Fat Lot of Good

Helen chats to the outrageously funny and brutally honest Deborah James and Lauren Mahon. They are the hosts of ‘You, Me and the Big C’, a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast which was started up by the news presenter Rachel Bland, who sadly passed away last year. In this episode of Fat Lot of Good, Deborah and Lauren talk about the impact of cancer on body image, unsolicited medical advice from strangers, and requesting a smaller speculum.Follow both of these wonderful women on instagram! Deborah James is

Are you making a political statement or are you just lazy!? This week Helen is joined by the gorgeous Clemmie Telford, creator and curator of motherofalllists.com, Instagrammer, Consultant Creative Director and mother of three. Over vegan biscuits and oat-milk cappuccinos (very off-brand for Helen) they talk about escaping diet culture, throwing away the scales, being picked last at school and the gastric impact of lentils.You can follow Clemmie Telford @clemmie_telford on Twitter and Instagram. Her

This week we are very lucky to be joined in the studio by Natalie Lee, a.k.a. Style Me Sunday! Natalie talks to Helen about being raised in a yo-yo diet culture, encouraging her children to celebrate blackness and the #fridayfinger…Natalie specialises in ‘fashion with feeling’ on instagram and her blog, curates the empowering ’Warrior Women’ events and co-hosts the Everything Project podcast on Soho Radio. Basically, she’s an inspiration to us all. You can follow Natalie @Stylemesunday on Twitter

"Have you seen the undercarriage?"Who do we have this week? It’s only bloody Arabella Weir! The legendary comedian, actress and writer is best known for Fast Show and Grumpy Old Women as well as for her bestselling books, includingDoes My Bum Look Big in This? and The Real Me Is Thin. Helen talks to Arabella about being labelled ‘too fat for potatoes’ as a child, comedy as a defence mechanism, crash dieting and the behaviour of a particularly disgraceful man…You can follow Arabella Weir

"I am capable of atrocity." In this episode, the really rather wonderful comedian and campaigner Jack Rooke drops in for some fat chat with Helen. It’s the first time they’ve met sober and not in a field at an arts festival but don’t worry, Jack still brings the party atmosphere to our little studio! They discuss having too many lasagnes (is there such a thing?), being fat in gay clubs, the dangers of self depreciation and, well, balls...You can follow Jack Rooke @JackRooke on Twitter and

Hello and welcome to the Fat Lot of Good podcast! This is a funny and honest podcast about our bodies - what we think of them, what we put in them, what we do with them and what it really means to be a fat person in a thin obsessed world.In this episode, we will tell you all about the show and then on Friday 12th of April 2019 our first THREE episodes will drop. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss out!The podcast is hosted by the fabulous Helen Thorn, award winning comedian, fashion blogger