The Papaya Podcast

By Dear Media, Sarah Nicole Landry

Society & Culture

What's The Papaya Podcast about?

The Papaya Podcast is a weekly show where your host, Sarah Nicole, dishes out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom. Get ready to get inspired, get candid, and get real, because we are all in this digital space together.

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01.30.2023

Life is happening and as most of us have figured out by now, it’s not without surprises, pain, suffering and life after. Dr. Neeta joins us today to speak on how she learned the hard way about all of that, ...

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01.30.2023 The One Where That SUCKED, Now What? With Dr. Neeta Bhushan Life is happening and as most of us have figured out by now, it’s not without surprises, pain, suffering and life after. Dr. Neeta joins us today to speak on how she learned the hard way about all of that, ...
01.23.2023 The One About DOWN THERE with OBGYN Dr. Jennifer Lincoln Health class didn’t teach us what we needed to know, and so TikTok breakout star Dr. Jennifer Lincoln came to change that and bring to the forefront approachable bite-size education one video and post at a time. Today she brings ...
01.16.2023 The One With The Polls With Sarah & Neighbour Becci Take some of the toughest poll questions from hot dogs, returning gifts if the marriage ended, to infidelity and bring them onto a podcast platform! Neighbour Becci runs weekly polls in her instagram stories where people can submit their stumped ...
01.09.2023 The One About Social Media & Our Relationship with Shane Landry We opened IG stories back up for Q&A; for Shane and I, and answered a lot of those burning questions many of you had. Like, how much sex are we having? How do we balance kids and co-parenting? Who IS ...
12.12.2022 The One About Asking Yourself Why with Case Kenny Case Kenny is a Chicago-based writer, podcaster, recording artist and creator of The New Mindset Journal. And many, myself included, discovered Case over the pandemic when these little notes of thoughts and encouragement went a long way for a lot ...
12.05.2022 The One About Moving Forward with Vanderpump Rules’ Katie Maloney Her relationship, her divorce, her body and her every move it seems has been making headlines over the years. Today we sit down in LA with Vanderpump Rules star Katie Maloney to hear what SHE has to say about it ...
11.28.2022 The one about our dreams and our mental health with Kendra Fisher Kendra Fisher when faced with the opportunity to realize her dream of goaltending for Team Canada, was also diagnosed with a Severe Anxiety Disorder coupled with Severe Panic Attacks, Depression and Agoraphobia; forcing her to leave the National Program in ...
11.21.2022 The One About Women & Wealth with Nicole Walters Today we’re in LA sitting down with @NicoleWalters to talk about everything from body image, marriage (and divorce) and wealth. Nicole is a former top-selling corporate exec who quit her six-figure sales job in front of 10,000 people, took what ...
11.18.2022 Introducing Raising Good Humans Premium Are you concerned that your child is in charge? Does giving orders make you sweat? Do you need a moment for mindfulness before you lose your mind? In Raising Good Humans Premium, a Subscription exclusively available on Apple, Dr. Aliza ...
11.14.2022 The One Where Strength Is Feminine With Olympian Ilona Maher Beast. Beauty. Brains. Olympic Rugby player Ilona Maher is here today to share about her breakout success on TikTok, redefining feminism and her love of lipstick. Ilona shares about her journey with feminism alongside athleticism, including body image and sports. ...
11.07.2022 The One About Cooking At Home Again With Preppy Kitchen’s John Kanell We want more home cooked meals, but it’s overwhelming and frustrating and we need a change! Today we get down to how to be successful in the kitchen, the value (not hindrance) of having kids get involved and a whole ...
10.31.2022 The One About Inquisitive Kids Turning Into A Career In Tech with Dyson Engineer Niamh Turney I was so excited to have the opportunity to sit down with Dyson Engineer Niamh Turney about her experience as a woman in tech, especially at a young age. What I didn’t expect was a conversation that would literally change ...
10.24.2022 The One About Being The Fat Funny Friend with Singer-Songwriter Maddie Zahm You have probably heard her music by now. Whether “Fat Funny Friend” or “You May Not Like Her” as these songs and sounds have gone viral all over tiktok and instagram reels with unbelievable amounts of shared experiences. The woman ...
10.17.2022 The One About Makeup, Motherhood & Medication with Raw Beauty Kristi Kristi, well known as Raw Beauty Kristi, is a youtube/instagram creator that began with roots in sharing infertility and ended up in makeup, motherhood and exploring all the raw honesty of it all. I found Kristi years ago, as she ...
10.10.2022 The One About Using Your Voice with Lauren Taylor You might recognize Lauren from her viral 2020 video “Unmuted”. Since then Lauren has continued to expand upon what it means to use your voice, even authoring one of our favorite bedtime books for children “Your Voice Matters”. Lauren has ...
