Podcast Episodes

Neurodivergence and Nutrition: Separating Myths from Facts with Dietitian Jackie Silver

Season 10 Episode 341

Registered dietitian Jackie Silver joins us to discuss nutritional approaches that are helpful for neurodivergence, why neurodivergent people are often the targets of wellness and diet culture, the k…

Published on 8 hours ago

From Taking Ozempic for Weight Loss to Practicing Weight-Inclusive Medicine with Dr. Mara Gordon

Physician and writer Mara Gordon joins us to discuss diet and wellness culture among medical doctors, why she took Ozempic for weight loss (and what made her quit), how she came to practice weight-in…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

"Food Addiction" + Ultraprocessed Foods + Disordered Eating with Marci Evans

Eating-disorders dietitian Marci Evans joins us to discuss the current science on “food addiction” (sometimes called “ultraprocessed food addiction”)—and what’s changed since I first interviewed her …

Published on 2 months ago

Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception

Season 10 Episode 338

Filmmaker and podcaster Kelsey Snelling joins us to discuss her new podcast, Camp Shame, which exposes the troubling history of a notorious weight-loss camp. We get into the effects of deprivation an…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

#337: Why Ozempic Isn't a Miracle Weight-Loss Drug with Amanda Martinez Beck

Season 10 Episode 337

Author and activist Amanda Martinez Beck joins us to discuss her experience of taking Ozempic for diabetes while also working to accept her body and break down anti-fat bias in society. She shares he…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

#336: Dispelling Diet-Culture Myths About Blood Sugar and Diabetes with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones

Season 10 Episode 336

Registered dietitians and diabetes educators Jessica Jones and Wendy Lopez join us to discuss why weight loss isn’t necessary for managing blood sugar, why the popular wellness-culture notion of diab…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

#335: GLP-1 Hype, Handling Haters, and Dating in a Larger Body with Virginia Sole-Smith

Season 10 Episode 335

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith joins us to discuss how GLP-1 hype has changed the conversation about diet culture, the importance of body autonomy, how “bro” diet culture became public policy, how sh…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

#334: “Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona Hanson

Season 10 Episode 334

Parent coach Oona Hanson joins us to discuss how going to a physical therapist for back pain led her down a wellness-culture rabbit hole, why dietary restrictions to “fight inflammation” just ended u…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

#333: Blood-Sugar Myths and Intuitive Eating for Diabetes with Janice Dada

Season 10 Episode 333

Dietitian and diabetes educator Janice Dada joins us to discuss why there’s so much stigma and blame on people with diabetes, the wellness-culture belief that people can “reverse diabetes” by restric…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

#332: "All Instinct, No Rational Thought," and Other Myths About Intuitive Eating - with Elyse Resch

Season 10 Episode 332

Registered dietitian and INTUITIVE EATING co-author Elyse Resch returns to help dispel myths about intuitive eating, including that it means *only* listening to instinct and not the rational brain, t…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago