The Burnt Toast Podcast

 Today Virginia is chatting with musician and comedian Farideh .  Her new album, “ The Mother Load ” came out on October 24 and we're obsessed!  If you want more conversations like this one,  please rate and review us in your podcast player!  And become  a paid Burnt Toast subscriber  to get all of Virginia's reporting and bonus subscriber-only episodes.  Philly Fat Con is THIS WEEKEND! And Burnt...

 Today Virginia is chatting with Christine Yu, author of Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes . We dive deep into misogyny in sports science, reclaiming carbs, and conduct a little Sports Bra Science. If you order Up to Speed from the Burnt Toast Bookshop , you can get 10 percent off that purchase if you also order (or have already ordered!) Fat Talk ! (Just use the code FATT...

 Today Virginia is chatting with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of Big Girl . Originally from Harlem, Mecca is now an associate professor of English at Georgetown University and lives in Washington DC. She is also the author The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora and Blue Talk and Love .  It is an utter delight to talk about writing, fatness, and bodies with Mecca...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It's time for your September/October Indulgence Gospel! Corinne is here. We’re getting into the tyranny of portion control, meal trains, and whether Virginia's house is really that clean.  If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast feed and access to the entire tr...

 Today Virginia is chatting with Katy Geraghty. Katy is an actor in New York City, most recently seen as Little Red in Into The Woods on Broadway as well as the national tour. We asked Katy to come on the show, because she knows firsthand what it’s like to be a fat kid in theater, and a fat professional working actor in theater.   If you want more conversations like this one,  please rate and rev...

 Today Virginia is chatting with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of the brand new book, Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World .  She’s also the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World and has a PhD in media technology and society from Northwestern University and has taught at Northwestern and DePaul. GIVEAWAY In lieu of taking our usual guest ho...

Today Virginia is chatting with Phoebe Wahl, an award winning illustrator, surface designer, and author of several books, including the brand new illustrated young adult novel  Phoebe’s Diary . If you order  Phoebe’s Diary  from the Burnt Toast Bookshop, you can get 10 percent off that purchase if you also order (or have already ordered!) Fat Talk ! (Just use the code FATTALK at checkout.) If you...

Today Virginia is chatting with Amy Palanjian,  creator of Yummy Toddler Food  and author of the brand new cookbook, Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want to Eat . We get into what makes family dinner a hellscape, diet culture in kid food, mom friends, and more.  If you order Dinnertime SOS from the Burnt Toast Bookshop, you can get 10 percent off...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com t's time for your August Indulgence Gospel! Corinne is here. We’re getting into power lifting, fruit rage, menstrual taboos and YouTubers telling you how to eat.    If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast feed and access to the entire transcript in your inbox a...

Today Virginia is chatting with  Mary Carney, the founder of Towel , a new size inclusive lifestyle brand. Because a towel that doesn't wrap around your body is just a classic example of anti-fat bias in action.  If you want more conversations like this one,  please rate and review us in your podcast player!  And become  a paid Burnt Toast subscriber  to get all of Virginia's reporting and bonus s...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about anti-fat bias, diet culture, parenting, and health. I am Virginia Sole Smith. Today I am chatting with Lindsey Guile . Lindsey is an Associate Professor of Art at Dutchess Community College, and a body and fat liberation artist.  Lindsey uses large format drawing and ceramics to explore concepts of self image, body image and self worth thr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com Today Virginia is chatting with Anne Helen Petersen , author of four books and co-host of the Work Appropriate podcast, who also writes the newsletter Culture Study—and its recently launched little sister, Garden Study . We're exploring how gardening can be part of perfectionism and productivity culture—or...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It's time for your July Indulgence Gospel! Corinne is here. We’re getting into power lifting, sugar-y breakfast cereals, long hair rules and lots of fat swim talk .   If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast feed and access to the entire transcript in your inbox...

Welcome to Part 2 of our two-parter on Ultra Processed Foods! Virginia is chatting with Laura Thomas, PhD , a Registered Nutritionist who specializes in responsive feeding and anti-diet, body affirming nutrition. Her work centers on helping parents and families end inter-generation dieting and body shame, and work towards a greater sense of embodiment and ease in their relationship with food. She...

Welcome to Part 1 of our two-parter on Ultra Processed Foods! Virginia is chatting with Laura Thomas, PhD , a Registered Nutritionist who specializes in responsive feeding and anti-diet, body affirming nutrition. Her work centers on helping parents and families end inter-generation dieting and body shame, and work towards a greater sense of embodiment and ease in their relationship with food. She...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It's time for your June Indulgence Gospel! Corinne is here and we're celebrating our 100th episode. We've got answers to your questions about Ozempic, dahlias and leggings, plus a lil' hate mail and of course, Butter.   If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast f...

Today Virginia is chatting with Kyle Ganson, PhD ,  an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work who studies eating disorders in boys and young men. This is an episode a lot of you have been asking for—we don’t talk enough about boys and how they struggle with all of these issues.  If you want more conversations like this one,  please rate and revie...

Today Virginia is chatting with Jo Piazza,  best selling author, journalist, and podcast creator. You might know her from her awesome podcast Under the Influence , or her very excellent Substack  Over the Influence . And her new book, co-authored with Christine Pride entitled You Were Always Mine , just came out this month. Remember, if you order Jo's book (or any books we mention on the pod!) fro...

Today Virginia is chatting with Martinus Evans,  the author of the brand new book Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run . He runs Slow AF Run Club , a running community for folks to run in the bodies they have, and is @300poundsandrunning on Instagram. Remember, if you order Martinus's book (or any books we mention on the pod!) from the Burnt Toast Bookshop , you can get...

Today Virginia is chatting with Elise Hu, the author of the brand new book  Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital , which explores the intersections of beauty culture and diet culture in South Korea. If you have ever purchased a sheet mask or a babyfoot peel or any other K beauty products or if you’ve just been aware of the absolute phenomenon of Korean beauty culture, y...

Today Virginia is chatting with  Cole Kazdin , author of  What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety , which explodes a lot of the problems with our current eating disorder treatment system. Remember, if you order Cole's book (or any books we mention on the pod!) from the Burnt Toast Bookshop , you can get 10 percent off that purchase if you also order (or have already ordered...

Today Virginia is chatting with fat rights advocate Tigress Osborn. Tigress is Chair of the Board of NAAFA, The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance , and helping to lead the Campaign for Size Freedom, which just scored a huge victory in New York City and there is more to come.  Remember, if you order books we mention in today's pod from the Burnt Toast Bookshop , you can get 10 percent...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com It's time for the May Indulgence Gospel!  Instead of answering your questions this month, we're reading Virginia's hate mail. Buckle up!  If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast feed and access to the entire transcript in your inbox and  on the Burnt Toast Subs...

Today Virginia is chatting with her longtime friend and colleague Christy Harrison, MPH, RD!  Christy is a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified Intuitive Eating counselor. She’s the author of Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating . And today we are talking about Christy’s new book, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinfo...

FAT TALK is now out in the world! To celebrate, Corinne is here to chat with Virginia about the writing and reporting process. If you love what you hear, you can order the  hardcover , ebook , or  audiobook  ( or if you’re in the UK and the Commonwealth, the paperback ) anywhere you buy books. Split Rock has signed copies  (feel free to request a personal inscription!).  If you want more conversat...