Toasted Sister Podcast

By Native Voice One - NV1

What's Toasted Sister Podcast about?

The Toasted Sister Podcast is all about Native American food, food sovereignty, people and culture. Hosted and produced by Andi Murphy, Diné journalist.

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Toasted Sister Podcast episodes:

11.13.2023
E86: “Indigenize the Plate” by Natalie Benally +LIVE RECORDING+
In this episode I talk with Natalie Benally (Diné) about her film, “Indigenize the Plate” at a screening hosted by Tiny Grocer ABQ in Old Town Albuquerque. We talk about her journey to Peru for the film and how that...
09.08.2023
E85: Nico Albert Williams – “Give myself some relief”
Cherokee chef Nico Albert Williams is just trying to make some corn soup. She’s the executive director of the Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness in Tulsa (grand opening Sept. 14) and the vocalist for a badass doom/sludge metal band, Medicine Horse...
06.23.2023
E84: Sherry Pocknett – “Not Your Average” James Beard Award winner
From the big city of Chicago, I bring you this episode featuring 2023 James Beard Award Best Chef of the Northeast, Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag). We talk about her win, her battle with cancer and how her past shaped the chef...
05.02.2023
E83: Victoria’s victorious pizzeria
Things get a little switched up in this episode. This time, my sister, Alisha Murphy, economist for the Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development, takes over an interview with Victoria Largo, new owner of Victoria’s Pizza brick-and-mortar restaurant in Crownpoint,...
02.10.2023
E82: Ukwakhwa – Oneida foods with Becky Webster
In this episode, I talk with Becky Webster (Oneida Nation), or Rebecca M. Webster, as it’s written on her new book “In Defense of Sovereignty: Protecting the Oneida Nation’s Inherent Right to Self-Determination.” She does a lot of passion work...
01.06.2023
E81: Miss Navajo – “From the corral to the table”
She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s got a couple of hours to butcher a sheep and make three dishes over an open fire. The Miss Navajo Nation Pageant is one of the most unique contests that happens every year as part...
11.02.2022
E80: Andi Murphy – “…until the day you die”
How can I say this without sounding egotistical? … This episode is about me; the creator, producer and host of this show. Yes! It is. In this episode, my sister, Alisha Murphy, interviews me and I get to share more...
09.28.2022
E79: Changing Culinary Narratives +LIVE RECORDING+
Live at the 4th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival, Sept. 24, 2022 In my first-ever live podcast recording, I talk with chef Ray Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo/Odawa), owner of Manko: Native American Fusion, Addie Lucero (Taos Pueblo), owner of Dancing...
07.12.2022
E78: “Food Sovereignty is Economic Sovereignty”
In this episode, I take you to the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s the largest annual conference focusing on Native economics. This year’s event included, for the first time, a...
05.14.2022
E77: Brett Maybee – “Dare to imagine”
In this episode, I talk with Brett Maybee (Seneca) about corn, corn soup, corn wheels, radio stuff, music and then space-time. Brett is the host and producer of Gaënö', a weekly radio program about Native music. His work is fascinating...
03.11.2022
E76: Pyet DeSpain — “Always and forever”
Millions of TV viewers watched chef Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Band Potawatomi, Mexican) beat out the competition on Gordon Ramsay’s new cooking show, “Next Level Chef” (March 2022). With her special brand of Indigenous fusion food, she was crowned the winner...
12.13.2021
E75: Jacob Torres — Space Chile Guy
In this episode, I talk with Jacob Torres, a very proud New Mexican who, I think, has a very interesting life. He’s a technical and horticultural scientist at NASA and based at the NASA Kennedy Space Center and he's working...
12.11.2021
E74: Loretta Barrett Oden — “Spoonful by spoonful”
In this episode, I finally talk with Loretta Barrett Oden, Potawatomi chef whose kind of responsible for helping pave the way for a lot of the Native food work you see today. She was a restaurant owner, a long-time teacher...
04.01.2021
E73: Food Poetry
I’ve been really digging Native poetry lately and I thought I’d gather a few poems about food. In this short episode, Native writers recite food poems about foreign foods, frybread, seeds and ancestral wisdom. Voices are Tiffany Midge, Taté Walker,...
01.19.2021
E72: The Death and Food Episode
This is the death and food episode where I talk with Indigenous death doula, Chrystal Waban, about her work with Blackbird Medicines and the Indigenous Death Doula Collective and how food is connected to this very important journey for those...
12.23.2020
E71: Indigenous Farmworkers – “Do your work no matter what other people say”
Do you know who picked the cabbage and celery you find at the grocery store? It might’ve been an Indigenous immigrant farmworker. In this episode, I visit with a couple of Indigenous immigrant farmworkers at Rio Grande Farm Park in...
