2026-0807 FOOD TRAVEL USA WITH ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY The TRUTH About Food and Travel Album: The TRUTH About Food & Travel 080726 Original Broadcast Date: 08/07/26

FULL SHOW RECAP:

Is that fruit actually real?

That's one of the questions Elizabeth is asking this week on Food Travel USA, and once again, the answer may be hiding in the fine print on the label.

We take a closer look at the rules that allow food companies to sell products covered with pictures and references to blueberries, even when what's actually inside may bear very little resemblance to the fruit you thought you were buying. Elizabeth's message is one you've heard from us before: turn the package around and READ THE LABEL.

There is some encouraging news on the food side too. Elizabeth caught up with Katrina Frey of Frey Vineyards, a company we've talked about and supported because their philosophy fits closely with something we've been saying for years: people deserve to know what's actually in the things they eat and drink. They talk about organic wine, what goes into conventional winemaking, and why Frey has chosen a very different way of doing it.

We also run through this week's food news, another Top 10, and some of the stories that have us wondering exactly how far the food industry thinks it can stretch the meaning of words printed on a package.

Then in Hour Two, the airlines and the Department of Transportation are fighting again, and this time it's over something every traveler should care about: knowing what your trip is really going to cost before you buy the ticket.

Airline fee transparency is back in the spotlight, with the industry pushing back against rules requiring clearer disclosure of fees. But not every airline is taking the same position, and we look at who is siding with travelers and who is fighting to keep the current system.

Then, because apparently getting passengers and their luggage from Point A to Point B without creating national news remains an unreasonable expectation, we have another edition of Airline Debacles.

We'll also count down another travel Top 10 before Elizabeth takes us somewhere completely different for this week's Destination Unknown.

It's two hours of food, travel, consumer information, a few laughs, and the kind of stories that usually leave us asking the same question:

Why didn't somebody tell us this before?

Food Travel USA. The truth about food and travel since 2010.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency and homesteading-related topics to help protect to us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Fridays afternoons at 5pm (ET) / 2pm (PT) we produce and distribute a dozen podcast / segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• Live Broadcast: Fridays 5pm (ET) / 2pm (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Executive Producer: Michael Serio
• Email: [email protected]

2026-0710 FOOD TRAVEL USA WITH ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY The TRUTH About Food and Travel Album: The TRUTH About Food & Travel 071026 Original Broadcast Date: 07/10/26

FULL SHOW: This week on Food Travel USA, Elizabeth Dougherty takes a closer look at why the Cavendish banana may be heading toward extinction as monoculture leaves entire crops vulnerable to a spreading fungus. We also examine troubling contamination findings involving jarred banana baby food, along with the broader question of how much parents can really trust what is marketed as safe. In travel, we cover airport delays, confusing airfare rules, lost luggage technology, and vacation deals that aren't nearly as generous as advertised. Plus, practical RV advice for dealing with a refrigerator that stops cooling, and a trip to New Orleans for Bananas Foster and then to the California desert for one of the strangest banana museums anywhere.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency and homesteading-related topics to help protect to us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Fridays afternoons at 5pm (ET) / 2pm (PT) we produce and distribute a dozen podcast / segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• Live Broadcast: Fridays 5pm (ET) / 2pm (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Executive Producer: Michael Serio
• Email: [email protected]

2026-0601 FOOD TRAVEL USA WITH ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY The TRUTH About Food and Travel Album: The TRUTH About Food & Travel 060126 Original Broadcast Date: 06/01/26

FULL SHOW: This week on Food Travel USA, Elizabeth Dougherty takes a closer look at several stories that affect all of us, whether we're standing in a grocery store aisle or sitting in an airport terminal. The show begins with Food News and Commentary, then pulls back the curtain on professional server training and why it can make or break your restaurant experience. A two-part feature on fertilizer explores how modern food production depends on it and why decisions made far from the farm can have real consequences for consumers. Elizabeth also examines what your food cravings may be trying to tell you and revisits a remarkable conversation with Dr. Terry Vrain, whose thoughts on GMOs and modern agriculture continue to spark debate years later. In Hour Two, Travel News, Airline Debacles, and Cruise News cover the latest developments affecting travelers, while RV Tips & Tales shares an important warning about RV consignment. The show wraps up with a look at Microsoft's Windows 11 privacy concerns and a fascinating trip beneath the Lincoln Memorial to discover a hidden piece of American history that few visitors ever get to see.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency and homesteading-related topics to help protect to us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm-7pm (eastern) / 2pm-4pm (pacific) we produce and distribute a dozen podcast / segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• Live Broadcast: Mondays 9am (ET) / 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Executive Producer: Michael Serio
• Email: [email protected]

