Ep. 341: Rachel Atcheson - Playing the Long Game for America’s Health

Ep. 341: Rachel Atcheson - Playing the Long Game for America’s Health

What does it look like when plant-based living moves beyond personal choice and into real systems change? This episode answers that question in a big way.

Rip sits down with longtime friend and food policy powerhouse Rachel Atcheson, founder of Food Policy Pathways, for a wide-ranging conversation about how food policy can transform public health, reduce chronic disease, and make healthy eating the default — not the exception.

Rip and Rachel unpack how initiatives like Meatless Monday and Plant-Powered Fridays in NYC public schools, plant-based default hospital meals, and lifestyle medicine clinics became reality — reaching millions of people while saving money and cutting carbon emissions.

They dig into the behavioral science behind defaults, why taste and culinary training matter, and how real change happens when policy aligns with public health.

Rachel also introduces her newest chapter: Food Policy Pathways, an organization building a pipeline of professionals who want to work inside government to advance healthier, more sustainable food systems at the city, state, and federal levels.

This conversation is optimistic, practical, and deeply motivating — proof that playing the long game can reshape our food future.

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Ep. 340: Jan Liband - The Masculinity Myth That’s Wrecking Men’s Health

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Ep. 339: Jackie Akerberg - Why Progress over Perfection Wins Every Time

Ep. 339: Jackie Akerberg - Why Progress over Perfection Wins Every Time

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Ep. 338:  Andrew Schaefer - How This Firefighter Went From Kidney Donor to Kitchen Hero

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Ep. 337: Jet Benitez -  The Keto Diet Almost Killed Him. So, He Turned to Plants.

Ep. 337: Jet Benitez - The Keto Diet Almost Killed Him. So, He Turned to Plants.

In this episode, Rip sits down with Jet, a 66-year-old husband, father, hiker, and former keto devotee whose health collapsed despite doing “everything right” according to low-carb gurus. After a terr...

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Ep. 336: Joe Gagnon - The Simple Formula for a Healthier, More Meaningful Life

Ep. 336: Joe Gagnon - The Simple Formula for a Healthier, More Meaningful Life

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Ep. 335: Dr. Will Bulsiewicz - The Plant Powered Plus Blueprint: Your Step-by-Step Path Out of Inflammation

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Inflammation is running rampant — and it’s not starting in your joints or your arteries. It’s starting in your gut.This week, Rip is joined by world-renowned gut health expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, aka...

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Ep. 334: How to Eat More Real Plants & Stay Consistent: The REAL30™ Essential Guide

Ep. 334: How to Eat More Real Plants & Stay Consistent: The REAL30™ Essential Guide

Eating healthier shouldn’t feel confusing, overwhelming, or impossible to sustain—and if it ever has, you’re not the problem. In this 30-minute REAL30™ webinar, Rip Esselstyn and Laurie Kortowich intr...

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