Peace Meal

Peace Meal


Latest Episodes

Episode 18: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
September 30, 2019

Episode description: Ancel Keys’ Minnesota Starvation Experiment was a 1944-1945 study where 36 men voluntarily starved themselves to aid researchers in discovering ways to help those affected by the war recover from starvation.

Episode 17: Abbie’s Recovery Story
September 18, 2019

Episode description: Peace Meal’s Recovery Series aims to share stories of those in eating disorder recovery in hopes of starting conversations, breaking stigmas, and encouraging healing. On today’s episode, we talk to Abbie Scott.

Episode 16: What is Healthy Activity?
September 02, 2019

Episode description: Exercise in eating disorder recovery is a hotly disputed topic. What type of activity is positive? When does activity become disordered? Is there a place for intense exercise in recovery? The Emily Program’s Director of Nutrition,

Episode 15: Hannah’s Recovery Story
August 21, 2019

Episode description: Peace Meal’s Recovery Series aims to share stories of those in eating disorder recovery in hopes of starting conversations, breaking stigmas, and encouraging healing. On today’s episode, we talk to Hannah Johnson.

Episode 14: Eating Disorders Aren’t Just a Thin White Woman’s Disease
August 05, 2019

Episode description: Eating disorders affect everyone. Unfortunately, one major eating disorder stereotype is that the illnesses only affect thin, white women, leaving men, nonbinary folx, and BIPOC on the outskirts of the conversation.

Episode 13: Sarah’s Recovery Story
July 17, 2019

Episode description: Peace Meal’s Recovery Stories series features voices of individuals in eating disorder recovery and beyond. This episode features Sarah Churchward, a professional writer and makeup artist. In her late teens,

Episode 12: Eating Disorders and Athletes
July 01, 2019

Episode description: Eating disorders in athletes are incredibly common but unfortunately, they often go unaddressed. NEDA estimates that eating disorders affected 62% of women and 33% of men who participate in aesthetic-based or weight-class sports.

Episode 11: Ken’s Recovery Story
June 19, 2019

Episode description: Ken Capobianco is an award-winning music critic whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Billboard, The New York Times, and many more publications. While immersed in the rock and roll music scene,

Episode 10: Binge Eating Disorder and Weight Bias
June 03, 2019

Episode description: Weight bias is the negative attitudes, beliefs, assumptions, and judgments toward individuals because of their weight. Abbie Scott and Maggie Meyers of The Emily Program join Peace Meal to discuss the reality of weight stigma in re...

Episode 9: Jessie Diggins’ Recovery Story
May 15, 2019

Episode description: Olympic gold medalist and eating disorder recovery advocate Jessie Diggins joins Peace Meal to share her recovery story. Plagued with bulimia in her late teens, Jessie found eating disorder recovery at The Emily Program and continu...