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Standard Issue Podcast

The Hunger, with Katriona O'Sullivan

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

After being raised by parents with addictions, professor of psychology at Maynooth University, Katriona O’Sullivan turned her experiences into bestselling non-fiction book Poor. Her follow-up, Hungry: A Biography of My Body, explores how poverty, and the sexual abuse she endured as a child, have shaped her relationship with her body. Jen chats to Katriona about the vulnerability of neglected children and the adults they grow up to be, and the harm caused by society’s obsession with women shrinking themselves. Help and support is available for survivors of all types of childhood abuse, via the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Standard issue for all women.

0:02.4

Hello, Jen here to tell you about today's podcast.

0:05.8

But before I do, here's what else we've got coming up on standard issue this week.

0:10.4

Tomorrow, Mick is chatting to standard issue fave, Sue's Kundu, about Artemis 2.

0:15.8

Ooh, on Wednesday?

0:18.1

Will it be back down to earth with a bang for 1981's Atlantic City, which

0:23.9

will be rating or dating?

0:25.6

Hannah and I take on the news in the Bush Telegraph this week, and we've a brand new episode

0:29.6

of Outside the Box coming up on Friday.

0:33.7

But back to today, Professor of Psychology at Manute University, Katrina O'Sullivan, wrote about her experiences of growing up in poverty,

0:41.6

raised by parents with addiction issues in her best-selling book, Paul. Now, her follow-up book,

0:46.4

Hungry, a biography of my body, explores how her experiences of poverty and the sexual abuse she endured as a child have shaped her relationship with her

0:55.1

body. In today's interview, I chat to Katrina about the book, the vulnerability of neglected

1:00.1

children and the adults they grow up to be, and the harm caused by society's obsession with women

1:05.7

shrinking themselves. For our £5 and above patrons, there is as ever a bit more in which Katrina and I chat about today's diet culture and the rise of GLP1s.

1:16.2

If you'd like to hear that, stay tuned until the end to find out how, or visit patreon.com forward slash standard issue.

1:23.1

Now, obviously, we're talking about some heavy subjects in today's podcast and there's a link in the show notes

1:28.5

to the National Association for People Abused in Childhood for anyone who needs support. I hope you

1:34.5

enjoy listening. I am joined by Professor of Psychology at Manuf University and author of best-selling book, Poor, Dr. Katrina O'Sullivan.

1:47.4

Katrina, thank you very much for joining me.

1:50.1

Thank you for having me. Thank you so much.

1:51.9

So you are here today to talk about your, I guess, follow up to Paul, which is your new book, Hungry, A Biography of My Body, which is a very powerful memoir.

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