Sofie talks to Marisha Wallace about Dreamgirls, the music industry, Stacy Abrams, competition, being alone, making your own space, and her upcoming album, Tomorrow.Content warning – coronavirus, Trump, elections, racism, illness, mental health issues,...

Sofie talks to Stacy Bias about processing trauma, fighting with her therapist, being present, empathy, healing, Meg-John Barker’s concept of Plural Selves, monsters at the end of books, and drawing bums.Content warning – coronavirus, C-PTSD,...

Sofie talks to Raffela Mancuso about mental illness activism, unlearning productivity, social media, being a human on the internet, fear, therapy, ignoring your body, and trying to help your past self.Content warning – coronavirus, mental illness,...

Sofie talks to J (a.k.a. ComfyFat) about body liberation, navigating the internet, politics, information, fear, the privilege of not paying attention, going through the foster system, being fat, queer and nonbinary, agoraphobia in the time of COVID-19,...

Sofie talks to Jamie Windust about writing, talking about gender on their terms, advocating for social change, In Their Shoes, TED X London, approaches to relationships, vulnerability, and getting angry at Love Island.Content warning – coronavirus,...

Sofie talks to Julia Shaw and her cat about criminal psychology, Bad People, memory, reasonable doubt, certainty, nuance, bisexuality, evil, consciousness, science communication, and flirting. Content warning – coronavirus, anxiety, crime, violence,...

Sofie talks to Juno Dawson about writing fiction, screenplays and memoir, being a primary school teacher, emotional literacy, listening, learning, social media, “balance”, fan fiction, horror, the power of saying you’re wrong and her YA novels Meat...

Sofie talks to Michael Chakraverty about Bake Off, writing, accountability culture, theatre, navigating the public eye, politics, sexuality, mental health, drag, reality TV, and kindness. Content warning – coronavirus, mould, damp, OCD, anxiety,...

Sofie talks to Jameela Jamil about advocacy, identity, the media, perfection, being an “internet troll”, being seen as the face of body positivity, celebrity, iWeigh, EMDR therapy, cancelling, boundaries, Twitter, privilege, and f*****g up. Content...

Sofie talks to Payzee Mahmod (and her dog) about escaping her child marriage, her sister’s “honour killing” murder, gender inequality, activism, patriarchy, therapy, justice, working with IKWRO, and doing the things she wasn’t allowed to do as a child.  Link to petition mentioned: https://www.freedomunited.org Content warning – coronavirus, child marriage, trauma, OCD, therapy, sex, religion, virginity, sexual assault, abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, paedophilia,...

Sofie talks to Pixie Turner about her new book “The Insta-Food Diet”, her podcast “In Bad Taste”, social media, food, falling over, health, psychotherapy, social comparison orientation, nutrition, whiteness, and feeling your feelings.  Content warning – coronavirus, food, trauma, alcohol, injury, body image, eating disorders, anxiety, diets, fatphobia, therapy, food shaming, body shaming, online conflict, people pleasing, pet death, stress, racism, sexism, Nazis, MRAs, toxic masculinity,...

Sofie talks to Emily Gorcenski about Charlottesville, complicity, activism, studying/tracking modern white supremacy based hate movements, privilege, standing up to bullies, transitioning, First Vigil, and having a live feed portrayed on American Horror Story. Content warning – coronavirus, Nazis, white supremacy, racism, violence, violence, pepper spray, hate speech, prison, alt right, Trump, swatting, police violence, murder, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, bullying, therapy, fatphobia,...

Sofie talks to Joy Nash (and her cat) about Dietland, fat liberation, acting, activism, feminism, relationships, her greatest fear, Locked Up Abroad, vulnerability, and getting dogs to smile. Content warning – coronavirus, lockdown, mental health issues, trauma, therapy, economic anxiety, addiction, prisons, #MeToo, #TimesUp, Weinstein, anti-fatness, fatphobia, diets, body issues, Trump, sex, romance, crying, dissociation  Artwork by Justine McNichol Jingle by Harriet Braine Produced by Dave...

Sofie talks to Lou Sanders about comedy, COVID 19, healing, energy, spirituality, jealousy, forgiveness, teenage clubbing, school, safe spaces, and doing a gig the day she broke up with her fiancé.  Content warning – coronavirus, illness, economic anxiety, stress, depression, rape, sexual assault, religion, bullying, death, alcohol, peodophilia, addiction, trigger warnings, mental health issues, violence, abuse Artwork by Justine McNichol Jingle by Harriet Braine Produced by Dave Pickering ...

