75: How Genetic Diets and Health Tech Turn Food into Surveillance Tools with Dr. Tina Sikka
We're living in a very surreal and increasingly digital world these days, and I don't know about you all, but I'm finding myself taking a step back each day trying to figure out what this means for ho...
14 Apr 202033min
74: Challah Dolly! Learning to Bake and Building Community During the Pandemic with Dolly Meckler
How many of you have started trying your hand at baking bread since the start of the pandemic? With our lives totally upheaved and our work-related identities really being called into question, it's a...
6 Apr 202040min
73: All Tea, No Shade - How Minna Sparkling Tea is Building Inclusivity into the Business with Ryan Fortwendel
With the pandemic, we're seeing much more clearly how food and beverage companies and restaurants treat their employees… and unfortunately in some cases, we're seeing that many operate under tradition...
31 Mar 202039min
72: Ancient Remedies, Natural Energy - Exploring the Power of Mushrooms with Jordan Higgins
When we talk about food systems and eating experiences, we often are quick to bring up the ideas of exclusion – what we should remove or limit or restrict – through veganism, vegetarianism, paleo diet...
25 Mar 202045min
71: Food's Role in the Spread of Past Diseases with Jessica Hider
So this week is particularly heavy, and I don't feel right starting out this episode without addressing that. I have been thinking for a long time about the role of podcasting in pandemics, and whethe...
17 Mar 202031min
70: Learning From Past Farming Strategies to Adapt to Our Changing World with Ayushi Nayak
Do you ever wonder how scientists come to understand what we ate in the past, or how they know what types of farming and irrigation methods were used? Or wondered why it's important to understand past...
10 Mar 202045min
69: Are Plant-Based Meats Healthy For Me? with Plant-Based Dietician Lauren McNeill
This is the first episode in a special two-parter series dedicated to taking a closer look into the rise of plant-based meats. This week we're looking specifically at the nutritional elements to plant...
3 Mar 202032min
68: Why Do Some Humans Eat Earth? with Dr. Sera Young
When you think about dirt, what comes to mind? Probably not eating it! We teach our children not to put dirt in their mouths from the moment they start crawling away from us in infancy, and we throw i...
25 Feb 202039min
