The Burnt Toast Podcast

By Virginia Sole-Smith & Corinne Fay

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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).

Episode Date
The Peptide Bros Are Not OK
May 07, 2026
The Life-Changing Magic of Fat Swims
Apr 30, 2026
Update: Mel Robbins Has Gone Full Diet Guru
Apr 23, 2026
[PREVIEW] Why Are Photos So Hard?
Apr 16, 2026
Keri Harvey Handled the TikTok Gym Bros
Apr 09, 2026
[PREVIEW] Fat Fashion: Spring Edition
Apr 02, 2026
[PREVIEW] The Diet Culture Voice In Your Head
Mar 26, 2026
[PREVIEW] Get In Loser, We're Bringing Back Chivalry
Mar 19, 2026
[PREVIEW] Lindy West Doesn’t Need Your Permission
Mar 12, 2026
"I Refuse To Be Good"
Mar 05, 2026
[PREVIEW] Is It Normal to Spend $700 on Groceries?
Feb 26, 2026
Meet the Newest Burnt Toast Team Member!
Feb 19, 2026
[PREVIEW] The State of GLP-1 Discourse
Feb 12, 2026
When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder
Feb 05, 2026
The Pets + Gay Hockey Episode
Jan 29, 2026
[PREVIEW] A White Man Thought He was Fat and Quit His Job.
Jan 22, 2026
Welcome to the We Do Not Care Club
Jan 15, 2026
[PREVIEW] Potato Girl Year
Jan 08, 2026
All Fat People Are Strong
Jan 01, 2026
High Fiving Ourselves For This Year!
Dec 25, 2025
[PREVIEW] The Year in Butters: 2025
Dec 18, 2025
"SNAP Is The Perfect Target for MAHA."
Dec 11, 2025
[PREVIEW] Hot People Problems
Dec 04, 2025
[PREVIEW] Are Standing Pants Different from Sitting Pants?
Nov 27, 2025
You Don't Have to Be a Super Ager
Nov 20, 2025
[PREVIEW] How Much Did You Pay Your Pumpkin Stylist?
Nov 13, 2025
"Beauty is a Depreciating Currency."
Nov 06, 2025
[PREVIEW] Why Is Katie Sturino Working for Weight Watchers?
Oct 30, 2025
The Anti-Diet Auntie Revolution
Oct 23, 2025
Is Potty Training A Diet?
Oct 16, 2025
[PREVIEW] Not Trying to Be Hot 25-Year-Olds
Oct 09, 2025
"I Don't See Myself in Fat Liberation Spaces."
Oct 02, 2025
We Need a Fat Bechdel Test
Sep 25, 2025
How To Fix Health Class
Sep 18, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is Back To School A Diet?
Sep 11, 2025
"The Dismissal of Symptoms is Straight-Up Misogyny."
Sep 04, 2025
Is Screen Time a Diet?
Aug 28, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Mel Robbins Cult of High Fives
Aug 21, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] When Parenting Influencers Slide to the Right
Aug 14, 2025
Are Core Workouts a Diet Industry Scam?
Aug 07, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Those Pants Don't Deserve You
Jul 31, 2025
Dr. Mara Will Not Sell You a Weighted Vest
Jul 24, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Live Where Corinne Took Her Top Off
Jul 18, 2025
Are The Heterosexuals Okay?
Jul 17, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Just Another Middle-Aged Person on TikTok
Jul 10, 2025
What Can Replace the Emotional Support Skinny Jeans?
Jul 03, 2025
Is Dr. Mary Claire Haver Making Menopause a Diet?
Jun 26, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Team Box Mix Forever
Jun 19, 2025
StairMasters are the Mean Girls of Cardio
Jun 12, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is Giving Up Your Furniture a Diet?
Jun 05, 2025
"I've Thought About Unleashing Jennifer on MAGA."
May 29, 2025
RFK Has a Vision Board for Food Dye Bans
May 22, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Episode Corinne Has Been WAITING For!
May 15, 2025
Let's Fund a Virtual Food Pantry!
May 08, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] All Your Fat Sex Questions, Answered!
May 01, 2025
Every Parent Is (Kind Of) Disabled
Apr 24, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is Weight Loss Surgery the New Ozempic?
Apr 17, 2025
"I Love Reading Books With Fat Women Who Don’t Care About Being Fat."
Apr 10, 2025
Are We On A Phone Diet?
Apr 03, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Do I Tell My Kids I'm On Ozempic?"
Mar 27, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Does Dr. Becky Have a Privilege Problem?
Mar 20, 2025
The Last Fat Mom in the Hudson Valley?
