The Burnt Toast Podcast

General levels of explicit and implicit bias against other groups have just rapidly decreased over the past 30 or 40 years. Whereas for weight, it’s actually still going up. So, you know, we’re up against a pretty big battle. You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith and I also write the Burnt To...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter. Today I am chatting with Emiko Davies , an award winning Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer, and cookbook author based in Italy. Emiko grew up in a diplomatic family and spent most of her life living in...

Today Virginia is chatting with  Naureen Hunani , the founder of RDs for Neurodiversity, a neurodiversity-informed online continuing education platform for dietitians and helping professionals. Naureen also has her own private practice in Montreal, where she treats children, adults, and families struggling with various feeding and eating challenges through a trauma-informed, weight-inclusive, and...

Today Virginia is chatting with with Pam Luk, founder of Ember & Ace , a new line of plus size athletic clothing for kids. We get in what's wrong with the kids' clothing industry, and Pam has so many tips and hacks to making finding clothes for kids in bigger bodies more doable.  If you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And become  a paid...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter, and I’m author of the upcoming book Fat Talk . This is the October bonus episode for paid subscribers! Today we are revisiting another essay from the Burnt Toast archives. We’re going to talk about gender roles and Halloween cos...

Today’s episode is our October Ask Us Anything with Virginia and Corinne Fay of @SellTradePlus! We get into unlearning fatphobia, managing treats with kids, and our very unpopular opinions about Halloween.  If you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And become a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Producing...

Today’s episode is a delightful conversation with  Shelly Anand and Nomi Ellenson , co-authors of the wonderful new picture book  I Love My Body Because .  If you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And become  a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Producing a weekly podcast requires a significant investment...

Today’s episode, a conversation with blogger and fat liberation activist Linda Gerhardt, is the kind of story I can only tell on Burnt Toast.  Because lipedema—despite impacting some  11 percent of women  worldwide—isn’t a Sexy News Story. It doesn’t have the kind of hook mainstream media outlets want. Lipedema patients aren’t the kind of victims (i.e. thin white ladies) that America loves to rall...

This week, we're taking it old school with a solo Virginia episode! She's reading her most popular essay to date, about why you should stop romanticizing your child's lunchbox . (Note: We recorded this before the  White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health ; check the transcript for some thoughts on these new developments.)  If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review...

This week, Corinne joins Virginia for another Ask Us Anything episode! We have a lot of thoughts about pants. So buckle up for that. We also talk about snacks. Pants and snacks, and I know, you're already in. If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Pr...

This week, Virginia chats with Chelsea Conaboy , author of an amazing new book, Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood . If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Producing a weekly podcast requires a significant investment...

It's our September bonus episode! And we're trying out a new format: Virginia's Office Hours, where a Burnt Toast subscriber comes on the pod to chat with Virginia about fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. Our first guest is Serena, who is trying to navigate family gatherings while in eating disorder recovery—but her relatives aren't just diet-y, they are diet culture creators.  If you...

This week, Virginia chats with  with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant,  cofounders of the Center for Body Trust , and  authors of a new book out this week, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation . If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's just $5 per month or $50 for the y...

This week, we revisit an old episode of Comfort Food where Virginia Sole-Smith and Amy Palanjian chat with Lisa Du Breuil, an incredible fat activist and clinical social worker who specializes in eating disorders and addiction. They discuss sugar addiction and how to navigate endless treats with your kids. If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And...

This week, Virginia chats with  Dana Miranda,  a certified educator in personal finance and the founder of Healthy Rich , a platform for inclusive budget-free financial education. Check out her podcast  and her Substack newsletter, Founder Notes . If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber . It's ju...

Today, Virginia is chatting with Julia Turshen . Julia is a New York Times best-selling cookbook author. Her latest book is Simply Julia , she writes a fantastic newsletter, and she’s the host and producer of the podcast, Keep Calm and Cook On . Julia lives in the Hudson Valley, with her spouse Grace and their pets. And she teaches live cooking classes every Sunday afternoon. Follow her on Instagr...

You're listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I'm Virginia Sole-Smith and I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter . Today I am chatting once again with the fantastic Mia O'Malley. Mia is content creator on Instagram and Tiktok (@MiaOMalley and @plussizebabywearing). Mia has been on the show before , so you’re probably alrea...

I think it's important for people to recognize that no matter how fascinated you might be by a Black person’s hair, we are not an exhibit or curiosity. You're listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, and I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter . Today I am speaking with anti-racism activist, writer, and educator Sh...

People don’t have a choice about whether or not to fight these things. You have to keep learning all you can, you have to keep finding the allies you can. And to despair is to abandon all the people who need us most. You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, and I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter . Today...

Yoga Journal, which is the long standing print magazine for yoga professionals, and the yoga community, is owned by the same parent company that publishes Clean Eating magazine. So there’s a lot of intersection in the writing and the journalists between them. And I find it very problematic. Extremely problematic. But that’s capitalism, right?  You’re listening to Burnt Toast . This is the podcast...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We have another Comfort Food rerun for you this week. Hopefully, by the time you’re listening to this, I have turned in my book manuscript, and I am taking this week to chill out. It’s the first week of July and we’ve got family visiting. My whole goal for this first week is to just spend a ton of time in my pool and my garden, and let my post book brain melt. Ther...

Kids turn one and our expectations change. Suddenly, we want them to eat for nutrition and “food is fuel.” You're listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast (and newsletter) about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. As you are listening to this podcast today, I am also writing the last pages of my next book. It is called Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture . It will be ou...

The reason people are angry at thin women is because they hate fat. Yes, of course, we should not be yelling at skinny people. But it’s important to hold that together with, when those jokes get made, they’re actually anti-fat jokes. They’re not anti-thin jokes. You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today we are doi...

Like yesterday, I included goldfish crackers in a lunch picture. And I’m like, how long is it going to take before someone yells at me about the goldfish? You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting with fan favorite, and my best friend, Amy Palanjian . Amy is the creator of the blog Yummy Toddler Food...

Because this is what we do to ourselves every day. We put in so much effort to just exist as basic people in the world. Like, we’re not like knockout celebrities. We’re not like stunning anybody. Like, we put in all of this work for a reward that doesn’t actually ever come. You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Toda...