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Sofia Levin on navigating divorce while losing her dad to MND

July 6, 2026 · 57 min

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Hello!


Today, we're joined by Sofia Levin. Sofia is an Australian food journalist, food critic, travel writer, and MasterChef Judge.


In this conversation, Sofia shares some of her most memorable food and travel stories, reflects on how she built a career in food journalism, and explains the path that led her to becoming a Logie-nominated MasterChef judge.


Sofia also opens up about one of the most difficult periods of her life. As her marriage was coming to an end, her dad was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). She speaks candidly about navigating divorce alongside anticipatory grief and the lessons she carries with her after losing her dad.


If you’d like to support Sofia, you can check out her website The Seasoned Traveller here and sign up to her Eat Curiously newsletter here! You can also donate to MND Victoria here.


Thank you so much to Oura for supporting this episode of Inherited. If you'd love to look deeper into your health, keep on top of stress, or even track your cycle, check out the new Oura Ring 5 at ouraring.com now!


Your host today was Ruby Hall (⁠@rubytuesday2.0⁠), and the guest was Sofia Levin (@sofiaklevin).


Inherited is produced by Monica Vantilburg and executive-produced by Lucy Hunt.


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We’ll be back with another episode on Tuesday!

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