Mar 13, 2025
Virginia Likes Kale Now
Mar 06, 2025
Washboard Abs Don't Make You Good In Bed
Feb 27, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Mel Robbins Has a PHD in Diet Culture
Feb 23, 2025
Ozempic Is Morally Neutral
Feb 13, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Our Amazon Diet
Feb 06, 2025
Why Is the WNBA Running Weight Loss Ads Right Now?
Jan 30, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Taking Ozempic for "Wardrobe" Reasons
Jan 23, 2025
Birds Are In, Social Media Is Out
Jan 16, 2025
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "You Can Count Your Protein and Still Be Nice to Fat People."
Jan 09, 2025
Your Five Favorite Episodes of 2024
Dec 26, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Santa is a Fat Icon
Dec 19, 2024
A Pudgy Belly Can Be a Strong Core
Dec 12, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Tyranny of the Millennial Camisole
Dec 05, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] What Are We Doing All Day on Our Phones?
Nov 21, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Curious Evolution of Emily Oster
Nov 14, 2024
Healthcare is Ground Zero for Fatphobia
Nov 07, 2024
We're Not Calling It Girl Dinner
Oct 31, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Annual Butter Review: 2024
Oct 24, 2024
Julia Turshen Is Your Home Depot Dad
Oct 17, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] What To Do When You Miss Your Smaller Body
Oct 10, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] There are No Gold Stars for Packing Light!
Oct 03, 2024
How to Make an Unapologetic Fat Film
Sep 26, 2024
We Need To Talk About Fat Fertility
Sep 19, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Dating While Fat!
Sep 12, 2024
"People Read My Sex Scenes and Ask: Is That Possible for Fat Bodies?"
Sep 05, 2024
What If I Just Don't Want My Kid To Be Fat?
Aug 29, 2024
Why Ultra Processed Foods Save Family Dinners
Aug 15, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Nobody Cares About Your "Health and Fitness" Journey
Aug 08, 2024
Why America is Scared of Single Women
Aug 01, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Fatphobic Roller Coasters and Fatphobic Socks
Jul 25, 2024
That Time I Spent $200 On My Chin.
Jul 18, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Like Hand Soap In Your Fruit Juice"
Jul 11, 2024
"If Trump Wins, State Legislatures Are A Best Defense"
Jul 04, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is It Diet Culture to Want a Breast Reduction?
Jun 27, 2024
"Health Is Not What Makes You A Good Person."
Jun 20, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Did Virginia Get Divorced Over Butter?
Jun 13, 2024
"A Fancy Prison Run By Skinny, Wealthy, White Women."
Jun 06, 2024
"Heavy Boobs Are Very Frump."
May 30, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Should We Reclaim the Swim Dress?
May 23, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Wait, Is Nicola Coughlan Even Fat?
May 16, 2024
"Fat Is Weirdly Invisible, You Know?"
May 14, 2024
"You Put on Your Purse and Button Your Pants."
May 09, 2024
"Fat People Poop the Same Amount As You."
May 02, 2024
“Good Athletes Control Their Weight."
Apr 25, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Can You Wear Birkenstocks with Skinny Jeans?
Apr 18, 2024
We Are Not Seeking Closet Perfection.
Apr 11, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is Weight Loss Surgery the "Easy Way Out?"
Apr 04, 2024
We Need a Fat American Girl Doll
Mar 28, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Can I Want to Lose Weight for a Good Reason?"
Mar 21, 2024
Is Not Shopping A Diet?
Mar 14, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Ballerina Farm of Kid Food Instagram
Mar 07, 2024
Is "Mom Rage" Actually "Marriage Rage?"
Feb 29, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] It's Time for Book Gospel!
Feb 22, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] You Don't Have To Lose Weight to Improve Your Blood Sugar
Feb 15, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] When Fat Influencers Get Thinner
Feb 08, 2024
Are Screens the New Sugar?
Feb 01, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Does Sugar Weaken Your Immune System?
Jan 25, 2024
"We Only Like Change If It Makes Us Thin."
Jan 18, 2024
"You Cannot Fight Misogyny Without Fighting Fatphobia."
Jan 11, 2024
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Fat People Don't All Look Alike.
Jan 04, 2024
"I Can Eat Without Somebody Judging Me Now."
Dec 28, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Fat People Don't Need Fat Hammers
Dec 21, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] It's Time to Free the Jiggle
Dec 14, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "We Needed To See a YA Heroine with PCOS."
Dec 07, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] What, Like It's 75 Hard?!
Nov 30, 2023
"It Felt Like I Could Never Be Healthy Enough."
Nov 16, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Not Every Piece of Nutrition Advice is Bullshit
Nov 09, 2023
"This is Not a Book About Body Positivity. This is Not a Book About Ballet."
Nov 02, 2023
I Couldn't Let You Miss the 45 Minute Poop Song
Nov 01, 2023
"We Have Only Recently Acknowledged That Female Athletes Need to Eat."
