ImPerfect with Darren Harriott

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  Professor Adam Taylor: The Truth About Your Body 09.09.2026 1ч

  What is social media doing to our bodies and why are peoplefalling for it? Darren is joined by Professor Adam Taylor: anatomist, researcher, award-winning public educator and the amazing brain behind hundreds of brilliantly accessible articles, plus regular appearances across TV, radio and online media. Together, they head into the weird and alarming world of looksmaxxing, where apparently even your jawline needs a five-year plan. From bone smashing, mewing and unregulated peptides to steroids, Turkey teeth, BBLs and weight-loss jabs: Adam explains what these trends can actually do to your physical and mental health, and why the algorithm is not a doctor. WE REPEAT: THE ALGORITHM IS NOT A DOCTOR.
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  Molly Forbes: Body Confidence Is Broken 02.09.2026 49мин

  “It’s hard to have a body today”. Darren sits down with Molly Forbes, founder of the Body Happy Organisation, to unpack the tiny comments, changing-room dread and deeply unhelpful cultural messages that teach us, far far FAR too young, that our bodies are problems waiting to be fixed.From school PE and family “banter” to diet culture in a wellness hat and algorithms that know exactly which insecurity to poke, Molly and Darren look at what body respect could look like instead. Warm, honest and reassuringly free of miracle cures, this is a conversation about changing the culture around our bodies, not spending another summer trying to change the bodies themselves.Molly is wonderful and just who our kids need fighting in their corner. Follow Molly on Instagram @mollyjforbes, and find out more at @bodyhappyorg
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  Zoe Hardman: “My body was never the problem” 12.08.2026 47мин

  Zoe Hardman is a superwoman and one of those people who radiates warmth, humour and honesty and in this episode, she brings all three in ABUNDANCE. Best known for her work on Heart, Made by Mammas and BBC Morning Live, Zoe joins Darren for a beautifully open conversation about body image, eating disorders, recovery, motherhood and learning to truly care for the body you live in.Zoe speaks with such generosity about the years she spent battling the voice in her head, the impact of online cruelty, and the long, messy, brave work of rebuilding her relationship with food, exercise and herself. It’s raw and full of hard-won wisdom, a proper reminder that healing isn’t about becoming perfect, it’s about finding freedom.A gorgeous, compassionate conversation with a brilliant woman who has turned her pain into purpose.Follow Zoe on Instagram @zoehardman and find her parenting platform and podcast @madebymammas.
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  Virgie Tovar and The Ozempic Jurassic Park 05.08.2026 58мин

  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 his own history with dieting along the way. They're funny, sharp, and giving you stuff to chew on.Find Virgie here:Substack: virgietovar.substack.comPodcast: GLP One Truth Serum on SpotifyInstagram: @virgietovar
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  Cat Sims And The Share 29.07.2026 37мин

  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 you feeling the same...
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  Weight Expectations with Dave Chawner 22.07.2026 34мин

  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 Expectations, here.
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  Body Image: How to Break the Shame Cycle 15.07.2026 31мин

  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 just bodies, and why shame leads to weight gain.
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  Dr Josh and food noise, body shame and the wellness advice making us weird 08.07.2026 50мин

  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 society has driven body image, weight stigma and the many creative ways diet culture has convinced us to mistrust ourselves. From personalised “unfattening” trainers and the tyranny of BMI to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, social media algorithms and the dream of an internet filled only with cats, shelves and food that is just allowed to be food, this episode asks what it might take to build a kinder relationship with our bodies. WE LOVED IT.
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  It's your ImPerfect trailer! 03.07.2026 3мин

  Why are we making a show about self esteem and body image? What can you expect from us? And who are we bringing on to school us on all of this? Listen to our trailer and find out what's coming soon!