10.03.2022 The One About The Bachelor & Inclusivity with Roses For EveryBody It’s been decades, and there has been little to no body diversity in one of televisions oldest franchises: The Bachelor/Bachelorette. I love the show, and it’s getting harder and harder to love it. So many of us are hoping for ...
09.26.2022 The One About Unf*cking Your Brain & Rewiring Your Thinking With Kara Lowentheil To ask someone to “stop thinking” is like asking them to “stop blinking” , says Kara Lowentheil. So instead of stop thinking, what if we just rewired for NEW thoughts and a whole new way of thinking? Today we sit ...
09.19.2022 The One At The Apple Event With Women’s Health EIC Liz Plosser! Such an incredible opportunity as I sat down in Apple Park with Liz Plosser, Editor-In-Chief of Women’s Health magazine to talk about the new Apple announcements, what they mean for women’s health (ahem, cycle tracking). We also chat about that ...
09.12.2022 The One About Lady Secrets with Lady Gang’s Jac, Keltie & Becca! One of the most-downloaded podcasts, LadyGang and its hosts Jac Vanek, Keltie Knight & Becca Tobin are HERE to talk about their new book “Lady Secrets” and a new tour! Lady Secrets is self-proclaimed a “Real, Raw & Ridiculous Confessions ...
09.05.2022 The One Where Diet Culture Doesn’t Own Fitness with Lauren Leavell After years and years of exercise being motivated by body hate, or desire to look a certain way, I felt incredibly lost with movement, fitness, exercise the whole shebang. Healing from a difficult pregnancy, a pandemic, changing body and diet ...
08.29.2022 The One About Women in Gaming, Dealing With Trolls & Mental Health with BrookeAB! Brooke is one of the top (and only) women gamers in the industry with a dominant presence in the gaming world and over 1.1 million followers on Twitch. As the second ever woman creator to join top gaming organization 100 ...
08.22.2022 The One About Grief And Moving Forward With The Ones We Lost with @NoraBorealis Years ago I saw this viral video by this woman named Nora, aka @NoraBorealis, aka Nora McInerny. It was a 14 minute Ted Talk about grief, delivered with honesty, humour, and the notion that we don’t “Move On” from those ...
08.15.2022 The One Where We Have To Call Our Sister With Kayla Bulmer and Stacey Kay Canada’s Got Talent GOLDEN BUZZER winners and finalists in America’s Got Talent, sisters Kayla & Stacey are here to talk about it all… or whatever random sh*t we found ourselves discussing like being a plus size musician, the golden buzzer ...
08.08.2022 The One About The Power Of Plus with Author Gianluca Russo Fashion and culture writer, Gianluca Russo, has spent much of his career documenting about fashion and culture, sure, but specialising in body diversity within it. Gianluca’s work has appeared in GQ, Glamour, InStyle, Teen Vogue, and now a new book ...
08.01.2022 The One Where We Unpack A Cruise, A Couple’s Trip & The Bachelorette(s) Shane is baaaack as we unpack (literally and figuratively) from the first half of summer. A Disney Cruise, a trip to Nova Scotia to see the McCarvells, and so much more. We dive into travelling with toddlers and teens, the ...
07.25.2022 The One About Mothers & Diets with Betty Kubovy-Weiss Whenever conversations start about dieting and why someone may have started dieting, so many begin the answer with “well my mother…”. For Betty, this is a lot more complex, because based on her own mother’s feelings along with doctors advice ...
07.18.2022 The One About Big Clt Energy With TikTok Star & Comedian Melissa Ong How did one woman go from quitting a dream job at Google to finding her path of success on social media? Melissa Ong known as @ChunkysDead joins us to talk about sex positivity, how she brought big clt energy to ...
07.11.2022 The One About Slowing Down With Celebrity Doula Brandi Jordan Doula & host of Dear Doula Podcast, joins us today to talk about all things postpartum, parenting, intuition and why we aren’t our mothers (good or bad). This episode is designed to remind us to slow down, trust ourselves and ...
07.04.2022 The One About Divorce & All That Comes With It, with Divorce Coach Alicia Robertson Divorce is a life event, one I’ve been through, and whether you’ve been through one, know someone who has or curious to what it can be like, this episode is for you. Divorce is chosen or chosen for you, but ...
06.27.2022 The One About Deconstructing Karen with Regina Jackson & Saira Rao On a recent plane ride home, a woman tapped me on the shoulder, slipped me a note, and shared with me about her documentary she was coming to Toronto to premiere. The documentary? Deconstructing Karen. The woman? Saira Rao. Today ...
06.20.2022 The One About Ancestral Teachings, Motherhood & Truth with Tasha Spillett-Sumner Tasha Spillet-Sumner is an Afro-Indigenous NYT Bestselling Author, speaker, PhD Candidate and Mama. Today we sit down to talk about the ancestral teachings that helped her move through motherhood, into her writing and work that she does today. Join us ...
06.13.2022 The One About Rebel Girls with CEO Jes Wolfe Join us in Apple Park as I sit down with award winning app Rebel Girls’ CEO Jes Wolfe. Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls through ...
06.06.2022 The One About Streaming For A Feeling With Danai Mush Our very own Papaya pop culture expert, Danai, is here to talk about what we’re watching, how we’re feeling and why we’re streaming what we are. We dive into getting rid of saying “guilty pleasures” of our fave TV shows ...
