07: Sweet Little Lies

Welcome to this week’s episode of Can I Have Another Snack? Podcast. This week is a solo episode where I’m reading the essay that I published earlier this week called Sweet Little Lies - it’s a kinda fun, but also kinda serious and sciency look at some really pervasive misconceptions we have around kids and sugar and just trying to set the record straight. I don’t want to call it myth busting because I find that sort of “I’m the expert” dynamic that weaponises science and replicates violent power dynamics to be super problematic. So here’s how I see things - if it resonates with you - cool. If not, just can it. You don’t need to listen to me if you don’t find it helpful. But I hope it can help you relax a little more around sugar (either for yourself or your kids) this Halloween and heading into the holiday season. Can I Have Another Snack? is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.No transcript today because the full piece is published here. I’m super curious to hear what you think about this format (i.e. an audio version of an essay). As I mention in the intro to this podcast, I’m going to be playing around a little with different post types when we wrap up series one of the pod in a few weeks. I’d love your feedback on what you thought of this format and if there’s anything you’d like to see me experiment with in the ‘off-season’ between season 1 and 2 (which will drop in Jan). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurathomas.substack.com/subscribe