Sober Awkward

Victoria Vanstone

vicandhamish@soberawkward.com

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Booking Overview

Sober Awkward is a values-driven, humorous take on quitting drinking and living alcohol-free in a culture that normalizes booze. Victoria Vanstone interviews experts and advocates, blending personal narrative with research-informed perspectives on addiction, behavior change, and identity.

Metrics

Episodes: 411

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 16.0k followers

Contact Information

vicandhamish@soberawkward.com

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Host

Victoria Vanstone - Award-winning Australian podcaster, author, and former binge-drinking party animal. She hosts Sober Awkward, drawing on lived experience quitting alcohol and the real-life awkwardness of sobriety, ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Credible health/behavior experts (e.g., neuroscience, addiction science), authors of mainstream or bestseller-level books on alcohol-free living, or recognized stop-drinking founders/advocates with audience reach. Industry authority can also come from media presence (e.g., national sports/TV background) and demonstrable program/community building.
Required Achievements:  
Published books on alcohol-free living or behavior change, Founded organizations/labs/resources tied to sobriety or addiction science, Media recognition (e.g., high-profile journalism/broadcast), Built communities or frameworks for quitting alcohol without traditional routes

Recent Guest Discussions

TJ Power - Alcohol And Dopamine/reward Systems; Similarities Between Alcohol Addiction And Phone Addiction; Digital Burnout/overstimulation; Practical Curiosity About Habit Loops In Sobriety

James Swanwick - High-functioning Drinking And Why It Stays Hidden; Identity, Pride, Social Pressure And Masculinity; Alcohol-free Movement And Lifestyle Choice

Recent Topics

Alcoholism, Sobriety, Addiction, Mental Health, Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Sober Awkward
:

Nangs: The Addiction Nobody Talks About with Sam Bramman

June 14, 2026

This week on Sober Awkward, Vic steps away from alcohol to explore another addiction that is quietly growing across Australia: Nangs.Nitrous oxide, often sold legally and delivered to your door within minutes, is commonly seen as harmless party fun. But for Sam Bramman, what started as a few nangs at a house party quickly spiralled into a devastating addiction that led to psychosis, hospitalisation and a long road to recovery.Sam shares the shocking reality of what happened when nitrous oxide...

The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions

June 10, 2026

This week in the Share Shed, one listener wakes up to discover he’d apparently spent 40 minutes running barefoot on a treadmill at 3am… after swimming in a stranger’s pool and blacking out at a party.The only problem? He remembers none of it.A hilarious story with a surprisingly thoughtful twist about sobriety, fitness, and what happens when one obsession gets replaced by another.The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It’s n...

Have You Swapped Booze for Scrolling? with TJ Power

June 07, 2026

This week on Sober Awkward, Vic sits down with TJ Power, a well-known neuroscientist, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The DOSE Effect, and the founder of the DOSE Lab. He is a leading voice in demystifying brain chemistry, focusing on helping people manage digital burnout, phone addiction, and overstimulation in the modern world.TJ shares his own story of changing his relationship with alcohol, including a powerful epiphany at a music festival that made him completely rethink what conne...

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