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Podcasts

June 6, 2025

 

Two figures from the back, looking at a red barn. One of the figures has 'support queer farmers' on the back of their shirt

Farmer and Academic Ike Leslie on “queering” the food system [replay]

To queer something is to ask questions about what gender and sexuality have to do with the topic at hand. Here, we are looking at food and farming.

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May 30, 2025

 

Frances Moore Lappé sitting in an armchair holding a microphone and smiling, arms raised as if in animated speech. Bookshelves in the background of a well lit room

From Diet for a Small Planet, to the future of our Democracy [replay]

Frances Moore Lappé continues the work she began more than 50 years ago with Diet for a Small Planet. Now she’s challenging us to save our Democracy.

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May 23, 2025

 

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Growing community with New Farms for New Americans

A conversation with geographer Pablo Bose about New Farms for New Americans. A program that allows refugees to grow familiar foods from their homelands and share them with their new communities. 

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May 14, 2025

 

Ross Gay outside, reaching up to pick berries from a tree branch. Limestone buildings and blue skies in the background

Eats Wild Episode 4: Beloved berries

Wild strawberries, serviceberries and the people who love them.

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May 9, 2025

 

Daniella Richardson with headphones on, sitting at desk with mic and mixing board

Sometimes home is a house—and other times, it's a soup

Four people, four foundational foods. We connect with college students living away from home to learn about the recipes that ground them and help keep family close, even when they seem far.

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May 2, 2025

 

Three successive images of a bearded man's face, wincing. He is wearing a tweed hat, and there is a mic in front of him.

Adventures in hot peppers

What is the world's hottest pepper and what does it feel like in your mouth? Two public radio hosts are about to find out.

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April 25, 2025

 

Jordan Chell standing in a greenhouse with orange flowers at his feet and trees with oranges around him

Farming for Seeds

Conversations with a farmer at Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company and the owners of Lost Farm Meal Service.

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April 18, 2025

 

Mark Chilla stands next to his mom, Gay Chilla in a kitchen with white cabinets

Italian savory pie connects family across the miles

Mark Chilla and his mom, Gae Chilla, spent many Easter Sundays apart. But they found a way to connect, making their favorite Italian Easter dish–and comparing notes.

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April 11, 2025

 

Woman with blonde hair kneeling in forest with 3 mushrooms in her hand. Photo taken from above.

Eats Wild Episode 3: Treasure hunting in the woods

Rose Harding takes us on a morel hunt in the Hoosier National Forest, and The Forager Chef, Alan Bergo, teaches us how to eat a pine tree.

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April 4, 2025

 

Stephanie Solomon's face smiling holding a plant spring

Eats Wild Episode 2: Wild food is all around us

Discover the joys of urban foraging in the spring with Stephanie Solomon, in part two in our special nine-part series on wild edible plants in the midwest.

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March 28, 2025

 

Several young people sitting around a campstove with a skilled, next to a creek. A wooden bowl with pancakes is visible, and other ingredients.

Eats Wild Episode 1: Stalking the wild food experience

Monique Philpot finds joy and connection foraging for wild food and sharing her knowledge with others.

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March 21, 2025

 

Heather Craig in apron and surgical mask chopping green vegetables in a commercial kitchen with bins of yellow mushrooms, leafy greens and chopped red and yellow peppers on the countertop

Flexibility and improvisation make community meals delicious

Heather Craig crafts nourishing menus at the Community Kitchen.

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March 14, 2025

 

Headshot of Austin Frerick and the cover of his book, Barons

Seven mega-companies have an out-sized role in our food system

A conversation with Austin Frerick about his new book exposing the money, power and corruption of America’s food industry.

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March 7, 2025

 

A red panda outdoors looking at the camera while Barbara Henry offers it a piece of fruit.

How to feed a giraffe--and other lessons from a zoo nutritionist

Everybody eats, including animals at the zoo. Producer Toby Foster talks with the curator of nutrition at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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February 28, 2025

 

ariel view of a field of tidy rows of plants growing in dirt with plastic sheeting and small figures of agriculture workers in hats and long sleeves bending over, working in field

What's the status of the people who grow our food?

Since immigrants grow and process our food, how will the Trump administration's immigration policies affect our food system?

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February 21, 2025

 

Five white men with beards in ball caps, plaid, and long sleeved t-shirt stand in front of large shiny metal equipment.

History and tradition sweeten the maple harvest at Groundhog Road Farms

The Miller Family had their first sugar camp in the 1880s. The tradition continues out at Groundhog Road Farms where family and friends gather every year to harvest and process maple syrup.

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February 14, 2025

 

Korie Griggs in a brightly lit kitchen pouring water from a kettle into a cup

Slow down and smell the coffee, with Korie Griggs

A conversation with Korie Griggs about working to support equitable access in the world of specialty coffee.

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February 7, 2025

 

Dr. Ivette Perfecto and her student, Iris Rivera Salinas standing next to a leafy plant

Biodiversity saves the coffeee crop

Ecologist Ivette Perfecto uncovers the complex relationships between insect species in a move towards sustainable pest control for farmers.

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January 31, 2025

 

A girl with a shovel, digging, adult male nearby and a small tree in a bag in foreground, a playground and large brick building in the background

Planting trees for community resilience

A conversation about a non-profit organization working to build a resilient and equitably green city for all.

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January 24, 2025

 

color photo of Christine Folch standing in front of a brick wall

You are what you eat…what about what you drink?

Christine Folch is a cultural anthropologist who studies food. Listen to learn what her book on yerba mate reveals about Latin America, empire, religion, labor and more.

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