05.30.2022 The One About Career Pivots with Deja Riley Imagine being a dancer for stars like Beyonce and Lady Gaga and walking away from it all for a complete career pivot? Well, that’s exactly what Deja Riley did! Today Deja shares with us why she did it, how she’s ...
05.23.2022 The One About Hair, Patience, Fame & Self Expression with JVN! The absolutely delightful @JVN is backkkk to share all about @JVNHair and how and why this brand came to be. From breaking molds in hair care with intentionality, making it for hair concern not for hair type (gender, texture etc.) ...
05.16.2022 The One About Creating Boundaries & Trusting Your Intuition With Yasmine Cheyenne This episode was completely eye opening and one I won’t soon forget. Today we sit down with @YasmineCheyenne who is an author, self-healing educator, speaker and founder of @TheSugarJarCommunityApp (which I downloaded immediately!). We chat creating boundaries and why, choosing ...
05.09.2022 The One About Green & Red Flags of Relationships With Garbo CEO Kathryn Kosmides Kathryn Kosmides is a longtime entrepreneur and activist who has worked with dozens of venture-backed startups to launch and scale their marketing efforts including Hotjar, Intercom, and Clari. She is now the founder and CEO of Garbo - a tech ...
05.02.2022 The One About Autism & Being On The Spectrum With Charlotte @TheSpectrumGirl Charlotte Bergslien always knew she was different, but it took 38 years to be diagnosed with being on the spectrum of autism as well as ADHD. After burnout, loss of jobs, depression and more she got her diagnosis and now ...
04.25.2022 The One About How We Would Survive Zombies With The Neighbours Yes, this is exactly how it sounds. Myself (Sarah) and Shane sit down with our neighbours, Scott & Becci to discuss how we would each manage to survive a zombie apocalypse. Enjoy this riveting conversation through gender roles, general how-to’s ...
04.18.2022 The One About Social Media & #HalfTheStory with Larissa May The average teen spends 7 hours a day online. That’s ⅓ of their life. #HalfTheStory began when founder, Larissa May (@livinlikelarz), was juggling two lives as a student at Vanderbilt University and a fashion blogger/entrepreneur, covering NYFW for highly respected ...
04.11.2022 The One Where We Talk Vasectomies With Shane Landry What was a mutual decision, combined with a celebratory get well cake and sharing on social media about Shane getting a vasectomy turned into a wild ride of misconceptions, accusations and a news story we did NOT expect to be ...
04.04.2022 The One About IBS, Recovery & Healing WITH Your Parents with Kelly U! To follow @_kellyu is to be blessed with constant honesty, hilarity, style and so much more. Today we sit down and talk about her recovery including her journey with IBS, Eating Disorders that stemmed from a childhood comment, Recovery, Sobriety ...
03.28.2022 The One About The Importance Of The Word “And” with Jayne Mattingly Jayne Mattingly is a long-time IG friend of mine who continually inspires me and today I am so excited to sit down with her and discuss work as a Body Image Coach, and her work as a disability advocate. Jayne’s ...
03.21.2022 The One About Bloat, Creatorship & Investing in Social Media with Siff Haider As a longtime user of Arrae I was so excited to bring on my friend Siff Haider to talk about how she launched a brand targeting something so many of us deal with - bloat. Siff’s approach to the brand ...
03.14.2022 The One About Relationships & Relationsht with Kamie Crawford You may know her from MTV’s Catfish, or have seen her recently named a Sports Illustrated Swim model, but sit down and get to know Kamie Crawford, behind the scenes. Her podcast, Relationsht talks about all sorts of relationships, and ...
03.07.2022 The One About Social Stereotypes of Moms with Good Moms, Bad Choices hosts Erica & Milah Their podcast called “Good Moms, Bad Choices” is in the top 1% of podcasts in the world, and for going reason - THEY GO THERE. Known for uncensoring topics around cannibis and sex, Erica & Milah lead through conversations that ...
02.28.2022 The One About Bodies, Celebrities & Being a Millennial with Tiktok Star, Rod! From the moment he shakes his iced coffee in the air summoning the energy to get through that day, it’s hard to not immediately fall in love with who we know as @Rod. How one man took what was Gen ...
02.21.2022 The One About How It All Connects With Monique Melton You may have come to know Monique Melton through her highly-followed instagram page @moemotivate and anti-racism work through her Shine Bright School (that I’m a student in) and The Shine Brighter Together Podcast. But today we rewind her career a ...
02.14.2022 The One About Letting Go Of Clutter With Megan of GoSimplified We recently welcomed home organization team Go Simplified into our home to de-clutter, get organized and learn new skills. This process for me began with a lot of shame and fear, and landed me in a place of peace and ...
02.07.2022 The One About One Year In + Q&A with Shane Landry We did a birth podcast, we did a sex podcast, now it’s time to reflect on everything one year later. We’ve been married for 3 years, in a pandemic for two years, and new parents for one year. It’s been ...

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