2026-0518 FOOD TRAVEL USA WITH ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY The TRUTH About Food and Travel Album: The TRUTH About Food & Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

FULL SHOW: After an update on Food News, Elizabeth has a warning the mainstream media hasn't caught up to yet: the global fertilizer supply is running out, the farms are already feeling it, and your grocery store has a countdown clock that nobody in Washington is talking about. And the Top 10 Food Cravings segment reframes everything you thought you knew about willpower, revealing the specific nutritional deficiencies driving the urges your body refuses to let you ignore. You'll hear how Canada has been quietly erasing the GMO fingerprint from ultraprocessed food ingredients before they ever cross the border into the United States, with former Canadian government scientist Dr. Thierry Vrain as the insider witness who spent thirty years defending the lie before he finally stopped. The Windows 11 privacy segment reveals how Microsoft turned a routine software upgrade into a surveillance agreement most users clicked through in three seconds, with Copilot so deeply embedded in the operating system that your personal files, photos, and financial records are being vacuumed out in real time. Elizabeth also takes listeners underground to the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft, the forgotten chamber beneath one of America's most iconic monuments that has been hiding in plain sight since 1922.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency and homesteading-related topics to help protect to us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm-7pm (eastern) / 2pm-4pm (pacific) we produce and distribute a dozen podcast / segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• Live Broadcast: Mondays 9am (ET) / 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Executive Producer: Michael Serio
• Email: [email protected]

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

A Conway, Arkansas RV dealer is currently facing three felony theft charges. Customers handed him their campers and trailers on consignment, trusting him to sell their rigs and cut them a check, and never saw a dime. Other buyers paid in full and never received a title. Conway police say more victims are likely out there who haven't even filed a report yet. This is not a new story. It is a story that keeps happening because consignment sounds simple and most sellers never read the fine print before handing over the keys to an asset worth fifty, a hundred, or two hundred thousand dollars. Elizabeth walks you through exactly what to demand before you sign anything. Get a written agreement before the rig leaves your driveway. Know your state's payment timeline law. Never surrender the original title until a check has cleared. Verify the dealer is licensed and bonded through your state DMV. Visit the lot regularly and confirm your rig is still there. Build a return deadline into the agreement. And seriously consider whether consignment is the right move at all when private sale and auction platforms are increasingly viable alternatives. The bottom line is this: trust is fine. A signed contract, a retained title, and a verified license are better. This week's RV Tips and Tales is the segment you want to hear before you ever walk into a consignment lot.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

This week on Servers Revenge we hear from Gina, an experienced server who has made it her mission to train the next generation of restaurant professionals how to actually do the job right. According to Gina, doing it right comes down to four keys, four fundamentals that separate the servers who scrape by on 15 percent from the ones who build a loyal following and a real income. The first key is creating a unique dining experience for every single person at the table, not running a transaction but building a moment. The best restaurants have figured out that customer retention doesn't come from the kitchen alone. It comes from empowering servers to immediately fix problems the moment they arise, without a manager, without a delay, and without an excuse. Gina also breaks down why honesty about kitchen delays actually increases tips rather than decreases them, because customers reward transparency when they feel respected. And she makes the case that genuine service earns trust, and trust is what ultimately earns the sale. The Restaurant Launch is the consulting firm behind this training and they teach servers how to make money for the restaurant and for themselves at the same time. If you're working in a restaurant right now, or managing one, or thinking about either, this is seven minutes that will change how you think about the floor. Gina doesn't just train servers. She teaches professionals how to build a career out of something most people treat as a temporary job.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

The food system has a fertilizer problem and almost nobody in mainstream media is talking about it seriously. The global supply of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, the three pillars of modern agricultural production, is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small number of countries and an even smaller number of corporations. When that supply gets disrupted, the ripple moves fast: from the farm to the commodity market to the grocery shelf, often within a single growing season. And the disruptions are already happening. Sanctions, trade conflicts, energy costs, and weather events are simultaneously squeezing production and distribution at a scale that most American consumers have never had to consider. The farmers feel it first. They absorb the cost, scale back, or exit the business entirely. The consolidation that follows is exactly the kind that Food Travel USA has been documenting for years, with large operations absorbing the land and leverage of smaller ones who couldn't survive the input cost spike. Elizabeth breaks down what a fertilizer shortage actually means in practical terms, who controls the supply chain, how the current geopolitical environment is accelerating the crisis, and what the calamity ahead looks like if the structural problems don't get addressed. This is the kind of story that takes years to develop in the open and lands like a surprise when it finally hits. You were warned here first.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

