The Hunger Trap Podcast

Australian Clinical Psychologist Louise Adams, who hosts the popular podcast All Fired Up, joins Diana and Lisa to talk about how anger can be a positive and productive emotion for seeing through the bullshit of diet culture and healing from an eating disorder, as well as how your negative emotions could be trying to save you. They also chat about eating disorders and mental healthcare in Australia.

Diana and Lisa chat with Dr. Roberto Olivardia about the many reasons why more men are being diagnosed with eating disorders — from confusion over the role masculinity plays in modern-day life and the popularity of restrictive diets like Keto to the rise of muscular '80s film heroes like Sylvester Stallone and Star Wars action figures with bulging biceps. How can we help this oft-overlooked demographic?

Diana and Lisa dissect the dreadful What I Eat In A Day trend with "guest appearances" (not really) by Gwyneth Paltrow, Martha Stewart, and Moon Juice founder Amanda Chantal Bacon. They explore the moral implications of so many smoothies and activated cashews, as well as how much it really costs to eat like a "wellness"-obsessed celebrity.

Lisa and Diana catch up with journalist Mallary Tenore to discuss how loss — the loss of a parent, a loss of control, and even the loss of the sense of smell — can send someone into an eating disorder tailspin. We discuss Mallary's New York Times article "When I Lost My Sense Of Taste To Covid, Anorexia Stepped In," in which she details her experience with COVID and how losing her sense of smell and taste (a manifestation of the illness) caused a relapse of an ED she had been in remission from for decades.

Lisa and Diana chat with NASM-certified, award-winning, brilliant AND hilarious Roz the Diva Mays about pole dancing, her career as a personal trainer, struggles with body neutrality/love, and finding passion for fitness in whatever size body you have.

Diana and Lisa chat with Religion Scholar Dr. Alan Levinovitz about religious food restrictions, how they relate to eating disorders, and the modern day phenomenon of achieving a spiritual state through practices like Intermittent Fasting and keto diets.

Diana and Lisa chat with UK-based Registered Dietitian Laura Clark about the state of diet culture in the United Kingdom, the confusing messages around the anti-diet movement, and making peace with past dieting advice regrets.

Lisa and Diana catch up with Emily Duke, comedian and fat activist, to discuss her Slate article, "I Am Fat. To Get the Vaccine, I Had to Say I Am 'Obese.'" We dive into her struggles with an eating disorder, recovery, navigating a fat-phobic medical system, and her vaccine experience.

Why are so many people who suffer from eating disorders going without help? And why is the relapse rate for people who get help so high? Professor and clinical social worker Rebecca J. Lester, who was diagnosed with anorexia at 11 and is the author of award-winning book Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America, chats with Lisa and Diana about the levels of care available, how insurance companies can thwart recovery, and why BMI is a flawed measure for diagnosis and recovery.

Lisa and Diana chat with fitness expert Amanda Thebe about her informative book Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too to demystify the very real and normal process of perimenopause and menopause. We touch on the physiological and psycho-emotional aspects, chat about the link between eating disorders and change, and get tips and tricks on how to not only survive but thrive during this time. Also, ye listeners that still have a 2 and 3 at the start of your age who think you can skip this one? Don't. Because the more you know now, the more you'll flourish!

Also: we're giving away one free copy of Amanda's book to a lucky listener. Just go to our Instagram -- @hunger_trap_podcast or Facebook page at The Hunger Trap Podcast, like the post about her book and tag a friend. The winner will be selected during the week of March 8th.