33: ALL OF THE SNACKS - Is it Time to Divest from Jeans?

OK, I know it has been a minute since we had regular podcast eps. Turns out the transition from Substack wrt podcasts is, uh, complicated. No regrets though because this week Substack, YET AGAIN, showed it doesn't give two shits about the humanity of, well anyone really, but specifically trans women. It's gross and I'm glad we're no longer putting money in their pockets. I'm still trying to figure out a lot of really boring and annoying things like automation and integrations and other stuff I've yet to discover.

Anyways, this is to say that I appreciate you all sticking with me as I find my feet on this new platform; turns out it was neither easy nor straightforward so 🫠 I am looking forward to the day where I can spend my time writing and researching instead of screaming at AI chatbots; 'TALK TO HUMAN YOU POS'

Anyhoo.

Today the podcast is BACK BABY!! And, it's an AMA with our multi-talented seamstress, gardener, gamer, podcaster, audio engineer extraordinaire: Lucy Dearlove. This is the second of our monthly AMA episodes, where we are answering listener/reader Qs, which I am now tentatively calling: ALL OF THE SNACKS.

These episodes are for paid members. I know, I know. Paywalls can suck it. But counter-point. Passive-aggressive comments about them don't pay for Lucy's time, my time, web hosting, podcast servers, comments sections, guest honorariums and all the costs associated with running a pod. It turns out that philanthropy is not a great business model for newsletters, meaning that I have to incetivise folks to make the leap from free --> paid.

So, as I said before, one pod/mo will be paywalled, the second will be free. I think I'll keep the All of the Snacks episodes for paid members, and guest eps free. But I may play around with that format.

If you're a free subscriber, you'll hear a preview of today's episode in the player above, as well as in your Apple podcast feed (I genuinely have no idea if it will show up in other places because despite the fact I have been podcasting for 8 years, it is still 85% a mystery how it actually works). If you want to hear the whole thing, you can upgrade your subscription here.

If you're already a paid subscriber, you should have got an email last night with your private RSS feed and instructions on how to add it to your podcast player (or you can listen to it on the website - click through your email). If you have any problems then email me on hello@laurathomasphd.co.uk (current response time 1-2 months 🥴). But fr, check your spam because it's probably there.

In today's episode, Lucy and I are talking about:

👉 Our thoughts on whether 'intuitive movement' is the 'right' way to approach exercise (and boy do we have feelings about this one!)

👉 Why baby food throwing food might not be the huge deal the internet would have you believe...

👉 Plus we lean into Lucy's clothes mending expertise to figure out what to do when we wear through the inner thighs of our jeans (a recurring theme in my life)

👉 And, ofc, we talk about ALL of the snacks. The ease with which I accept 'cheesy flapjacks' as an answer is honestly, astounding. C.C. Lucy, do we have a recipe for this???

👉 Oh and a round of cheese or chocolate (IYKYK)

These episodes are so fun, I hope you'll join us, and if you'd like us to answer your question on next month's show, you can submit it here.