Oct 19, 2023
"Living in a Fat Body is Beautiful and Complicated Sensory Experience."
Oct 12, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Not Wearing Pants Yet
Oct 05, 2023
The Fat Theater Kids Survival Guide
Sep 28, 2023
Sexting is Safer Sex
Sep 21, 2023
All the Gnomes Are Fat
Sep 14, 2023
Family Dinner SOS
Aug 24, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "You Don't Have to Be Bleeding, You Could Just Not Want to Exercise."
Aug 17, 2023
It’s Not Your Body, It’s the Towel.
Aug 10, 2023
He Asked, "Why Can't You Draw Normal People?"
Aug 03, 2023
Weeds Are Not a Moral Failing
Jul 27, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "I Don't Let My Son Eat Honey Nut Cheerios."
Jul 20, 2023
The Problem Isn't Flaming Hot Cheetos, Part 2
Jul 13, 2023
The Problem Isn't Flaming Hot Cheetos, Part 1.
Jul 06, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Do I Tell My Kids I'm On a Weight Loss Drug?"
Jun 29, 2023
Where Are All the Guys? (In Eating Disorder Treatment)
Jun 22, 2023
"I've Been Writing Food Porn for a Year."
Jun 15, 2023
Everybody Is Paying To Be in the Same Parade
Jun 08, 2023
When Beauty Work is a Rational Survival Strategy
Jun 01, 2023
The Myth of "Full Recovery"
May 25, 2023
The Dream Is a Federal Fat Rights Law.
May 18, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Why Are Men and Viking Grandmas
May 11, 2023
“Elimination Diets Are Not A Panacea.”
May 04, 2023
"I Want My Kid to Love Their Body. I Also Don't Want Them to Be Fat."
Apr 27, 2023
The Myth of the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Apr 20, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] What If I Just Don't Want My Kid To Be Fat?
Apr 13, 2023
The Myth of Equal Partnership
Apr 06, 2023
The Whiteness of Not Wanting to Diet Anymore.
Mar 30, 2023
How Do We Feel About Fat?
Mar 23, 2023
"White Supremacy, That’s the Culprit. Our Bodies Are Not the Problem."
Mar 16, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Should I Tell My 13-Year-Old to Take Smaller Bites?
Mar 09, 2023
"You Are Not Considered a Whole Person After a Certain Age."
Mar 02, 2023
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "This Was Before It Was Normal for Makeup to Give You New Skin."
Feb 23, 2023
"I'm Nervous to Take My Kids to the Doctor Now."
Feb 16, 2023
"It's Not About Growing The Biggest Booty"
Feb 09, 2023
Shining Light On What We Need to See
Feb 02, 2023
Is It Ever Okay to Eat at Chick-fil-A?
Jan 26, 2023
Your 2023 Anti-Diet Resolutions
Jan 19, 2023
"We are Not Living in a World Where Too Many People are Trying Too Many Things to Defend Fat People."
Jan 12, 2023
How to Tell if Your Resolution Is Rooted in Diet Culture
Jan 05, 2023
"I Don’t Have to Manage the Expectations of Another Person on My Body"
Dec 22, 2022
"I Love a Beautiful Home, But it Doesn't Rank Higher than Being Able to Function in My Space."
Dec 15, 2022
Winter Coats, Holiday Parties, and Good Comebacks
Dec 08, 2022
Can We Conquer Anti-Fat Bias?
Dec 01, 2022
“The Assumption is I’m to Blame for How She Looks.”
Nov 17, 2022
We Can Trust Neurodivergent Children About Their Bodies.
Nov 10, 2022
Where Are All the Plus Size Kids' Clothes?
Nov 03, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] It's OK to Want More for Your Daughter than Sexy Donut Waitress
Oct 27, 2022
Calling Kids Lazy, Building Fat Community, and Halloween Costumes
Oct 20, 2022
"My Daughter Now Asks Me: 'Why Are You Shaving Your Legs?'"
Oct 13, 2022
"I Sometimes Wonder What I Would Be Capable of if My Legs Didn’t Hurt."
Oct 06, 2022
It's Time to Talk About School Lunch (Again)
Sep 29, 2022
Feeling Bloated, Sober September, and Fall Soft Pants
Sep 22, 2022
The Myth of the Maternal Instinct
Sep 15, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] When Dieting Is the Family Business
Sep 08, 2022
“All Are Welcome Here” Is Very Different From “This Was Made With You in Mind”
Sep 01, 2022
Is Sugar Really Addictive?
Aug 25, 2022
“Budgeting is Diet Culture For Your Money”
Aug 18, 2022
The Perfect Roast Chicken Does Not Exist.
