by Virginia Sole-Smith
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).
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May 14, 2026
Host Virginia Sole-Smith interviews award-winning writer Jamilah Lemieux about single motherhood, co-parenting, and dating.
May 7, 2026
<html><h3><strong>You're listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and </strong><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/bigundies" target="_blank">Corinne Fay</a></strong><strong>, </strong>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><strong>⭐️ What the heck is a peptide? Why would one stack them?</strong></p><p><strong>⭐️ Clavicular, the 20-year-old looksmaxxer extraordinaire.</strong></p><p><strong>⭐️ Why Bro Science is exhausting and deliberately hard to fact-check. </strong></p><p><strong>⭐️ Why are so many peptide fans... also anti-vax?</strong></p><h3>We also have a new Indulgence Gospel for you, with a few unfiltered life updates plus a rundown of what we've been reading!</h3><p>To hear that bonus segment, read the transcript, and join us in the comments, you do need to be an <a href="https://www.patreon.com/virginiasolesmith/join" target="_blank">Extra Butter subscriber</a>.</p><p><strong>Butter</strong></p><p>Virginia: <a href="https://go.shopmy.us/p-56808471" target="_blank">toe spreaders, </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/petrafishermovement/" target="_blank">Petra Fisher</a></p><p>Corinne: <a href="https://go.shopmy.us/p-50777057" target="_blank">Instant Glow Serum</a></p><p></p><p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS</strong></p><p>Co-hosts: <a href="https://patreon.com/virginiasolesmith" target="_blank">Virginia Sole-Smith </a>and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies" target="_blank">Corinne Fay</a>. </p><p>Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theblondemule/" target="_blank"> Kim Baldwin</a>. </p><p>Logo design: <a href="http://www.deannalowedesign.com/" target="_blank">Deanna Lowe</a>.</p><p>Theme Song: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilovefarideh/?hl=en" target="_blank">Farideh</a>.</p><p>Video Editor: <a href="melittlemefoundation.org." target="_blank">Elizabeth Ayiku</a></p><p>Audio Engineer: <a href="http://www.tommyharron.com/" target="_blank">Tommy Harron</a></p><p><strong>Follow us on social! </strong></p><p>Virginia is on Instagram and Threads as<a href="https://www.instagram.com/v_solesmith/" target="_blank"> @v_solesmith</a> and on Bluesky at<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/virginiasolesmith.bsky.social" target="_blank"> @virginiasolesmith</a>. </p><p>Corinne is on Instagram at<a href="https://www.instagram.com/selfiefay/" target="_blank"> @selfiefay</a>, on Bluesky at<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/corinnefay.bsky.social" target="_blank"> @corinnefay</a> and on Patreon at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies" target="_blank"> Big Undies.</a></p><p>Support the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melittlemefoundation/" target="_blank">Me Little Me Foundation</a>, a virtual food pantry supporting multiply marginalized folks recovering from eating disorders.</p><p><strong>Thanks for listening and supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! </strong></p></html>
April 30, 2026
<html><h3>You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. Today my conversation is with Emma Copley Eisenberg.</h3><p><strong>Emma is the author of the nationally bestselling novel</strong> <strong><a href="https://splitrockbooks.com/book/9780593242254" target="_blank">Housemates</a></strong> <strong>and the story collection</strong> <strong><a href="https://splitrockbooks.com/book/9780593242261" target="_blank">Fat Swim</a></strong><strong>.</strong> Her essays, literary criticism and reporting have appeared in The New Republic, Granta, and Esquire among others, and she writes the Substack newsletter <a href="https://emmacopleyeisenberg.substack.com/" target="_blank">Frump Feelings</a>. 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>And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/virginiasolesmith/join" target="_blank">become a paid subscriber</a> to get Indulgence Gospel — our new bonus segment, running after every episode!</h3><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/bigundies" target="_blank">Corinne</a> is going to hop on to debrief this interview with me. We're talking about fat kids in fiction, our Default Outfits and MORE! Paid subscribers all get commenting privileges and a full episode transcript. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/virginiasolesmith/join" target="_blank">JOIN US HERE. </a></p><p></p><p>Photo by Kenzi Crash</p><p></p><p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS</strong></p><p>Co-hosts: <a href="https://patreon.com/virginiasolesmith" target="_blank">Virginia Sole-Smith </a>and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies" target="_blank">Corinne Fay</a>. </p><p>Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theblondemule/" target="_blank"> Kim Baldwin</a>. </p><p>Logo design: <a href="http://www.deannalowedesign.com/" target="_blank">Deanna Lowe</a>.</p><p>Theme Song: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilovefarideh/?hl=en" target="_blank">Farideh</a>.</p><p>Video Editor: <a href="melittlemefoundation.org." target="_blank">Elizabeth Ayiku</a></p><p>Audio Engineer: <a href="http://www.tommyharron.com/" target="_blank">Tommy Harron</a></p><p><strong>Follow us on social! </strong></p><p>Virginia is on Instagram and Threads as<a href="https://www.instagram.com/v_solesmith/" target="_blank"> @v_solesmith</a> and on Bluesky at<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/virginiasolesmith.bsky.social" target="_blank"> @virginiasolesmith</a>. </p><p>Corinne is on Instagram at<a href="https://www.instagram.com/selfiefay/" target="_blank"> @selfiefay</a>, on Bluesky at<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/corinnefay.bsky.social" target="_blank"> @corinnefay</a> and on Patreon at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies" target="_blank"> Big Undies.</a></p><p>Support the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melittlemefoundation/" target="_blank">Me Little Me Foundation</a>, a virtual food pantry supporting multiply marginalized folks recovering from eating disorders.</p><p><strong>Thanks for listening and supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! </strong></p></html>
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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).
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