Asian & Black People Are Hurting. And It's Complicated
Hosts Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips have a frank conversation about the tensions between Asian and Black communities, the dangers of a widening rift, and the media’s role in perpetuating misunderstand...
5 Apr 202142min
ICYMI: Can Free Fridges Avoid “Poverty Porn”?
So this week, we were planning to publish an open conversation between Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips about crimes against Asian people, from the March 16 Atlanta shootings, to high profile violent inc...
29 Mar 202151min
What Will Food Historians Say About the Pandemic?
What is the culinary equivalent to sweatpants? Katherine Spiers, the woman behind the food history podcast and newsletter Smart Mouth, joins hosts Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips to discuss the pandemic...
22 Mar 202132min
The Hidden Labor Behind Cookbooks & Recipes
Julia Turshen – a bestselling cookbook author, food writer and food equity advocate – joins Justin and Soleil to discuss all the considerations of recipe making. From pitch to publication, Turshen sha...
15 Mar 202130min
Pandemic Pivot to the Worker-Owned Restaurant Revolution
Reem Assil, chef and founder of Reem’s California, talks about the struggle and necessity of transforming her Arab bakery shop in Oakland into a worker-owned operation amid the coronavirus pandemic. A...
8 Mar 202131min
Chuck E. Cheese & Ferrero Rocher: How Immigrants Learn to be American
The child of Iranian-Armenian refugees, writer and journalist Liana Aghajanian shares stories of growing up in the United States, the role that places like Chuck E. Cheese, Sizzler and IKEA have in te...
1 Mar 202134min
Finding Wild Food with @BlackForager
Alexis Nikole Nelson – @blackforager on TikTok and Instagram – talks about the racial history of foraging laws in the United States and what it’s like to teach people how to identify and cook wild foo...
22 Feb 202141min
The Fight to Save Chinatown
The 2021 Lunar New Year marks a full year of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on San Francisco’s Chinatown. Well before the Bay Area shut down, America’s oldest Chinatown experienced reduced business...
15 Feb 202130min
