The Burnt Toast Podcast

Yes, it’s clearly a diet. It’s as shitty as any other diet. But also, it’s not a good business plan. It’s not a good way to make money. And these companies are preying on women in more than one way.  You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting and health. It’s time for your June bonus episode! EPISODE CREDITS Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corin...

We have to disconnect the idea of good parenting from health and fitness. Because people don’t have a moral imperative to health. 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 Amanda Martinez Beck . Amanda is a fat activist, author and host of the Fat and Faithful podcast. She focuses on the ways tha...

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting and health. Today we’re doing a very fun Ask Me Anything episode. A lot of great questions came in, so I’ve asked Corinne to help out with this one. For folks who don’t know, Corinne works on Burnt Toast with me and she is also the founder of @selltradeplus , an Instagram account where you c...

We hear so much about Betty Friedan, and the Feminine Mystique. And the whole thing was women find power and fulfillment and identity outside of the home by working professionally. Right? The thing that that leaves out is when you go outside of the home, who’s in the home? Like that work never went away. Hello and welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatpho...

Hello and welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today is your May bonus episode for paid subscribers! Thanks for being here. This month, I decided to do more of a grab bag. We’re going to do one reader question, one diet, and one recommendation—because I really like doing the Butter for your Burnt Toast segment on the regular pod and I th...

If you asked any of these gentle parenting experts, they would say parenting is the most important work in the world. But they are also perpetually downplaying the hardest parts of it—which means not ever making visible the parts of parenting that we most need to change. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatt...

“Sometimes I’ve just shoved some granola in my face, because I knew that I needed to have some fuel in my body. I didn’t really enjoy it. And that’s okay. That’s absolutely appropriate for that moment.” Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting with Leanne Brown who is the author of the cookbooks Good and Che...

NOTE: We're planning a special AMA episode of the podcast and we want your burning questions! Please submit your questions via this Google Form to help us stay organized. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast and newsletter where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health.  We don’t have a brand new episode for you today because I’m on spring break this week. As many of you...

You may end up quitting your job and leaving your partner and ditching all your friends, but don’t worry! It’s gonna be a good thing because you’re eating a lot of banana green smoothies. Welcome to Burnt Toast! It’s time for your April bonus episode. We’re gonna do what we did last month, where I asked you for the diet trends that are showing up the most in your life. I’m going to look them up on...

It was just this overnight conversion. Like, oh, okay, yep, the way I've been doing things my entire career is super wrong, and super harmful, and has hurt a lot of people. And that's terrible. And I'm very done with that. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet, culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I'm chatting with Anna Maltby . Anna is a longtime magazin...

How you feel about your body does not exist in a vacuum. It’s not just about your body, it’s about all the things in your life. So I ask people to really reflect on how size-friendly is their life? Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting with Mia O’Malley , a content creator on Instagram and the creator of...

I remember the my daughter’s gastroenterologist saying, “Wow, you’ve really found a lot of great foods.” And, “We have so many patients who are less compliant than you.” I said, “Well, you know, it was really hard. It was, at minimum, a halftime job. Do all of your patients, families have the time and energy for this?” And he said, “Well probably not.” Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast w...

These are the folks who are going to a state capitol and deciding whether to expand Medicaid or deciding whether there’s one abortion clinic left in the state or deciding whether there’s LGBTQ protections for folks on the job. It’s wild that there aren’t more eyes on it, but it’s not the way we’re trained. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fat phobia, pa...

I think any time you’re wondering, “is it a diet?” And they have a bridal program? The answer is obviously yes. We’re doing something a little different with this month’s bonus episode! I polled folks on Twitter and Insta about the diet trends that are bugging you most right now, so I could spend this episode deconstructing their marketing. And also just, um, reacting to the nonsense? My algorithm...

I think any time you’re wondering, “is it a diet?” And they have a bridal program? The answer is obviously yes. Hello and welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. It’s time for your February bonus episode! We’re doing something a little different this month, because I’ve realized that bonus episodes are a great chance to play around with som...

Teens have the ability to know how much they need to eat. And when we interfere with that, as parents, we start to break down their natural ability. When we model that we trust our children to listen to their bodies, that they are in charge of their bodies, it also models consent. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today...

I have only recently put my foot down and said, “No, I deserve to be here and I will be here and I’m staying here,” and I’ve been in the industry almost 10 years. It’s taken a really long time to not only convince people that I have the talent and the staying power, but also convince myself. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and hea...

In a perfect world, the specter of that perfect, white, thin, cishet mom wouldn’t be there at all. We wouldn’t be tasked with defining ourselves against that ideal because she wouldn’t be the biggest thing in the room.  You’re listening to Burnt Toast. This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I’m bringing back Sara Louise Petersen for another in...

When your providers are emphasizing weight to you, I think this is something you can feel free to push back on and say, “Look, if I am at higher risk, we don’t know that the problem is really my weight—or the care you’re going to give me because of my weight.”  Hello and welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith . I’m...

Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith . Today’s conversation is with Gregory Dodell, MD , a weight-inclusive endocrinologist in New York City, better known as @everything_endocrine or “that one good diabetes doctor!” on Instagram. I know so many of you have questions about weight and diabetes, and a newslette...

There’s a slew of “Look at this mama, she’s so beautiful inside and out.” And it’s always on the photos of women who are thin. We see this equating of “you are slaying motherhood,” with “you don’t have any physical reminders that you’ve created a human and birthed a human.” Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smi...

“I think in general, we all know too much about nutrition. I say that as a dietitian. Even the most intuitive eating of kids will be a picky eater. And that’s fine. We don’t need to nutrition them out of that. There isn’t of a nutrient in broccoli or kale that they can’t get from something else, I promise.” Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting,...

“This is exactly what diet culture, and everyone who gives advice on Instagram  doesn’t want you to know, because it’s not straightforward. And there’s no clear solution.” Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about why your kids should be eating more waffles and frozen burritos for dinner. We also talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and a bunch of other stuff. I’m Virginia Sole-S...

We need our own place to critique diet culture and combat fatphobia, without the continual compromise required by corporate media. And, we need this podcast. Because you will never need to worry that the host is going to pause mid-episode and tell you how much I love Noom. Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we explore questions (and some answers) about fatphobia, diet culture, paren...

Hello, and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! Today, I am so so thrilled to be chatting with Ragen Chastain, who is a professional speaker and writer, trained researcher, and co-author of The HAES Health Sheets . Ragen is also a multi-certified health and fitness professional, and a queer fat woman. Ragen, thank you so much for being here! Ragen Thanks for having me. I love your work...