The Body Trust® Podcast

About The Body Trust® Podcast

Welcome to The Body Trust Podcast, a podcast about collective healing and the radical journey of body reclamation in a culture of anti-fatness, weight stigma, disordered eating and other traumas. Hosted by Dana Sturtevant, Hilary Kinavey, and Sirius Bonner, The Body Trust Podcast will challenge prevailing views on food, bodies, weight, and health, and unpack how social justice intersects with body liberation. Each episode offers insights and stories to help you unlearn the b.s., deepen your roots into body trust, and make your healing bigger than you. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. We can't wait to connect with you!

Publisher

Dana Sturtevant, Hilary Kinavey, Sirius Bonner

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Sept 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 56 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   55. What Does It Really Mean to Be Embodied?

   Hilary, Dana, and Sirius explore the true meaning of embodiment, defining it as a spectrum of presence rather than a constant state, and connect disembodiment to societal control and mistrust.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   54. Dietician Anna Sweeney on Chronic Illness, Body Grief, and Resisting Wellness Grifts

   Eating disorder dietitian Anna Sweeney joins hosts Dana, Hilary, and Sirius to explore chronic illness, body grief, and the dangers of wellness grifts.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   53. Back From Sabbatical: Fat Liberation Month, GLP-1 Ethics, and What’s Coming This Fall

   Hosts Dana, Sirius, and Hilary discuss fat liberation, the ethics of GLP-1s, and the normalization of disordered eating, offering insights into body acceptance and societal pressures.

Inside a recent episode

53. Back From Sabbatical: Fat Liberation Month, GLP-1 Ethics, and What’s Coming This Fall

Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I don't know how to get people to care about it. I keep wondering how. I feel like I've tried for about 20 years. I think one of the reasons why it's so hard to care about it is because the culture is so supportive of everything that leads up to an eating disorder. Right. Yeah. Like those are the things that our culture really prizes, right? Discipline, like having fewer calories and Fasting, intermittent fasting, right? I think it's very, very hard for people to have an understanding of what the line is between everything our culture forces down our throats about how we should be treating eating and movement in our bodies versus, oh, well, now it's over the line. […]

Who has been a guest on The Body Trust® Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anna Sweeney
• Meg Bradbury
• Ilya Parker

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

72 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

58 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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