The Hunger, with Katriona O'Sullivan

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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The Hunger, with Katriona O'Sullivan is an episode from Standard Issue Podcast by Standard Issue.

This episode is 26:56 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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