Sofie talks to Maryam Pasha about TED X London, navigating attitudes around fatness, psychology, friendship, wealth, living in lots of places, imposter syndrome, curation, creativity, and dealing with past baggage.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, fatphobia, imposter syndrome, online harassment, judgement, OCD, sex, unhealthy relationships, bullying, exclusion, homophobia, sexuality, sexism, gender policing, war, religion, racism, death, therapy, mental health issues Artwork by Justine...

Sofie talks to Thanyia Moore about fitness stuff, therapy, finding groups difficult, navigating the comedy scene as a black woman in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, finding the words, being funny over Zoom, forgiving yourself, and the three questions white people should ask their parents.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, death, bereavement, breakups, therapy, child abuse, sexuality, racism, mental health issues, murder, police/white violence, the N word, trauma, drug use, overdose,...

Sofie talks to Trevor Dion Nicholas about the effect of the pandemic on the West End, Aladdin, Hamilton, cinematic video games, asking for help, the echoes of his parents, representation, protest, change, recording on cassettes, time travel, and his recent Neighborhood Goliath EP.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, financial and emotional insecurity, anxiety, hallucination, therapy, food insecurity, circles of trauma, parenting, poverty, segregation, slavery, intergenerational trauma, racism,...

In Part 2 of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Kiri Pritchard-McLean about trying to change people’s minds, talking to your family about bigotry,  representation in comedy, calling in, fan expectations and All Killa No Filla.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, racism, transphobia, homophobia, white supremacy, slavery, vioence, death, gaslighting, ableism, audism, murder, anxiety, online pressure, food, rape, illness Artwork by Justine McNichol Jingle by Harriet Braine Produced by Dave...

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In Part 1 of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Kiri Pritchard-McLean about coping with lockdown, class, making a comedy show about emotional abuse, podcasting about true crime and skincare as selfcare.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, gaslighting, emotional abuse, economic insecurity, weight loss, peadophilia, victim blaming, abusive relationships, intimate partner violence, illness, mental health issues, mania, infidelity, self harm, isolation, cancer, panic attacks, rape, abuse,...

In Part 2 of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Your Fat Friend about whiteness. It’s an uncomfortable and flawed conversation because it’s two white people talking about whiteness but, in the face of global systemic white supremacy and police violence, it seems an important conversation to have.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, murder, violence, racism, white supremacy    Things to do 75 things white people can do for racial justice: https://link.medium.com/s9Q4MiZuX6 Places to give An...

In Part 1 of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Your Fat Friend about whiteness. It’s an uncomfortable and flawed conversation because it’s two white people talking about whiteness but, in the face of global systemic white supremacy and police violence, it seems an important conversation to have.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, racism, white supremacy, violence, murder, slavery, misgendering, mental health issues  Things to do 75 things white people can do for racial justice:...

Sofie talks to Sonalee Rashatwar about social work, crying, fear, talking to inner children, creativity, the caste system, purity cultures, foggy memories, bisexuality, navigating therapy, gender identity, and being The Fat Sex Therapist on Instagram  Trigger warning – coronavirus, sex, sexual trauma, fat trauma, fatphobia, sexuality, body image, online abuse, anxiety, food precarity, dieting, eating disorders, emotional abuse, financial abuse, casteism, violence, lynching, religion, food,...

Sofie talks to Debra DiGiovanni about being a canadian comedian in LA, quarantine, sobriety, moving, making friends in your 40s, happiness, fame, dating, and writing gratitude lists.  Trigger warning – coronavirus, drug addiction/dependency/recovery, mental health issues, anxiety, depression, Trump, drug use, cannabis, body image, fatphobia, therapy, eating disorders, compulsions, self hatred, complicated family dynamics, 12 step program  Artwork by Justine McNichol Jingle by Harriet...

Sofie talks to Sarah Mardini about being a Syrian refugee in Berlin, swimming, her "boat story", volunteering in Greek refugee camps, Amnesty International, activism, prison, therapy, and the book that covers her and her sisters story; Butterfly  Trigger warning – coronavirus, refugee camps, trauma, war, death, therapy, depression, child marriage, Assad, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, prison, criminal justice system, precarity  Artwork by Justine McNichol Jingle by Harriet Braine Produced by Dave...