146: Flavour's Role in Food System Fixes with Franco Fubini
The idea of industrial food systems is flat, heavy, and feels complex to access. It brings up connotations of very bland, hyper-processed foods made to reach a large number of people at a low cost. Th...
12 Mar 202536min
145: Exploring the Biodiversity of Climate-Smart Crops with Shreema Mehta
Industrial food systems tend to use mono-crop and unilinear approaches to supplying the Global North with food. But what happens when we consider more diverse crops? My guest today, Shreema Mehta, wil...
4 Mar 202525min
144: The Rich History of Georgian Wines with Sarah May Grunwald
When it comes to wine, I have a tendency to retreat and panic: I don't know anything, and I certainly don't feel like I have the means to access the knowledge. I often wonder if that's a common experi...
25 Feb 202553min
143: Unpacking the Absent Food Citizen in Policy with Isabela Bonnevera
This week, we're exploring the idea of the food citizen, or perhaps more accurately, the absent food citizen, with Isabela Bonnevera. Isabela is a doctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB, and engages with par...
18 Feb 202539min
142: What Role Does Food Play in Fiction Writing? with Margaux Vialleron
One of the most frustrating parts of watching Gossip Girl growing up was witnessing the elaborate breakfast spreads that the families had each morning, only for the main characters to grab a piece of ...
26 Nov 202432min
141: Uncovering Medieval Pictish Foodways through Paleobotany with Dr. Shalen Prado
Oftentimes, when we think about plant-human relationships, we're thinking about our contemporary lives and how plants factor into it – be it North American plant-based diets or what we're growing in o...
19 Nov 202433min
140: Recovering from Restrictive Online Diet Myths with Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
Diet culture on the internet is excellent at sensationalizing our food to the point of panic. I'm sure many of you have seen the videos across TikTok and Instagram where someone positions themselves a...
12 Nov 202442min
139: What Makes for Good Food Policy? with Chef Joshna Maharaj
One downside I find when I spend too much time on the internet is that there's an overwhelming viewpoint that the system is broken and there's not much we can do to change that – or that food, in gene...
5 Nov 202448min
