GLP-1s, Diabetes and How Whiteness Works
Jessica talks to UK doctor Dr. Asher Larmie about his perspectives on Ozempic and weight loss, diabetes, whether prediabetes is a thing and how we should (and shouldn't) measure blood sugar. The two d...
4 Apr 202450min
Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate? With Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba
Dr. Chuks joins Jessica to talk about his new book, Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate. He edited the book with Bailey Spinn a TikTok and YouTube personality. Chuks and Jessica talk about how he got ...
28 Mar 202439min
Writing the Next Book And Not Settling in Love with Chrissy King
Chrissy King joins Jessica to talk about authorship and the patriarchal romanticization of relationships. Chrissy is the author of the Body Liberation Project; How Understanding Racism and Diet Cultu...
21 Mar 202452min
Live, Laugh, Languish; Jessica Wrote a Book and Then it Got Awkward with Alison Pill
Jessica's book is fun, spicy, and a love letter to those around her. She felt really good about it but once it left her hands things started to get awkward. Alison reenacts one of the most awkward mom...
14 Mar 202435min
BMI Cutoffs for Gender Affirming Surgery; Kindness is Not Liberation with Isaac and Dr. Zo Amaro Jimenez
Dr. Zo Amaro Jimenez and Isaac join Jessica to discuss her interview with surgeon Dr. Blair Peters about BMI cutoffs in gender affirming surgeries. Zo and Isaac provide their feedback, share their own...
7 Mar 202455min
The Pivot: Food Heaven to Diabetes Digital with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones
They're back! Wendy and Jess, the duo behind Food Heaven fame pivoted to Diabetes Digital, an online platform for diabetes education and support. In this episode the two share how they decided to pivo...
29 Feb 202458min
Why are there BMI cutoffs for Gender affirming surgery? With Dr. Blair Peters.
Jessica is joined by Dr Blair Peters, a gender affirming surgeon to discuss why BMI cutoffs exist in common gender affirming surgeries including chest surgery, phalloplasty and vaginoplasty. Blair bre...
22 Feb 202445min
Fat Liberation and Size Freedom Policies with Tigress Osborn
Jessica talks to Tigress Osborn (she/her), a fat rights advocate and the Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, about fat liberation and fat joy. NAAFA has worked fo...
15 Feb 202459min
