The Burnt Toast Podcast

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 April Extra Butter. Today we’re talking about plus size influencers getting weight loss surgery. We’ll get into: ⭐️ Is this the start of the Ozempic backlash? ⭐️ How much do public figures owe their audie...

You are listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is the brilliant Jasmine Guillory . Jasmine is a New York Times -bestselling author of nine novels, including The Wedding Date , The Proposal , and her brand new book Flirting Lessons . This is an absolutely delightful conversation. Jasmine and I get into why she is publishing her first queer romance. We talk a lot about fat rep in romance novels,...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your April Indulgence Gospel! Subscribe now These episodes are usually only for paid subscribers but we’re releasing this one for free! If you like it, you can get even more Virginia by becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber — and then you’ll get even more Corinne, because paid Burnt Toasties can take 2...

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 a bonus March Indulgence Gospel! Today we’re chatting about: ⭐️ How to talk to your kids about (your) weight loss and/or GLP-1 use. ⭐️ How to handle medically-advised diets without getting…diet-y. ⭐️Our favor...

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 March Extra Butter. Today we’re talking about Dr. Becky Kennedy, the beloved parenting influencer. We’ll get into: ⭐️ The Dr. Becky mantra that Virginia uses…often. ⭐️Why you don’t need to cook dinner for...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and it’s time for your March Indulgence Gospel! Indulgence Gospel episodes are usually only for paid subscribers but we’re releasing this one for free! If you like it, you can get even more Virginia by becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber — and then you’ll get even more Corinne, because paid Burnt Toasties can take 20%...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, and today my guest is Amy Palanjian . Amy is my work wife and best friend of over 20 years. She’s also the creator of Yummy Toddler Food and author of the nationally bestselling cookbook Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want to Eat . Amy joined me last month at Split Rock Books to celebrate...

Today Virginia is chatting with Brianna Campos.  Bri is a licensed professional counselor and body image coach who works with folks recovering from eating disorders, and finding body acceptance through grief. You may know Bri from Instagram , or from her newsletter,  Body Image with Bri . Bri and I talk about why this concept of body grief is so important—and yet so often overlooked in this work....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Hi Burnt Toasties! We’re resending Thursday’s podcast episode because we had a little mix up: Our deep dive into Mel Robbins’ Cult of High Fives was supposed to be February’s Extra Butter episode —but it ran with an invitation to subscribe at the regular paid level to access it. Which a bunch of you did, a...

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 February Indulgence Gospel. Today we’re talking about Mel Robbins! We’re going to get into: ⭐️ Is Mel Robbins diet culture or anti-diet? Is she just Andrew Huberman for the We Can Do Hard Things crowd? ⭐️...

Today Virginia is chatting with Helen Rosner.  Helen is a staff writer at The New Yorker . She has been covering food for more than a decade as a writer and editor, and won a 2024 James Beard Award for her weekly restaurant-review column, The Food Scene . She is an expert on sandwiches and many other important subjects.  And I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Helen last month at Books Ar...

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 February Indulgence Gospel. Today we’re updating you on our great experiment: How did we do with 30 days of NO AMAZON? We’re going to get into: ⭐️ Why did we quit Amazon in the first place? ⭐️ Is quitting...

Today Virginia is chatting with Frankie De La Cretaz.   Frankie is an award-winning journalist whose work sits at the intersection of sports, gender and culture. They are the co-author of Hail Mary, the rise and fall of the National Women’s Football League , and their writing has been featured in The New York Times , Sports Illustrated , The Atlantic and more. Frankie also writes  Out of Your Leag...

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 January Indulgence Gospel. It’s time for another mailbag episode, so we’ll be answering questions like: ⭐️ Is it anti-fatness to care that your partner eats faster than you? ⭐️ What ultra processed foods...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and today we’re getting into our Ins and Outs for 2025. Most Indulgence Gospel episodes are paywalled, but we’re releasing today’s conversation for free as a January-has-been-a-lot-aleady treat! If you enjoy this conversation, please consider supporting our work with a paid subscription . You can also subscribe to Corinn...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! It's time for your January Extra Butter!  Today, we’re tackling two big topics: 1. Can you do a diet-y thing and still be an anti-diet advocate? 2. And can Corinne and Virginia divest from Amazon for one month? (Or is that…also kind of diet-y???) If you are already...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay , and we’re dropping in today with your Burnt Toast Podcast Year In Review. Don’t forget! Burnt Toast subscriptions are 20% off right now — but that deal ends tomorrow night. Don’t miss it! And if you haven’t donated to our NAAFA fundraiser yet, we could really use your help funding fat. You can always listen to our episod...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It’s time for your December Indulgence Gospel.  Today’s episode is both holiday and sex-themed, which seems right! We’re getting into: ️ How diet culture and anti-fatness show up during the holiday season. Comments from relatives! Fitness equipment as gifts! Matching family PJs! Etc. ️ Our NEW Ask Corinne...

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! It's time for your December Extra Butter!  Today, we’re talking about bellies—and how we’ve been taught to dress them. You need this conversation if you have feelings about: Spanx Horizontal stripes The Millennial structured camisole era + long, flowy tops Always tu...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It’s time for your November Indulgence Gospel. Today, we’re doing an old fashioned mailbag episode for you. We are going to chat about grocery shopping. We’re going to talk about what to do if you are “not fat enough” to be in a fat space. We are going to talk about how to get divorced. We’re going to talk...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! It's time for your November Extra Butter!  This month we’re talking about Emily Oster—and her evolving views on kids, weight and health. We recorded this before the election. But as we all continue to grapple with how America slid to the right, the story of a public...

Today Virginia is chatting withMara Gordon, MD. Dr. Gordon is a family physician on the faculty of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, as well as a writer, journalist, and contributor to NPR. Dr. Gordon also writes  Chief Complaint , about her efforts to make medicine more fat friendly, and help her patients and herself explore body liberation and radical bodily autonomy. In our conversatio...

Today Virginia is chatting with  Amy Palanjian.   You probably already know Amy as Yummy Toddler Food , which is her blog/ Instagram / Tiktok . She’s also the bestselling author of Dinnertime SOS , and writes a great bi-weekly newsletter called YTF Community , which comes with super helpful meal plans.  Some of you may have listened to our old podcast, Comfort Food , or maybe you’ve just heard Amy...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It’s time for your October Indulgence Gospel. And today… we’re going to look back at all of our Butters! If you’re new here, Butter is the recommendation segment that runs at the end of every podcast episode . Butter is sometimes things you can buy, but it can also be a show or book we love, something grea...