121: Exploring the Relationship between Fish Hacks, Porgy, and Black Maritime Culture with Dr. Jayson M. Porter
Anytime I get to talk about water and seafood on this show feels like a really special week for me, as I have spent most of my life thinking about how we connect with or form relationships around wate...
27 Feb 202432min
120: Making Sense of Misunderstood Vegetables through Humour and Celebration with Becky Selengut
Often when we make our grocery runs, time and money are on our mind – which can quickly lead to following a stringent list of household classics and crowd pleasers. But sometimes, in the corner of you...
20 Feb 202440min
119: Destigmatizing Harm Reduction, Mental Health, and Drug Use in Alberta with Danielle English
We've spoken a bit this season about the drug poisoning crisis and how breweries can work to support their neighbours using substances, but with this affecting so many across Canada, but I wanted to c...
13 Feb 202454min
118: Pink Gold - Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico with Dr. María L. Cruz Torres
The idea of fish industry tends to feel big, vague, and hyper-masculine – it's easy to think of tales of fisherman and ideals of masculinity. But as my guest this week shares, there are so many comple...
6 Feb 202444min
117: Unpacking Anti-Fatness in Health and Nutrition for Body Liberation with Patrilie Hernandez of Embody Lib
Health, nutrition, and food are spaces that can be fraught with harmful and perpetual misconceptions of the body, to the point where many people of the global majority may not always feel safe or hear...
30 Jan 202440min
116: How Ozempic and Stomach Paralysis Impact Relationships with Food with Emily Wright
Across social media and TV advertisements, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have risen in recent years and are quickly associated with weight loss and celebrity lifestyles. Yet semaglutide drugs (which i...
23 Jan 202433min
115: Unboxing the History of TV Dinners with Jeff Swystun
When you think about the concept of a TV dinner, there is a wash of nostalgia that can takeover how you remember the tastes and functions of the dinner itself. But the story of how these TV dinners ca...
16 Jan 202439min
114: Honouring Maternal Ancestries through Cooking and Restaurant Development with Ruben Rodriguez of Nai Restaurant Groups
Alright everyone, this is the first episode back after the holiday break, so I hope that this finds you rested, stuffed, and balancing all the new year expectations as well as you can be! For today'...
9 Jan 202441min
