ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Appearance Matters: The Podcast! Is the official podcast of the Centre for Appearance Research - a world leading research centre investigating body image and appearance psychology research, based at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.
Hosted and produced by Maia Thornton, Abbi Mathews, Ella Guest, and Kat Schneider.
Music by Sian Evans & John Landau (https://toplinefilm.com)
Hosted and produced by Maia Thornton, Abbi Mathews, Ella Guest, and Kat Schneider.
Music by Sian Evans & John Landau (https://toplinefilm.com)
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
33 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United Kingdom
163 episodes
since Nov. 18, 2015
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~65.81% of listeners are from United States.
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US
65.81%
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GB
4.18%
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DE
4.05%
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CA
3.51%
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AT
3.51%
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NL
3.37%
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NO
2.70%
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NZ
1.75%
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AU
1.35%
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FR
1.08%
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ES
0.94%
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BE
0.81%
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SE
0.67%
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CZ
0.67%
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IN
0.54%
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VN
0.54%
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0.54%
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JP
0.40%
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CH
0.40%
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DK
0.40%
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MV
0.27%
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FI
0.27%
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RU
0.27%
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BR
0.13%
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CL
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IT
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PL
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MY
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IL
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ZA
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IE
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Others
0.15%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What support is available for adults living with a visible difference? In the first episode of our Visible Difference Matters mini-series, Dr Maia Thornton and Dr Emma Waite discuss support for adults with a visible difference. This includes free, evidence-based interventions developed at the Centr…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this month’s episode, we bring you Phyllida Swift’s Keynote speech from the Appearance Matters 11 Conference, which took place in Bristol in June 2026.
Phyllida is CEO of Face Equality International, a global alliance of NGOs, charities, and support groups who are on a mission to end visible …
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast.
Earlier this year, we spoke with Dr Zali Yager ahead of her keynote at Appearance Matters 11, where she shared insights into her career, the Embrace Collective, and the themes she would be exploring at the conference.
In this special episode, we’…
How does not being able to find clothes in your size affect body image?
In this episode of Appearance Matters: The Podcast, Kat speaks with Dr Sharon Haywood about her research exploring the relationship between clothing size availability, body image, and eating disorder behaviours among adolesce…
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast!
To mark Women’s Health Month, Ella speaks to Dr Sophie Williams, Assistant Subject Lead for Psychology at University of Derby, and Trainee Health Psychologist, Dr Laura Falconer, UK-based Health Psychologist at Reed Wellbeing, and Dr Melissa Pehliv…
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast!
In this month’s episode, Ella speaks to Dr Helena Lewis-Smith, Associate Professor at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), along with Fiona and Lucy, who have lived experience of breast cancer and are expert advisors for Helena’s research.
T…
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast! In this month’s episode, Kat speaks to Dr Aisha Sobey. Aisha is a Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, where she studies the ethical implications of Generative AI and digital health systems, especially focusing …
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast!
In this month’s episode, Ella speaks to Research Fellow Dr Emma Waite and Visiting Professor Dr Amy Slater from the Centre for Appearance Research about their work on social media and visible difference as part of the VTCT Foundation Programme of Re…
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast! In this month’s episode, Kat speaks to Zali Yager, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University, Australia, and the founder and executive director of the Embrace Collective.
The Embrace Collective: ht…
Welcome back to Appearance Matters the podcast! This month we are kicking off our Appearance Matters 11 conference series.
This month Maia speaks with Phyllida Swift CEO of Face Equality international about her inspirational work with the organisation, her path into working into the visible diffe…
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