Sharon Salomon, 80, is a competitive powerlifter. She and her coach, Tricia Lucero, join Julia Turshen for a conversation about lifting, training and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.
Le Carr is the co-owner of Rain City Fit in Seattle, Washington. They are also the director of Pride Deadlift Party, an annual block-party style deadlift competition and fundraiser for the Seattle LGBTQIA+ community that has raised tens of thousands of dollars. They joined Julia Turshen to talk about powerlifting, running gyms, competitions and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Le on IG right here!Follow Rain City Fit on IG right here!And follow Pride Deadlift Party on IG right here!
Elazar Sontag is a James Beard and National Magazine Award-nominated writer and editor. He's also a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. Most importantly, he is currently trying for a 400-pound deadlift. He joined Julia Turshen to talk about powerlifting, eating, queerness, bodies and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Elazar on IG right here!
Alex Lau is a food and travel photographer from San Francisco. When not sitting in car rentals and airport terminals, he is the proud owner of three dogs named Rocco, Ellie, and Nina. With the rest of his free time, he trains and competes as a nationally ranked powerlifter. He joined Julia Turshen for a conversation about his lifting.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Alex on IG right here!
Gabi Dixson, a Multi-World Record Breaking Athlete, has been named the 5th Worlds Strongest Woman. She is also a model, public speaker, musician, and social worker with over a decade of experience. She joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about her life and strength.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Gabi on IG right here!Watch her do the “Hercules Hold” right here!
Ashley Dyce, a Para Powerlifter, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about athletic career and what drives her.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Ashely and her lifting on IG at @ashleiie225!
Corinne Fay, the person behind Big Undies, a Substack newsletter about clothes, and @SellTradePlus, a peer-to-peer plus size resale community, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about powerlifting, bodies, queerness and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Read Big Undies right here.Follow everything Burnt Toast right here.Check out @SellTradePlus.
Casey Johnston, the writer behind She’s a Beast, Ask a Swole Woman and LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about lifting and writing about it.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.For more about Casey and her work, head here.For more about LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell, head here.To signup for She’s a Beast, Casey’s newsletter, head here.Follow Casey on IG right here.
Laura Khoudari, a trauma-informed wellness writer, coach, and storyteller, is the author of Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time. She joins Julia Turshen in a conversation about lifting heavy stuff, knowing when to stop lifting heavy stuff, and how to approach it all from a holistic, embodied lens.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia’s new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia’s long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Order Laura's book Lifting Heavy Things: www.laurakhoudari.com/lhtOrder Laura's zine Top 10 Things I Cooked Last Year www.laurakhoudari.com/cnfFollow Laura:: @laurakhoudari on Instagram and on Medium at laura-khoudari.medium.comRead Laura’s Substack here: Tender at the Desk and Stove
Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist behind the Burnt Toast newsletter + author of The Eating Instinct, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.For more about Virginia, head here.For more about Burnt Toast, Virginia's newsletter, head here.
Shaina Loew-Banayan, chef and owner of Cafe Mutton and author of Elegy for An Appetite, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:For more about Shaina's book Elegy for an Appetite, head here.For the New Yorker review of Elegy for an Appetite, head here.For more about Cafe Mutton, head here and follow them on IG here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.
Lauren Leavell in conversation with Julia Turshen, in the second in a series of four conversations all about APPETITE.Follow-up links:For more about Lauren, head here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.To listen to Lauren on the Food Heaven podcast, head here.For the recording of Julia's recent class on grilling, head here.
Angela Garbes, author of ESSENTIAL LABOR and LIKE A MOTHER, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:For more about Angela and her work, head here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia + her work, head here.
Bestselling romance novelist Jasmine Guillory talks to Julia Turshen about the role food plays in her books, why she writes about women with unapologetic appetites, and her favorite snacks.For more about Jasmine, head here.For more about Julia's Sunday afternoon cooking classes, head here.For Jasmine's Bustle essay, head here.For Jasmine's TIME essay, head here.For Rancho Gordo's popcorn kernels, head here.For Jasmine's favorite potato chips (Torres — Smoked Paprika), head here.For BjornQorn (Julia's favorite popcorn), head here.
Bestselling romantic comedy writer Casey McQuiston talks to Julia Turshen about the role food plays in both their writing and in their life.For more about Casey, head here.To learn more about Julia's Sunday afternoon cooking classes, head here.
Julia Turshen talks to David Tamarkin, the Editorial Director of King Arthur Baking, about King Arthur's 2022 Recipe of the Year. Quick note: the bagel shop that David frequents is Bo's (not Mo's). Follow-up links:For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For King Arthur's Ultimate Sandwich Bagels recipe, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.For more about Zoe Kanan's baking, including bagel pop-ups, head here.For more about Pigeon Bagels, head here.For more about Bo's bagels, head here.
Roxane Gay and Julia Turshen talk about baking. Note: this episode includes some cursing.Follow-up links:For more about Roxane Gay, head here.To sign up for 'The Audacity,' Roxane's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For Julia's IG video of her favorite cherry tomato-cutting hack, head here.
Julia Turshen talks to Alicia Kennedy about vegan baking and more.Follow-up links: For more about Alicia, head here.To sign up for Alicia’s newsletter (HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THIS!), head here. For Alicia’s ‘On Baking’ essay, head here.For Alicia’s essay ‘I Accidentally Started a Vegan Bakery That Turned My Life Upside Down,’ head here.For Miyokos butter, head here.: For more about the Post Punk Kitchen (Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s work), head here.For more about Leah Kirts’ work, head here. For Brooks Headley’s book Fancy Desserts, head here. For Lagusta Yearwood’s book Sweet + Salty, head here. For more about King Arthur Flour, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.
Julia Turshen talks to Cheryl Day about her new book Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking .Follow-up links:For more about Cheryl and her book and her bakery, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For more about Book Larder, head here.
Julia Turshen talks to Dorie Greenspan about Baking with Dorie, Dorie's 14th cookbook that also marks her 30th anniversary as a cookbook author. They discuss the origin of Dorie's newest book, the logistics of her work including her longtime recipe tester, her relationship to social media, how being a grandmother has impacted her work, and some of her favorite recipes from her new book.Follow-up links:Fore more about Dorie, head here.For Dorie's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For more about Barrett Bookstore, head here.