Aug 11, 2022
"We Couldn't Have a Campaign That Was Just For Fat People."
Aug 04, 2022
"The Way Our Hair Grows Out of Our Heads is a Problem for People."
Jul 28, 2022
"Well, if we have to break the law, how are we going to do it?"
Jul 21, 2022
You Never Need to Wear Skinny Yoga Pants
Jul 14, 2022
"Health Is About More Than Food. Health Is About The Whole Child."
Jul 07, 2022
On Reclaiming Comfort Food
Jun 30, 2022
Why Anti-Thin Jokes are Anti-Fat
Jun 23, 2022
Nobody Asked Mark Bittman Why He Needed Childcare.
Jun 16, 2022
"Skincare Culture is Dewy Diet Culture"
Jun 09, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] The Toxic Intersection of MLMs and Diet Culture
Jun 02, 2022
Do We Owe It To Our Kids To Be Healthy?
May 26, 2022
Skinny Husbands, Bad Bras, and Talking Bodies with Kids.
May 19, 2022
Essential Labor and Essential Pleasure, with Angela Garbes
May 12, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Nutritionally Reversing" Disease Is Not A Thing
May 05, 2022
Calf Liver Gummies Are Not Delicious.
Apr 28, 2022
Stop Apologizing For How You Cook
Apr 21, 2022
“The More You Feel Like You Don’t Have Permission to Eat It, the More You Will Crave It."
Apr 14, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is It A Diet? Or a Homeschool Curriculum?
Apr 07, 2022
The Myth of Visible Abs
Mar 31, 2022
When The Pregnancy App Talks About "Belly-Only Weight Gain," We Have Work To Do.
Mar 24, 2022
"They Say 'Failure to Thrive' but Moms Hear 'Failure To Feed.'"
Mar 17, 2022
It's Time to Stop Panic Giving.
Mar 10, 2022
This Diet Wants You To Throw Out All Your Food.
Mar 03, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Is It a Diet? Still Yes.
Mar 03, 2022
"If My Daughter Wanted to 'Eat Healthier,' I Would Respond Like She Wanted to Smoke Cigarettes."
Feb 24, 2022
What Thin Fashion Designers Don't Know About Fat Bodies.
Feb 17, 2022
Getting The Thin White Momfluencer Out of the Room.
Feb 10, 2022
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Is My Body Too Big To Be Pregnant?"
Feb 03, 2022
"Using Weight as Our Main Marker of Health Isn't Working."
Jan 20, 2022
The Value and Visibility of Momfluencer Bodies
Jan 13, 2022
"We All Know Too Much About Nutrition."
Jan 06, 2022
"The Goal Is Not A Kid Who Eats Everything."
Dec 16, 2021
The New Burnt Toast Podcast!
Dec 09, 2021
"Healthcare for Fat People is Based on the Premise that it's Acceptable to Kill Us to Make Us Thin."
Dec 02, 2021
"Ankles Don't Get Fat at the Same Rate as Butts."
Nov 18, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "If We Could Care Less about Nutrition, Our Kids Would Have a Healthier Relationship with Food."
Nov 11, 2021
"I Spent My Whole Life Wondering if There Was Room for Fat Folks to Fall in Love."
Nov 04, 2021
"You’re Showing Up in the World, and Nobody is Fooled," with Dacy Gillespie of Mindful Closet
Oct 28, 2021
"Can I Make My Kid's Candy Disappear?" with Amy Palanjian of Yummy Toddler Food
Oct 21, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] When You Don't Give a F*ck About Their Diet
Oct 14, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Intentional Weight Loss and Other Rationalizations.
Oct 07, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Fatness Is Not The Trauma, with Rachel Millner
Sep 30, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Unlearning Diet Culture at School, with Gwen Kostal
Sep 23, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Writing Disordered Eating, with Alyson Gerber
Sep 16, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Your Kid Doesn't Need You to Notice Her Posture.
Sep 09, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Building a World for Fat Bodies
Aug 12, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Yes,Your Kid Can Eat Two Breakfasts.
Aug 05, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] It's Nice to Be Soft, With Tyler Feder
Jul 29, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Maybe You Just Think Rice Makes You Sluggish? With Christy Harrison
Jul 22, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Don't Make Your Kid Finish The Soup.
Jul 15, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] Reclaiming Pasta with Anna Sweeney
Jul 08, 2021
[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "That's Unethical as Hell."
Jul 01, 2021
Why We Seek Thin Privilege, with Aubrey Gordon
Jun 24, 2021
Decoding Growth Charts with Anna Lutz, RD, MPH
Jun 17, 2021
Why Is Getting Dressed So Hard. (Part 2)
May 19, 2021
On Trusting Little Kids To Eat
Apr 28, 2021