The Burnt Toast Podcast

Burnt Toast is your body liberation community. We're working to dismantle diet culture and anti-fat bias, and we have a lot of strong opinions about comfy pants. Co-hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith (NYT-bestselling author of FAT TALK) and Corinne Fay (author of the popular plus size fashion newsletter Big Undies).

The Burnt Toast Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith, with 247 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Virginia Sole-Smith hosts The Burnt Toast Podcast, a society show with 247 episodes published.

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  Episode #245

  "I Never Liked The Idea of Looking Like a Mom."

  May 14, 202641 minS0

  <h3>You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today my conversation is with Jamilah Lemieux.</h3><p>Jamilah is an award-winning writer, cultural critic, and leading voice in digital feminism, known for shaping online conversations around race, gender, and relationship. She writes the Care and Feeding Parenting Advice column for Slate, and her work has appeared in outlets like the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post.</p><h3>Jamilah is also the author of the brand new book, Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging.</h3><p>I've been a fan of Jamilah from Slate's Ca...

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  Episode #244

  The Peptide Bros Are Not OK

  May 7, 202634 minS0

  <h3>You're listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and today we're talking about PEPTIDES.</h3><p> </p><h3>This new diet trend is the cursed love child of the protein bros and the RFK stans, and it's supposed to make you thin, tan, and maybe horny. What could go wrong?!</h3><p>We're getting into:</p><p>⭐️ What the heck is a peptide? Why would one stack them?</p><p>⭐️ Clavicular, the 20-year-old looksmaxxer extraordinaire.</p><p>⭐️ Why Bro Science is exhausting and deliberately hard to fact-check. </p><p>⭐️ Why are so many peptide fans... also anti-vax?</p>...

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  Episode #243

  The Life-Changing Magic of Fat Swims

  Apr 30, 202646 minS0

  <h3>You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. Today my conversation is with Emma Copley Eisenberg.</h3><p>Emma is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Housemates and the story collection Fat Swim. Her essays, literary criticism and reporting have appeared in The New Republic, Granta, and Esquire among others, and she writes the Substack newsletter Frump Feelings. She lives in Philadelphia.</p><p>Emma joined me to chat about her new short story collection Fat Swim, fat characters in fiction, what thin authors get wrong, why we’re over Jonathan Franzen and so much more.</p><h3>...

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  Episode #242

  Update: Mel Robbins Has Gone Full Diet Guru

  Apr 23, 202635 minS0

  <p>In the original episode, we asked, "Is Mel Robbins a Diet?"</p><p>Plot Twist (or is it?): Mel is now selling nutritional supplements. Protein shots, to be exact—so we decided to give them a try.</p><p>Paid subscribers can listen or WATCH Corinne try Mel Robbins' Pure Genius protein shot and give us her honest review. 👀</p><p>Free list: You won't want to miss this! Subscribe here. </p><p></p><p>EPISODE CREDITS</p><p>Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay. </p><p>Producer:  Kim Baldwin. </p><p>Logo design: Deanna Lowe.</p><p>Theme Song: Far...

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  Episode #241

  [PREVIEW] Why Are Photos So Hard?

  Apr 16, 20262 minS0

  <h3>We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay and it’s time for your April Just Toast episode!</h3><p>This is a special episode because we recorded in person! I traveled to New Mexico to see Corinne, have new Burnt Toast headshots taken and visit Meow Wolf with my kiddo and my boyfriend. It was a glorious trip and I'm excited to share some of the behind the scenes with you today.</p><p>In this episode we're talking about: </p><p>⭐️ Why it's so hard to have your photo taken.</p><p>⭐️ Thin friends not putting their fat friends on...

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