ImPerfect with Darren Harriott
ImPerfect is a podcast about body image, food, self-worth and the complicated ways we learn to see ourselves. Hosted by Darren Harriott, the series explores personal stories, cultural pressures and online influences that shape how we feel in our bodies. Expect chat about shame, control and confidence, as well as diet culture, weight stigma and mental health. With a comedian at the helm, the conversations are honest, thoughtful and funny, featuring expert guests and people with lived experience.
Episodes
Virgie Tovar and The Ozempic Jurassic Park
Darren sits down with a pillar of fat activism, Virgie Tovar, and honestly? She is amazing and fresh, and we loved this interview. Truth bombs and facts and things to sit and think about, abound. They get into what GLP-1s are actually doing to your brain and body, and why Virgie compares the whole industry to Jurassic Park: "we know exactly how this goes." And Darren gets honest about hi
Cat Sims And The Share
Darren is catching up with the effusive, enigmatic and endlessly creative Cat Sims to talk about her self-esteem following a 90s childhood, addiction and a positive GLP1 journey. Expect too much and just enough: why she couldn't keep her weight loss a secret and why she embarked on it in the first place - and some poetic love tunnels. We LOVED Cat joining us in the studio and will put money on
Weight Expectations with Dave Chawner
Darren Harriott is joined by comedian and writer Dave Chawner for a frank conversation about anorexia, masculinity and the strange ways our minds turn food and body image into a full-time job. Dave talks about what recovery looks like, why eating disorders don’t have a single, often romanticised, “look”, and how humour helped him make sense of the hardest parts. You can get Dave’s book, Weight Exp
Body Image: How to Break the Shame Cycle
Darren Harriott talks to consultant clinical psychologist Dr Denise Ratcliffe about the messy, maddening and very human psychology of body image. From childhood comments that stick to the exhausting on-off diet cycle, emotional eating, weight stigma and the reality of bariatric surgery and weight-loss jabs, this is a smart, funny and deeply compassionate conversation about why bodies are never jus
Dr Josh and food noise, body shame and the wellness advice making us weird
Welcome to ImPerfect: the podcast for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror, opened Instagram, heard the words “BMI”, “clean eating” or “wellness journey”, and immediately needed a lie down. In this inaugural episode, Darren is joined by NHS doctor, registered associate nutritionist and author Dr Joshua Wolrich to chew the proverbial fat about this lovely marketing term: food noise, about where
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