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Food April 8, 2021

Consumption and the Literary Cookbook

Roxanne Harde and Janet Wesselius

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
Consumption and the Literary Cookbook, edited by Roxanne Harde and Janet Wesselius (published 2021 by Routledge) examines the ways in which recipe authors and readers engage with one another through …

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Psychology April 6, 2021

MeaningFULL

23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues

Alli Spotts-de Lazzer

Hosted by Elizabeth Cronin
MeaningFULL: 23 Life Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, & Body Image Issues (Unsolicited Press, 2021) is a blend of motivational self-help, memoir, psychology, and health and wellness. Alli Spotts-De Lazzer …
Animal Studies March 19, 2021

The Sexual Politics of Meat

A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory

Carol J. Adams

Hosted by Mark Molloy
Today I talked to Carol J. Adams about two of her classic texts that have recently been republished. The first book we discuss, first published in 1990, is The Sexual …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 16, 2021

Tessa Clarke

Co Founder & CEO of Olio, a Company Dedicated to Cutting Food Waste

Hosted by Richard Lucas
Tessa explains why Olio’s mission of cutting unnecessary food waste is so important, and how her own distress at food waste led to the breakthrough insight that there had to …
Animal Studies March 4, 2021

Perilous Bounty

The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It

Tom Philpott

Hosted by Jenny Splitter
Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) is an unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible …
Asian Review of Books March 4, 2021

Be My Guest

Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity

Priya Basil

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The French philosopher Jacques Derrida once described his idea of absolute hospitality as follows: Absolute hospitality requires that I open up my home and that I give not only the …
SSEAC Stories March 4, 2021

Rethinking Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Myanmar with Assistant Professor Mark Vicol

Mark Vicol

Hosted by Thushara Dibley
After decades of economic and political isolation, Myanmar’s rural economy is rapidly shifting from a narrow reliance on low-productivity agriculture, to a more diverse array of farm and non-farm activities …
East Asian Studies March 1, 2021

Eating Wild Japan

Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, with a Guide to Plants and Recipes

Winifred Bird

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Winifred Bird’s Eating Wild Japan: Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, with a Guide to Plants and Recipes (Stone Bridge Press, 2021) is more than just a look at the culture and …
Australian and New Zealand Studies February 26, 2021

Eating with My Mouth Open

Sam van Zweden

Hosted by Bede Haines
Wow! Food, family, memory, insight, body, mind - worth the effort this one. Eating with My Mouth Open (NewSouth, 2021) is food writing like you’ve never seen before: honest, brave, and …
Ethnographic Marginalia February 12, 2021

Front of the House, Back of the House

Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How can ethnographic research shine light on the reproduction of social inequality in upscale Los Angeles restaurants? In today’s episode we talk with Dr. Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor of Sociology …
Public Policy February 9, 2021

Ending Hunger

The Quest to Feed the World without Destroying It

Anthony Warner

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Nutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almonds, or quinoa, or a hundred …
Food January 13, 2021

Let's Ask Marion

What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health

Marion Nestle and Kerry Trueman

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
Marion Nestle describes her new book as “a small, quick and dirty reader for the general audience” summarizing some of her biggest and most influential works. Let’s Ask Marion: What …
Food January 11, 2021

Food Insecurity on Campus

Action and Intervention

Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
The new essay collection Food Insecurity on College Campuses edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady explores the widespread problem of food insecurity among college students and the …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel December 4, 2020

Ladders to Heaven

How Figs Shaped our History, Fed our Imaginations, and can Enrich our Future

Mike Shanahan

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers … rainforest royalty … more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity …
Animal Studies December 3, 2020

Why Vegan?

Eating Ethically

Peter Singer

Hosted by Mark Molloy
Even before the publication of his seminal Animal Liberation in 1975, Peter Singer, one of the greatest moral philosophers of our time, unflinchingly challenged the ethics of eating animals. Now …
Geography November 24, 2020

Seeds of Power

Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina

Amalia Leguizamón

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
In 1996 Argentina adopted genetically modified (GM) soybeans as a central part of its national development strategy. Today, Argentina is the third largest global grower and exporter of GM crops …
Food November 19, 2020

Diners, Dudes, and Diets

How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture

Emily J. H. Contois

Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
In Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture (UNC Press, 2020), Emily Contois argues that the figure of The Dude was invented (or …
Food November 9, 2020

Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian

The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India

James Staples

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication …
Nordic Asia Podcast November 6, 2020

Japanese Food and Food Packaging with Katarzyna Cwiertka

Katarzyna Cwiertka

Hosted by Nordic Asia Podcast
In this episode, Katarzyna J. Cwiertka speaks with Satoko Naito to share her expertise on Japanese food and food packaging. The discussion deals with washoku (“Japanese food”), designated as a …
SSEAC Stories November 5, 2020

Improving Food Security in Laos and Cambodia

A Farmer’s Perspective with Associate Professor Russell Bush

Russell Bush

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Southeast Asia's demand for protein in the form of animal meat is increasing by more than 4% every year. This has important consequences for regional food security and household incomes …