Virginia Sole-Smith

The Burnt Toast Podcast

Society EN ↓ 207 episodes

Your body liberation community. Hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist and author of FAT TALK: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, and Corinne Fay, author of Big Undies. virginiasolesmith.substack.com

Author

Virginia Sole-Smith

Category

Society

Latest episode

Oct 2, 2025

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android 5M+ downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

Don't Make Your Kid Finish The Soup. 15.07.2021

Welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . Today I am chatting with my good friend and neighbor, Melinda Wenner Moy...

Reclaiming Pasta with Anna Sweeney 08.07.2021

Welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . And today, I’m really pleased to be chatting with Anna Sweeney, who is a...

"That's Unethical as Hell." 01.07.2021

Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions, and some answers, about fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . I’m so excited today to introduce my guest, Marquisele Merced...

Why We Seek Thin Privilege, with Aubrey Gordon 24.06.2021

Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions, and sometimes answers, on fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture and the author of The Eating Instinct , and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . I am so thrilled today to be chatting with Aubrey Gordon....

Decoding Growth Charts with Anna Lutz, RD, MPH 17.06.2021

Welcome to the now-weekly audio newsletter!  It’s like a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now, or add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever. And just in case you don’t like listening (or that’s not accessible to you), I’m including a transcript (lightly edited for clarity) below. Audio newsletters are now coming out every Thursday. But start...

Why Is Getting Dressed So Hard. (Part 2) 19.05.2021

Welcome to  Burnt Toast , a newsletter from Virginia Sole-Smith, which  you can read about here . If you like what you read today, please  subscribe  and/or share it with someone else who would too. Time for another audio newsletter! It’s like a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now, or you can add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever. And j...

On Trusting Little Kids To Eat 28.04.2021

Welcome to  Burnt Toast , a newsletter from Virginia Sole-Smith, which  you can read about here . If you like what you read today, please  subscribe  and/or share it with someone else who would too. This week, I’m trying out my first audio newsletter! If that’s a confusing concept for you, I get it. Technology is so extra. Think of this as a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode rig...

Listen to the The Burnt Toast Podcast podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.