11.23.2020
E70: The Thanksgiving Episode
Thanksgiving is a lie. In this episode I talk with three Wampanoag women about Thanksgiving and how colonization effected their foodways. We’ll also talk about the awesome work they’re doing in their East coast communities to educate and revitalize Wampanoag...
10.10.2020
E69: Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.: The Book of Names
There’s nothing like a good beer—for me that’s a cold, citrusy and bitter IPA—and for those who appreciate the brews from their local breweries, beer is more than alcohol. Craft beer is a whole vibe and culture. In this episode,...
09.25.2020
E68: The BLACK Episode
My favorite color is black. That also means I have a fascination with black-colored foods. Indigenous foods come in all kinds of colors including black. In this episode, chefs Tawnya Brant (Kanyen'kehá:ka), David Smoke-McCluskey (Mohawk) and Andrea Murdoch (Andean Native)...
07.30.2020
E67: Indigenous American + African American food
This podcast episode is a 20-minute preview of “Indigenous Roots: Exploring the Crossroads of African American and Indigenous American Cuisine,” an online two-part event hosted by the Museum of Food and Drink on Aug. 5 and 6. Guest chefs, Yusuf...
07.05.2020
E66: Paul Natrall — Mr. Bannock, “Indigenous cuisine to the max”
When I visited Paul Natrall (Suquamish) in his Mr. Bannock food truck in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, I wasn’t expecting to get a taste of some of the most delicious pizza I ever had. I did and that was also...
06.04.2020
E65: The COVID-19 episode
In this special episode, I talk with seven Indigenous people working in the food industry about how they are being affected by COVID-19. On the show: Nico Albert, executive chef of Duet Restaurant Crystal Wahpepah, owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen Spring...
05.16.2020
E64: Maria Parra Cano — Sana Sana
In this special episode, I visit with Chef Maria Parra Cano in her food truck, Sana Sana. We share a nice, plant-based dinner and then we talk about labels, her mom’s recipes and food as medicine. Recipe below. Verde smoothie 1...
04.25.2020
E63: Red Lake Nation Food Summit
In this special episode, I take you through the 4th annual Red Lake Nation Food Summit in Minnesota. Doug DesJarlait talks about walleye, Deb Smith talks about ancestral seeds, Veronica Kingbird-Bratvold talks about plant relatives, Dan Kimewon talks about corn...
03.23.2020
E62: Inez Cook — Salmon n’ Bannock, “My personal journey”
March 2020: COVID-19 hit the fan and is affecting all in the restaurant industry, including Salmon n’ Bannock, the only Indigenous brick-and-mortar restaurant in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. In this episode, I visit Salmon n’ Bannock and talk with...
03.03.2020
E61: Alana Yazzie — “Not just any fancy Navajo”
Alana Yazzie (Navajo) went from being wary of Facebook to becoming a lifestyle and food blogger with a big social media following. She goes by The Fancy Navajo and you can find her across all social media platforms cooking, gardening...
01.13.2020
E60: Bruce Savage — Spirit Lake Native Farms
In this episode, I visit Spirit Lake Native Farms in Minnesota and one of its owners, Bruce Savage (Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe), for a tour through the wild rice processing plant. Included in this episode is a short...
12.16.2019
E59: Gatherings Cafe — Creator said...
In this special episode I talk with Benjamin Shendo (Cochiti and Jemez Pueblo) and Linus Yellowhorse (Tohono O’odham) from Gatherings Cafe at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. They’re a couple of chill dudes who just fell into the kitchen and...
10.25.2019
E58: “Bigfoot and Lightning Bug”
In this episode I talk with Donell Barlow (Ottawa) about her new book, “Bigfoot and Lightning Bug,” a children’s book about Bigfoot and the environment. Donell is a chef, certified holistic health coach and the author of “Medicine Tracks: A...
10.16.2019
E57: Alien Weaponry
Alien Weaponry is a three-piece thrash metal band from New Zealand. The band members, Lewis de Jong (Maori), Henry de Jong (Maori) and Bobby Oblak (substitute bassist for Ethan Trembath), join me in the studio to talk about their U.S...
10.05.2019
E56: “Imminent Cuisine” the zine
We made a zine about Indigenous food futurisms! It includes 24-pages of all-original work by myself, Monica Braine, junior editor of “Imminent Cuisine,” and seven other Native artists, illustrators, comic book artists, chefs and writers. In this episode, we talk...
08.29.2019
E55: Cienan Muir — “Geek out with me”
I spoke to Cienan Muir (Yorta Yorta and Ngarrindjeri) at last year’s Indigenous Comic Con about kangaroo tail and I knew I had to collaborate with him for a future episode about Indigenous food in Australia. Well, this is the...
08.09.2019
E54: Germaine Simonson — Bootstrapping a business
Germaine Simonson (Navajo) never operated a cash register before she took over ownership of Rocky Ridge Gas and Market, a grocery store in the middle of rural Navajo Nation, Arizona. This episode is about food entrepreneurship, making future plans and...
