The Bubbly Babble

Cherie Lin

The Bubbly Babble is a space for fun, honest conversations about the human experience. 

  1. 5d ago

    I'm Fat, But Don't Worry, I Hate It with Dr. Ilana Levin

    My Babble Buddy this week is clinical psychologist Dr. Ilana Levin, who wrote her dissertation on weight bias, and we’re talking about the one prejudice people still say out loud. We cover inherited diet culture, set point science, and what it actually feels like to stop fighting your body. What we cover Why weight bias is the “acceptable” prejudice, and how women bond over hating their bodiesDiets handed down like family traditions, and breaking the cycle for your kidsWhy we celebrate bird diversity but not human diversityMicroaggressions: surprise at flexibility, “you’re being so good,” and doctors who talk about BMI when you came in for strepBeing diagnosed with PCOS at 13 and told to lose weightHow weight loss gets applauded even when someone is clearly unwellWeight set point theory, explainedLiving free: crop tops, no shapewear, and the “fat tax” on clothingAllyship: what straight-sized friends can actually do Show Notes: Poodle Science Video: https://youtu.be/H89QQfXtc-k?si=ndehWNh2yDGtR61r WildFlower Therapy  https://www.wildflowertherapyllc.com/ Support the show

  2. Oct 19

    Born To Yap - A Car Babble Sampler

    On the road is where I do my best thinking. This week is a sneak peek at my car babbles: unpolished, a little cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, and coming to The Bubble, my Patreon, when it launches November 5th on The Bubbly Babble’s first birthday. Ride along for: Welcome to The Bubble: what’s coming on Patreon, from weekly babbles to early accessThe Scenic Route: the Florida Scenic Highway through Oakland, a wedding venue that was right there all along, and the Dr. Seuss trees I can’t stop thinking aboutWhat Is Home to Me: going back to South Jersey and the fear of outgrowing friendships I’ve had for 25 yearsThe Prom Date Call: 20 years of friendship, faith, and finally telling the truth Better Is Not Easier: what polyamory actually looks like on an ordinary dayBorn to Yap: normal people don’t do extraordinary things, and why sharing my thoughts is my art Quick credit: that ‘one wild and precious life’ line is Mary Oliver’s, from her poem The Summer Day. Go read it.  Support the show

  3. Oct 12

    Were We Mean Girls?

    My first babble buddy Jess is back, and we're finally saying it out loud: we were mean girls. Two years together at an all-girls Catholic academy gave us coded nicknames, songs sung at girls on the bus, and a lot of laughing at other people's expense. Somehow the things we mocked were exactly the things we'd been mocked for. Jess shares her middle-school fallout, a year of eating lunch in the bathroom, and the phone call she made at 16 to apologize to the best friend she'd hurt. We dig into where kids learn to be mean in the first place, why people are almost never watching you the way you think, and how a misunderstanding at a birthday party shows what words can do when someone's already expecting them. Plus, blowing bubbles: why we compliment strangers now, and the honest realization at the end that maybe we're still a little bit mean. Just getting better every day. Come babble with us. 🫧 Mentioned in this episode All My Friends Are Best: A Children's Guide to Relationship Anarchy, by Jessica Daylover of Remodeled Love Book: https://www.remodeledlove.com/amfab.htmlRemodeled Love: https://www.remodeledlove.comWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, by Aubrey Gordon Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-we-don-t-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-fat-aubrey-gordon/f8c153bb0c22c6dbAuthor site: https://yourfatfriend.comContent note: This episode discusses bullying, including a homophobic slur, body and appearance shaming, and online harassment. Explicit language throughout. Support the show

  4. Oct 4

    Your Body Is Smarter Than You

    I've tried to record this episode four times. I have four copies of it on a hard drive somewhere, and I never committed. Today I did. I'm fat. Fat isn't a bad word, it's an adjective, and I'll tell you why I say it the way I do. After 39 years in this body and 25 years of dieting, I want to talk about what being fat has meant for my life: the matching outfits when I was five, the JV list my name wasn't on, my first diet at 12, and the weight loss surgery I had at 19 that is still affecting my body today. I'll also tell you about the morning I watched my toddler pull the scale out from under my bed, and how that started everything changing. This isn't a "here's how I fixed my body" story, because I didn't. It's the story of how I stopped fighting it. If I could get one message across, it would be that your body is good, wherever it is. If you've got a story of your own, I want to hear it. Books and people who changed my life are in the show notes. Content note: this episode includes childhood dieting, disordered eating, weight loss surgery and its complications, and weight stigma. Take care of yourself while you listen  and go love your body this week.   Books mentioned in this episode:   If you're not sure where to begin, these three are a great place to start:  Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison  The F**k It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy by Caroline Dooner  Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Lindo Bacon Support the show

  5. Sep 28

    Go Back to Living: Late-Diagnosed ADHD w Kathleen

    Some friendships you get to watch grow from a distance. Today, my friend of almost twenty years, Kathleen, joins me as an official Babble Buddy to talk about late-diagnosed ADHD.She walks us through the moment she realized "people exist like this?", and why she never felt deficient, just tired of working so hard. Then it gets practical (and a little ridiculous): the go-to food list that ended meal-planning overwhelm, the Instacart trick you'll want to steal, NFC tags that text her doctor and her husband so she doesn't have to remember, and the Brick, the phone lock that finally made her mornings her own.The takeaway: you're not failing, you're collecting data This episode is one person's lived experience and is not medical advice. Please talk with your own provider about what's right for you. Contains explicit language. Support the show

  6. Sep 21

    The Scenic Route - with KJB

    Some of us spent years doing what we never dreamed of, and only later found out it was the training ground. In this episode Krystle is back to talk about childhood dreams, the detours that felt like the wrong road, and how every one of them turned out to be part of the map. Support the show

  7. Sep 14

    The HoneySuckle Girl Grew Up - w Jessica Daylover

    Jess — host of the Remodeled Love podcast — joins the show for a conversation that starts with honeysuckles and ends somewhere much deeper. We talk about growing up as "the weird kid" before either of us had language for neurodivergence, the exploitative radio career that nearly buried her creative instincts, and how the pandemic accidentally handed her the podcast she'd been sitting on for years. From there we get into the real stuff: what it actually felt like the moment she realized polyamory wasn't a choice but a fact about herself, why she believes people confuse critique with hate, and — for the first time publicly — her journey with borderline personality disorder and what it cost her before it taught her anything. This one covers a lot of ground and I am so glad you are here! Support the show

  8. Sep 7

    Losing Faith and Finding Yourself with KJB

    Krystle J Bailey returns and joins Cherie for a raw, unplanned conversation that starts with losing her faith during COVID and ends up somewhere much bigger — three years spent rebuilding herself alone in her late stepdad's trailer, a whiteboard scribble that became a new relationship with writing, and the hard work of repairing a relationship with her mother. This one moves fast and goes deep — buckle up. Support the show

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The Bubbly Babble is a space for fun, honest conversations about the human experience. 

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  • Creator
    Cherie Lin
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Bubbly Babble
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