Politics of Food

Breaking Bread

<p>Today we’re taking a trip to Dayton Ohio to speak with 2 people dedicated to bringing diversity to the table, literally and figuratively, and how that action can change a c...

Understanding Eating Disorders

<p>While awareness about eating disorders in America has improved, there’s a misconception about who is experiencing them, why they are experiencing them and while we focus on...

Food Is My Love Language

<p>You may have heard people say ‘Food is my LOVE LANGUAGE,’ meaning that cooking and feeding others is their way of saying, "I Love you" in the most nurturing and generous wa...

A Perfect Storm

<p>85% of food consumed in Puerto Rico is imported to the island. How does food dependence on the US mainland affect the relationship between the two? How does the addition of...

Politics at the Table

<p>As kids, a lot of us are taught that it is bad manners to engage in thoughtful political discourse over a meal. Is it based on a fear of causing an argument or is it that w...

Their Last Meal

<p>Despite ongoing debate, Capital Punishment also known as the Death Penalty, is still practiced in 27 states in the United States. The act of giving last meals to those on d...

The Melting Pot

<p>Queens, New York, also known as the Melting Pot of New York, is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the entire world. And thanks to its residents, Queens has become a...

High Food

<p>A push to legalize Marijuana on a federal level gives life to a new type of chef and a new type of food industry in Cannabis. But who has access to these types of enterpris...

The Politics of Southern Cooking

<p>This week we’re headed down South to investigate the culinary and cultural traditions of Southern Cooking. From Native American peoples to slavery, many elements have contr...

#MeToo in the Food Industry

<p>We’d like to warn our listeners that some of the material in this episode can be triggering, but though challenging, conversations about abuse in the restaurant industry ne...

Racism in Food Media

<p>They say food brings people together, but what happens when inequities that exist across the food industry, within restaurants, within the media and beyond are exposed? In ...

Serving the Pandemic with Marcus Samuelsson

<p>The wake of the Pandemic of 2020 hit the restaurant industry with full force. Struggling restaurant owners asked for a bailout, but a sluggish and insufficient response fro...

Farming’s Pandemic

<p>While many of us were isolated during the pandemic we watched news reports about how some of our nation's farmers were forced to dump their products when customers like sch...

The Dual Pandemic

<p>Food scarcity was certainly a problem prior to COVID-19, but the pandemic laid bare our food systems and highlighted how ill-prepared our governments were to properly handl...

Politics of Food -March 31st

<p>Join host Cristina Gonzalez, as she takes a deeper look into the way food impacts more than just our daily nutrition. Each week she is joined with insightful guests who dis...

Official Trailer: Politics of Food

<p>An in depth look into the intentional politicization, economics and community impact of food on a global scale. Food impacts more than just our daily nutrition and can be a...