07.15.2019
E53: No Eating Out Challenge with Monica Braine
Do you know how much money you spend on food? If you’re like me, finding out that triple-digit number will make you sick. In this episode, Monica Braine (Natives on a Budget, Native America Calling) and I take a 31...
05.08.2019
E52: Food fight with chef Lawrence Garcia
Chef Lawrence Garcia (Acoma and Navajo), executive chef at Sky City Casino, in New Mexico is skilled at making odd ingredients taste good together, which is a skill he needed for 505 Food Fights, a charitable event that brings together...
04.08.2019
E51: Native Women’s Business Summit
In this special episode I catch up with some awesome women at the 2nd Native Women’s Business Summit, a powerful event for Native women entrepreneurs to lift each other up, network and encourage business growth in Native America. The women...
03.25.2019
E50: No Longer Gentle Indians Pt. 3: Stop telling us what to eat
No one really likes to be told what to do especially when it comes to food. Food is culture and to be told that that’s not good enough by outsiders, well, that makes us angry. In this episode Lynn Lane...
02.23.2019
E49: Bats are important to Native people ... and food
The 2018 Southwest Native American Workshop on Bats gathered a couple dozen bat researchers and biologists from federal, state and tribal entities to talk about bat conservation ahead of the spread of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in the Southwest. They also...
02.13.2019
E48: Culinary arts at Navajo Technical University
In this episode I talk with Brian Tatsukawa, culinary instructor at the Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and a few of his students about why a career in culinary arts is important and what challenges young students have...
01.23.2019
E47: On the Pueblo bread trail in New Mexico
I partnered up with Eater magazine to include Pueblo bread in their Guide to the Southwest. In the process of writing this article, I took a journey through some of the Pueblos in New Mexico to learn about Pueblo bread....
01.09.2019
E46: Curtis Basina — “A win-win situation for everybody”
In this episode, I talk with Curtis Basina (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians), owner of the Copper Crow Distillery in Wisconsin about stereotypes, vodka drinks and what repeal of prohibition could mean for tribes. Yes, I said...
12.22.2018
E45: El Paso — Indigenous food at the border
For this special episode I take a road trip to El Paso, Texas where I learn more about Mexican food and the Indigenous food culture at this stretch of the border. You’ll hear from Rick Quezada, cultural preservation director at...
12.07.2018
E44: Mark Tilsen — “We’re as resilient as the buffalo”
Native American Natural Foods makes Tanka Bars, the first brand of bison meat bars, experienced a couple of ups and downs in business since it started in 2006. But since competition from non-Native companies swept up all the investments and...
10.31.2018
E43: Southwest Intertribal Food Summit
In this special episode I report from the first Southwest Intertribal Food Summit in Taos, New Mexico. It was a two-day event filled with good food and knowledge sharing between Southwest Natives who are working in the food sovereignty movement....
10.23.2018
E42: Alisha Murphy — “I loved my trip to New Zealand”
In this special episode I hand the reins over to my real sister, Alisha Murphy (Diné). She went to the World Indigenous Business Forum in New Zealand and came back with some T-shirts for our parents, some keychains for her...
10.13.2018
E41: Towana Yepa — “It very much is in the blood”
Towana Yepa (Jemez Pueblo) comes from a family of gardeners. She’s a business woman who owns and operates her own farm called Corn Pollen Trail Farms in Ponderosa, New Mexico. In this episode, she talks about her origins, the challenges...
09.27.2018
E40: Brit Reed — “It’s definitely a win”
Brit Reed (Choctaw) is a cook, culinary service provider for Tulalip Health Clinic in Washington and a member of the I-Collective. She’s sort of new to the world of Indigenous culinary arts but she’s well on her way to making...
09.07.2018
E39: Apache Harvest Festival — “It’s really, really cool!”
In this episode, I hit the road and talk with some folks at the 6th annual Apache Harvest Festival at the Ndée Bikíyaa farm in Canyon Day, Arizona. On this show: Onah Ditzer, farm education coordinator at Ndée Bikíyaa Rachel Beauty,...
08.08.2018
E38: Dr. Kalama Niheu — “We’re going to make a noise”
The non-Indigenous owners of Aloha Poke Co., a Chicago-based restaurant, trademarked the words “Aloha Poke” and became the new face of cultural and food appropriation. In this episode, Dr. Kalama Niheu (Kanaka Maoli) talks about how a long history of...
07.31.2018
E37: Eric Richards — “I started from the bottom”
Eric Richards (Navajo) has a business degree and originally had plans to get into the Native jewelry business. But fate took him straight to the kitchen and up the ranks. He’s the executive chef of the Twin Arrows Casino Resort...