Twenty-five years ago, in the weeks after September 11th, two pieces of legislation changed the way Americans Your food cravings are not a character flaw. They are a communication system. This week Elizabeth breaks down the top ten things your body is actually asking for when you reach for the chips, the chocolate, the red meat, or the ice, and what the science says is really going on underneath those urges. Constant sugar cravings often signal chromium deficiency, which disrupts insulin regulation and creates a relentless cycle of craving, spiking, and crashing. Chocolate cravings point to magnesium, a mineral nearly half of Americans are low on, and one that burns fastest under stress. Salt cravings indicate dehydration or adrenal fatigue. Red meat cravings are your body flagging iron or zinc deficiency. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency on earth. Carb cravings are frequently about serotonin, not hunger. Dairy cravings signal calcium. Coffee cravings can indicate low phosphorus levels affecting cellular energy metabolism. And compulsive ice chewing is a documented symptom of iron deficiency anemia serious enough that doctors have a clinical name for it. Before you blame willpower, Elizabeth says, consider that your body may be trying to tell you something specific in the only language it knows you'll respond to. This Top 10 is part consumer science, part nutrition education, and entirely the kind of practical information that never shows up on a food label but probably should. Listen to what you're craving. Your body has been trying to talk to you.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

Travel news this week had range. Start with the most avoidable disaster of the Memorial Day weekend: an RV driver in Montrose, Colorado dumped his black water waste tank directly into a Maverik gas station's underground diesel supply after mistaking the diesel tank inlet for an RV dump station. The pumps shut down immediately. Cleanup crews were called. Nobody has been identified or charged. This actually happened. On a more encouraging note, Amtrak has proposed a new passenger rail corridor connecting Atlanta to Charlotte, two of the fastest growing metro areas in the Southeast with zero intercity rail service between them. The route would run approximately four hours with stops in Spartanburg and Greenville. Amtrak calls it a top expansion priority and it is currently in environmental review. Dolly Parton is opening a travel center in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, with a gas station, convenience store, restaurant, and retail space themed around her life and music, developed by Dollywood's parent company. The airline industry is moving toward a lifetime passenger ban database that would allow carriers to share misconduct records and bar unruly flyers across all participating airlines. And the State Department has expanded its Mexico travel warning with additional Level 2 advisories, even as more than 35 million Americans make the trip annually. Elizabeth puts it all in context with the straight talk the travel industry counts on from Food Travel USA.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth DoughertyAlbum: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826 Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

He spent thirty years as a Canadian government scientist telling the public that GMO crops were safe. He was good at it. He believed it. Then Dr. Thierry Vrain retired, got off the government payroll, and for the first time in his career read the actual science behind GMOs. What he found demolished everything he had spent three decades defending. But here's the part that never makes the headlines: Canada has been quietly allowing GMO ingredients into the food supply for years with no mandatory labeling, no consumer disclosure, and no accountability. When a product says Product of Canada, you have no legal right to know what's really in it. And it gets worse. When that GMO ingredient gets ultraprocessed, the modified DNA becomes completely undetectable. No detectable DNA means no label required under American law either. The GMO doesn't just disappear into your food. It disappears into the ultraprocessed ingredient that's already hiding from you. A 9th Circuit ruling from January 2026 begins to close that loophole, but it could be years before it shows up on a single label in your grocery store. From the Food Travel USA archives of May 2013, Elizabeth Dougherty sits down with Dr. Vrain in a conversation that was ahead of its time and is even more relevant today. This is what sixteen years of telling you so actually looks like.

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don't normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

Website: FoodTravelUSA.com Social Media: Facebook | X (formerly Twitter) | Truth Social | YouTube

• New episodes: Monday 9am (ET) 6am (PT)
• Listen Anytime

• Email Elizabeth: [email protected]
• Executive Producer: Michael Serio

✔ The latest food & travel insights—every week ✔ Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes ✔ No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show ✔ Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host ✔ First to bring expert insights on GMOs ✔ A true LIVE SHOW—NO "Best Of" reruns! ✔ Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin ✔ Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers