Meant To Be Eaten

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica, whose forthcoming issue is entirely devoted to COVID Dispatches—in it, authors from around the world offer short, intimate portraits of early responses to the food crises of this pandemic, and hosts from the journal’s editorial collective will be joined by some of the featured authors to share their stories, and to hear how things have or haven't changed in the past few months.

Jacques Rousseau reads from his essay South Africa under lockdown and discusses with guest host Daniel Bender what quarantine has looked like—for him and his family, and his community—these past few months. 

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This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, whose forthcoming issue is entirely devoted to COVID Dispatches—in it, authors from around the world offer short, intimate portraits of early responses to the food crises of this pandemic, and hosts from the journal’s editorial collective will be joined by some of the featured authors to share their stories, and to hear how things have or haven't changed in the past few months.

Stephen Meinster reads from his essay The Sickness Unto Hospitality, and discusses how the industry has evolved in recent months with guest host Bob Valgenti.

Link to journal: https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica

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A conversation with Alicia Kennedy.

Alicia Kennedy wears many hats. A food and drink writer from Long Island—now based in San Juan, where she’s covering the local culinary scene—Alicia’s written for NYLON, The New Republic, Time, and the Village Voice, to name just a few. She also hosts Meatless, a podcast on meat consumption and culture, and currently writes a weekly newsletter on the goings-on of good media.

Mentioned in this episode:

Alicia's newsletter: https://aliciakennedy.substack.com/

The JBA talk between Tunde Way and John T: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/recordingView?webinarKey=7172502883044897296®istrantEmail=kimseverson%40gmail.com

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Meant To Be Eaten, Coral Lee, food, author, talk, radio, Alicia Kennedy, drink, writer, NYLON, The New Replublic, Time, the Village Voice, consumption, culture

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A conversation with Donna Kilpatrick and William Matovu.

Heifer International works all over the world to use agriculture as a path out of poverty. Under its umbrella is Heifer Ranch, a regenerative, organic and humane ranch, run by 3 women, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Donna Kilpatrick—who oversees operations of Heifer Ranch—and William Matovu—who oversees Heifer’s work in Uganda—are joining me today to discuss the flaws of our current food system, and how alternate systems can offer lasting change.

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A conversation with Andrew Genung.

Andrew Genung is a Hong-Kong based writer and regular contributor to Eater. He also writes a twice-weekly newsletter, Family Meal, that covers the goings-on in and around the food/media world.

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A conversation with Esther Kim. 

Esther Kim is a writer and editor of the Asian American Writers' Workshop's Transpacific Literary Project. We discuss the stickiness of the "Asian-American" genre, Eddie Huang and appropriation, how a fistful of rice created a democracy, and our duties as Asian-American writers. Michael Pollan, The Sickness in Our Food Supply  Ishay Govender-Ypma, Navigating the use of a knife and a fork at the dinner table .

Photo Courtesy of Joe Liew.

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A conversation with Lori Flores.

Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandemic.

Link to the Food52 story we discuss here.

United Farm Workers https://ufw.org/

Coalition of Immokalee Workers https://ciw-online.org/

National Center for Farmworker Health http://www.ncfh.org/

Food Chain Workers Alliance http://foodchainworkers.org/

United Food and Commercial Workers Union http://www.ufcw.org/

An example of a food security initiative: No Us Without You (effort to feed undocumented restaurant workers in Los Angeles): https://www.nouswithoutyou.la/

An example of a community market: People's Market in Bloomington, Indiana: https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/peoples-market-ethos-focuses-on-food-justice-mutual-aid/

Photo Courtesy of Lori Flores.

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Conversations with Malcolm Harris and Julia Bainbridge.

This episode, we’re talking about loneliness—versus solitude, versus self-isolation. My first guest, author, editor, and critic Malcolm Harris and I discuss what it’s like to be young in America today: how obsession with productiveness and our human capital, has us feeling perpetually burnt out, anxious, and lonely.

During the latter half, I speak to Julia Bainbridge—writer, editor, and fellow podcaster. Her show, The Lonely Hour, explores loneliness and solitude—not as states to fix or escape, but ones to inhabit fearlessly and learn from. Because of the coronavirus-induced self-isolation, we’re all geting into a habit of being alone—something Julia worries is “dangerous for our species that’s hardwired for connection.” 
 

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This episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. 

Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee.

A conversation with Chhaya Kolavalli. 


The local food movement has been criticized for its overwhelming whiteness. How has the movement responded to these critiques? And what are the implications of these responses? Chhaya Kolavalli confronts whiteness in Kansas City’s local food movement, examining diversity work and discourses of privilege and power. Chhaya Kolavalli is the assistant director of the Center
for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky. Her research intersects whiteness, race, and class-based inequality, specifically exploring politics of sustainable, equitable redevelopment in US cities. 

Photo courtesy of Chhaya Kolavalli.

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Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee.

A conversation with Eric C. Rath. 

Many of us know about sushi, but have you heard of funazushi? Historian Eric C. Rath shares his tasting notes from trying Japan’s most ancient form of sushi. The lessons learned from his two-day tasting spree in Japan allow us to ponder about possibilities of sushi’s future, taking a view from the past, including current environmental sustainability concerns. Eric C. Rath is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas.

Photo Courtesy of Eric C. Rath.

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