What's Toasted Sister Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Toasted Sister Podcast episodes:

E86: “Indigenize the Plate” by Natalie Benally +LIVE RECORDING+

E85: Nico Albert Williams – “Give myself some relief”

E84: Sherry Pocknett – “Not Your Average” James Beard Award winner

E83: Victoria’s victorious pizzeria

E82: Ukwakhwa – Oneida foods with Becky Webster

E81: Miss Navajo – “From the corral to the table”

E80: Andi Murphy – “…until the day you die”

E79: Changing Culinary Narratives +LIVE RECORDING+

E78: “Food Sovereignty is Economic Sovereignty”

E77: Brett Maybee – “Dare to imagine”

E76: Pyet DeSpain — “Always and forever”

E75: Jacob Torres — Space Chile Guy

E74: Loretta Barrett Oden — “Spoonful by spoonful”

E73: Food Poetry

E72: The Death and Food Episode

E71: Indigenous Farmworkers – “Do your work no matter what other people say”

E70: The Thanksgiving Episode

E69: Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.: The Book of Names

E68: The BLACK Episode

E67: Indigenous American + African American food

E66: Paul Natrall — Mr. Bannock, “Indigenous cuisine to the max”

E65: The COVID-19 episode

E64: Maria Parra Cano — Sana Sana

E63: Red Lake Nation Food Summit

E62: Inez Cook — Salmon n’ Bannock, “My personal journey”

E61: Alana Yazzie — “Not just any fancy Navajo”

E60: Bruce Savage — Spirit Lake Native Farms

E59: Gatherings Cafe — Creator said...

E58: “Bigfoot and Lightning Bug”

E57: Alien Weaponry

E56: “Imminent Cuisine” the zine

E55: Cienan Muir — “Geek out with me”

E54: Germaine Simonson — Bootstrapping a business

E53: No Eating Out Challenge with Monica Braine

E52: Food fight with chef Lawrence Garcia

E51: Native Women’s Business Summit

E50: No Longer Gentle Indians Pt. 3: Stop telling us what to eat

E49: Bats are important to Native people ... and food

E48: Culinary arts at Navajo Technical University

E47: On the Pueblo bread trail in New Mexico

E46: Curtis Basina — “A win-win situation for everybody”

E45: El Paso — Indigenous food at the border

E44: Mark Tilsen — “We’re as resilient as the buffalo”

E43: Southwest Intertribal Food Summit

E42: Alisha Murphy — “I loved my trip to New Zealand”

E41: Towana Yepa — “It very much is in the blood”

E40: Brit Reed — “It’s definitely a win”

E39: Apache Harvest Festival — “It’s really, really cool!”

E38: Dr. Kalama Niheu — “We’re going to make a noise”

E37: Eric Richards — “I started from the bottom”