the podcast last November , answering...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Hello on this steamy Summer Friday! We’re popping in to share the (unedited! very casual!) video from the Live we did Wednesday… just generally catching up on some urgent summer news like: * Our new favorite tank tops * Why we hate And Just Like That (but can’t stop watching) * Why we love Lena Dunham but...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Tracy Clark-Flory . Tracy is the feminist writer behind the newsletter TCF Emails and the author of Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire . She’s also the cohost of the new podcast Dire Straights where she and Amanda Montei unpack the many toxic aspects of heterosexual relationships and culture. I brought Tracy on the podcast t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for… part 2 of our 200th episode! We are continuing to revisit favorite moments from the podcast archives. Coming up: 🔥We have feelings about aging! 🔥What’s our current take on heterosexual marriage? 🔥How do you...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your July Indulgence Gospel! And… it’s our 200th episode! To celebrate, we’re making today’s Indulgence Gospel free to everyone and offering a flash sale — 20% off to celebrate 200 episodes! Grab this deal here. This newsletter contains affiliate links, which means if you buy something we suggest, we ma...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Cole Kazdin. Cole is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist and author of What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety . Cole came on Burnt Toast about two years ago to talk about What's Eating Us when it first came out—and the way the eating disorder industrial complex leaves so many folks struggling to find durable recov...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your June Indulgence Gospel! It’s time for a mailbag episode, so we’ll be diving into your questions about: ⭐️ Virginia’s online dating adventures 👀 ⭐️ What we’re cooking right now 🧑🏻‍🍳👩‍🍳 ⭐️ How we’re...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my conversation is with Lauren Leavell . Lauren is a weight neutral fitness professional and content creator. She focuses on creating inclusive environments for movement and exercise to help clients feel strong and confident, and previously joined us on the podcast back in 2023 . Lauren is an oasis in a sea of toxic online fitness and wellness culture. And i...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry ! We raised $13,991 with your help — more than double our original goal of $6,000!! These funds, plus the Burnt Toast match, will cover over 3,600 home-cooked meals for multiply marginalized folks in need. Learn more about th...

Before we start the show today… Have you donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry ? This amazing organization works to get low-income folks (many of whom are in eating disorder recovery) fed — and with the food of their choosing. Meaning yes, ultra processed foods that bring comfort and convenience, and yes to beloved cultural foods…and yes to trusting folks in need to know what they need....

Before we start the show today… Have you donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry ? No, it won’t prevent any of the MAHA shenanigans we’re about to discuss. But it will get low-income folks (many of whom are in eating disorder recovery) fed — and with the food of their choosing. Meaning yes, ultra processed foods that bring comfort and convenience, and yes to beloved cultural foods…and yes...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark. This month we are talking about… seasonal color analysis! We’ll be getting into: ⭐️ The complicated legacy of Color Me Beautiful ⭐️ Is color analysis a little bit racist? ⭐️ Is color analysis…a diet? ⭐️ What colors can Virginia wear, and why are there so many sh...

You are listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Elizabeth Ayiku. Elizabeth is a food justice organizer and founder of the Me Little Me Foundation , a nonprofit committed to advancing food equity and providing free, culturally competent support services for marginalized communities. Based in Los Angeles, Elizabeth works to dismantle the systemic barriers that affect mental health and wellbeing...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your May Indulgence Gospel! Today, fan favorite Brianna Campos joins us again to talk more about… fat dating and sex! We’re answering your questions, like: ⭐️ How do you navigate certain positions in bigger bod...

You are listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Jessica Slice , a disabled mom and author of the brilliant new book, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World . Jessica is also the co-author of Dateable: Swiping Right, Hooking Up, and Settling Down While Chronically Ill and Disabled , and This Is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation , as well as the f...